Texas youth Rowan Sebek becomes a competitive swimmer after receiving the gift of life as an infant.
Soccer
The Las Vegas Lights and UNLV women’s soccer team will play a doubleheader on Saturday in an attempt to break the record for the highest attended women’s soccer game in Nevada.
While the Raiders’ tumultuous year dominated the news in Las Vegas, they were far from the only major story on the local sports scene.
UNLV men’s soccer coach Rich Ryerson, who also played for the Rebels, coached his final game last weekend after 12 years at the helm. He took UNLV to two NCAA tournaments.
Joaquin Rivas scores two goals in three minutes and almost nets a third, sparking El Salvador’s furious rally that fell short against Qatar in the Gold Cup quarterfinals.
Danny Musovski had a breakout game for Los Angeles FC on Oct. 11, scoring two goals and adding an assist in a victory over the Major League Soccer champion Seattle Sounders.
Will fans feel safe enough to brave the masses and attend a sporting event fresh off a global pandemic?
UNLV hired Jenny Ruiz-Williams, a former standout player for the Rebels, as its women’s soccer coach, the school announced Tuesday.
UNLV women’s soccer coach Chris Shaw went 66-48-9 over six seasons, including 6-13-1 this year.
Former UNLV soccer star Simon Keith received the gift of life from Roger Groves’ son, a schoolboy soccer player in Wales who died of a brain hemorrhage on the field in 1986.
