Faith Lutheran junior quarterback Garyt Odom announced Wednesday that he has committed to play in college for his father, UNLV coach Barry Odom.
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Tate Martell, who was most recently a quarterback at UNLV, is retiring from football, an official UNLV spokesperson confirmed to the Review-Journal.
Wes Reed, a former UNLV basketball player who went on to become a coach, mentor and fixture in the high school community, died Sunday from complications of COVID.
The Raiders and UNLV hosted a virtual coaching clinic to help high school coaches throughout Nevada.
The star UNLV basketball recruit was formally charged Thursday with felony DUI and reckless driving stemming from the Dec. 30 crash that killed a 52-year-old Las Vegas man.
Zaon Collins, a star basketball player at Bishop Gorman and top recruit at UNLV, was ordered released from jail Thursday, a day after his arrest on suspicion of DUI after a crash that killed one man.
Junior guard Jade Thomas announced in October her commitment to UNLV, where she will join her sister Bailey, who transferred last year from West Virginia to play for the Rebels. Sam is a sophomore wing at Arizona.
Bubba Bolden, who went to Bishop Gorman and won the starting job at strong safety for Southern California, will not play against UNLV on Saturday. Trojans coach Clay Helton would not elaborate.
The Washington Wizards selected Las Vegan Troy Brown Jr. with the 15th pick in the first round of the NBA draft on Thursday. Brown, a 6-foot-7-inch guard/forward, played one year at Oregon after starring at Centennial High School.
Quarterback Kaden Renshaw is a star wrestler for Durango, and after claiming his first Sunset Region championship last week, he’ll enter the 152-pound bracket of the Class 4A state tournament Friday at The Orleans with one goal in mind.
Second-seeded Tech opens at 6 p.m. with Western in what might be one of the best games of the postseason. It’s a rematch from last year’s region title match, a 2-1 thriller the Roadrunners dropped.
Desert Oasis softball had the best season in school history. Tuesday it will find out if that’s enough to beat Centennial in the playoffs for the first time in school history.
When Tico Rodriguez took over as Desert Pines football coach in 2013, he thought the Jaguars’ freshman class had a chance to be special. Four years later on National Signing Day, his hunch proved correct.