Deanna Barrera threw a two-hitter with four strikeouts as Centennial’s softball team beat Golden Valley (Calif.) in four innings at the National Tournament in Torrance, California.
Reliever Nik Dobar escaped a bases-loaded jam with a game-ending strikeout, and visiting Centennial held on for a 5-2 victory over Arbor View to win the three-game series.
Jawun Evans buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Oklahoma State in its 92-91 loss to Michigan, a 2½-point favorite, and the otherwise meaningless shot covered the spread for Cowboys backers.
UCLA raced out for layups, dropped in 3-pointers, piled up the points. The Bruins are the nation’s top-scoring team, so no surprise there.
Haden Van Orden had 42 assists and 14 digs, and Palo Verde overcame 26 service errors to hang on for a 20-25, 25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 16-14 home win over Green Valley in a rematch of last season’s state semifinal match.
South Carolina coach Frank Martin had a message for long-suffering fans: It won’t take the Gamecocks 44 years to win another NCAA Tournament game.
Bam Adebayo had 15 points and 18 rebounds on Friday night as Kentucky showed the new kids on their block how it’s done at NCAA Tournament time, gritting out a 79-70 victory over stubborn Northern Kentucky.
Steven Giatti’s walk-off RBI double in the ninth inning knocked in Jacob Bavaro and gave the Durango baseball a 6-5 home win over Boulder City on Friday.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo wasn’t sure if his talented but inexperienced freshmen were ready to abandon their more comfortable up-tempo ways and play “smash mouth” basketball.
Maribell and Rob Tillman were living in Napa, Calif., when he received a life-changing call with an opportunity to further his career in distribution and logistics, this time in Las Vegas and with his now current employer, Levi Strauss &Co. After extensive research, they purchased their family’s new home in Inspirada, and they couldn’t be happier.
Shea Homes is expanding in Las Vegas with a second age-qualified community, Trilogy in Summerlin.
“Strangely, when it comes to a mortgage loan, most people just assume that every lender is the same. That there’s no difference in the product or their performance; that one lender is just like any other, and it’s all going to be smooth sailing. If only that was the case. But of course, it’s not, and it’s something many end up learning that the hard way,” said Rick Piette, owner of Las Vegas-based Premier Mortgage Lending,
The popular and scenic Paseos village in Summerlin, the valley’s largest and premier master-planned community, currently offers the largest selection of new homes in 12 gated neighborhoods by seven homebuilders, each with legacies of building exceptional homes.
New amenities in The Paseos village include the developing 14-acre Fox Hill Park that is planned to open later this year, and Billy and Rosemary Vassiliadis Elementary School that will open in August for the 2017-18 school year.
Las Vegas is now a major hub for outdoor recreation and fitness because of its endless year-round opportunities to break a sweat and have an adventure both outside and indoors.
Even before the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates, mortgages already had gone up to their highest level in nearly three years.
The crash happened about 4:45 p.m. Friday on Old Nelson’s Landing Road, park spokeswoman Christie Vanover said. It’s unclear if speed or impairment were factors.
A felon who hit a legal jackpot last year has flushed away his good fortune and landed himself back in prison, 10 months after a case-sinking error by federal prosecutors allowed him to walk free on a string of armed robbery charges.
After dropping the first two games of the series against rival Sierra Vista, the Desert Oasis softball team bounced back at home Friday to defeat the Mountain Lions 5-4 and earn its first Southwest League win of the season.
Since our Nevada legislators now want to increase property taxes again — and with no end in sight — perhaps it’s time to revive a Prop 13 for Nevada.
But there must be some statistical basis for choosing the best available candidates. I would not like to be treated by a physician who barely made it to med school.
Little wonder wonder so much of the public rates the press lower than Congress.
Responding to the drop in illegal border crossings, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said the early results “show that enforcement matters, deterrence matters, and that comprehensive immigration enforcement can make an impact.”
Isaack Lorenzo Alamos, 20, of San Bernardino, California, was the man shot and killed during a robbery-home invasion in the northwest valley Monday night.
Grayson Allen has embraced his role as Duke’s sixth man over the past three weeks.
Wichita State’s high-flying offense didn’t get off the ground until the closing minutes, when the Shockers played like the more tournament-experienced team and pulled away to a 64-58 victory over Dayton on Friday night.
North Las Vegas is planning to spend $734 million for a series of capital improvement projects through 2022, according to a proposed budget presented to the City Council.
Troy Caupain scored 23 points, Kyle Washington added 16 and defensive-minded Cincinnati shot it way past Kansas State 75-61 Friday night in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament.
Josh Jackson insisted a season’s worth of distractions wouldn’t take away from his focus in his first, and likely last, NCAA Tournament.
Going against the will of 72 percent of Nevada voters isn’t a wise idea, but that’s not stopping Assemblyman Chris Brooks, D-Las Vegas.