Chandler Gehring’s RBI single with two outs in the top of the fifth inning Wednesday gave Tech’s baseball team a 1-0 road win over Del Sol.
Cheyenne Cudahy tossed a no-hitter and struck out 12 Wednesday to lead host Centennial’s softball team to a 9-0 win over Valley.
Ryan Magante had 14 kills and 11 digs Wednesday to help host Las Vegas High’s boys volleyball team to a 25-20, 19-25, 25-19, 25-15 win over Desert Oasis.
Kevin Woodland won three events Wednesday to lead Foothill’s boys track team to a 108-34 win over visiting Eldorado.
A friend of mine is the proud owner of a 2002 Honda. He’s piled almost 130,000 miles on the vehicle since buying it 13 years ago. It’s far beyond any factory warranty or even an extended warranty.
Before signing the Freedom of Information Act into law in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made it clear to those closest to him that he strongly disliked the legislation. According to Bill Moyers, Mr. Johnson’s press secretary at the time, the president “hated the thought of journalists rummaging in government closets.” By the time Mr. Johnson actually signed the legislation, however, even the president had to publicly concede FOIA’s importance “in an open society in which the people’s right to know is cherished and guarded.”
Eboni Thomas won the triple jump and was second in the long jump to help Green Valley’s girls track team edge host Coronado, 74-72, on Wednesday.
A Chevalier Investiture was held March 1 to honor Richard P. Hunker of Dhahran Lodge and Buzz D. Ingram and Arthur W. Cozad III, both Henderson DeMolay Chapter advisers. The honor is a citation for outstanding and marked service to the Order of DeMolay and a unanimous vote of the International Supreme Council of The Order of DeMolay is required.
Kaleb Irwin and Jorge Padilla each won two events to help Spring Valley’s boys swimming team to a 125-97 victory over Cheyenne on Wednesday at Adelson School.
Take one part “Where’s Waldo,” mix in liberal doses of “Dr. Who” and “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” sprinkle in comic book-style illustrations and you’ve got “The Tall Tales of Talbot Toluca: Quest for the Ore Crystals.”
Answers to Sudoku and crossword puzzles from March 19, 2015, View editions.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include presentations by Mercedes Yardley, Moriah Densley and more.
Joe Ann Ricca, Las Vegas founder of the Richard III Foundation, was invited but won’t be attending next week’s reburial of the former king, whose bones were found a few years ago under a parking lot.
UNLV senior quarterback Blake Decker showed flashes of promise last season, but those moments were overshadowed by the 18 interceptions he threw. Now in his fifth offensive system in five years, Decker is out to show he’s the quarterback to lead the Rebels to success.
Bonanza’s baseball team pounded out 15 runs and 23 hits in two victories over Silverado this season at the Bengal Varsity Tournament.
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Reno center Mallory McGwire averaged 21.8 points, 14.3 rebounds and 6.9 blocked shots and collected her second straight Las Vegas Review-Journal state player of the year award.
Bishop Gorman big men Chase Jeter and Stephen Zimmerman were named co-players of the year to highlight the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s all-state boys basketball team. Jeter averaged 16.8 points and 10.8 rebounds, and Zimmerman averaged 14.4 points and 10.1 rebounds.
A snowmobile rider at La Plata Canyon in Colorado was in for a rude awakening when mounds of snow came tumbling down, rider and all.
New Yorkers have a longer work week on average than residents of the other largest 29 U.S. cities, thanks in part because of the time they spend getting to their jobs, city officials said on Wednesday.
Sophomore pitcher Buddie Pindel allowed three hits in seven innings, and host Silverado capitalized on a handful of miscues by seventh-ranked Bonanza to claim an 8-1 victory. The complete game was Pindel’s second in as many outings.
LAKE MEAD — Bass sightings are increasing, but the fish are not being fooled, and most are not yet taking bait. The largemouth and smallmouth are moving into the shallows. Within the next week or two, the fish should begin making nests and stand ready to protect them. Crankbaits, drop shot rigs and crawdad patterns fished on jigs all might be worth a try. Striper reports have been light, but with the new moon on Friday, fishing should improve for those fishing at night.
Anti-hunting interests are well funded and tenacious. In recent years, sportsmen across the country have begun to speak up, and 18 states — though not Nevada — guarantee the right to hunt and fish in their constitutions.
Lauren Surick, a goalie for the Las Vegas Premier Soccer Academy girls under-18 team, outkicked her teammate, bounced the ball over the head of the other goalie and scored. “Does this count?” she asked. “I didn’t even know if this counts.”
Stock car racer Kurt Busch, boxer Mike Tyson, longtime local golf pro Joe Kelly, former NFL quarterback Glenn Carano and UNLV rodeo coach Ric Griffith will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on June 19 at Orleans Arena.
Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who bills himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” and his chief deputy offered on Tuesday to accept civil sanctions for contempt of court, ahead of a hearing next month in a federal court in Phoenix.
Kentucky is 34-0 — with a few close calls along the way — and the clear favorite to win the national championship when the NCAA Tournament begins in earnest Thursday. Here are some underdog plays for Thursday and Friday.
An inmate convicted of murder died Tuesday in Carson City, the Nevada Department of Corrections released Wednesday. Bobbie Mills, 49, was housed at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City. He died at the center’s regional medical facility, the corrections department wrote in a release.
