The NIAA on Friday provided an update on Gov. Steve Sisolak’s signing of Emergency Directive 048 and how it affects the high school fall sports season.
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Bishop Gorman outfielder Tyler Whitaker was taken No. 87 overall by the Houston Astros, the first of three Las Vegans picked Monday in the Major League Baseball draft.
An incoming freshman football player at Legacy High School has died during an athletics-related activity at the school, according to the Clark County School District.
The Raiders and UNLV hosted a virtual coaching clinic to help high school coaches throughout Nevada.
Ari Gronauer scored about four minutes into the second half for the only goal as defending state champion Faith Lutheran defeated Bishop Gorman on Thursday.
Coronado High star guard Jaden Hardy was named a McDonald’s All-American on Tuesday. He averaged 30.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.4 assists in the 2019-20 season.
The NIAA has put the onus on its school districts to determine if they will allow sports to be played. Of the state’s 17 districts, only the CCSD has opted out.
A group of about 75 athletes and parents from Clark County School District high schools gathered Thursday to protest the cancellation of winter and fall sports.
Three Las Vegas high school athletic programs are receiving grants from the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation and Icy Hot.
The Clark County School District informed its schools that it will not participate in fall sports, which includes football, for the 2020-21 school year.