As UNLV football clears the halfway point of its spring practices, new coach Barry Odom is using every element of practice to find his starters and create quality depth.
Alex Wright
Alex Wright joined the Review-Journal staff as a high school sports reporter on October 2022. He was previously a sports intern at the RJ. Alex was born and raised in Las Vegas and is in his fourth year at UNLV, majoring in journalism and media studies, with a concentration in sports media. Alex currently serves as the editor-in-chief for UNLV's student newspaper, the Scarlet & Gray Free Press. He previously was the sports editor for the paper last school year after being a sports staff writer for a year and a half.
Spring Valley junior guard Charolette De Lisle’s layup at the buzzer gave the Grizzlies a 64-62 home win over Coronado on Friday night.
The Centennial senior scored 29 points in a 63-47 win over Bonita Vista (California) in the Nike Tournament of Champions.
Mojave senior point guard Giali Chapman scored 23 points as the Rattlers defeated St. Mary’s (Arizona) 78-70 in their final game of the Tarkanian Classic last Thursday.
Liberty and Bishop Gorman enter the boys basketball season as the favorites in Class 5A, but they know there is stiff competition behind them.
New Liberty girls basketball coach Billy Hemberger, who came over from Spring Valley, hopes to help the Patriots compete with heavy favorite Centennial in Class 5A.
Bishop Gorman racked up 432 yards of total offense to Faith Lutheran’s 19 on the Gaels’ way to a 72-0 rout in the Class 5A playoff opener.
Coach Marcus Arroyo started redshirt sophomore Doug Brumfield at quarterback against Idaho State and he produced, completing 21 of 25 passes for 356 yards and four touchdowns.
The Knight Hawks were limited to 66 yards of offense in the second half after accumulating 147 yards in the first half of Sunday’s Indoor Football League game.