Three-time NHRA Funny Car champion Ron Capps was involved in a scary crash March 23. Capps also announced that he is expanding his race team in 2026.
Alex Wright
High School Sports Reporter
Email: awright@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-349-2532
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.
Drake Hooiman, a three-time wrestling state champion, has two Big Ten programs in final five. Also, two Arbor View football players got offers from Ohio State.
Shawn Langdon leads the Top Fuel point standings as NHRA returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 4-Wide Nationals this weekend. Langdon has never won at LVMS.
The Nevada school with the most boys golf team state titles may surprise you. It’s located around two hours northeast of Reno.
Check out where the top high school teams stand in the Review-Journal’s baseball, softball and boys volleyball rankings. Also includes are games to watch this week.
Many of the state’s top high school swimmers competed at a meet Saturday morning at the Pavilion Center Pool. Here are photos and results from the event.
Basic’s baseball team, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings, claimed a home win over Arbor View on Friday. Here are photos from the game.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association prohibited transgender students from competing in high school sports based on their gender identity.
Basic defeated Sky Pointe in three sets in a boys volleyball match Wednesday night at Sky Pointe. Here are photos from the match.
Gavin Day, a standout safety prospect from Faith Lutheran, is getting college interest from an SEC school and several West Coast powers.
Bishop Gorman’s boys golf team won the individual and team titles at a Class 5A Mountain League match at Canyon Gate. Here are photos from the match.
Palo Verde’s softball team, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings, overcame a five-run deficit to defeat second-ranked Shadow Ridge on Monday.
Bishop Gorman’s baseball team recorded 10 hits and scored in each of the first three innings to roll past Palo Verde on Saturday.
Many of the area’s top high school track and field athletes competed at the Las Vegas Track Classic on Saturday. Here are results and photos from the event.
Basic, the top baseball team in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings, claimed a home win over Liberty on Friday. Here are photos from the game.