The NIAA approved appeals from three football teams, who were slated to move up into Class 5A, to stay in Class 4A for the next two-year cycle beginning this fall.
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.
Five Arbor View players scored in double figures to lead the Aggies to a win over Shadow Ridge in a boys basketball game Friday. Here are photos from the game.
Here is the 2022 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls volleyball team.
The No. 1-seeded Doral Academy girls soccer team enters the Class 4A state semifinals with a perfect record. The Dragons play Silverado on Friday.
Running back Donavyn Pellot scored five touchdowns as Silverado, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 4A, rolled past Sierra Vista on Friday night to remain undefeated.
UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo said Saturday’s game at Cal of the Pac-12 will be a good indicator of where his team is from a talent standpoint.
The 7-foot-1, No. 2 overall draft pick finished with 12 points and eight rebounds in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s loss to the Houston Rockets.
The Las Vegas Desert Dogs of the National Lacrosse League picked up 15 players in this past week’s expansion draft, ahead of their inaugural season.
The Las Vegas Lights lost, but in the nightcap of doubleheader, UNLV drew 4,922 for its scrimmage against Arizona, to set state attendance record.