Democracy Prep guard Josiah Stroughter scored 25 points in a 77-57 win over Palo Verde on Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
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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.
Bishop Gorman was crowned the high school football national champion by MaxPreps on Monday, earning the school’s fourth mythical football national title.
Stetson Wright won his fifth all-around world championship despite missing most of the National Finals Rodeo with a hamstring injury. Here are three takeaways from NFR.
Keenan Hayes won the bareback riding title, and Tyler Waguespack rallied to win the steer wrestling title on the final night of the National Finals Rodeo.
Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp lead the header and heeler standings, respectively, entering the final round of the National Finals Rodeo after another go-round win Friday.
Sage Newman trails Zeke Thurston by $327 in the saddle bronc riding world standings. Newman and Thurston were part of a three-way tie in Thursday’s NFR action.
Athletes competed in two go-rounds in the same day for the first time to make up for the National Finals Rodeo starting a day late after the shooting at UNLV.
Bishop Gorman senior offensive lineman Alexander Ruggeroli, a three-star prospect by 247Sports, announced his college commitment Wednesday.
Shadow Ridge junior guard Jalen Butler scored 27 points in a 77-63 win over Sunrise Mountain on Dec. 5, earning him Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week.
Desert Pines junior forward Trista Mabry scored 21 points in the Jaguars’ 55-18 win over Palo Verde on Dec. 5, earning her Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Stetson Wright, the four-time defending all-around champion, will miss the rest of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas because of a lingering injury.
Here is the 2023 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada football team.
Rocker Steiner, a 19-year old Texan, won his first go-round in bareback riding, while four-time defending all-around champion Stetson Wright fell in saddle bronc riding.
Here is the 2023 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls volleyball team.
The 2023 National Finals Rodeo begins Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Here are three things to watch as this year’s event.