Aaliyah Gayles, a former Spring Valley basketball standout who was shot at a house party in April 2022, has transferred from USC to Utah State.
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.
Boys volleyball is still a relatively new high school sport in Nevada, but several schools have built impressive resumes since it was sanctioned in 2000.
A new team is in the No. 1 spot in the Review-Journal’s Class 4A baseball rankings. Also included are softball and volleyball rankings.
Three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart claimed his first NHRA Top Fuel win Sunday at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Doug Kalitta won last year’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and he’s looking to win the event again after a strong qualifying run.
Doral Academy, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 4A softball rankings, claimed a road win at Basic on Friday. Here are photos from the game.
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.
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.