Las Vegas High, Centennial, Foothill and many other high school football teams battled wild weather and lengthy delays on Friday night to pull out thrilling wins.
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.
Many high school football games in Southern Nevada were delayed because of the rain and lightning across Las Vegas on Friday afternoon and evening.
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