Some local athletes will be playing in different conferences than they expected after the recent wave of realignment changed the college sports landscape.
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.
Sunrise Mountain defeated Eldorado in a boys soccer game Tuesday. Here are photos from the game.
Foothill claimed a road win over Desert Oasis in a girls soccer game Monday. Here are photos from the game.
Bishop Gorman (5A), Centennial (4A) and Moapa Valley (3A) are No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s first high school football rankings. Also included are girls volleyball and soccer rankings.
The start of the new high school football season was delayed for a handful of teams in Las Vegas after severe weather forced several games to be canceled.
Faith Lutheran senior kicker Caden Chittenden provided the late-game heroics to give the Crusaders a win over Palo Verde in the season opener Friday night.
Bishop Gorman pulled away in the second half, after trailing in the first half, to put away Corner Canyon on the road in its season opener Friday.
Legacy and Sierra Vista put on a show on the opening night of high school sports competition with a five-set girls volleyball thriller. Here are photos from the game.
Bishop Gorman returns a strong core from last year’s team that came up short in its quest for a 5A state title, while reigning champion Coronado has a new coach.
Some of the city’s top teams, including Arbor View and Liberty, begin challenging non-league schedules with a pair of out-of-state opponents.
Bishop Gorman isn’t shy about its goals. The Gaels expect to compete for a national title behind a strong senior class that includes quarterback Micah Alejado.
Some of the top high school boys soccer teams — such as Class 5A state champion Bishop Gorman, Eldorado and Palo Verde — are replacing key contributors from last season.
Coronado has 11 seniors who helped the Cougars reach the 5A state title game the last two seasons, but coach Dana Neel expects a “battle” in the Southern League.
Class 5A experienced the biggest changes during the realignment process in the offseason, but one thing remains the same: Bishop Gorman’s dominance.
Only three of the 14 teams in the new Class 4A made the playoffs last season, and none of them earned a postseason victory.