UNLV forward Rob Whaley Jr. was a full participant in practice after spraining his left ankle in the Rebels’ victory over Colorado State on Saturday.
Alex Wright
High School Sports Reporter
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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.
A late turnover helped the Bishop Gorman boys basketball team defeat Coronado to win the Class 5A state title Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Coronado and Bishop Gorman will play for the Class 5A boys basketball state title at 7 p.m. Friday after the teams were victorious in their state semifinals Thursday.
The UNLV men’s basketball team rolled to a win at Air Force on Wednesday night in the teams’ first meeting since the Rebels’ 32-point home loss to the Falcons last month.
The top four Class 5A boys basketball teams — Coronado, Liberty, Bishop Gorman and Arbor View — will play for the state title Thursday and Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Centennial girls basketball team will look to win its ninth straight state title when the Class 5A girls basketball state semifinals begin Thursday.
Shadow Ridge’s flag football team defeated Palo Verde to win its third straight Class 5A flag football state title Tuesday.
Palo Verde bowler Rylan Breese helped his team win Class 5A boys bowling state title Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Desert Oasis bowler Shantell Hunt helped her team win the Class 5A girls bowling state title Friday to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Class 4A Southern Nevada high school basketball teams will face Northern teams for the state title after the classification was Southern-only the past two seasons.
The UNLV men’s basketball team returns to action Wednesday against Air Force, which handed it its largest loss of the season so far.
Democracy Prep’s boys basketball team is looking to win the Class 3A state title after facing plenty of off-court adversity in the last year.
The three Nevada high school state championship flag football games take place Tuesday, led by Shadown Ridge’s matchup with Palo Verde in 5A.
The UNLV men’s basketball team will try to move forward after losing a double-digit second-half lead and falling to UNR on Saturday, snapping a five-game winning streak.
The UNLV men’s basketball team lost to rival UNR and saw its five game winning-streak snapped Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
