NOTES: Sprinters highlight stacked field for LV Track Classic

Cue the Spaghetti Western music. A showdown on the track could be brewing.

The Las Vegas Track Classic takes place Saturday at Desert Oasis, and the 28-team meet offers the tantalizing possibility of an early-season duel in the 200-meter dash between at least two of the state’s fastest boys.

Jayveon Taylor of Bonanza is scheduled to run in the 100 and 200, while Ivy Dobson of Arbor View is entered in the latter event. Last week, the DePaul-bound Dobson threw down a marker by predicting he will dethrone Taylor, a five-time individual state champion.

Also expected to compete in the fastest heat of the 200 are Ian Mack of Green Valley, the Sunrise Region runner-up in the 200 last year, and Centennial’s Corey Berner. And the field could become even deeper.

The deadline to register isn’t until Wednesday evening, meaning Legacy’s Casey Hughes still has time to enter. Hughes, who signed a letter of intent to play football at Utah, was second to Taylor in the 100 at the state meet last season.

“It should be a pretty sick race to watch,” Desert Oasis track and field coach Jim Dinkel said.

While the boys sprints will garner plenty of attention, several athletes return from last season, when 12 meet records were broken at Del Sol.

Dinkel confirmed that Centennial girls standouts Tiana Bonds and Sydney Badger are slated to compete, as are Liberty standout throwers Ashlie Blake and Reno Tu’ufuli.

Blake, a UCLA signee, set meet records in the shot put and discus last week at the Heitkotter Invitational at Faith Lutheran. Her mark of 50 feet, 6 inches, during a dual meet against Del Sol on March 19 is No. 2 in the nation, according to Dyestat.com.

Tu’ufuli has season bests of 58-1 in the shot put and 170-5 in the discus.

The meet, which begins at 9 a.m., had more than 1,000 entries as of Tuesday afternoon, Dinkel said.

“With the weather, it looks like it could be a pretty good meet,” Dinkel said. “There’s a lot of kids signed up for the meet. It should be a very talented meet.”

■ ROBOTHAM ADDS GATORADE AWARD — Bishop Gorman senior Noah Robotham was named the Gatorade Nevada Boys Basketball Player of the Year on Friday.

The 6-foot point guard was the Review-Journal Player of the Year and led the Gaels in scoring (16.0), assists (7.1) and steals (3.1) as they won their third straight large-school state title.

Robotham is the program’s all-time winningest player with 112 victories. He is the seventh player from Gorman to be chosen for the award and third since 2010, joining Johnathan Loyd and Shabazz Muhammad.

Robotham, who is still undecided on his college choice, is eligible for the Gatorade National Player of the Year award.

■ RECENT COMMITMENT — Faith Lutheran senior Matt Chilman to Concordia (Neb.) for football.

Contact reporter David Schoen at dschoen@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5203. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidSchoenLVRJ.