Bishop Gorman and Faith Lutheran have scheduled out-of-state teams for some of their nonleague games in the past, but that might change this year because of the COVID pandemic.
Jason Orts
Nevada Preps coordinator
Email: jorts@reviewjournal.com
Jason Orts is a born-and-raised Texan who has more than a decade of experience covering high school sports there. The last six of those came as the high school sports coordinator at the Waco Tribune-Herald, where he also covered a myriad of Baylor University sports. Orts was the sports editor of the University Star at Texas State University prior to beginning his professional career.
Coaches whose teams can play football this spring are happy for their players while lamenting that Clark County School District schools can’t play.
UNLV is 0-6 on the road in Mountain West games despite leading in the final five minutes in four games. The Rebels travel to San Jose State for games Friday and Sunday.
The decision on whether to play all sports in the fall season is in the hands of school districts. The CCSD is the only one of 17 districts that has opted out of the fall season.
UNLV led for most of the second half after going on a 14-0 run, but Boise State rallied down the stretch for a 61-59 win Saturday.
UNLV will look to rebound from a 78-66 loss to Boise State on Thursday and pick up its first Mountain West road win when the teams meet again Saturday.
UNLV hopes the lessons its young players learned from late-game situations in a series sweep of Air Force carry over on the road against Boise State.
Rallies were held at several Clark County School District schools as students and parents voiced support for bringing back high school sports.
David Jenkins scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the second half, and the Rebels erased a six-point halftime deficit to beat Air Force 69-64.
It’s been nearly 11 months since Nevada shut down high school sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All neighboring Western states have done so as well, to varying degrees.
The UNLV men’s and women’s basketball programs received an $8 million donation from the James J. Baumberger estate.
Former UNLV men’s basketball assistant coach Lew Hill, the coach at Texas-Rio Grande Valley died in his sleep Sunday after coaching Saturday. He was 56.
UNLV took a 68-58 win over Air Force on Saturday behind 22 points, 13 rebounds and five assists from Bryce Hamilton. It will go for a series sweep Monday.
Bryce Hamilton had 22 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in his return from an ankle injury, leading UNLV to a 68-58 win over Air Force at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Bryce Hamilton, who averages 18.3 points, has missed three of the past five games with an ankle injury and remains day to day. UNLV hosts Air Force on Saturday and Monday.
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