Players have been left wondering what might have been after losing a chance to play their senior season. National signing day was a chance to look forward to what could be.
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.
UNLV added three transfers, two from Power Five schools and one from a junior college, to bring its 2020-21 recruiting class total to 22 with three scholarships left.
Former UNLV quarterback Kenyon Oblad announced Wednesday on Twitter that he will transfer to Dixie State. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
UNLV led by five points with less than six minutes left, but UNR outscored the Rebels 19-4 the rest of the way for a 72-62 win and two-game sweep Tuesday night in Reno.
National Signing Day will still be a celebration for some despite the lack of a football season, but others are left to rue what could have been.
UNR took control early in Sunday’s Mountain West basketball game and dominated UNLV 89-60 for its seventh straight win in the Silver State Series.
The Aces are coming off a season in which they were 18-4 and reached the WNBA Finals and hope to take the final step to the championship this year.
Injuries have been an issue recently for UNLV, most notably to leading scorer Bryce Hamilton, who is dealing with a hurt ankle that has affected his explosiveness.
Sam Thomas is a senior at Arizona, ranked 10th in the nation, and Bailey Thomas is a senior and Jade Thomas a freshman at UNLV. All three starred at Centennial High.
A group of about 75 athletes and parents from Clark County School District high schools gathered Thursday to protest the cancellation of winter and fall sports.
Utah State pulled away in the second half for an 83-74 win over UNLV on Wednesday to end its two-game losing streak and the Rebels’ five-game winning streak.
UNLV took a 59-56 win over Utah State on Monday and will go for a sweep of their two-game series at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association attributed the decision to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s pause of contact sports through at least Feb. 14.
Moses Wood blocked a last-second 3-point try, and UNLV held on for a 59-56 win over Utah State on Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV will welcome Utah State, which is a half-game out of first place in the Mountain West standings, to the Thomas & Mack for a two-game series.
