The Clark County School District informed its schools that it will not participate in fall sports, which includes football, for the 2020-21 school year.
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.
The Rebels started the game on a 23-2 run and limited Benedictine Mesa to 21.2 percent shooting en route to their fourth straight victory Thursday.
UNLV right tackle Justice Oluwaseun, who started 17 of the past 18 games, said Wednesday he is entering the NCAA’s transfer portal. He has two years of eligibility left.
UNLV will go for its fourth straight win when it hosts NAIA’s Benedictine Mesa at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Oblad, a Liberty High School product, has three years of eligibility remaining. He said there were a lot of factors that went into his decision to leave the Rebels.
SLAM! Nevada took advantage of an Amplus team playing its first-ever game, with Lizette Valenciano throwing five touchdown passes in a 31-0 victory Friday.
UNLV and New Mexico, both winless in Mountain West play, meet Saturday and Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels hope to have guard Marvin Coleman for the games.
Amplus and SLAM! Nevada will meet in flag football Friday, the first high school sporting event in Nevada since the COVID-19 shutdown in March.
UNLV announced it will face Texas-San Antonio in a home-and-home series beginning in 2021 and open the 2022 season against Idaho State.
UNLV limited Saint Katherine to 21.2 percent shooting, including 1-for-20 in the second half, to cruise to a 95-34 victory.
The Rebels watched Colorado State hit 16 3-pointers and lost a close game to the Rams for the second time in three days Saturday to fall to 1-6 this season.
Desi-Rae Young, a freshman forward from Desert Oasis High School, leads UNLV with 12.5 points per game and is second on the Lady Rebels with 6.1 rebounds a game.
UNLV will get a second shot at Colorado State on Saturday after letting a 13-point second-half lead slip away in a 74-71 loss to the Rams on Thursday.
UNLV led by 13 points in the second half, but was outscored 12-2 in the final four minutes of a 74-71 loss to Colorado State on Thursday in its first game in 33 days.
