Bishop Gorman (5A), Silverado (4A) and Moapa Valley (3A) remain No. 1 in the Southern Nevada football rankings. The Eldorado boys and Coronado girls top the soccer rankings.
Mark Anderson
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Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
Desert Oasis played a girls soccer match at Centennial on Tuesday.
Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school soccer and volleyball action.
Basic volleyball player AnnaMaria Ramos is a four-year member of the varsity team and is in her second season as a captain.
Senior Matthew Vogel produced two goals and three assists for defending Class 5A state champion Palo Verde in an 8-0 victory over Spring Valley last week.
The College Football Playoff field will expand from four to 12 teams, increasing the chances of Las Vegas hosting the CFP national championship game as early as 2027.
Desert Pines scored five touchdowns in the final 6:48 of the first half to break open the game, and Canyon Springs finished with minus-30 yards of offense.
The best-of-five WNBA semifinal series between the Aces and Seattle Storm begins next Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Bishop Gorman quarterback Micah Alejado passed for 200 yards in the first half and finished 22 of 24 for 312 yards and three touchdowns in the Gaels’ season opener.
Dick Calvert was UNLV’s public-address announcer for 52 years, and he was on the microphone for multiple other Las Vegas events. He also was an announcer at three World Cups.
Connor Fields, who went to Green Valley High School and UNLV, is the only American to win an Olympic gold medal in BMX.
Paseo Verde will face Utah-Snow Canyon in the title game at 2 p.m. Friday. The winner will advance to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The Fox 5 subsidiary is called Silver State Sports Entertainment Network and will concentrate on sports other than football and men’s basketball.
The U.S. men’s basketball team will play Uruguay at Cox Pavilion, and the women’s team will have a scrimmage there.
Las Vegas Ballpark received the honor from Ballpark Digest for the second time in a row and third time in four years.
