Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers make their picks for Week 1 of the high school football season.
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Nevada Preps staffers Ben Gotz and Justin Emerson preview a busy Week 1 of the Southern Nevada high school football season.
Sagan Gronauer gives Faith Lutheran’s football team something it hasn’t had during coach Vernon Fox’s tenure: an experienced, returning quarterback.
The 5-foot-8-inch, 150-pound Diamante Burton was forced into action as Canyon Springs’ quarterback last season, and this year will also see time as a tailback and slot receiver.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson will debut as the Gaels’ starting quarterback in a nationally televised ESPN game against DeMatha High School (Maryland) at 6 p.m. Friday at Bishop Gorman.
Del Sol’s Taariq Flowers has solidified himself as one of the top football players in Class 3A, and this season he’ll be looking to keep the momentum going under first-year coach Mike Valenzuela.
Pahranagat Valley’s football team no longer has last year’s quarterback and head coach, and the Panthers no longer will have the nation’s longest winning streak when they open their season Friday at Wells.
Raiders alumni and Raiderettes will assist with the coin toss when Palo Verde plays at Sierra Vista on Friday and when Liberty hosts Saguaro (Ariz.) on Saturday.
The Coronado girls soccer team got a boost last year with the addition of club player Jensen Boman. This year, the Cougars will add another club player in Makenna Curcuru.
Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team enters the season ranked No. 41 nationally, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and should be the overwhelming favorite to repeat as state champion.
Meadows seniors Peyton Sachs and Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq are striving for an undefeated doubles season and a second consecutive team state championship.
Matthew Kurtz will walk onto a pitch this week in Taipei, Taiwan, with USA on his chest. He’s part of the Brigham Young men’s soccer team chosen to represent the country at the World University Games.
Fans greeted the Southern Nevada Blue Sox on Wednesday at McCarran International Airport, one day after the team won the American Legion World Series championship in Shelby, North Carolina.
The Southern Nevada Blue Sox, a baseball team comprised of Basic High School players and American Legion World Series champions, will land at McCarran International Airport at 2:45.
Two consecutive Class 4A state championships have now been followed with an American Legion title, the result of Basic’s summer team having beaten Creighton Prep from Omaha, Neb., 2-1 on Tuesday night.
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Sierra Vista boys basketball center Xavion Staton, Nevada’s No. 1 basketball recruit in the class of 2025, announced his college commitment.
No. 2-ranked Bishop Gorman lost to No. 1 Mater Dei in what was billed as the de facto high school football national title game Friday in Santa Ana, California.
Raiders defensive lineman Jonah Laulu, a Las Vegas native, is living his dream with his hometown team. He even gets to eat at his mom’s house after practice.
Bishop Gorman, ranked No. 2 nationally, plays at No. 1 Mater Dei (California) on Friday. The game has been billed as the de facto high school football national title game.