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EducationSun Standout AwardsNewsShadow Ridge’s Barczyszyn, Western’s Jones named Southern Nevada's top scholar-athletes
I’yanna Jones worked through adversity and grief to be a three-time state medalist in wrestling and Ivy League-bound. Jerrad Barczyszyn took up bowling to stave ...
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Sun Standout AwardsSportsNewsElite seasons, defining moments recognized at Sun Standout Awards
The gala honored achievements including a history-making soccer squad, a flag football rushing leader who topped national statistics and a dominant cross-country runner who secured ...
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Sun Standout AwardsNewsAggregate15 titles later, Centennial’s Weitz still shaping the game and her players
Karen Weitz is this year’s Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement recipient. The award, given to Weitz during Monday’s Sun Standout Awards show, recognizes outstanding contributions to ...
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Sun Standout AwardsNewsAggregateSierra Vista coach’s approach instills confidence in wrestlers, sets team on championship path
Brett Terry knew transforming the Sierra Vista High wrestling team into a respectable program would require significant effort …
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NewsAllAggregateNominations now open for Sun Standout Awards
The Las Vegas Sun is looking to recognize the best of the best in high school sports across Southern Nevada. We need an assist from ...
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SportsSun Standout AwardsPrep SportsSun Standout Awards are bigger and better than ever in seventh year recognizing high school athletics
A record 15 winners collected honors at the 2024 Sun Standout Awards May 20 at the South Point Showroom.
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NewsSportsAggregateDesert Oasis freshman shines in three sports while wearing prosthetic leg
Alissa Perkins stands in the batter’s box awaiting the pitch. She’s one of the best hitters on the Desert Oasis High softball team ...
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AggregateHome AggregateCCSDDesert Oasis twins find success, recognition in flag football
Akemi Higa is a quarterback; twin Akiko is her favorite wide receiver. And they are dominating, leading Desert Oasis High this winter to the state ...
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NewsAllSportsCitizen of the Year: Nykita Rustad, Spring Valley cross country and track
The senior is Spring Valley’s ambassador for Hope Squad, a suicide-prevention group. She has served in the role since 2020, after being voted to the ...
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NewsAllSportsMoment of the Year: Moapa Valley football returns home to a state-championship parade
The Moapa Valley High football team was already celebrating on its long ride home to Overton from Allegiant Stadium after defeating rival Virgin Valley 27-13 ...
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NewsAllSportsTeam of the Year: Coronado girls golf
This year’s Cougars were the best golf team in state history, and it wasn’t even close.
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NewsAllSportsFemale Scholar Athlete of the Year: Zoey Robinson, Boulder City volleyball
Robinson made a pair of all-state teams—in volleyball and academics.
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NewsAllSportsMale Scholar Athlete of the Year: Jeffrey Morosini, Durango football and wrestling
Morosini won the 220-pound wrestling state championship, and that might not even be the top accomplishment from his senior year.
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NewsAllSportsGame of the Year: Bishop Gorman beats Liberty in thrilling double-overtime basketball affair
This late-December night of basketball had a little bit of everything: multiple buzzer beaters, two overtimes, a packed gym to watch undefeated rivals square off, ...
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NewsAllSportsCoach of the Year: Kevin Soares, Liberty basketball
One of the consensus top basketball coaches in Southern Nevada for the past 25 years, Soares now has the elusive state championship to complete his ...
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NewsAllSportsFemale Rising Star: Rebecca Diaconescu, Palo Verde swimming
Palo Verde’s swimming dynasty is still going strong, and a familiar name might be the biggest reason why the Panthers have been able to stay ...
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NewsAllSportsMale Athlete of the Year: Justin Crawford, Bishop Gorman baseball
Being known as “Carl Crawford’s son” put a lot on pressure on Justin Crawford growing up, but the graduating Gorman star feels like he has ...
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NewsAllSportsMale Rising Star: Yuval Cohen, Palo Verde soccer
Yuval Cohen loves scoring, and he showed it like never before this season. The sophomore at Palo Verde High School scored 40 goals and had ...
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NewsAllSportsUnsung Hero Awards: Marshall Cohen, referee, Kathleen Eakins, transportation, Laquedra Parks, police officer and basketball coach
Umpire Marshall Cohen frequently worked five high school baseball or softball games a week this season. Some days, he volunteered ...
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A&EWorld Party Parade brings Electric Daisy Carnival to the Las Vegas Strip
EDC returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 15-17, but its colorful spectacle will take to the streets one day earlier.
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NewsNevada, California and Arizona announce new water-saving plan for dwindling Colorado River
With the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs declining toward critically low levels, negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada announced Friday that they have agreed on a ...
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DiningSwitch up traditional Mother’s Day brunch at these Las Vegas gems
Try something a little different this year, from Galpão Gaucho to Hofbräuhaus.
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MGM GrandMGM ResortsBusinessMGM Grand launches retro gaming lounge with free play for guests
MGM Grand has opened Bonus Round Totally Awesome Bar + Arcade, a 21-and-older venue that blends classic arcade games with cocktails, casual food and a ...
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Pawn StarsNV PoliticsPoliticsRick Harrison of 'Pawn Stars' raves about Trump during White House visit
Las Vegas resident Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars” fame offered a glowing endorsement of President Donald Trump at a White House event today, calling him ...
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MusicDuran Duran takes a victory lap at Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Duran Duran has never worn the "legacy act" title comfortably; they like to mix things up. But at Fontainebleau, every hit received a faithful, sonically ...
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AggregateAllSportsHenderson 12-year-old wins Elks National Hoop Shoot with perfect performance
Duncan, a 12-year-old sixth-grader at Jack & Terry Mannion Middle School in Henderson, won the Elks Free Throw National Hoop Shoot on April 18 in ...
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NewsairplaneAllegiant AirSpirit Airlines ceases operations. Las Vegas airport says all 16 routes still covered
Spirit Airlines took its last flight this week, ending 34 years of bright yellow planes and bare-bones fares that made budget travel accessible to millions ...
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SportsUNLV basketball lands two transfers to close weekend
He appeared in nine games as a sophomore at Mississippi State before landing at Central Florida.
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: May 7-13
DJ Snoopadelic at Zouk, Widespread Panic at Virgin, Dylan Scott at Green Valley Ranch, Miss Behave’s Game Show at Majestic and more.
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateFireworks series will light up the Las Vegas skyline leading up to nation’s 250th birthday
Las Vegas will mark America’s 250th birthday by stretching Independence Day into an eight-week spectacle, with rotating fireworks displays across the Strip and downtown on ...
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AggregateAllNewsWith superstar A’ja Wilson, defending champion Aces go into new season both stable and reloaded
A’ja Wilson is coming off one of the best stretches in WNBA history, having led the Las Vegas Aces to a third title in four ...
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AggregateAllNewsHigh school students take the fight against tobacco to CSN
Jeana Kim remembers the day her friend’s father died from health complications tied to years of smoking. Watching someone her own age carry that grief ...
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A&E5 thoughts: Mary J. Blige at Dolby Live, May 1
Opening night of Mary J. Blige’s My Life, My Story residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM felt less like a concert and more like ...
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AggregateAllNewsCBS Sports projects UNLV for 12-team College Football Playoff
The Rebels have been one of the nation’s notable turnaround stories over the past three seasons, leveraging the allure of home games at Allegiant Stadium ...
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Real EstateAllBusinessReport: Las Vegas home prices dip in April
The sales price for a single-family home in the Las Vegas area declined in April when compared to a year ago, according to a report ...
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FeaturedFilipino Town: Las Vegas community builds on a cultural legacy
One year after the establishment of an official cultural district, Filipino Town leaders chase visions of what it—and the community it celebrates—could ultimately grow into.
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NewsAggregateAllOct. 1 survivors gather on Strip to preview Forever One memorial
Fifty-eight survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Strip stood together Thursday evening in a circle on the future grounds of the ...
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NewsAggregateAllMorgan Wallen rocks Larry Johnson UNLV jersey at Allegiant Stadium show
The country star stepped out in a Larry Johnson No. 4 UNLV basketball jersey during part of his performance at Allegiant Stadium, giving a nod ...
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MusicNo Doubt’s Las Vegas residency turns Sphere into a ska-punk time capsule
For two hours, the scrappy garage-born Anaheim band resurrected the sweaty, irreverent energy that launched them out of Orange County clubs and into alt-rock canon.
