Ray Brewer
Managing Editor
Story Archive
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FeaturesMale Scholar Athlete of the Year: Nathan Sherrard, Mojave basketball and volleyball
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Nathan Sherrard won two basketball state champions, made the All-State academic team on multiple occasions and was named school valedictorian during his time high school.
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FeaturesFemale Scholar Athlete of the Year: Lynzee Zrebiec, Southeast Tech flag football and soccer
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Lynzee Zrebiec starred on the flag football team with 17 touchdown catches as a senior, on the soccer team with 22 points this season and in the classroom with a 4.8 weighted grade point average.
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FeaturesTeam of the Year: SLAM Nevada wrestling
Thursday, May 23, 2024 It was another banner year for the wrestling crew at SLAM Academy, as the team claimed its third straight state championship in dominant fashion.
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FeaturesRising Star Female: Ayanna Watson, Bishop Gorman
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Ayanna Watson has cemented herself as the best volleyball player in the state in only her second high school season.
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FeaturesRising Star Male: Jett Washington, Bishop Gorman basketball, football
Thursday, May 23, 2024 It was a productive year for the trophy case at Bishop Gorman, and Jett Washington played a big part in adding to the Gaels’ shiny display.
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SportsDesert Oasis freshman shines in three sports while wearing prosthetic leg
Sunday, May 19, 2024 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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AwardsDesert Oasis twins find success, recognition in flag football
Saturday, May 18, 2024 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 semifinals and rewriting the state record book ...
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NewsUNLV coach’s personal touches define a hall-of-fame career
Friday, May 17, 2024 Knight will be inducted tonight into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame, a fitting honor for a man who spent more than three decades transforming Rebel golf into a power ...
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MusicKeith Urban to play 10 shows in Las Vegas in October, February
Monday, May 6, 2024 Four-time Grammy winner Keith Urban will play 10 shows on the Strip starting in early October at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the resort announced this morning. “Keith Urban’s HIGH in Vegas” will include ...
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PoliticsBiden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 A new poll conducted with 1,000 would-be voters in Nevada found what has been long suspected about November’s presidential race: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are ...
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SportsAces' Candace Parker retiring from WNBA after legendary 16-year career
Sunday, April 28, 2024 Candace Parker, one of the most notable women’s basketball players in history and part of the Las Vegas Aces championship team in 2023, has retired, she announced this morning on social media.
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SportsMarc-André Fleury will play one more NHL season; signs extension with Wild
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Marc-André Fleury was consistently asked this season about when he would be retiring from the NHL. The legendary goalie ...
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SportsNoah Hanifin gets 8-year extension from Golden Knights
Thursday, April 11, 2024 The Golden Knights gave up conditional first- and third-round draft picks last month in acquiring defenseman Noah Hanifin ..
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BasketballNC State’s run to Final Four revives memories for ’83 UNLV team
Saturday, April 6, 2024 The UNLV basketball team was ranked No. 1 nationally for the first time in program history in 1983. As a reward, coach Jerry Tarkanian had ...
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NewsOrganizers: Candidate forum important for nonpartisan voters in Clark County
Sunday, March 24, 2024 Vote Nevada, a nonprofit civic engagement group founded by a group of Las Vegas women, is determined to find solutions to help strengthen the community. Their previous forum ...
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Breaking NewsNCAA-bound Lady Rebels coach, like her father, fueled by competitive drive
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Coach Lindy La Rocque is greeted with a text message when she picks up her phone after every UNLV women’s basketball game. The message is from her dad, Al La Rocque, and usually reads: “Nice win, coach” ...
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FeaturesBrewer: It’s time to get off the conveyor belt of paying to play youth sports
Thursday, March 14, 2024 The cost and participation requirements have become so abusive that it’s taken an activity that long provided meaningful exercise and friendships and turned it into an unneeded burden.
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FeaturesPay to play: Youth sports have become an expensive, stressful burden on families
Thursday, March 14, 2024 There’s a misconception that young athletes need to focus only on one sport or have their families excessively invest in specialized training to succeed.
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UNLVFootball great Sawyer leads UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame class
Thursday, March 7, 2024 Talance Sawyer arrived in Las Vegas for a recruiting trip with the UNLV football team in the mid-1990s, saw the bright lights of the Strip and knew he had found a home ...
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SportsUNLV's defensive leader Jackson Woodard is a man on a mission
Thursday, March 7, 2024 UNLV football player Jackson Woodard settled in at his apartment near campus on Swenson Avenue after the team returned to town last November following a win at Air Force. He noticed there was a persistent light shining into his unit. He opened the window to realize it was the LED display coming from the nearby Sphere, or as Woodard calls it, the “greatest video screen in the world.”
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SportsBishop Gorman player makes most of lone season, lifts Gaels over Coronado for state title
Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 Bishop Gorman’s Noah Westbrook tore his knee so badly in the fall of 2021 that it required surgery and a year of rehabilitation. Westbrook had 13 points on 6 of 8 shooting and 9 rebounds in the Class 5A state championship game against Coronado ...
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SportsOn Super Bowl Sunday, the Raiders spread the wealth
Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 Sunrise Mountain High football coach Chris Sawyers received a pair of Super Bowl tickets from the Raiders last week. He promptly told his wife, Brandi, that they would be ...
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SportsChalk up another win for Liberty in basketball rivalry with Gorman
Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 The basketball players on the Liberty High School bench were on their feet tonight in the final seconds of the Patriots 72-65 win over Bishop Gorman.
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Nevada
More than 100,000 Nevadans have already cast primary ballots
Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 Nearly 10% of Nevada’s 1.15 million registered voters have cast a ballot in the preferred presidential primaries through Tuesday, according to the Nevada secretary of state. Data from the secretary of state’s ...
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SportsNew Las Vegas Lights coach familiar with developing younger talent
Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 The Las Vegas Lights will be coached in the upcoming United Soccer League season by Dennis Sanchez, who last season was an assistant with Austin FC II.
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Breaking NewsTwo weeks to go until its caucuses, and Nevada GOP still seeking volunteers
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 The Nevada Republican Party is seeking volunteers to man the undetermined number of sites in the Las Vegas area for its “First in the West” caucuses early next month. Jesse Law, chairman of the Clark County GOP, sent an email this week with the subject line, “Need Volunteers for the Caucus!” The note detailed needing volunteers for ...
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CasinoOn the Golden Gate’s 118th anniversary, officials mark hotel’s unique legacy
Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 Those 10 rooms at the Golden Gate, which debuted 118 years ago in 1906, are still available to guests. And on some nights, you can book your spot for a more-than-reasonable $24. It’s part of the unique history ...
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PoliticsVoters rage over GOP primary ballots in Nevada; party officials mum
Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 Republican voters in Nevada are expressing confusion and anger about the ballot they received in the mail this week for the upcoming presidential preference primary ...
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SportsNew owner Jose Bautista wants to build winner with Las Vegas Lights
Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 Retired baseball slugger Jose Bautista is the primary investor in an ownership group purchasing the Las Vegas Lights. Bautista, who clubbed 344 home runs in ...
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Breaking NewsRed Rock Academy soars to national prominence in just its second year
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 Derek Thomas, a former assistant at UNLV and head coach at Western Illinois, has built the program in two seasons into one of the nation’s best prep schools. Red Rock Academy has posted an 11-1 record and is ranked No. 6 ...
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SportsSan Antonio's Zach Collins staying loyal to his Las Vegas roots
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024 There was a time last season when Spurs forward Zach Collins was struggling with his outside shooting, and coach Gregg Popovich prohibited him from ...
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SportsFive reasons to care about UNLV’s climb into the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Kansas
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 The Guaranteed Rate Bowl between UNLV and Kansas, which kicks off at 6 p.m. December 26 at Chase Field in Phoenix, feels like a throwback, especially on the Scarlet and Gray’s side.
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SportsLiberty High standout heads talented class of Las Vegas recruits for UNLV football
Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023 Andre Porter sat with his dad ahead of his senior year at Liberty High School and established a handful of goals. Among them: Porter would strive to win a state championship in football or basketball ...
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High SchoolVegas' champion: Bishop Gorman football selected for national title
Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 Brent Browner has been coaching high school football in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. When he initially started in 2005, “the teams in the north, in Reno, would always win the state championship,” said ...
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UNLVWhat a win: UNLV basketball beats No. 8 Creighton
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 The Rebels, who have been plagued by poor defense through the initial seven games of the season, answered the bell against one of the nation’s best scoring teams in limiting Creighton to 40% shooting ...
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Las VegasFallen Nevada trooper remembered for his dedication, ‘dad energy’
Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 A Nevada State Police trooper stopped Jonah Ayat late one evening on a Las Vegas freeway for speeding. Ayat rolled down his window and came face-to-face with Trooper Alberto Felix. He was prepared for a ticket; instead he got a stern talking to by Felix. “I got the dad version of him,” Ayat said Friday while ...
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UNLVNear campus, a church offers a safe space, compassion, to UNLV students
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 The Rev. Stephen Govett has a congregation of about 130 churchgoers at University Church, about 18 of whom are UNLV students. But on this day it was about ministering ...
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FoodChef Daniel Ye serves up Las Vegas’ newest foodie hot spot, Nicco’s steakhouse at Durango Resort
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 Daniel Ye’s culinary career has taken him to all the industry hot spots: Los Angeles, nearly a decade in New York kitchens, and San Francisco. Now, he’s in Las Vegas as the executive chef at Durango Resort, the ...
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Breaking NewsStation Casinos opens doors on Durango Resort, its next generation of luxury
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 Patrons who step into the new Durango Resort for the initial time should notice something distinct: It’s bright. Between the natural light flowing into the $780 million resort on Durango Drive and ...
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FootballThis could be the start of many memorable seasons cheering for UNLV football
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 Driving east on Russell Road Saturday morning toward Allegiant Stadium featured something unusual for the commute to a UNLV football game. Traffic. Lots of it.
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UNLVHistoric kicker: UNLV's Pizano a finalist for Lou Groza Award
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 Jose Pizano’s historic season of kicking for the UNLV football team has reached new heights.
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SportsUNLV’s fairy-tale season worthy of celebration, not worrying about what’s next
Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 The Rebels are receiving votes in both major polls, are bowl eligible for the first time since 2013 and have reached the nine-win mark for just the sixth time in program history.
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SportsPreseason top-10: Top-ranked Coronado basketball seeking 1st state title
Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 The mural of photos adorning the walls of Jeff Kaufman’s office at Coronado High School shows how dominant his Cougars basketball program has become.
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NewsSpecial look: Golden Knights' uniform combination revealed for NHL Winter Classic
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 The Golden Knights will have a new uniform combination when facing the Seattle Kraken on New Year’s Day in the NHL’s annual Winter Classic. Adidas, the uniform partner of the NHL, said in a new release today that ...
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SportsQuarterback helps Bishop Gorman football add another state title to dynasty
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 The Bishop Gorman sideline called for a timeout with about five minutes remaining Tuesday in football’s Class 5A-Division I state championship game at Allegiant Stadium.
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Sports‘This path chose me’: Sunrise Mountain football coach fosters a winning culture
Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 Chris Sawyers has made the drive countless times north on Nellis Boulevard and east onto Hollywood Boulevard on the way to his teaching job at Sunrise Mountain High School. He sees the telltale signs of ...
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SportsTragic past, inherited drive fuel Centennial coach’s push for state championship
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 DJ Campbell remembers little about his mother, only that she loved the Atlanta Braves and watching the game show “Supermarket Sweep.” But relatives have told him ...
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EventsSpeed bumps, spectacle mark Formula One’s bash in Las Vegas
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 It would be easy to judge the experiment of Formula One in Las Vegas as being unsuccessful. That would be fair and deserving criticism — yet not a complete assessment.
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BusinessWynn Resorts reaches deal with Culinary in Las Vegas to avoid strike
Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 The union agreed to a tentative five-year contract for hospitality workers at Wynn Resorts about three hours before the this morning’s strike deadline, union officials said.
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Las VegasLas Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 The Sphere in Las Vegas reported an operating loss of $98.4 million for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, Sphere Entertainment Co. said this morning on an earnings call. Additionally, the company lost its chief financial officer, as ...
