Ray Brewer
Managing Editor
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- Sports
Brewer: Golden Knights live up to their 'Vegas Born' mantra
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Some three hours after the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup on Tuesday night, a man and his two young sons walked through Toshiba Plaza.
- Sports
Golden Knights' journey to a championship
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 This all happened so quickly. One moment, Las Vegas is hoping to become home to a major professional sports franchise. The next, it’s home to the finest franchise in the NHL — and with some of the greatest fans in the league.
- Breaking News
Raiders linebacker Deablo uses time off for injury to become a bigger, smarter defender
Friday, June 9, 2023 Raiders linebacker Divine Deablo was injured in early November and lost for the season. Breaking his arm to end what turned out to be a breakthrough second professional campaign was devastating, he says. But, he stresses, it was also an opportunity.
- Sports
Vegas' love for its hockey team 'nothing short of phenomenal'
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Ron Portaro walks through Toshiba Plaza on his way to T-Mobile Arena Saturday for the start of the Stanley Cup Final and is consistently stopped by other Golden Knights supporters raving about his jersey.
- Sports
Citizen of the Year: Leslie Maldonado Carrasco, Chaparral volleyball and softball
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Community service initiatives began drawing in Leslie Maldonado Carrasco when she was in middle school.
- Sports
Male Athlete of the Year: Dedan “D.J.” Thomas Jr., Liberty basketball
Thursday, May 25, 2023 After he piloted Liberty to a historic state championship last year, expectations were set sky high for Dedan Thomas Jr.’s junior season this year. He delivered.
- Sports
Unsung Hero Award: Rachel Levy, Desert Oasis trainer
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Rachel Levy had prepared for a severe incident of this nature countless times. So when she heard frantic screams calling her name from observers at Desert Oasis High School after a flag football player collapsed and was unconscious, reacting was like second nature.
- Sports
Rising Star, Male: Christian Thatcher, Arbor View football and wrestling
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Christian Thatcher, a 6-foot-2, 192-pound sophomore linebacker, picked up scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Colorado and West Virginia all on the same day earlier this May.
- Sports
Rising Star, Female: Brynn Kort, Coronado golf
Thursday, May 25, 2023 As a freshman a year ago, Brynn Kort lost out on the individual state title by a single stroke to perhaps the best female prep golfer in state history, then-teammate Yana Wilson.
- Sports
Coach of the Year: LaShondra Rayford, Las Vegas High girls basketball
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Maintaining poise in the toughest moments is a concept almost all coaches preach, but few ever get a chance to demonstrate it as flawlessly as LaShondra Rayford did earlier this year.