Nevada
Meet the 2025 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys basketball team
First team
Mason Abittan, Coronado — The UNLV commit and first-team All-5A senior guard averaged 19.3 points for the Southern League regular-season champion.
EJ Dacuma, Sierra Vista — The 4A Desert League MVP, a senior guard, averaged 17.1 points per game for the 4A state champion.
Tremmell Darden Jr., Arbor View — The senior guard was a first-team All-5A selection and helped the Aggies finish fifth in the 5A Southern League.
Jayonni Durrough, Centennial — The senior guard was a first-team All-5A selection and helped the Bulldogs qualify for the state playoffs.
Tayshaun Jackson, Las Vegas High — The 5A offensive player of the year, a senior guard, averaged 22.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
Nick Jefferson, Bishop Gorman — The senior guard was a first-team All-5A selection and helped the Gaels win the 5A state title. He was named the MaxPreps Nevada player of the year.
Colton Knoll, Sierra Vista — The senior guard averaged 13.4 points and 9.6 rebounds for the 4A state champion.
Jaden Riley, Liberty — The senior guard was a first-team All-5A selection and averaged 15.1 points and 5.0 rebounds.
CJ Shaw, Mojave — The 5A player of the year and senior guard averaged 21.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.8 steals for the 5A state runner-up. He is committed to UC Santa Barbara.
Lantz Stephenson, Coronado — The first-team All-5A senior guard averaged 12.7 points for the Southern League regular-season champion.
Jett Washington, Bishop Gorman — The junior guard helped with scoring, defense and rebounding as the Gaels won the 5A state title. He is the state’s top 2026 football recruit, with notable offers from Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Oregon.
Jevon Yapi, Sierra Vista — The senior guard averaged 17.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.8 steals for the 4A state champion.
Coach of the year
Joe Bedowitz, Sierra Vista — Guided the Mountain Lions to their second straight 4A state title. They finished with a 26-5 record and also won the 4A Desert League and Southern Region titles.
Second team
Chris Baudreau, Bishop Gorman — The senior forward was a second-team All-5A selection and helped the Gaels win the state title.
Lonnie Bass Jr., Mater East — The senior forward averaged 18.3 points and 14.2 rebounds to help the Knights win the 3A Southern Region and state titles.
Kayden Goss, Silverado — The junior guard was a second-team All-5A selection and averaged 14.5 points to help the No. 8-seeded Skyhawks reach the state semifinals.
Zacarrion Jackson, Mojave — The second-team All-5A senior guard averaged 13.1 points and 9.9 rebounds for the 5A state runner-up.
Ty Johnson, Bishop Gorman — The sophomore guard was named the 5A defensive player of the year by the coaches and helped the Gaels win the state title.
Jakoi Lide, Rancho — The 4A Lake League player of the year, a senior guard, averaged a state-best 33.2 points per game for the 4A state semifinalist.
Aaron McMorran, Desert Pines — The freshman guard was a second-team All-5A selection and averaged 20.2 points per game for the state semifinalist.
Ilan Nikolov, Bishop Gorman — The sophomore guard was a second-team All-5A selection and helped the Gaels win the state title.
Jalen St. Clair, Coronado — The second-team All-5A senior guard averaged 9.7 points and 4.6 rebounds for the Southern League regular-season champion.
Dante Steward, Liberty — The second-team All-5A junior guard averaged 16.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
Josiah Stroughter, Democracy Prep — The junior guard was a first-team All-3A Southern Region selection and averaged 14.9 points for the state semifinalist.
Miles Williams, Mater East — The senior guard and 3A Southern Region player of the year averaged 11.2 points and 10.7 assists to help the Knights win the 3A Southern Region and state titles.
Honorable mention
Jaeden Alexander, Del Sol
JJ Buchanan, Coronado
Kingston Carmona, Bishop Gorman
Jailen Childress, Rancho
Devan Christion, Clark
Curtis Coleman, Mojave
Elijah Coleman, Clark
Jonny Collins, Coronado
Kameron Cooper, Bishop Gorman
Prince Davis, Desert Pines
Aaron Duke, Legacy
Qualib Ghallab, Chaparral
Dashaun Harris, Democracy Prep
Zyon Harris, Centennial
TraVaughn Jensen Brigance, Silverado
Roderick Johnson, Losee
Tyler Merto, Desert Pines
Uzo Nwapa, The Meadows
Dion Parker, Democracy Prep
Gerald Patterson, Cimarron-Memorial
Emmanuel Peter, Durango
Sean Pendleton, Boulder City
Deven Taylor, Mater East
Isaiah Trotter, Mojave
Deymien Tunis, Green Valley
Bryson Walker, Moapa Valley
Kevan Wilkins, Spring Valley
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A swarm of earthquakes has been rattling a remote stretch of central Nevada near Tonopah, including a magnitude 4.0 quake that hit near Warm Springs Tuesday morning.
Seismologists said the activity is typical for Nevada, where clusters of earthquakes can flare up in a concentrated area. “This is a very Nevada-style earthquake sequence. We have these a lot where we just see an uptick in activity in a certain spot,” said Christie Rowe, director of the Nevada Seismological Lab.
The latest magnitude 4.0 quake struck east of Tonopah near Warm Springs. The largest earthquake in the swarm so far has measured a 4.2.
What has stood out to researchers is the fault involved. Rowe said the earthquakes are occurring along a fault stretching along the southern edge of the Monitor and Antelope ranges — and that it was previously unknown to scientists. “We didn’t know this fault was there. It’s a new fault to us — not to the Earth, obviously — but it was previously unknown,” Rowe said.
For now, the earthquakes have remained moderate. Rowe said the lab would not deploy additional temporary sensors unless activity increases to around a magnitude 5 or greater.
Seismologists said they are continuing to watch the swarm closely as Nevada works to bring the ShakeAlert early warning system to the state. The program, already active in neighboring states, can send cellphone alerts seconds before shaking arrives. “For me, it’s a really high priority. That distance to the faults gives us enough time to warn people — and that can make a big difference in reducing injuries and damage,” Rowe said.
Seismologists encouraged anyone who feels shaking to report it through the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Did You Feel It” system, saying even small quakes can help scientists better understand Nevada’s seismic activity.
Experts said the swarm is worth monitoring but is not cause for alarm. They noted that earthquakes like the 5.8 that hit near Yerington in December 2024 typically happen in Nevada about every eight to 10 years, and said they will continue monitoring the current activity closely.
Nevada state court is the proper venue for reviewing whether KalshiEX LLC is improperly accepting sports wagers without a license, a federal district court said.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board showed that the state statutes under which it seeks relief don’t require interpreting federal law, Judge Miranda M. Du of the US District Court for the District of Nevada said in a Monday order. The board’s action is now remanded to the First Judicial District Court in Carson City, Nev., the order said.
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Strip gaming executives can put their best spin on the numbers, but local tourism indicators remain a major concern. Casino operators seeking to draw more people through the door still have much work to do.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board released January gaming numbers Friday. The news was underwhelming. The state gaming win was down 6.6 percent from a year earlier. The Strip took the largest hit, an 11 percent drop. But the gloomy returns were spread throughout Clark County: Downtown Las Vegas was off 5.2 percent, Laughlin suffered a 3.3 percent decline and the Boulder Strip dipped by 7 percent.
For the current fiscal year, gaming tax collections are up a paltry
2.1 percent, below budget projections.
The red flags include more than gaming numbers. Recently released figures for 2025 reveal that visitation to Las Vegas fell nearly 8 percent from 2024, which represented the lowest total since the pandemic in 2021. Traffic at Reid International Airport fell more than 10 percent in December and was down 6 percent for the year. Strip occupancy rates fell 3 percent in 2025.
To be fair, this is not just a Las Vegas problem. International travel to the United States was down
4.8 percent in January, Forbes reported, the ninth straight month of decline. Travel from Europe fell 5.2 percent, and passenger counts from Asia fell 7.5 percent. Canadian tourism cratered by 22 percent.
No doubt that President Donald Trump’s blustery rhetoric has played a role in the decline, but there’s more at work. International tourism has been largely flat since Barack Obama’s last few years in office. But domestic travel has held relatively steady although it is “starting to cool,” according to the U.S. Travel Association. Las Vegas hasn’t been helped by high-profile complaints last year about exorbitant Strip prices for parking, bottled water and other staples. Casino operators responded by offering discounts, particularly for locals, and they’ll need to continue those policies into 2026.
The tourism downturn has ramifications for the state budget, which relies primarily on sales and gaming tax revenues to support spending plans. “Nevada’s employment and economic challenges reflect deep structural factors that extend beyond cyclical economic fluctuations,” noted a recent report by economic analyst John Restrepo. “The state’s extreme concentration in tourism and gaming creates unique vulnerabilities.”
The irony is that state and local politicians have been talking for the past half century about “diversifying” the state economy. In recent years, that effort has primarily consisted of handing out millions in tax breaks and other incentives to attract businesses to the state. A dispassionate observer might ask whether that approach has brought an adequate return on investment.
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