Findlay Prep
Chris Wood makes it official
Findlay Prep forward signs with UNLV
November 14th, 2012
UNLV's 2013 recruiting class isn't yet complete, but the Rebels secured one of its cornerstones on Wednesday as Findlay Prep senior Chris Wood inked his letter of intent. Read more »
Sports
A Buffet of Basketball
January 26th, 2012
By the time the Rebels had wrapped up an 80-63 victory and fans headed for their cars (or their bars), it was hard to imagine that any city in the nation had had a better day of basketball. Read more »
Shepard ignores the hype, helps slow Muhammad in 73-61 Findlay Prep win
UNLV target comes up big on both ends as Pilots remain unbeaten against crosstown rivals
January 21st, 2012
Winston Shepard had heard enough. Yes, the 6-foot-8 Findlay Prep senior forward and Bishop Gorman star Shabazz Muhammad are both friends and AAU teammates during the summer, but that didn't mean he was about to let the nation's consensus No. 1 recruit in the 2012 class have anything for free on Saturday. Read more »
Sports
High Court Appeal
January 19th, 2012
Of all the happenings that bring Las Vegas national attention, a high school basketball game would seem to be one of the unlikeliest. Yet since last season’s thriller, this year’s showdown between Findlay Prep and Bishop Gorman has been highly anticipated by prep sports pundits across the country. Last January’s matchup between the teams produced the greatest high school basketball game in Nevada’s history, when Findlay Prep won 89-86 on a last-second 3-pointer in double overtime. Read more »
Basketball Town, U.S.A.
With six of the nation’s top 100 high-school players—including the hottest recruit in the land—Las Vegas just might be on its way to becoming ...
November 3rd, 2011
It’s 8 a.m. on an already sweltering July morning, and Mike Krzyzewski, the man who has coached Duke University to four NCAA basketball championships, is watching a layup drill in the Rancho High School gym. Alongside him is Roy Williams, the coach of Duke’s bitter rival, North Carolina. They’re just two of several members of college basketball’s coaching royalty who have descended on Las Vegas for a weeklong amateur basketball bonanza. These coaching icons will end up shuttling between all of those gyms during 16-hour days in search of their next great recruit. But right now, right here, they’ve come to catch a glimpse of the biggest prize of all, a once-in-a-generation prospect named Shabazz Muhammad. Read more »
People
Best Team Effort
July 28th, 2011
The Findlay Prep basketball team is like a high school version of the Yankees: The Pilots don’t rebuild, they reload. Findlay Prep, affiliated with the private Henderson International School, has become a dynasty, going 125-7 over the past four seasons with two national high school championships. Read more »
The Latest
Prep Powers Excite Crowd in Double Overtime
January 27th, 2011
As the Findlay Prep-Bishop Gorman High School basketball game neared a possible third overtime on Jan. 22, the sellout crowd at Cox Pavilion rose to its feet, as it also did toward the end of regulation and the first OT period. And when Findlay’s Kevin Kaspar nailed a three-pointer from the top of the key with two seconds left, giving the Pilots an 89-86 victory over the defending Class 4A state champions, everyone knew they had witnessed something special. Read more »
Unconventional Play
Findlay Prep remains a terror on the basketball court, and an oddity off of it
January 20th, 2011
This much is easy to say about Findlay Prep: It is not only the most talented basketball team in Nevada, it’s also one of the most highly regarded programs in the country. The Pilots are the two-time defending champions of the ESPN RISE National High School Invitational, the closest thing there is to an official prep basketball championship tournament, and at 19-2 and ranked No. 8 in USA Today’s Super 25 basketball rankings, they are a threat to win a third straight crown. Read more »
Findlay Prep
Scoring Big Points
Findlay Prep star, ‘one of the special ones,’ passing all tests as he winds down high school career
February 25th, 2010
Cory Joseph has shown a lot of ability on the basketball court, leading his team to a national high school championship last year. But this fall he really put his athleticism on display at Henderson International School by cartwheeling down the hallway. Read more »
