Ray Brewer

Managing Editor

Ray Brewer, a proud local, has been part of Greenspun Media Group since the mid-1990s. He’s covered high school and UNLV sports, and managed the Las Vegas Sun’s award-winning website. He’s a graduate of Chaparral High School and UNLV, and a fierce defender of Las Vegas — especially in comparisons to Reno. Brewer and his wife, Karla, have two children. And they all are passionate about the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Merlin Olsen's death felt at Chaparral, Eldorado: Thursday, March 11, 2010; For us who grew up in East Las Vegas, however, Merlin Olsen was more than the character we saw on television or the football legend we heard stories about. He was the man who helped develop our high school football rivalry into one of the state's most prestigious.
Prep Football: State Semifinals Picks: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver make their selections for the 4A football state semifinals.
How Gorman saved the school district thousands: Monday, Nov. 23, 2009; The Clark County School District number crunchers need to send a thank you note to the Bishop Gorman High football team. The district, which has slashed its budgets across the board over the last two years to deal with the state’s economic crisis, will have roughly $7,000 more in its athletic budget because of the Gaels’ gridiron dominance.
Prep Football: Week 12 Picks: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 11 Picks: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 10 Picks: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 9 Picks: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 8 Picks: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 7 Picks: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 6 picks: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep Football: Week 5 picks: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
It's a shame Reggie Bullock isn't playing Division-I football: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009; Yes, Reggie Bullock is this good. The former Las Vegas High tailback has rushed for a combined 363 yards and six touchdowns during his initial two college games with Arizona Western College, a junior college in Yuma, Ariz.
Prep football: Week 4 picks: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep football: Week 3 picks: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep football: Week 2 picks: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009; Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and Steve Silver attempt to pick the winning team from prep contests across the Las Vegas area.
Prep football: Week 1 picks: Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009
Gorman, Green Valley to play on national television: Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009; Bishop Gorman and visiting Green Valley High will have their Oct. 2 high school football game televised nationally on CBS College Sports.The network, which airs in Southern Nevada on Cox Cable 333, will televise seven high school games this fall.
51s slugger promoted to big leagues: Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009; Las Vegas 51s slugger Randy Ruiz on Tuesday was promoted to the Toronto Blue Jays and is in the starting lineup at designated hitter for a road game at the New York Yankees.
Legacy picks up win at Little League regional: Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009; Bryce Harrell's run-scoring single plated Ryan Jackson with the winning run Sunday to lift Henderson's Legacy Little League to a 10-9 victory against Utah's Cedar City American Little League at the Western Regionals in San Bernardino, Calif.
Harper first non-senior to win national award: Thursday, June 25, 2009; Bryce Harper is the nation's best high school baseball player. The Las Vegas High sophomore was named Baseball America's national High School Player of the Year this week to cap a month where the 16-year-old went from local star to being recognized nationally as a baseball prodigy.
Desert Oasis names new football coach: Thursday, June 25, 2009; Assistant coach Faron Seibel was promoted Monday to head coach of the Desert Oasis High football program.
51s avoid sweep in Reno: Wednesday, June 17, 2009; Randy Ruiz hit a pair of home runs and Brian Burres pitched a complete game shutout Wednesday afternoon to lift the Las Vegas 51s to a 5-0 victory at the Reno Aces in the final game of the inaugural series between Nevada’s Triple-A affiliates
NIAA board approves director's recommendations: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
51s drop inaugural game to Reno: Tuesday, June 16, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were defeated 5-3 Monday night at the Reno Aces in the first game of the inaugural Silver State Diamond Challenge.
Pitcher fans nine in 51s victory: Sunday, June 14, 2009; David Purcey had nine strikeouts in 7 and 2/3 innings Sunday afternoon to lead the Las Vegas 51s to a 6-4 victory at the Colorado Spring Sky Sox.
51s club four home runs in victory: Thursday, June 11, 2009; Jason Lane hit a pair of home runs Thursday night and the Las Vegas 51s matched their highest output of the year in a 14-4 victory at the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to open a four-game series.
51s blow lead against Portland: Friday, June 5, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s squandered a five-run lead against the Portland Beavers Friday night, giving up six runs in the eighth inning of a 9-8 defeat.
51s avoid sweep at Sacramento: Monday, June 1, 2009; Aaron Mathews’ two-run double in the fifth inning Monday afternoon lifted the Las Vegas 51s to a 6-4 victory at the Sacramento River Cats in the finale of a four-game series
51s limited to three hits in loss: Sunday, May 31, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were limited to three hits Sunday in being blanked 4-0 at the Sacramento River Cats.
51s drop another in extra innings: Sunday, May 31, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were defeated in extra innings for the second consecutive day on Saturday night at the Sacramento River Cats.
51s fall in 16 innings: Saturday, May 30, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were defeated 2-1 Friday night in 16 innings at the Sacramento River Cats.
51s close series with New Orleans: Thursday, May 28, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were defeated 7-3 on Thursday night by the New Orleans Zephyrs at Cashman Field in the final game of four-game series.
51s score twice in the eighth to beat New Orleans: Wednesday, May 27, 2009; Randy Ruiz’s two-run single in the eighth inning Wednesday night lifted the Las Vegas 51s to a 3-1 victory against the New Orleans Zephyrs at Cashman Field.
Faith Lutheran golfer makes up for lost time: Wednesday, May 27, 2009; Faith Lutheran junior golfer Yuki Kato dominated the 3A classification all spring, golfing with a chip on his shoulder from the way his season ended last year in leading the Crusaders to the state title last week.
51s can't rally for a third straight day: Monday, May 25, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s couldn’t produce another ninth-inning comeback Monday afternoon. They were defeated 8-5 by the New Orleans Zephyrs at Cashman Field, falling to score in the ninth after rallying for final-inning victories the past two days.
51s erupt for 19 hits in victory: Saturday, May 23, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s exploded for 19 hits Friday night and scored six runs in the eighth inning of a 10-1 victory against the visiting Oklahoma City RedHawks
Gorman baseball profiled on ESPN.com: Friday, May 22, 2009; http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/baseball/news/story?id=4187461
Scoreless inning streak ends at 24 for Las Vegas pitcher: Friday, May 22, 2009; Fabio Castro’s scoreless inning streak ended at 24 innings Thursday night for the Las Vegas 51s in their 8-5 defeat to the Oklahoma RedHawks to open an eight-game home stand at Cashman Field.
51s close road trip with loss at Nashville: Tuesday, May 19, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s blew a three-run lead in the final two innings Tuesday in closing an eight-game road trip with a 5-4 loss at the Nashville Sounds.
Catcher's two home run day leads 51s to win: Monday, May 18, 2009; J.P. Arencibia hit a three-run home run in the first inning Monday to lead the Las Vegas 51s to a 7-5 victory at the Nashville Sounds
51s drop afternoon affair in Nashville: Sunday, May 17, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were defeated 5-1 on Sunday at the Nashville Sounds.
51s drop opener at Nashville: Saturday, May 16, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s had their three-game winning streak snapped Saturday in a 5-1 defeat at the Nashville Sounds.
Two-run first inning gives 51s win at Memphis: Thursday, May 14, 2009; Buck Coats had two hits and two runs Thursday night and starter Dirk Hayhurst pitched into the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory against the host Memphis Redbirds
51s capture extra-inning affair in Memphis: Wednesday, May 13, 2009; Kyle Phillips’ sole home run in the top of the 11th inning Wednesday gave the Las Vegas 51s a 4-3 victory at the Memphis Redbirds.
51s blanked in opener at Memphis: Tuesday, May 12, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s were limited to six hits Tuesday in being defeated 2-0 by the host Memphis Redbirds during the first game of a four-game series.
Harper hits another home run for 51s: Saturday, May 9, 2009; Brett Harper hit a home run for the fourth straight game to lead the Las Vegas 51s to an 8-7 victory in 10 innings against the Sacramento River Cats.
Eight-run inning lifts 51s past Sacramento: Friday, May 8, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s scored eight runs in the seventh inning Friday night to help overcome an early 9-0 deficit and beat the Sacramento River Cats.
51s can't hold lead at Fresno: Thursday, May 7, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s blew a four-run lead Thursday night at the Fresno Grizzlies in losing 6-5.
51s top Fresno for second consecutive day: Wednesday, May 6, 2009; Randy Ruiz hit a two-run home run in the first inning Wednesday night to lead the Las Vegas 51s to a 9-5 victory at the Fresno Grizzlies.
51s top Fresno in extra inings: Tuesday, May 5, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s beat the Fresno Grizzlies 8-6 in 11 innings on Tuesday.