BASIC
League: Division I Southeast
Head coach: Michael Tribett, first season
2014 record: 0-16 (0-10 Southeast, sixth)
Outlook: Tribett takes over a team that is hungry for success.
The Wolves have struggled to be competitive in recent years and are winless in their last 47 matches (0-45-2).
Basic is hoping to turn that around this season and begin to build.
Two weeks remain in the regular season for Southern Nevada high school baseball teams. The playoff picture could become clearer this week.
Basic announced Wednesday that baseball coach Scott Baker is no longer with the team. Parents say they’ve received no answers regarding the reason for Baker’s dismissal.
Scott Baker led Basic to the Class 5A state baseball title in 2022. The Wolves are 16-3 this season and are No. 2 in the Review-Journal’s rankings.
Basic held on for a home win over Palo Verde in a high school baseball game Friday. Here are photos from the game.
Don Smerek, a standout football player at Basic High who went on to play with the Dallas Cowboys, died March 16 from cancer. He was 66.
Bishop Gorman’s baseball team, ranked No. 8 nationally by MaxPreps, defeated No. 14 Basic in a matchup of the last two Class 5A state champions Thursday.
Bishop Gorman and Basic, the last two Class 5A baseball state champions, will play Thursday on the first day of high school spring sports competition.
Green Valley upset top-seeded and league champion Basic behind three touchdowns from wide receiver Ben Byington in a 5A Division II Southern League semifinal.
Bishop Gorman hosts Coronado and Shadow Ridge plays at Liberty in the Class 5A Division I state semifinals to highlight Friday’s high school football playoff action.
Basic senior quarterback Anthony Vega completed 21 of 28 passes for 282 yards with three passing and three rushing touchdowns in the Wolves’ 49-32 win over Foothill last Friday.
