ALL PHOTOS BY DON McDERMOTT Thousands of tons of natural grass and dirt were removed from the Pahrump Valley High School football stadium, to prepare the site for the installation of a $700,000 synthetic turf field that will be used for  both football and soccer. Workers had to dig down anywhere from one to three[...]

PVT Elliott Owens, teamed with either brother Nick Owens or Bill Carle, won the boys 15-18 championship in the Farmers Cup Adult-Junior Golf Series, played at Mountain Falls this summer. Owens, et al, finished with 42 points, edging Daniel Shimakawa and Bob Hopkins, who totaled 39 in the three-match series. Anthony Worden and Larry Goins[...]

MONTREAL AP — Boris Said has made a living helping NASCAR drivers master road courses with the expertise he’s accumulated racing around the world. With his 48th birthday looming in three weeks, he finally helped himself. Said came back from an early spin and won the Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday, edging[...]

Class 4-A Final 2009 regular season football standings: Sunset Region Southwest Division 4-A All W-L W-L PF-PA Gorman 8-0 10-0 549- 43 Durango 7-1 8-2 385-239 DeOasis 6-2 7-2 283-132 SpValley 5-3 5-5 267-256 Bonanza x 3-5 3-7 291-333 Clark 3-5 5-5 266-250 Sierra Vista 2-6 2-8 144-396 Western x 1-7 1-8 94-383 PVHS 0-8[...]

Furnace Creek DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — The Furnace Creek Fall Kickoff Classic is scheduled Oct. 8-9-10 at the Furnace Creek Golf Course here. On Oct. 8 will be a men’s and mixed scramble, with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Handicap limits are 10 for men, 20 for mixed teams. On Oct. 9, is a[...]

RENO AP — Nevada wildlife commissioners are pursuing plans to establish a bear hunting season for the first time in state history, saying Nevada’s bruin population now is stable enough to allow for one. Wildlife commission Chairman Scott Raine said Nevada is the only Western state without such a hunt and he thinks it could[...]

PVT Cross country today … girls’ golf and boys’ soccer Thursday … football Friday. That’s what’s ahead for Pahrump Valley High School fall sports teams this week. Coach Andy Andersen’s boys and girls will launch the 2010 cross country campaign today at 5:30 p.m. on a Lakeview Executive golf course layout. The opposition will be[...]