By Vern Hee First-time female racers tore up the track at the Pahrump Speedway in mini-stock powder puff racing last weekend. The event was a big hit as 10 lady drivers took to the speedway to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  It was the first time that powder puff racing has come to[...]

By Vern Hee Valedictorian. Future U.S. Navy officer. Community leader. Champion-caliber athlete. A child of working class immigrants. If someone told you about Ana Martinez — her work ethic, her accomplishments, her dreams, the spirit that drives her — you would think her story was fiction. It’s a fact, a woman who not many years[...]

By Vern Hee This weekend your grandma or mother might be racing for a good cause at the Pahrump Speedway.  Racing starts at 7 p.m. Saturday and during half-time for the very first time the speedway is having Powder Puff Racing. Kjester Buesig, first year female race car driver explains, “Powder Puff Racing is women[...]

By Vern Hee The Lady Trojans’ chances of making the playoffs in the 4-A Southwest league went out the window with the team’s 8-1 loss at Durango Wednesday. The Trojans fall to 4-8 in league standings. To get to the playoffs, the Trojans would have to win all their remaining games with one of those[...]

By Vern Hee The Trojan Baseball team lost to Durango Wednesday afternoon and fell to a disappointing 1-11 record. The Trojans are tied with Clark in the basement. They also will be facing the Lions on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Their last four games will mirror the softball schedule. Coach Rich Lauver say his frustration[...]

By Vern Hee The ninety-degree heat and blustery winds were not a factor in the Trojans loss on Monday. The Clark Chargers defeated Pahrump Valley High soundly at home to a small crowd, 8-2.  The Trojans had beaten Clark at home early on in the season on March 26  5-4 but could not come up[...]

By Vern Hee On a blustery hot blazing Monday, the lady Trojans turned on some heat of their own in the form of sophomore pitcher Whitney Roderick. Roderick’s solid arm was just too much for the visiting Clark Chargers as they were felled by the Pahrump Valley ladies  4-2. Roderick struggled last week in losing[...]

By Vern Hee Sweltering temperatures marked the 28th Annual Challenge Cup Baker to Vegas Relay Race on Saturday. If tasering, cuffing and otherwise arresting the high heat were possible, plenty of boys and girls in blue would have tried. Normal temperatures for April are a balmy 78 degrees. It was 91 degrees on Saturday in[...]

It’s probably not an understatement to say that that the Pahrump Valley Trojans baseball team has stumbled these past couple of games, extending their losing streak and being pummeled with double digit losses. At home on Tuesday the Trojans suffered a loss to Bonanza in 4-A Southwest play with the final score 17-1, bringing their[...]

By Don McDermott The quest for the deadline began in the summer of 1954 at the Canton Ohio bureau for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The writing of this column as the final minutes of April 18, 2012 tick away, marks the conclusion of a professional career that began when I was 16 years old. I[...]