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TONOPAH — A retired Nye County Sheriff’s sergeant who traveled the nation has parked his RV in Tonopah once again to coach the Muckers baseball team.
The time of hunting and fishing conventions has come to an end and the hunting guides-outfitters have returned home to prepare for another season. I’m left with my head full of new stories and my sides still aching from laughing at the crazy tales and humorous, if sometimes dangerous, adventures we’ve shared at vendor booths, in the hallways, hotel rooms and yes, while sipping a beverage in the local “watering holes.”
Six competitive horseshoe pitchers met in a Nevada town with roughly 2,000 residents and home of the Clown Motel, which is next to a cemetery that dates back to 1901 in Tonopah.
The defending state champion Pahrump Valley baseball weren’t able to bring home another title this season, but three standouts for the Trojans ranked in the top 100 players in the 3A division for their batting averages.
It was a showdown that never materialized. The Trojans baseball team (11-4 overall, 3-1 Sunset League) jumped out in front of the Mountain Lions and never looked back and easily defeated them 10-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
Sierra Vista came into Pahrump on Wednesday with some heat in the form of sophomore Kalei Watkins, their ace pitcher.
While everyone has their eyes glued to the tube for basketball updates, I am ignoring the madness and listening to the twitter from the baseball diamonds as the last two weeks of spring training runs down.
One thing you don’t want to do on Saturday night is to commit a crime in Pahrump. This Saturday from the hours of 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. the Baker to Vegas run will be coming through town with nearly 8,000 police officers and support personnel.
It has been at least three years since the boys golf team has gotten three players in the 80s and they did it at Canyon Gate in Las Vegas against Faith Lutheran on Monday in league action.
At 6 foot 2 inches tall and 205 pounds, junior Kelby Lindberg is one of the biggest golfers the team has. He made the varsity team for the second year in a row and is one of six golfers that the team will feature at its tournaments.
The Trojans softball team took two of their last three games. In games on Thursday and Saturday their offense just overpowered their last two opponents, but hit a wall when they faced Spring Valley on Monday.
Beatty will have its first league game on April 17 and for Beatty Coach James Robertson that day could be delayed for another month and he would be OK with that.
Trojans baseball racked up the hits in two games before Monday, but when they played Spring Valley yesterday the hits evaporated.
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