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.”
Sports
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.
Beatty was filled with off-road enthusiasts for last month’s BigHorn Outback Explorers’ annual Poker Run. In all, 176 vehicles, including ATV’s, UTV’s, Jeeps, and trucks, took to the 60-mile route through Beatty’s outback backyard
TONOPAH — High school softball season has ended after the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association wrapped up its state championships on Saturday.
The Trojans softball team suffered their first loss this season against a school from a neighboring state on Monday, but it also added a win in a weekend game against Moapa Valley (2-1) at home.
The Tonopah high school girls volleyball team completed their regular season sweep against the Lady Hornets of Beatty with their 3-1 victory on Friday night.
The town of Pioche held two horseshoe tournaments over the holiday weekend with a combined 115 players between the two tournaments.
Trojan baseball players Michael Wills and Micah Mendoza sustained severe injuries to their hands and fingers in a fireworks accident on July 4.
The Pahrump Valley Trojans baseball team began their regional tournament with a huge win, but it’s been nothing but bumps since that game.
The Pahrump Valley Trojans’ track field teams ended their regular season last Friday with the Small Schools Invitational at Boulder City High School.
Despite this being Pahrump Valley’s 18th regional tournament appearance since the 2000 season, this is just their second regional championship. The first championship for the school came in the 2008 season, when they were also the state champion runners-up.
The tournament was a 9-pin, no-tap mystery doubles event that featured 40 bowlers, making up the 20 teams.
The Pahrump Valley High School boys and girls track teams both finished in first place at the Bonanza track and field competition on Wednesday, April 6, at Bonanza High School.
Pahrump Valley High School is set to host the Nevada 3A state soccer tournaments this weekend for both girls and boys.
The Mexican national men’s soccer team defeated Jamaica, as an early goal by Henry Martin set the tone for a dominant El Tri performance
A project to construct more than 400 single-family homes on Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area can move forward.
Nye County recorded nine new cases and four deaths from COVID-19 between March 16 and Wednesday, but data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed all of Nevada in the “low” community transmission level, a positive sign as the state moves forward in its pandemic response.
Nevada hospitals overwhelmed as omicron variant surges.