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Beatty players prepare to tackle flag football

Leo Verzilli spent much of last week having no idea exactly what would transpire when football season arrived, which, at the time, was a mere three weeks away.

Pahrump Valley Little League holds tryouts

Melanie Swingle did not have to look far to find incentive to start playing baseball a few years back. The then-9-year-old only had to glance around the dinner table at one of her five — yep, five — younger brothers.

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Hatch, Nicosia claim Ice Breaker Open titles

Pahrump residents James Hatch and Mike Nicosia took very different paths, but each claimed a division title in the year’s first horseshoes tournament sanctioned by the Nevada State Horseshoe Pitching Association.

Pahrump Valley Rodeo Club seeking sponsors, raising money

A record 150 competitors from around Nevada will converge on McCullough Arena this weekend as the Nevada State High School Rodeo Association makes its annual stop in Pahrump.

Zaon Collins’ path to UNLV took sudden and tragic turn

Bishop Gorman basketball star’s involvement in an automobile collision that left a man dead has him facing felony charges of DUI resulting in death and reckless driving.

There’s something about a night at the speedway

Dale Geissler has a pretty cool job. No, not district manager in the circulation department for the Pahrump Valley Times and Las Vegas Review-Journal, although I’m sure that job has its share of excitement.

Nevada not alone in placing limits on high school sports

It’s been nearly 11 months since Nevada shut down high school sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All neighboring Western states have done so as well, to varying degrees.

Tom Rysinski: To play or not to play, that is the question

Decision day is less than a week away, as it is believed Gov. Steve Sisolak will revisit football’s place on the no-play list when the statewide “pause” ends Feb. 14.

Sportsbooks surprised how Bucs dominated Mahomes in Super Bowl

Perhaps more improbable than Tom Brady leaving New England after 20 years and leading Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl title in his first season there was the manner in which the Buccaneers beat the Chiefs.

UNLV basketball receives record donation

The UNLV men’s and women’s basketball programs received an $8 million donation from the James J. Baumberger estate.

Pahrump Valley baseball, softball players take field

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association has made no major pronouncements about spring sports since it released the modified calendar that pushed the start of the season back to April 16, with the first practice April 3.

Hopeful Beatty football players get busy conditioning

Less than two weeks before official football practice is supposed to start, nobody knows if there will be a football season. But there they were, a group of Beatty High School football players, out on the field going through drills.