After years of waiting for official recognition, the Pahrump Valley High School boys volleyball team finally took the court this spring as an NIAA-sanctioned program.
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PVHS track and field closed out the 2026 season with a series of record-breaking performances and podium finishes at the NIAA Class 3A state championships in Sparks.
Competitors battled through warm temperatures as players, families and fans gathered for an afternoon of horseshoes, food and community fellowship in Henderson.
Behind a community-wide sendoff and a dominant tournament performance capped by a 12–1 championship victory over Lowry, the Lady Trojans captured their fifth Class 3A state softball title.
The Trojans stranded runners in scoring position, survived a controversial balk call and pushed Virgin Valley through 12 exhausting innings before finally falling 4-3 in a heartbreaking Class 3A Southern Regional elimination game on May 8 in Boulder City.
Who: Western (0-7, 0-3 Class 3A Sunset) vs. Pahrump Valley (4-3, 3-0).
Tonopah and Beatty are no longer in the same league, but that has not stopped the Hornets from thinking about the Muckers.
Pahrump Valley’s boys soccer team boasts an undefeated home record. But that gaudy 6-0-1 mark on the smooth artificial surface of Trojan Field doesn’t mean much after a long bus trip.
This is not one of those rah-rah, support-the-home-team kind of columns. I’m way too jaded and cynical for that.
The top two volleyball teams in the Class 3A Sunset League have a spirited rivalry, and after Pahrump Valley defeated Mojave in five sets on Sept. 13 in North Las Vegas, the Rattlers figured to be fired up for the rematch.
Regular readers of the print edition of the PV Times might recall a story from early summer, detailing what realignment meant for the Pahrump Valley High School football team. The Trojans went 2-3 in the Class 3A Sunset League last year, and all three teams that beat them were moved out of the league.
For the second time in three weeks, the Pahrump Valley High School football team was locked in a tight struggle at halftime. And for the second time in three weeks, the Trojans wore down an opponent and pulled away to win.
In sport after sport, when Pahrump Valley High School teams get to regional play, Boulder City seems to be in the way.
The second year of the return of rodeo to Pahrump Valley High School could be twice as good as the first.
Five individuals and one business were inducted Sept. 29 into the Pahrump Valley High School Athletics Hall of Fame during a dinner at the Pahrump Nugget.
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After years of waiting for official recognition, the Pahrump Valley High School boys volleyball team finally took the court this spring as an NIAA-sanctioned program.
PVHS track and field closed out the 2026 season with a series of record-breaking performances and podium finishes at the NIAA Class 3A state championships in Sparks.
Competitors battled through warm temperatures as players, families and fans gathered for an afternoon of horseshoes, food and community fellowship in Henderson.
Behind a community-wide sendoff and a dominant tournament performance capped by a 12–1 championship victory over Lowry, the Lady Trojans captured their fifth Class 3A state softball title.
