Under immense pressure, the girls soccer team took on the top two teams in their league last week and stood their ground, but the same could not be said about the boys soccer team.
Sports
The Pahrump Fall Festival lasted from Sept. 19-22 at Petrack Park, but next to the park was the rodeo at McCullough Arena.
Trojans sports teams are finishing off the week with tough competition as the girls soccer team and football team will face off with top three schools in their leagues.
With two minutes left on the clock, the Trojans girls soccer team was in the lead by one goal against one of the top two soccer teams in their league – seconds later that changed.
With 25 seconds left on the clock, Trojan Natalie Soto took the ball onto Mater Academy East Las Vegas’ side to take one of the longest shots in the game to seal the team’s fate.
The Lady Trojans won one and lost one, but oh what a win it was on Monday night. The Trojans defense shut down Bonanza for a 47-17 win in a non-league game.
Trojans grapplers went to one of the toughest duals of the year at Spring Valley on Saturday. Although they didn’t win a match, going 0-4, the team showed some promise.
Eight talented young students from Rosemary Clarke’s robotic team won honors at a Las Vegas robotic competion on Dec. 3.
Sydney Sladek — The University of Southern California Trojans won the NCAA national title and the team has a Pahrump connection. Sydney Sladek plays as a starting midfielder for USC and she was on the Pahrump Lady Trojans soccer team. Her team just beat West Virginia on Sunday 3-1 for the national title. She is a 2013 graduate of Pahrump and was on the 2011 and 2012 state championship soccer teams and was also a two-time state champion in the 800-meter run.
The Lady Trojans went down to play four games last week at the River Valley Tournament in Mohave, Arizona, going 2-2 and then went to Durango on Tuesday and won 43-24.
The Trojans wrestling team traveled to the Boulder City Duals on Saturday and went 2-2 getting much-needed experience. Trojans wrestling coach Craig Rieger said he and his coaches hope to build on the team’s youth this year.
The Beatty boys basketball team won their first game against Trona 46-43 behind the scoring of Jacob Oseguera (17 points) and Robby Revert (16 points).
It’s probably the first time this has happened in a long time at the Pahrump Valley Speedway, where father and son have won championships during the same season. Chad Broadhead is a wealth of information, but he recently went to the hospital and is recovering nicely so the PVT asked the next best source, racer Robert Pearson, who has been at the track for some 15 seasons.
Students from two schools in the Nye County School District got up close and personal with drivers from various racing teams from Best in the Desert Racing Association on Friday morning.
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.
