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.
Sierra Lutheran (Class 1A), The Meadows (2A), Boulder City (3A) and Reno and Palo Verde (4A- tie) are the NIAA’s winners for the Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics and Citizenship for the 2016-2017 school year, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced in a news release.
Both Tonopah High School and Tonopah junior wrestlers attended wrestling camps in three different states in an attempt to improve their craft.
Senior health and fitness are always in the news, and obesity is an epidemic in the country.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association at the last board meeting on June 19 changed the rules in two sports for the upcoming school year.
Great fishing opportunities can be had along the Colorado River from Davis Dam through Casino Row and down to Big Bend in Laughlin.
The Beatty Town Advisory Board has voted to support the Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno race scheduled for August.
The Connie Mack summer season is winding down with the Trojans 16U (16 and under) team still in first place at 9-4.
Everyone in town knows that Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club has a racetrack and that cars race there. That’s a given, but what else goes on at the track?
Already in the Badwater Hall of Fame, Lisa Smith-Batchen is still motivated to run Badwater at 57.
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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.
