The Pahrump Fall Festival lasted from Sept. 19-22 at Petrack Park, but next to the park was the rodeo at McCullough Arena.
Sports
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.
This is a big week for the Trojans soccer teams as both teams are playing at least two league games this week.
Pahrump really has no local fishing spots and so those who have the urge to fish will have to do some traveling.
Two Pahrump high school athletes, Trojans golfer Austen Ancell and cross-country runner Bryce Odegard, were honored at the Best of Nevada Preps sports banquet at the Red Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on June 4.
Summertime, a time to relax and unwind and avoid the heat in the area. It can also be a time to play outdoor games, test your skill and get competitive. But it’s so hot you say.
At one time in Pahrump, there were a group of youth bowlers in town that could have filled a varsity and junior varsity high school bowling team. In fact, about four to five years ago, it was close to becoming a sport at the high school.
I truly believe baseball and softball will be one of the premier sports in high school in this town in the next five years because of the quality of athletes being trained in the youth leagues.
GameTime Basketball wasn’t too popular with the kids last year, drawing only seven players to its Pahrump camp.
TONOPAH – There is no other sporting event in the county like the Nevada State Mining Championships at the Tonopah Historic Mining Park during Jim Butler Days. It truly is one of a kind, for it’s the only place one can throw dirt or hand drill and win money for doing it.
Nattaphon Wangyot of Alaska is not going to make the Olympic team with his 100-meter time of 13.41 anytime soon and yet this athlete made the national news.
Brandon Schneider, Pahrump’s amateur mixed martial arts fighter, announced he will try to go professional after his next fight on June 25 at the Tuff-N-Uff Pack the Mack event.
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.
