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.
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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.
After a standout 2026 year including a strong showing at the Class 3A State Tournament, four members of the PVHS boys golf team earned All-Southern Nevada honors over the weekend.
The Trojans battled extreme desert heat and record-tying temperatures at Boulder Creek Golf Club during the 2026 Class 3A Boys Golf State Championship in Boulder City.
The PV 500 Club returned to action on Saturday, May 9 at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino, where bowlers competed in the Certified Regular 10-Pin Singles tournament.
Claudia Granados had seven kills to help the Hornets volleyball team top Sandy Valley 25-20, 25-19 and 25-10.
Trojans cross-country teams traveled to Huntington Beach, California for the Central Park Invitational, which was the largest meet Pahrump had been to this year. The meet attracted 81 teams from all over California and Nevada.
The Trojans scored late in the first on a Parker Hart one-yard scamper into the end zone, but that first touchdown was about all the Trojans could muster with the exception of a Joey Sladek 37-yard field goal to end the first half.
Pahranagat Valley football has received national recognition with the program, winning 98 straight football games. Now that is a feat right there, but this can all come to an end this year, maybe even this week. The question is always who will be the team to do it and will the streak end this year?
Two Pahrump racers are starting a new family tradition at the Las Vegas Bullring. Robert Smotherman and RJ Smotherman were the first family members to win Bullring championships in the same year.
It has been 19 games since the Trojans boys soccer team won a league game and on Thursday of last week the Trojans ended that nasty streak against Cheyenne in a 1-0 win. Paul Holmes scored the only goal for Pahrump in the first half and the Trojans held on for the win.
The Lady Muckers beat the Hornets in the fifth set on the road 25-23, 25-14, 19-25, 23-25, and 15-8.
Trojans girls soccer easily dispatched Desert Pines on the shooting of Makenzie Lunetto and Sydney Dennis at home on Tuesday 4-0.
The Hornets trashed Beaver Dam 58-0 behind the running of senior running back Michael Olson, who ran for 189 yards.
The Lady Trojans breezed by Desert Pines on the hard hitting of Alexis Trieb and Koral Hearn. Pahrump (10-10 overall, 3-0 Sunset League) won at home on Tuesday night, 25-2, 25-2 and 25-14.
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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.
After a standout 2026 year including a strong showing at the Class 3A State Tournament, four members of the PVHS boys golf team earned All-Southern Nevada honors over the weekend.
The Trojans battled extreme desert heat and record-tying temperatures at Boulder Creek Golf Club during the 2026 Class 3A Boys Golf State Championship in Boulder City.
