Pahrump Valley opens league play Friday against a winless Virgin Valley team that has beaten the Trojans three straight years. Both coaches built demanding nonleague schedules to prepare for this moment.
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Pahrump Valley played Equipo Academy to a scoreless draw Sept. 17, extending its unbeaten stretch to three matches while continuing to seek its first league victory.
Check out this week’s PVHS sports news and and standings.
There is more to the dove and bird hunt than pulling the trigger.
Sophomore quarterback Wyatt Cross directed the offense, Angel Ware delivered back-to-back scoring plays for Pahrump, and relentless defensive pressure helped the Trojans pull away from Valley in a 64–26 road victory.
Cory Bergan had 4 interceptions and a pick-six to help lead Pahrump Valley to 30-8 win over Mojave on Friday. The win clinches the first winning season for the Trojans (6-3 overall, 3-2 Sunset League) since 1995. The win also secured the No. 3 seed in the Sunset League for Pahrump, which will travel to Moapa Valley (6-3, 3-1) on Thursday in the first round of Class 3A playoffs.
Nowadays, if you mention you are a fencer, people think you are talking about someone who can fix your fence. Of course, that’s wrong; a fencer is someone who practices the sport of fencing, which is a martial game where the objective is to score points by striking target areas on the opponent’s body with a sword.
Beatty volleyball had no problems beating Round Mountain in three sets for homecoming last week, 25-23, 25-11 and 25-10. They also came down to Pahrump and beat the junior varsity team in three sets on Tuesday, 25-18, 25-13 and 25-23.
Marvin Caperton is a former University of California at Los Angeles football wide receiver and track star who played football under Dick Vermeil.
Tristyn Wombaker and Katelyn Long were selected as Wendy’s High School Heisman Award winners for 2016. Wombaker is a senior who has been a standout performer in soccer and basketball at Pahrump Valley High School. Long is from Oklahoma and arrived in Pahrump last year. She is a senior standout in softball.
Beatty had a tune-up for their big game at Tonopah tonight as they flattened Round Mountain at homecoming last Friday, 58-0.
Call it cold weather, not used to the course, or just dumb luck, Trojans girls golf coach Bob Hopkins said.
The Trojans host Mojave for their last home and the final regular game of the season and it will be crucial for the Trojans to win if they want to be the third seed in the playoffs.
The Lady Trojans made sure that there were no doubts who the top team in the Sunset League was by beating Mojave on Monday in five sets, 21-25, 25-15, 25-8, 15-25 and 15-8.
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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.
