The first week of the prep football season was considered a success. But eight games were canceled by causes related to the COVID pandemic, player eligibility and wildfires.
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It’s summertime in Pahrump and the temperature is soaring above 101 degrees and so taking a jog around town during midday is not at the top of your list of things to do.
In the fifth Pahrump Valley Junior Golf Association summer tourney at Lake View Executive Gold Course, 27 golfers turned out to golf in the blistering heat.
Former Pahrump Valley High athlete Connor White graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on May 22. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
Pahrump Valley High senior Ty Wells is finding out lifting weights is not just for athletes as he rehabilitates from an early May vehicle crash.
It went just like the sports writers said it would go, the U. S. women’s team won the World Cup against Japan on Sunday.
This year Connie Mack replaced America Legion baseball in Pahrump as the summer league of choice for the Trojans baseball team and it was a positive experience for the team.
Although the rodeo for high school has been gone since 2008, rodeo cowboys Austin and Cheyenne Romans and their parents, Jason and Krystal, continue to still cling to the sport and take whatever the town has to offer.
Pahrump still has a few professional rodeo people around, but they are hard to find. Kristi Hayes, now a sixth grade math teacher, is a professional barrel racer teaching at Rosemary Clarke Middle School.
Fourth of July racing at the Pahrump Valley Speedway at 7 p.m. See website for ticket info: Pahrumpvalleyspeedway.com.
The most dominant sports program in Division I-A the past few seasons will be moving to the higher division.
Pahrump Valley Junior golf had their third junior golf tournament of the summer with 26 golfers participating in Monday’s tournament.
On January 1 of this year bike riders Bill Lewis and Arika Ostrom set out from Pahrump to ride across the United States and back home.
LAS VEGAS — Pahrump’s amateur mixed martial arts fighter Andrew Gonzalez suffered a second round submission to Jose Arroyo Rosas (2-0) from Fresno, California on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Let’s face it, we are letting our heritage die in Pahrump. If we don’t do something about rodeos in town, it will slip away.