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.
Pahrump Valley High School honored four senior students at their annual awards ceremony last Wednesday.
Hailey Meads is Miss Pahrump and she will be at Spring Mountain Motor Sports Ranch’s lake this week raising money for Type I diabetes. On Saturday at 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Meads will be conducting a fundraiser called “Paddle for the Cure.” For this fundraiser people can paddle board, pedal boat or play beach volleyball.
The third annual Nye County Law Enforcement Torch Run was held on Saturday and was smooth sailing due to the hard work of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office. Each year the Special Olympics torch makes its way from Southern Nevada up to Reno where the summer games are held for the Special Olympics on June 3.
The Nevada high school state championship will be held this year at Mountain Falls Golf Course, a par 72, 18-hole course. Randy Mudge is the new golf professional and he talked to the PVT about what he thinks are the five toughest holes that the golfers will face at Mountain Falls.
The Pahrump Valley High track team will be sending four athletes to the state meet this week, which starts on Friday and ends on Saturday in Reno at Bishop Manogue High School.
The G.R.E.A.T. Games have entertained youth in Nye County for the past 19 years. G.R.E.A.T. stands for Gang Resistance Education and Training.
The Lady Hornets did it again. They won the regional championship for the sixth season in a row. The team was first out of five teams. Beatty won with 179 points, Tonopah was second (131), Round Mountain third (40), Pahranagat Valley was fourth (36) and Indian Springs fifth (20).
Rafael Flores loves the sport of racing and says he really can’t get enough of it.
In the end, it was an exciting day of golf at Siena Golf Course in Las Vegas as the two top golfers in the Division I-A went head-to-head down to the last hole to see who was the individual regional champion.
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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.
