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.
Freshmen and sophomore athletes from the Trojans track team ran at Centennial High School on Saturday for the annual Sunset Frosh-Soph Invitational.
The Trojans knew going into Friday’s game they had to beat Cheyenne to get into the playoffs and they did, 6-4.
The Trojans baseball team has been lacking in the hitting department, but someone forgot to inform Cheyenne of this problem as the Trojans exploded with 10 hits, 9 RBIs and 10 runs to beat the Desert Shields 10-3 on Friday.
Former University of Nevada, Las Vegas linebacker Adam Gent has been hired as the new Trojans football coach.
Pahrump Valley will get its first special needs cheer team this week.
The Beatty track team was at the Meadows Weekday in Las Vegas on Tuesday where they competed with Division III and Division IV schools. Eight schools competed on the boys side and seven on the girls side.
The gusty winds hampered starts, threw off jumpers and postponed pole vault at the Pahrump track meet. The high school hosted three other team: Boulder City, Sierra Vista, and Del Sol.
It came down to hitting for the Trojans baseball team. Something that Trojans skipper Brian Hayes has said his team has not been doing.
The Trojans faced the division-leading Spring Valley team on Monday and lost 3-1. The Grizzlies (14-9 overall, 10-0 Sunset League) brought in pitcher Bryce Bullock, who three-hit Pahrump (20-8, 7-3) for the win.
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.
