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.
The Lady Trojans dominated the field events on Tuesday afternoon and took the home track meet, beating five other schools.
Pahrump Valley High School’s aging baseball field was addressed at the last Nye County School Board meeting on Tuesday night with a presentation made by concerned parents and the school baseball team as over 20 parents and baseball team members gathered in the board chambers to let people know that the baseball field is unsafe to play on.
Pahrump Elks Lodge #2796 honored Asia Ibarra with a dinner for finishing in fourth place at the regional free throw competition.
Senior Cruz Daddario of Faith Lutheran is one name the Trojans baseball team would rather forget.
Over spring break, the Trojans track team traveled to Chaparral last Tuesday where the boys finished in third out of four teams with 47.97 points and the girls finished in second place out of four teams with 68.59 points. Sunrise Mountain won the meet in both girls (123.4) and boys (95.35).
The speedway, according to Chad Broadhead is doing better and he says he probably could keep things going for another three years.
The Lady Trojans came up short against their rival Faith Lutheran on Thursday 7-6.
Trojans baseball won a stunner in the seventh inning 24-20 against Mojave on Wednesday.
Austen Ancell from the Pahrump Valley High School golf team was selected as the latest athlete from Pahrump to be invited to compete against other athletes from around the country in Australia.
The Pahrump Valley boys golf team played a league match at Mountain Falls against Faith Lutheran.
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.
