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 played their first game of the season against Virgin Valley (0-6 overall, 0-0 Sunrise League) on Monday in a doubleheader, where the Trojans’ hot bats dominated both games.
The Trojans baseball team went 3-1 at the Eldorado baseball tournament in Las Vegas and then on Monday they played Virgin Valley and beat them 12-3 at home.
Donkey basketball was a huge success in its third year running at the high school last Friday night.
The Pahrump Valley Speedway raced last Saturday despite the threat of rain. The car count seemed to be unaffected by the threat with 44 cars showing up for the contest. This count didn’t include the nine young Mini Dwarf racers who showed up.
Trojans baseball starts this week with the boys at the Sun Devil Tourney at Eldorado High School in Las Vegas today and Saturday.
The Trojans golf team scrimmaged with the Bishop Gorman golf team on Tuesday afternoon. It was their second outing of the season. Last week the Trojans were at Palo Verde in another preseason scrimmage at TPC at the Canyons.
Beatty this year has a new head baseball coach, James Robertson, who has been with the high school for a couple of years now.
Bowling News: At the Pahrump Nugget: Perfect scores: Bowler Mary Martinez bowled a perfect game on Feb. 26. Nocky Roach bowled a 300 game on Feb. 9 and then turned around and bowled another one on Feb. 23, Bernard Curtis bowled a 300 on Feb. 12.
Softball is back and the Trojans are ready to play. The girls played in an exhibition game against VFW post 10054 on Sunday.
Brandon Schneider, or more commonly known as “Brandon the Brute” in the amateur MMA circles, will be fighting on March 14 in Mesquite.
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.
