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.
Division IV softball regionals are in full swing and this year Nye County will send its only representative to the regionals, the Tonopah Muckers.
The Lady Trojans took care of business on Tuesday afternoon at Moapa, downing the Pirates 12-6.
It’s time for the fastest show in Las Vegas, the Southern Nevada Regional track finals at Sunrise Mountain High School. It started on Tuesday and will run through Friday and Saturday.
Tonopah — Coach Clark Jewett could scarcely have imagined that at the beginning of the season his team would be unbeatable in League (Division IV) with a record of 12-0-0. The Muckers, who are the number one seed in the Southern Nevada Division IV Regional Playoffs, put the icing on the cake of a perfect regular season, beating Indian Springs last Thursday at home 7-8 and 2-12.
AJ Segura has been a mainstay on the football and baseball teams for the past four years. Spring season baseball is it for Segura at Pahrump Valley High School, for he graduates at the end of the year.
The Southern Nevada Women’s United States Bowling Congress is in town for three weeks at the Nugget Bowling Center. After the first week of competition, here are the results for the team and doubles competition:
At the Pahrump Valley Speedway, the third annual Relay for Life Powder Puff was held on April 26 with Pahrump Valley high school student, Andi Bishop, getting first place. Second place went to Bailey Chappell and third went to Reagan Van Engen.
After seven years, the Special Olympic Torch run returns to Nye County. According to the Special Olympics Nevada, the state has summer games each year in Reno and each year Nevada law enforcement agencies are guardians of the torch, known as the “Flame of Hope.” The law enforcement agencies also help raise money for Special Olympics.
Beatty track was at the White Pine Invitational last weekend. This was the second to last meet before the regional meet.
Tonopah — All year the Tonopah fans have been waiting for this game. The fans knew all the other games were meaningless unless the team could beat Pahranagat Valley. All the games were practice for this one series with Pahranagat Valley, the current state champion.
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.
