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.
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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.
On May 2, Beatty had their first mountain biking festival to commemorate the opening of over 25 miles of new trails.
Local amateur mixed martial arts fighter Brandon Schneider will fight for the Tuff-N-Uff light heavyweight title on May 15.
The Trojans golf team has qualified for the state tournament as a team. The team played at the Southern Nevada Division I-A regional tournament held at Palm Valley and Siena in Las Vegas against two other teams that qualified for the regional tournament, Faith Lutheran and Boulder City.
The Hornets track team finished its last meet of the season at the Boulder City Small School Invite,.Beatty finished 15 out 15 schools for the boys and 13 out 15 for the girls.
The Trojans finished the season as the fourth place seed and started the playoffs against Sunrise League’s first place seed, Boulder City (21-9 overall, 14-0 Sunrise League) on Tuesday. Pahrump Valley lost to the Eagles, 10-0.
It was a difficult end to a hard-fought season. The girls came up short in their quest to make the playoffs. The Trojans had to win their last three games of the season and it came down to the last game against Faith Lutheran ( 26-8 overall, 12-2 Sunset League) and they lost 6-0.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association has a new executive director, Bart Thompson and his first day will be July 1. He will be the fourth director in the history of the NIAA.
The Pahrump Valley High School track team was at the Boulder City High School Small Schools Invite on Friday and the boys finished in sixth place out of 15 schools (49 points). The girls also finished in sixth place out 15 schools (39).
The girls softball team has beaten up on their opponents the last two games and have all their efforts turned to beating Faith Lutheran on Thursday (the game was past deadline).
Things didn’t go well for the Trojans baseball team as they played their last home game of the season against Mojave and lost 10-7.
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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.
