Sports

Special Olympics: Our next sport will be basketball and it will start on January 3 at PVHS in the old 9th grade academy gym, I think they refer to it as gym A from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Maxwell Smart from the hit 70s show “Get Smart” used to say, “Missed me by that much.” Well that was how close Beatty was to getting a new wrestling program and coach. All the Hornets needed was someone to come forward and direct the team according to Beatty Athletic Director Bryson Moore.

The Beatty football field was a hot topic of discussion at the Nye County School School Board meeting, which was held at Beatty High School on Tuesday night.

Defending state champion Clark rolled into town like a big storm. Local fans just had to wait to see how much damage would be done. That was the way Trojans Coach John Toomer saw it. He just didn’t know what the damage was going to be. Clark (4-1 overall, 1-0 Sunset League) won big, 73-29.

Ed Bonine will be leaving the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association after eight years as director. According to the NIAA, Bonine has been offered a position with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The NIAA will start the process of filling the position on January 14 and 15, which is the regular winter meeting.

The Trojans varsity wrestling team started the season in great style at the Boulder City High School Duals on Saturday.

Don Brymer never raced at the Pahrump Valley Speedway. In fact he hasn’t been in a racecar since 2004. He is retired racer who lives quietly in Pahrump who will turn 80 next month and just wanted to share his many racing memories.

A rancher in the Beatty area has formed a nonprofit organization with the vision of turning the Oasis Valley into a state and national mountain biking destination.

The Trojans played their first basketball game at Sunrise Mountain on Tuesday night and lost 69-39. Pahrump (0-1 overall) failed to keep it close in the first quarter with the Miners (1-1 overall) scoring 21 points in the first to the Trojans’ 13. At the half the Miners led 32-17.

Special Olympics Bowling Regionals: Our Mustangs bowling team competed in both single and doubles matches at the South Point Bowling Center Las Vegas on Nov. 22. Single play medal winners: gold medals: Holly Flanagan, Nicole Foster, Justin Hayes, Ashlin Johnson, Cinthia Nelson, and Burdett Ward; silver medals: Billy Klem and Brandon McMillen; bronze medals: Erin Briskey, Kellye Dorrough, Cory Fitzwater, Lucas Mont-Ross, Brian Roberts, Sebastian Smith and Travis Walker.