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 Beatty Hornets Men’s basketball team went to the Lake Mead Classic on Saturday in Las Vegas. The team went 0-3, but with each game showed some improvement.
The Pahrump Valley High School girls basketball team got into the groove of things as they finished the Del Sol tournament and played Bonanza on Monday. The Trojans finished the Del Sol tournament 1-3 losing their first game to Foothill.
The air was hot and heavy with the smell of sweat mixed in with the smell of the wrestling mat at the Pahrump Valley High School wrestling room, which could only mean one thing — Trojans wrestling is back.
Pahrump Junior Trojans Wrestling is underway for the season. The club started wrestling on Nov. 1 and has a new president, Ray Cortez.
Toughness is a quality that is hard to teach an athlete. It’s not something that you can learn from a book. It’s a quality that comes from hard work.
The Trojans men’s hoopsters are back in full force with a new team and a new head coach. Trojans Coach John Toomer is tired of waiting and says his “team is ready to start playing games.”
After being rained out on Nov. 23, the last race of the Pahrump Valley Speedway’s season on Nov. 30 was a spectacle of new and experienced drivers with some out there to get experience, and some veterans there to just enjoy the last local dirt race of the year.
Aimee Senior returns to lead the Beatty Hornets women’s basketball team one more year. This year the veteran coach comes out of retirement and is in her 13th year. She said after last year’s season she would come back to help out the team if they couldn’t find a replacement for Steve Sullivan who is sitting this year out.
The girls Trojans basketball team is hoping to start their season with a bang as the potential for a winning season looks promising. With some strong players returning to the team as well as a strong freshman class, head varsity coach Jennifer Hagstrom is enthusiastic about the upcoming season.
Junior defensive team captain Jeb Ayers for the Tonopah Muckers football team is one reason the Muckers do not have a losing season.
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.
