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.
Check out this week’s PVHS sports news and and standings.
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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.
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 Rosemary Clarke Middle School girls basketball team finished up their season with their last tournament over the weekend called the “Whitney Mesa Shootout”, where the “A” team finished second in the consolation round.
Bowling News: At the Pahrump Nugget: Perfect scores: 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 and Donovin Lusher bowled 299 on Jan. 29.
Construction has started on the first mountain bike trails in Beatty.
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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.
