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.
There is more to the dove and bird hunt than pulling the trigger.
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 Lady Trojans will be at Western on Thursday at 5 p.m. The team (1-7 overall, 0-2 Sunset League) had a chance to start the new year off with two wins this week. They played Cheyenne (4-6, 2-1) at home on Tuesday night, but that game was past deadline.
Trojans wrestling takes on Cheyenne today at 6 p.m. at the high school gym.
The Pahrump Valley 500 Club, a bowling club at the Pahrump Valley Nugget, donated $345 to the Nye County Animal Shelter on Dec. 13.
One of the best sports programs for kids in this town is Special Olympics. This year the PVT honors the Special Olympics athletes for the first time with their own year in review.
In sports there are definite winners and losers. This year’s most important sports stories have been characterized as either a win or a loss.
Two strong friends in faith from Pahrump, Bill Lewis and Arika Ostr0m, will be cycling through the four corners of the United States starting on Jan. 1. The trip should last a year.
Desiree Veloz started running four years ago. For her, running was a challenge. Veloz is a teacher on assignment for the School District. She needed a physical activity that would keep her from falling back into the world of anorexia. Running has done just that and more. In October she ran her first marathon.
The Pahrump Valley 500 Club, a bowling club at the Pahrump Valley Nugget, donated $345 to the Nye County Animal Shelter on Dec. 13. It was their annual Christmas donation.
Friday and Saturday eight elite Trojan wrestlers participated in an annual nationwide 74-team wrestling event at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is known as the Las Vegas Holiday Classic. Teams of all divisions across the nation, and as far as Washington D.C., participated in the event.
The Lady Trojans dropped a home game to Sierra Vista last Friday 42-33 before the holiday break. The Trojans (1-7 overall, 0-2 Sunset League) out-hustled the Mountain Lions (3-7 overall, 1-2 Sunset League) in every category but the one that counts, scoring.
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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.
