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.
Junior Kellie Hunn from Pahrump just started golfing last year and she never thought she would go to state this year, but she made it along with her teammate, Sophomore Riley Moore.
Beatty: Melynda Gross, a former state champion for Beatty High School is asking for help for her brother, who was in a tragic car accident that took his wife and left him in the hospital. The accident was in July.
Beatty’s consistent play against Indian Springs last week gave the girls volleyball team the victory 23-25, 25-21,24-26, 25-15 and 15-13. The Hornets (9-2 overall, 7-2 Division IV Southern) moved into third place after beating the Thunderbirds (8-4, 6-3) last Friday and Adelson School on Tuesday, 25-11, 21-25, 25-14 and 25-14.
Tuesday was all about the seniors as they played their last home game against Cheyenne. The Trojans (5-14-2 overall, 2-12-1 Sunset League) lost 2-0, but played tough defense against the Desert Shields (3-10-2, 3-9-2) for most of the game.
The Trojans easily won over Clark, but for the four seniors on the team it was a night to remember not because of the win but because it was time to say goodbye to the game they love. Four seniors from the Trojans volleyball team were honored during the Clark game last Wednesday on senior night.
The Lady Trojans up set second place Sierra Vista last Friday 2-1.
The Trojans upset second place Sierra Vista with great passing and solid defense in the second half. Pahrump (4-5 overall, 3-4 Sunset League) hosted the Mountain Lions (6-3, 4-3) in the last game of the season and won 39-27.
The Trojans cross-country regular season is over and now the team is concentrating on the division finals this Saturday.
Beatty: Melynda Gross, a former state champion for Beatty High School is asking for help for her brother, who was in a tragic car accident that took his wife and left him in the hospital. The accident was in July.
The Trojans hosted Clark on Wednesday night and posted a win in three, 25-16, 25-15 and 25-13.
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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.
