Pahrump Valley sophomore Raegan Saldana shot a career-best 93 to place fifth among 25 golfers during an Aug. 27 league match at Mountain Falls Golf Club.
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Pahrump Valley takes a 1-2 record to Chaparral Friday after scoring 34 second-half points in its comeback bid at Durango.
Freshman Jakob Riggs stepped into goal after an injury to starter Jesse Barajas, but Pahrump Valley fell 4-2 at The Meadows despite two second-half goals.
Pahrump Valley erased most of a 27-point halftime deficit, scoring 34 after the break before Durango held on for a 42-34 victory.
Pahrump Valley found its offensive rhythm after a slow start, scoring three times against Class 4A Cimarron-Memorial while identifying several areas that need work before league play.
If you’re a rodeo or bull riding fan, you already know that the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Finals are back at the Thomas and Mack Stadium for their 21st annual event from Oct. 22nd-26th at 6 p.m.
Luck just made the Warriors that much harder to beat last Thursday. The Trojans hosted Western, one of the league division leaders, and lost 5-1 at home.
For the first time in years, the Hornets dealt the Muckers a loss in volleyball. For some time, the Muckers have dominated the series, but Beatty finally put an end to that last Friday in Tonopah by winning in five, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 19-25 and 15-5.
The 20-something crowd would say the glory years of life are in your 20s. The five Pahrump seniors who won medals at the recent senior games would argue differently.
Summer is gone but that doesn’t mean summer sports are. During the fall in Southern Nevada, now that the heat of the summer has subsided seniors are getting in shape for the Nevada Senior Games.
In the first half of the season, Spring Valley’s volleyball team rolled over Pahrump Valley in three games 25-17, 25-18 and 25-19. The Trojans (10-13 overall, 4-5 Sunset League) went down fighting last Tuesday.
The last time Clark and Pahrump met was on September 12 and Clark won that game 2-1. In that game, the Lady Trojans underestimated Clark. The Chargers (8-5 overall, 6-4 Sunset League) had hoped to repeat that victory on Tuesday on the Trojans (9-4, 6-3) home turf, but they were denied 1-0.
The Hornets are having a decent season under new coach James Robertson. Beatty (4-2 overall, 2-2 Division IV Southern) is coming off a big win against the Knights (4-2, 2-2) last week, beating them 46-14.
Rosemary Clarke Middle School eighth grade English teacher Susan Zink, went to the Nevada Senior Games last week and came away with a gold medal.
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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.
