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.
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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.
Tonopah — Coach Clark Jewett could scarcely have imagined that at the beginning of the season his team would be unbeatable in League (Division IV) with a record of 12-0-0. The Muckers, who are the number one seed in the Southern Nevada Division IV Regional Playoffs, put the icing on the cake of a perfect regular season, beating Indian Springs last Thursday at home 7-8 and 2-12.
AJ Segura has been a mainstay on the football and baseball teams for the past four years. Spring season baseball is it for Segura at Pahrump Valley High School, for he graduates at the end of the year.
The Southern Nevada Women’s United States Bowling Congress is in town for three weeks at the Nugget Bowling Center. After the first week of competition, here are the results for the team and doubles competition:
At the Pahrump Valley Speedway, the third annual Relay for Life Powder Puff was held on April 26 with Pahrump Valley high school student, Andi Bishop, getting first place. Second place went to Bailey Chappell and third went to Reagan Van Engen.
After seven years, the Special Olympic Torch run returns to Nye County. According to the Special Olympics Nevada, the state has summer games each year in Reno and each year Nevada law enforcement agencies are guardians of the torch, known as the “Flame of Hope.” The law enforcement agencies also help raise money for Special Olympics.
Beatty track was at the White Pine Invitational last weekend. This was the second to last meet before the regional meet.
Tonopah — All year the Tonopah fans have been waiting for this game. The fans knew all the other games were meaningless unless the team could beat Pahranagat Valley. All the games were practice for this one series with Pahranagat Valley, the current state champion.
The Mojave Rattlers came to Pahrump for the final game of the regular season. Pahrump, at 7-2 with their only losses to Faith Lutheran, secured second place and beat Mojave 7-3 to improve to 8-2.
The Mojave Rattlers came to town looking to be a spoiler. The Rattlers had no chance of gaining any ground on Pahrump, but they could decide if the Trojans finished second or third. They did by winning 11-9.
The Trojans end a long road trip with a loss and fall to Faith Lutheran 10-4 on Monday.
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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.
