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.
Last Friday the Tonopah Muckers men’s basketball team traveled to Las Vegas to face the Adelson School Lions, leader of the Division 4 Southern League, and lost 67-45.
President of the Mountain Falls Ladies Golf Association, Dee Trimble, gathered her association last Friday to present two lifetime achievement awards to Lucille Koenig and Jonna West.
LAS VEGAS — On Feb. 5 the Trojans Wrestling team faced Sierra Vista, Valley and Western High Schools on Sierra’s home mat. Trojans Coach Craig Rieger was very pleased with the wrestlers’ performance. The Trojans came out on top with team scores of Pahrump vs Sierra Vista 65-6; Pahrump vs Western 63-13; and Pahrump vs Valley 72-7. The tourney was a non-conference meet and was a good warm-up for the team before regionals, which start today.
The Lady Muckers are set to play in the playoffs after beating the Adelson School Lions 51-19 last Friday. The win kept them in second place in league play, with just one game left to play in the regular season. The last league game will be an away game on Feb. 14th against Lund.
The Lady Hornets just refuse to quit as they defeated the Indian Springs Thunderbirds 33-27 in a close game.
The Pahrump Valley Trojans men’s basketball team is closing out its season with the last three games of the season this week.
Sydney Sladek will go down as one of the most talented and most honored soccer athletes Pahrump Valley High School has ever known. For the past two years the five-foot four-inch player has led the Trojans to two Sunset League Titles, one Southern Nevada Division Title and one Division 1-A State Title.
For those who want to inflict some pain on another person and fight on a regular basis, the Mix It Up Academy, operated and owned by Robert Wilson, will be opening up a Pahrump mixed martial arts fight club. People looking to join will need to try out at the gym on 2400 E. Basin on Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Racing at the Pahrump Valley Speedway is underway and the season opened without a hitch on Feb.1. The racing season is ahead of the weather this year for spring seems to be some time off and the fans got a bitter taste of some chilly weather last Saturday afternoon on opening day.
The Division 1-A girls basketball Sunset League got a bit more interesting Wednesday night. In their first meeting the Lady Trojans basketball team could not stop the Cheyenne Desert Shields. The Shields outscored the Trojans 15-2 in the second quarter and 16-5 in the third for a 41-24 beating. On Wednesday the Trojans had that beating in their minds as they stepped up their defense and defeated the Shields 27-26 in the last seconds of the game.
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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.
