After cruising past the Dragons 15-0 on Monday, the Lady Trojans improved to 11-5 overall on the season.
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After trailing by a few runs in the fourth inning, the Lady Trojans offense was able to pick up the slack in a comeback victory.
After entering the contest as the strong favorites, both the Trojans baseball and softball programs endured losses to Needles High School.
After starting the season with the first three meets on the road, PVHS track concluded its first home meet on March 12.
PVHS defeats Mater East Academy in a nail-biter at home March 12th.
The Pahrump Nugget Bowling Center again will host a Monday Christmas Club Bowling League, and Debbie Varner urges those interested to be at the initial meeting at 9 a.m. Jan. 6.
Editor’s note: This is one in an ongoing series catching up with former high school athletes in Nye County.
Readers might recall the first few paragraphs and the last few paragraphs from last year’s Christmas column. I liked the way they turned out and figured I wouldn’t be able to top them, so I’ll start and end every Christmas column with them.
By early afternoon Friday, the Beatty High School girls basketball team had to feel pretty good about itself. After winning two of three games in a tournament in Big Pine, California, the Hornets routed Carlin in their opening game at Round Mountain’s Kody Beach Memorial Basketball Tournament to improve to 3-1.
It was a mixed bag for the Beatty High School boys basketball team last weekend at Round Mountain High School.
Readers with long memories, or those who are prone to getting utterly useless information stuck in their heads, might recall a column last February marking my first work anniversary at the Pahrump Valley Times. At the time, I said I don’t ordinarily get personal in this space and that I wasn’t likely to do it again until my fifth work anniversary, should that come to pass.
Apparently, athletic training does not take a holiday in Pahrump.
Bob Swain of Bullhead City, Arizona, Randy Salzwimmer of Pahrump and Joey Lopez of Kingman, Arizona, captured division championships Saturday during the Christmas Tree Open horseshoes tournament at Petrack Park.
With 9 seconds left on the clock, Logan Gavenda took an inbound pass from Grant Odegard, dribbled around Booker Wakefield and headed toward the basket. Virgin Valley’s Kris Leavitt, who had been a thorn in Pahrump Valley’s side all night, got in the way.
While nobody expected the Pahrump Valley High School girls basketball team to go undefeated, the Trojans’ first defeat of the season was totally unacceptable to coach Bob Hopkins.
After cruising past the Dragons 15-0 on Monday, the Lady Trojans improved to 11-5 overall on the season.
After trailing by a few runs in the fourth inning, the Lady Trojans offense was able to pick up the slack in a comeback victory.
After entering the contest as the strong favorites, both the Trojans baseball and softball programs endured losses to Needles High School.
After starting the season with the first three meets on the road, PVHS track concluded its first home meet on March 12.
