The Pahrump Fall Festival lasted from Sept. 19-22 at Petrack Park, but next to the park was the rodeo at McCullough Arena.
Sports
Trojans sports teams are finishing off the week with tough competition as the girls soccer team and football team will face off with top three schools in their leagues.
With two minutes left on the clock, the Trojans girls soccer team was in the lead by one goal against one of the top two soccer teams in their league – seconds later that changed.
With 25 seconds left on the clock, Trojan Natalie Soto took the ball onto Mater Academy East Las Vegas’ side to take one of the longest shots in the game to seal the team’s fate.
This is a big week for the Trojans soccer teams as both teams are playing at least two league games this week.
Rosemary Clarke Middle School participated in the newly organized Southern Nevada Middle School League Championship in golf just before school let out last week.
The Pahrump Mini Dwarfs raced on May 16 with the Las Vegas Quarter Midgets Club in the High Roller Series Points Race in Las Vegas.
Toni Wombaker, a Pahrump resident, buried her competition and successfully defended her mucking title at the Nevada State Mining Competition during Jim Butler Days in Tonopah over the weekend.
The Pahrump Valley High baseball field renovation is underway by the Nye County School District after a series of meetings with concerned parents and supporters.
It was a showdown that never materialized. The Trojans baseball team (11-4 overall, 3-1 Sunset League) jumped out in front of the Mountain Lions and never looked back and easily defeated them 10-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
Sierra Vista came into Pahrump on Wednesday with some heat in the form of sophomore Kalei Watkins, their ace pitcher.
While everyone has their eyes glued to the tube for basketball updates, I am ignoring the madness and listening to the twitter from the baseball diamonds as the last two weeks of spring training runs down.
One thing you don’t want to do on Saturday night is to commit a crime in Pahrump. This Saturday from the hours of 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. the Baker to Vegas run will be coming through town with nearly 8,000 police officers and support personnel.
It has been at least three years since the boys golf team has gotten three players in the 80s and they did it at Canyon Gate in Las Vegas against Faith Lutheran on Monday in league action.
Bowling News: At the Pahrump Nugget: Perfect scores: Nocky Roach bowled a 300 game on Feb. 9 and then turned around and bowled another one on Feb. 23, Bernard Curtis bowled a 300 on Feb. 12 and Donovin Lusher bowled 299 on Jan. 29.
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.
