After years of waiting for official recognition, the Pahrump Valley High School boys volleyball team finally took the court this spring as an NIAA-sanctioned program.
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PVHS track and field closed out the 2026 season with a series of record-breaking performances and podium finishes at the NIAA Class 3A state championships in Sparks.
Competitors battled through warm temperatures as players, families and fans gathered for an afternoon of horseshoes, food and community fellowship in Henderson.
Behind a community-wide sendoff and a dominant tournament performance capped by a 12–1 championship victory over Lowry, the Lady Trojans captured their fifth Class 3A state softball title.
The Trojans stranded runners in scoring position, survived a controversial balk call and pushed Virgin Valley through 12 exhausting innings before finally falling 4-3 in a heartbreaking Class 3A Southern Regional elimination game on May 8 in Boulder City.
After a one-year hiatus, football is back at Rosemary Clarke Middle School, and judging by the turnout at tryouts the sport was missed.
You might think the Pahrump Valley High School football team expects to take a step back this season. After all, the ground-oriented Trojans graduated 84 percent of their rushing yards, the top lineman in Class 3A South and their leading tackler.
Bowling 300 games on consecutive nights would be a pretty good year for many league bowlers, but for Anthony Matassa of Pahrump it just wasn’t enough.
From the outside, the Nevada Dance Centre is an unassuming place. But its location in a Basin Road strip mall conceals its status as the home of champions.
It was 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and Paris Coleman of Pahrump was among almost two dozen girls on Field 5 at the Kellogg Zaher Soccer Complex in Las Vegas.
Pahrump Nugget Bowling Center manager Lorie Hartwell has announced that bowlers are needed for a Tuesday night men’s league.
It was a very busy weekend for Lathan Dilger.
The new guy on the sidelines during Pahrump Valley High School football games will be a very familiar face to the veteran coaches he is joining.
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series catching up with Pahrump Valley High School graduates who are continuing their athletic careers in college.
The annual Spaghetti Dinner & Dessert Auction has, in only seven years, become a beloved tradition in Pahrump, serving as both a huge fundraiser for the high school football team and as a major event on the town’s social calendar.
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After years of waiting for official recognition, the Pahrump Valley High School boys volleyball team finally took the court this spring as an NIAA-sanctioned program.
PVHS track and field closed out the 2026 season with a series of record-breaking performances and podium finishes at the NIAA Class 3A state championships in Sparks.
Competitors battled through warm temperatures as players, families and fans gathered for an afternoon of horseshoes, food and community fellowship in Henderson.
Behind a community-wide sendoff and a dominant tournament performance capped by a 12–1 championship victory over Lowry, the Lady Trojans captured their fifth Class 3A state softball title.
