Pahrump Valley heads to Durango focused on fundamentals, stopping the run and preventing big plays after a difficult loss to Galena.
Bill Evans
Sports Reporter
Email: wevans@pvtimes.com
Pahrump Valley’s veteran core enters 3A Southern play after a 1-3 nonleague start that included a five-set victory over previously unbeaten Rancho.
Tonopah opened its home schedule with a 70-0 Mucker Bowl victory over Virginia City as Dustin Otteson rushed for 318 yards and scored five touchdowns.
One bad night does not make a bad football team. But Galena gave Pahrump Valley exactly the kind of early-season test coach Toby Henry said could expose problems before league play begins.
Pahrump Valley sophomore Raegan Saldana returned to Boulder Creek and shot five strokes better on Desert Hawk than she did during last fall’s Class 3A state tournament.
Pahrump Valley has plenty of youth, but coach Amy Carlson believes a core of four seniors and a talented group of underclassmen give the Trojans a chance to develop into something special this season.
After opening with a convincing win over Providence Hall, Pahrump Valley faces a different kind of challenge Friday when Galena arrives looking to rebound from a difficult 2025 season in Class 5A.
Pahrump Valley opened the season by wearing down Providence Hall with a physical running game and a defense that kept the Patriots scoreless until the final play.
A year after reaching the Class 3A state tournament as a freshman, Pahrump Valley sophomore Raegan Saldana knows more about her game — and about the course where the season ultimately led her.
Pahrump Valley opens a new era tonight with experience, ambition and something to prove.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE