Football season has been a mixed bag for Nye County high schools.
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It would be hard to imagine two more different opponents than the Pahrump Valley High School boys soccer team faced last week.
Boys Soccer: Senior Abraham Alvarez, sophomore Christopher Vega and freshman Bryan Martinez each recorded hat tricks Tuesday as Pahrump Valley overwhelmed Somerset Academy-Losee 16-0 in the Sunset League opener for both schools.
Dok Hembree, Randy Salzwimmer and Rai Adams of Pahrump won division titles Aug, 24 at the Nevada State Horseshoe Pitching Association championships in Hawthorne.
Jill Harris was struggling for something positive to say.
Losing the first two games of the season is not ideal, but the Pahrump Valley High School football team knows it’s not the end of the world. Just last season, the Trojans opened 0-2, split the next two and then went undefeated through Sunset League play to reach the Class 3A playoffs.
The sight of Pahrump Valley junior Anthony Margiotta on crutches at practice Monday morning was as disappointing as it was expected.
On the surface, there wasn’t much good about Pahrump Valley’s 20-0 loss to Virgin Valley on Friday night in Mesquite.
The Pahrump Valley High School tennis program recorded the first wins in program history last week, getting forfeit victories Aug. 26 against Sunrise Mountain and Aug. 27 against Adelson.
Julie Carrington has a good thing going with the girls soccer program at Pahrump Valley High School, and the Trojans have reached the point of simply reloading each season.
The Beatty High School cross country team tripled in size this year, as junior Alfonso Sandoval and sophomore Jovan Oseguera joined senior Jose Granados to run for the Hornets this season.
With only one-quarter of the players as there were out last year, flag football in Pahrump is in serious need of kids to sign up by Thursday or the season might not be played.
The Pahrump Valley High School football team has played Virgin Valley more times than any other opponent. And the rivalry has not gone well for the Trojans.
Football season got off to a rough start in northern Nye County.
Lake Tahoe is a year-round destination, but the Pahrump Valley High School girls soccer team didn’t head up there on vacation but to play four games in two days.