Continuing their claim as the most accomplished high school boys volleyball program in the 3A classification this decade, Boulder City High School had four players named to the All-State team.
Sports
Honored by the 3A classification, four Boulder City High School softball players were named to the All-State team.
Four Eagles were named to the 3A All-State team after helping Boulder City High School baseball reach the 3A state tournament.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association voted to add girls wrestling as a sanctioned sport starting with the 2026-27 school year.
Leading Boulder City High School softball to the 3A state tournament, eight Eagles were named to the All-Mountain League team, highlighted by player of the year Payton Rogers.
The Boulder City High School boys basketball program dropped to 3-5 this week, losing to 4A programs Spring Valley on Dec. 7 and to Basic on Monday.
Boulder City High School basketball players Carson Balistere, left, and Tanner Montgomery helped keep the court clean and provided water to the players during the nationally televised UNLV-Duke game at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. Balistere’s father, Eagles boys basketball coach John Balistere, helps with the North Carolina university’s summer basketball camp directed by coach Mike Krzyzewski.
A bake sale and prize raffle will be held Wednesday during the Boulder City High School’s boys and girls basketball games against Pahrump Valley, benefiting girls head coach Paul Dosch, who is battling stage 4 lung cancer.
The Boulder City High School flag football program is off to a hot start again this season, defeating four Class 4A teams this past week for a perfect 4-0 record.
As expected, the Boulder City High School boys basketball program has struggled against 4A opponents, dropping Tuesday’s contest to Bonanza 56-47, but have found a silver lining in its performance following a 3-1 stint in the Lake Mead Holiday Classic.
Wrestling
A local tennis player finished one match away from victory at a regional tennis tournament over the Thanksgiving holiday.
With the holidays upon us, many of us find our stress reaching all-time highs, and our attention focused on material goods — not necessarily what we hope, but what in the world to give loved ones.
Like so many other things in the world of Boulder City government, the issue of reconfiguring parking in the historic downtown area along Nevada Way, which generated enough heat to cause council members to delay a decision up until the last possible moment, ended with more of a whimper than a bang.
Now that the thermometer is on the rise outdoors, the cost to cool homes and businesses on the inside is doing the same.
Individuals camping in public spaces has increased dramatically in the past few years across the nation. On May 27 the city of Boulder City joined the cities of Reno, Las Vegas, Henderson, and Sparks, along with Clark, Washoe, and Nye counties in passing a measure to expand the prohibition on camping in public places within city limits. The new ordinance goes into effect on June 19, 2025.
Over the last 200 years, life expectancy worldwide has nearly doubled. Today, many live well into their 80s or 90s and beyond.