Both Boulder City High School tennis programs finished as the 3A state runner-up, falling to Northern Nevada challengers.
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Setting lofty goals for themselves coming into the season, senior Boulder City High School girls’ tennis stars Chayce Larson and Madeline Morris finally reached the pinnacle on Oct. 26, finishing as 3A state champions in doubles competition.
Boulder City High School girls soccer defeated rival Moapa Valley 4-3 in the opening round of the 3A Southern region tournament on Oct. 28.
Climbing the mountain top, Boulder City High School girls golf won the 3A state championship at Dayton Valley Golf Course on Oct. 16.
Boulder City High School tennis will send nine players to the 3A Individual state tournament starting today at Tahoe Donner Tennis Center.
With temperatures hitting an extreme of 100 degrees on average in Boulder City during the month of July and what is expected to be most of August, the coaching staffs at Boulder City High School along with their players have all agreed that acclimating themselves to the heat early is their first order of business this month as they get set for organized practices.
Yosemite National Park is one of those places everyone should see at least once in his or her lifetime, and the next two months are ideal times to go. By happy coincidence, it is easiest to go there during the very months when Southern Nevadans most need to escape the heat.
Terry Stevens and Braly Joy took on the best in the world in the Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard World Championships on Sunday in Hawaii, overcoming 20-foot swells to finish 16th out of more than 300 entrants.
Competing in his first national triathlon, 13-year-old Boulder City native Ethan Porter placed 43rd among 309 competitors at the Youth Elite National Championships presented by USA Triathlon on Saturday in West Chester, Ohio.
For a seventh consecutive year, Great Britain’s Challenger Sports is coming to Boulder City to conduct its annual British Soccer Camp.
A national standout in her sport, junior Boulder City High School volleyball star Maggie Roe has become accustomed to being one of the youngest players on her team. Now the time has come for Roe to be an upperclassman, to be a leader, like the ones she looked up to for years.
A four-year journey for 13-year-old Boulder City native Ethan Porter will be realized this weekend when he travels to West Chester, Ohio, with his team Hyperspeed to compete in a triathlon at the 2016 Youth Elite National Championships.
June 2, four-person yellow ball and scramble for Plus 55 Boulder City Mens/Womens Golf Association:
Photos by Ron Eland
Boulder City received the prestigious Enterprise Risk Management Excellence Program Award (ERMEP) during the Oct. 22 city council meeting.
Near the beginning of last week’s city council meeting, frequent-flyer public commentor Fred Voltz (whose views on the proposed addition of up to $9 million to the $25 million or so already earmarked to replace the city’s pool you can read on Page 4) made a pretty surprising allegation about the finances of the city’s two golf courses.
It may sound a bit odd to pay tribute to the one-year anniversary of a camera. But when that camera has helped bring thousands to town, and with it as many smiles, it’s worth it.
