Boulder City High School wrestling was busy this past week, competing in a tri-dual at home on Dec. 10, followed by a trip to La Costa Canyon in Carlsbad, Calif. on Dec. 12.
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Boulder City High School flag football advanced to 3-1 on the season, defeating Cheyenne and Basic this past week.
Boulder City High School boys basketball picked up a big victory over Moapa Valley on Dec. 12, rebounding from defeat against The Meadows on Dec. 10. They are now 4-1 on the young season.
Rebounding from a season-opening defeat, Boulder City High School flag football defeated Moapa Valley 20-0 on Dec. 5 for their first victory of the season.
Off to a 3-0 start, Boulder City High School boys basketball is using their length to frustrate opponents early this season.
The Boulder City High School football team fell victim to a dynamic Del Sol rushing attack in a 39-7 homecoming loss Friday, but the Eagles found silver linings elsewhere to revive what is still a program in full rebuild mode.
Both Boulder City High School cross-country programs finished ninth on Saturday at the Spartan Preregion Invitational at Craig Ranch Park.
Over the next month or so is a wonderful time to spend outdoors enjoying Zion National Park. Daytime temperatures will likely drop into the most pleasant zone, and depending on the elevation you visit, you’ll be there for the start of fall foliage season.
Each week the coaches at Boulder City High School nominate an athlete to spotlight for contributions made to his or her team. This week’s honoree is senior Tyler Campbell, who runs on the varsity cross-country team. Campbell placed first in the Sept. 14 Boulder City weekday meet against five other schools, with a time of 18:15, and 10th in the Las Vegas Invitational a few days before. He is a four-year varsity letter recipient in cross-country and also is on the school’s track team. He is the son of Jeni Campbell.
Boulder City High School’s boys and girls tennis teams head into the postseason with the Eagles finishing with a perfect 10-0 league slate, while the Lady Eagles finished with a 9-1 record.
Personnel issues were the main cause in Boulder City High School’s football team’s setback Friday against Moapa Valley, suiting up only 22 of the 27 players on its roster for the bus ride to Overton, Nevada, during its 37-0 defeat.
The Boulder City High School girls volleyball program continued its early league dominance, defeating Southeast Career Technical Academy on Sept. 22 and Del Sol on Monday.
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It’s now less than a week away before people will be practicing their backward countdown from 10 to 1, while often wishing the year ahead will be better than the 365 days that just went by in a blink of an eye.
First off, Merry Christmas to you all. Over the weekend I watched an interesting documentary on Netflix about the New Yorker magazine turning 100.
If one were to listen to William O’Shaughnessy, Kailaash Malacarne, Emma Graham and Maxwell O’Connor talk about reading, and the excitement that elicits, it shows that there’s hope that in a digital-based world, book stores and libraries will be around for many years to come.
It’s been about a year since a local family fell in love with a badly-beaten, one-eyed puppy, who they would soon adopt.
