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 feeling among the Boulder City High School boys basketball program is upbeat with a pair of solid performances against a pair of Division I programs.
A Boulder City baseball pipeline to Shasta College is being established with class of 2016 graduates Nolan DeSantis, Alec Mathis and Austin Wishard set to join 2015 graduates Colton Bosnos and Mario Castanon at the Redding, California, school.
With high hopes of becoming collegiate players in the coming years, 14-year-old twins Connor and Olivia Mikkelson of Boulder City are on the right track, especially in light of their performances at the Zonal Team Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 7 to 11.
Before Boulder City High School junior D.J. Reese attempts to hurl curveballs for the Eagles as a starter next spring, the two-year varsity wrestling veteran will attempt to achieve a bigger prize.
A great many life lessons can be learned while playing basketball.
As lightning surrounded Whalen Field on June 30, the Southern Nevada Eagles 16-under baseball team provided the thunder against the Green Valley Elite, defeating the Division I program 6-5 in its Southern Nevada Connie Mack season finale.
Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department hosted a variety of games and contests during the Damboree celebration on Monday at Broadbent Park. Here are the results:
Wupatki National Monument in Arizona encompasses more than 35,000 acres and contains roughly 2,500 documented archaeological sites. You cant see them all, nor are you allowed to, but you can see some of the most impressive ruins in the park, even in a few hours.
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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.
