Traveling to Reno this past weekend for the 3A state meet, several Boulder City High School cross country rising stars got a taste of future success.
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Unable to continue to advance in postseason play, Boulder City High School football bowed out on the road to rival Virgin Valley on Nov. 7 in a 39-6 defeat.
Completing their season with a 7-6-4 record, six Boulder City High School girls soccer players were named to the 3A All-League team.
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Unable to continue their postseason success, Boulder City High School girls soccer bowed out in the second round of the postseason on Oct. 31 with a 2-1 defeat to Equipo Academy.
Boulder City High junior Tyler Rushworth was hoping just to place in the top three against what he thought was a competitive field in the USA Wrestling Nevada high school Greco-Roman freestyle and folkstyle wrestling championships. He never expected to win one event, let alone to sweep unbeaten through both.
The Boulder City Eagles were up 6-0 heading into the top of the third before they doubled their lead, and put the game away for good.
Right fielder Jessica Embro set a school record with four triples in one game as the Boulder City softball team opened its Sunrise League schedule Monday with a convincing 20-1 victory on the road against Desert Pines.
Boulder City’s Sam Gomez set a meet record with a discus throw of 163 feet, 7 inches Saturday in the Heitkotter Invitational track and field meet at Faith Lutheran.
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 junior Peyton Koopman. A member of the Eagles’ varsity baseball team, Koopman plays left field and pitcher. He pitched winning games against Foothill High School March 7 and 14, and had two home runs in the team’s 12 13-4 victory March 12 over Spring Valley.
Even though it was their opening game of the season, Boulder City softball coach Angelica Moorhead called it an important test for her Lady Eagles.
The goal is simple when you are the defending state champion: Do it again.
Boulder City boys track and field coach Josh Fisher has the largest group of athletes in his three seasons and he plans to make the best of it.
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The most important part of what happens in a city council meeting is not always the vote. Sometimes it is something that seems minor at the time. This week, as the council finally voted unanimously to tighten up Boulder City’s notoriously lax leash law, the important part came long before any discussion about the actual law.
There are a couple of things that unite most Nevadans: how people often mispronounce that state’s name and for those who have been around a while, their dislike of the Duke men’s basketball team.
Parents of student athletes playing on Boulder City High School’s football team received a note last Thursday morning from BCHS Principal Amy Wagner informing them that the team’s head coach would be “unavailable” for that night’s playoff game.
It’s a case of making something positive come out of a tragedy.
