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.
June 4 person/4 club tournament for Plus 55 Boulder City Mens’/Women’s Golf Association
The Boulder City/Henderson Heatwave amateur swim club kicks off the summer season with the first of two major age-group swimming championships beginning today in Irvine, Calif.
With the early morning sun shining and the crystal blue water resting softly at the pond at Veterans Memorial Park, people from all over the Las Vegas Valley came to Boulder City for Free Fishing Day Saturday morning.
The Boulder City Eagles 16-under team is finding success on the diamond this summer in the Connie Mack League getting off to an 8-0 start.
A four-year streak of winning the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics and Citizenship in its division ended for Boulder City High earlier this month as the Eagles finished second to Faith Lutheran for the 2013-2014 school year.
Boulder City resident Gunnar Stanton won the American Bass team tournament at Lake Mead on Saturday.
Having three schools move down into Division I-A, including Del Sol, into Boulder City’s league is not a big deal, according to the majority of the school’s coaches.
It was a successful opening week for Boulder City’s teams competing in the Connie Mack Summer League, with the two squads combining to go 4-1.
You could spend years exploring the 1.9 million acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, yet barely shorten the list of wonders still to see there. This remote park lies to the west of Bryce Canyon, north of the Arizona strip and south of Capital Reef National Park, extending eastward to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
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.
