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.
Senior Collin Fox won the individual championship at 126 pounds to lead Team Boulder to a third-place finish Saturday in the Division I-A Southern Region Wrestling Tournament at the high school.
The Boulder City girls basketball team can win the Sunrise League championship tonight with a win at Virgin Valley. They also can finish second.
Flight won twice this past week and extended its streak to four consecutive wins to distance itself from the field in the Boulder City Parks &Recreation Department’s men’s basketball league.
Boulder City High School varsity football coach Alex Kazel resigned this past week after seven years of leading the Eagles program.
In the span of 20 years, Andy Schaper has gone from never having swung a golf club to being named the PGA’s 2014 Golf Professional of the Year for the Southern Nevada chapter.
Temple Bar is only an hour or so from Boulder City, yet somehow has remained underutilized, if not undiscovered, by most of the city’s outdoor lovers. That reason alone would recommend it as an especially relaxing getaway destination, but there are plenty of other reasons.
The way Boulder City flag football coach Chris Morelli sees it, they are all too important to lose any one game.
Boulder City boys basketball coach John Balistere is happy with his team’s play in their past few games. It is defensive-minded team that has positioned itself to grab a playoff spot as the season winds down.
Team Boulder coach Jim Cox on Tuesday announced his lineup of 18 wrestlers who will compete in the Division I-A Southern Region Tournament this weekend at the high school.
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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.
