Continuing their dynasty, Boulder City High School boys volleyball won their fourth consecutive 3A state championship Tuesday, defeating rival Virgin Valley 3-0 on May 14 at Sunrise Mountain High School.
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Taking the competition by storm, both Boulder City High School swim programs won regional championships on May 11 at Pavilion Pool.
In search of their first state championship since 2010, Boulder City High School softball is rolling into the 3A state tournament with plenty of momentum.
Overcoming a day-one deficit, Boulder City High School won their first Southern Region title since 2021 with a strong day-two performance.
Opening the 3A state tournament, Boulder City High School boys volleyball routed Mater East 3-0 on May 7.
Boulder City sophomore Logan Branscumin and junior Gunnar Stanton took third place at the Ultimate Bass Team Tour on Saturday at Callville Bay at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Austin, a formerly booming mining town founded in 1862, is home to fewer than 400 people today. Yet it’s one of the best-preserved early mining towns in Nevada and well worth a visit by city dwellers from the state’s southern end.
Boulder City High has named its fourth girls’ basketball coach in as many years. But new coach Paul Dosch promises that he will be there for several seasons.
With plenty of summer outdoor activities available in Ely, and temperatures at a perfect comfort level over the next couple of months, the town should be a priority summer destination for Southern Nevadans with itchy feet.
Looking back now to the year 1999, a hot-button decision faced city officials. Whether or not they should go forth with building a second municipal golf course that would stretch over 7,400 yards, at an estimated cost of $18.7 million.
Just when Boulder City High’s Tanner Howell thought he had received all the post season accolades he would get for his stellar 2013 season, he found out there was one more.
It may have been a new league for Boulder City athletics in the 2012-13 school year, but it was still the same result of excellence.
The rapid growth of basketball internationally has given college and professional scouts another arena to find talent in during the past 20 years. If the research is done diligently enough, a scout might find themselves somewhere such as Bahia Blanca, a small barrio in Argentina taking notes on a kid named Manu Ginobili, who now plays for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association. Or Wurzburg, Germany, watching a goofy looking 7-footer by the name of Dirk Nowitzki, who now plays for the Dallas Mavericks, practicing his fall-away jumper.
Avalon Frantz will play Division I women’s volleyball next fall at the University of Houston. But before she went, the all-state setter got one last memory of high school competition.
Boulder City’s high school baseball program has dropped its longtime American Legion summer-league affiliation in favor of joining the newly formed Connie Mack League.
City crews help align the eagle at the new welcome sign Monday morning. The $75,000 sign, which is funded by the city, will not only welcome those coming to town but also honors the Boulder City High School Eagles.
Whether it will be enough to fund the projected $40 million-plus pool complex the city would like to build is still — given the realities of the current inflationary economic environment — an open question.
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