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.
Sophomore forward Megan Morton is playing her first year of varsity girls basketball, but she is not intimidated by the older, often taller opponents.
It’s pretty hard to go wrong with an excursion to Valley of Fire State Park this time of year. The elevation is about 2,000 feet, like Las Vegas, so the depths of winter there usually mean daytime temperatures that are merely comfortable.
Senior Thomas Prach (160 pounds) went 5-2 for his seven matches and placed fifth in the two-day Asics So-Cal Wrestling Challenge on Friday and Saturday in Santa Ana, Calif.
At times, visitors to Boulder City High sports games might want to rub their eyes to make sense of what they are seeing. The school’s opponents are not seeing double, but you can’t blame them for thinking their sight might need adjusting.
Boulder City senior linebacker Dillon Prach and junior defensive end Brooks Roe have been selected to the Division IA football’s all-state second team. Both also were chosen All-Southern Region first team and All-Sunrise League first team.
Boulder City first-year girls’ basketball coach Paul Dosch knew his team would eventually lose a game. He was more concerned with how his team would bounce back after the setback.
A handful of individuals and several relay teams excelled on the national level Dec. 19-22 as the Boulder City/Henderson Heatwave amateur swim club finished second in the 22nd annual Elite Pro-Am Chesapeake Swim Meet in Oklahoma City.
The Boulder City flag football team remains unbeaten and is one of only two teams in Clark County among 34 in the sport that has yet to lose a game.
The Boulder City boys bowling team started the season as the favorite to win the state championship. They took another step to solidify that position when they defeated two-time defending state champion Southeast Career Technical Academy on Dec. 16 at Boulder Bowl.
The Boulder City Diamondbacks fast-pitch softball team captured the Henderson Girls Softball Association’s 12 and younger Winter Classic Championship Tournament Dec. 1. They also placed second in the Fall Fling 15 team tournament Nov. 23 at Majestic Park in Las Vegas.
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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.
