Battling through an up-and-down season, Boulder City High School softball finished 3-2 in this past week’s slate.
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Building a winning streak before the postseason, Boulder City High School baseball picked up victories this past week over Laughlin and White Pine.
Remaining atop the 3A standings, Boulder City High School boys volleyball won a pair of league games this past week to advance to 7-0 in league play.
Continuing to excel in weekday events, both Boulder City High School track and field programs shined on their home turf.
Playing inspiring baseball, Boulder City High School knocked off 5A Coronado 10-8 on April 16, while just falling to 5A Basic 12-11 on April 18.
Finishing sixth at last season’s 3A state championship meet at Craig Ranch Park, the girls Boulder City High school cross-country program is searching for its first state championship since 1999 behind a handful of seasoned veterans.
Battling throughout the summer to sort out the depth chart, Boulder City High School’s football program will hold a blue vs. gold scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 19,. Head coach Chris Morelli said the scrimmage would be the last opportunity players have to win starting jobs heading into week one as they prepare for their home opener against 4A program Clark High School on Friday, Aug 25.
Shaping into one of the best tennis teams in the 3A Southern Region a season ago under former head coach Katy Dorne, newly placed head coach Jami Pappas is hoping to continue to steer Boulder City High School’s girls tennis program in the right direction.
Finishing as last season 3A state champion runner-up, Boulder City High School’s boys tennis program is ready to take the next step under head coach Rachelle Huxford.
Hidden Forest can be the destination for a wonderful 10-mile round-trip day hike, or for a backpack excursion up to a rustic cabin in a ponderosa pine forest. Though the trailhead lies within 50 miles of Las Vegas, within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, its 5,860-foot elevation provides a welcome escape from the searing summers of the valley floor. It gets even cooler as you go, for the hike has an elevation gain of about 2,000 feet. The gain is spread pretty evenly through the journey, but it’s moderately strenuous even so.
Boulder Bowl is accepting participants for its fall leagues that start in September. Those interested can register at the bowling center, 504 California Ave.
Members of the Boulder City-Henderson Heatwave swim team returned home with several top 10 finishes after competing July 26-29 in the Southern California Swimming Summer Junior Olympics in Riverside, California, at the Riverside Aquatic Complex.
Boulder City senior softball star Bailey Bennett-Jordan concluded her summer joining Arizona travel organization team Juggernauts, helping it place second at the National Softball Association Southwest World Series.
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Battling through an up-and-down season, Boulder City High School softball finished 3-2 in this past week’s slate.
Building a winning streak before the postseason, Boulder City High School baseball picked up victories this past week over Laughlin and White Pine.
Reduced flows could nearly halve Hoover Dam’s hydropower capacity as soon as this fall, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
For those who drive by the soon-to-be completed Nevada State Railroad Museum Visitor Center, it’s hard not to see something new with each passing.
