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Bowling News

Boulder Bowl has ended its summer season and the fall leagues are underway.

Cross-country team opens season with second-place finish

The Boulder City girls cross-country team finished second in the season-opening Las Vegas Invitational Saturday at Sunset Park.

Wildlife, especially birds, abundant at Ash Meadows

With the opening of school and the approach of holidays, most of us become too busy to escape, for long, from our city lives. That makes the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge a good choice for a September escape.

ABC Park now home to fledgling pickleball league

In high school when gym class was rained out there was always a sport that could be played indoors. Sometimes it was dodgeball, sometimes it was basketball, but sometimes it was pickleball.

Canyon’s North Rim has great views, fewer crowds

Grand Canyon National Park is visited by nearly 5 million people a year and, not surprisingly, many complain it’s crowded. But you don’t have to endure that; because the vast majority of those millions gaze upon the canyon from its South Rim. Those who choose the North Rim get much more elbow room.

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Local Golf Results

Tournaments for those 55 or older are held the first Thursday of the month.

PGA Junior league to debut Sept. 2

A new PGA Junior Golf League will debut at Boulder Creek Golf Club with the hopes of helping junior golfers from all levels of experience learn the rules, etiquette and sportsmanship of the game.

Canyon de Chelly a feast for eyes, soul

Avisit to Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a feast for the eyes and soul. Here you will find sheer red sandstone cliffs rising 1,000 feet above the fertile farmland of the canyons, where prehistoric ancestral Puebloan ruins and hundreds of other archaeological sites dot the landscape. People have lived here nearly 5,000 years — believed to be the longest continuous occupancy of any site on the Colorado Plateau.

Sports Briefs

Students return from Hershey competition with medals

Kids to test skills at Hershey track meet

Two Boulder City students arrived in Hershey, Pa., today to compete in the Hershey’s Track & Field Games.

Eagles reach tourney quarterfinals before 17-1 loss

The Boulder City 14-under baseball team won a playoff game and reached the quarterfinals of the Connie Mack Summer League 14-under State Tournament this past week before being eliminated.

Soccer camp to stop in Boulder City

For a fourth consecutive year, Great Britain’s Challenger Sports will include Boulder City as a stop in its summerlong tour of America.

Ichthyosaurs big in Berlin

Nevada is home to 23 state parks, the majority having a unique feature. But Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park is in a class of its own, as it not only features an extremely well-preserved historic mining town but also remains of the ancient ichthyosaur (pronounced ICK-thee-o-saur), our state fossil.

Winning streak sends young Eagles to state tournament

The Boulder City 14-under baseball team won six of its final seven games to climb into fifth place and qualify for the Connie Mack Summer League 14-under State Tournament that began Tuesday.

Local golf tourney results

July 3, Four person scramble tournament for Plus 55 Boulder City Mens’/Women’s Golf Association:

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