PANACA — Do you consider heading to a wrestling tournament where there will be as many as 64 of the best high school wrestlers in the nation in your weight class a bit frightening? Two boys from Lincoln County High School are looking at doing just that next month. Damiano Ballajos and ...

PANACA — Lincoln County junior forward Chandler Katschke had a career-high 39 points and 17 rebounds, but was overshadowed by the strong, physical work of Aaron Burns and Lewis Larrabee, of Needles, Calif., as Lincoln lost to the Mustangs 87-79 Friday. Larrabee had 32 points for the Mustangs and Burns added ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — Pahranagat Valley had three individual champions and Lincoln County had one at the Class 2A Southern League wrestling tournament Saturday in Laughlin. White Pine had five individual champions on the way to winning the tournament title with 245 points. Laughlin took second with 176 points, followed by West ...

PANACA — For the first time since at least 2006, the Lincoln County girls are the undefeated 2A Southern League champions. They completed the task last weekend with two home wins over second-place Needles, Calif., and seventh-place Laughlin. Defense and controlling the rebounds was the story in the Lynx’s 58-40 win ...

ALAMO — Pahranagat Valley girls secured the No. 1 seed for the 1A Southern League tournament this weekend with easy home wins last week over Lund and Adleson. It is the third consecutive season for the Panther girls to be undefeated in league play. In addition, they are going into the ...

ALAMO — In the final game of the season, Pahranagat Valley High School secured the regular season title and is now gearing up for the playoffs. Tyler Higbee had 19 points as the Panthers capped an undefeated Class 1A Southern campaign by routing the Adelson Lions 81-34 Friday. Kade Wadsworth added 14 ...

Wylee Mitchell competed in the Little Britches Rodeo Jan. 27 and 28 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. She won first place in barrels, poles and flags, and won second place in the goat tail pull both days. She ran her fastest times in the barrels with a 16.6 and the flags ...

PANACA — Driving toward the regular season league championship, Lincoln County put up two more impressive road wins last weekend. On Feb. 3, Tia Florence led a balanced attack with 10 points. Lincoln downed The Meadows 47-14. Anjali Daulat had seven points for The Meadows (2-9, 6-14), which did not score more ...

PANACA — Dropping two important road games Feb. 3 and 4 has ended Lincoln County’s hopes for a spot in the 2A Southern League playoffs this year. Losses at The Meadows and Lake Mead gave the fourth and final playoff spot to Lake Mead. Even if Lake Mead should lose its ...

ALAMO — Pahranagat Valley can clinch its second straight regular season league championship Friday in its final regular season league game. Feb. 3, the Panthers forced visiting Indian Springs into 34 turnovers and steadily pulled away in taking a 67-42 win over the Thunderbirds. Senior Derek Hansen had his best game of ...

SPRING MOUNTAIN — An old hymn of the church is “There Shall be Showers of Blessing.” Pahranagat Valley’s Chase Hansen said he certainly felt that way as his free throw with no time on the clock, in a tied game, gave the visiting Panthers a thrilling 45-44 win over Spring ...

PANACA — Two key road wins kept Lincoln County’s playoff hopes alive last weekend. Behind the 22 points of Ryan Rippetoe and 20 more from Chandler Katschke, Lincoln County (4-5, 9-11) broke out to a 40-26 halftime lead in beating Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas Jan. 26. C.J. Castro paced Calvary Chapel ...

PANACA — Two wins on the road upped Lincoln County’s winning streak to 13 last weekend. Junior post Tia Florence again showed herself as the team leader in tallying 15 points to help visiting Lincoln County top the Calvary Chapel Lions 60-34 Jan. 26 in 2A Southern League action. Kourtney Gloeckner added ...

ALAMO — Pahranagat Valley had its biggest first quarter of the season, scoring 31 points, and almost burying a visiting Sandy Valley team right from the get-go Jan. 27. Final score: 59-14. Bailee Hosier scored 13 points, Kyla Mortensen had 10 points and nine rebounds, and the Panthers rolled past the ...

ROUND MOUNTAIN — Saturday, at Round Mountain, senior guard Chase Hansen tied his career high with 22 points and Tyler Higbee scored 21 to lead the Panthers to a surprising 82-59 win over the Knights. A much closer game had been expected since Round Mountain had only lost the night before ...

PANACA — Pahranagat Valley wrestlers lost by a single point, 120-119, to the White Pine junior varsity team at the Lincoln County Invitational in Panaca Jan. 27. West Wendover took third with 79 points, followed by Lincoln County (71), Indian Springs (59) and Wells (31). Pahranagat Valley had four individual champions in ...

ALAMO — Pahranagat Valley had its best first quarter of the season as it overwhelmed Tonopah 27-2 in the league game in Alamo Jan. 20 on throwback night. Tyler Higbee scored 10 of his 16 points in the first quarter to begin the 52-20 rout of the Muckers. The Panthers let ...

WELLS/ST. GEORGE, UT — Pahranagat Valley participated in a 43-team tournament Jan. 21 and 22 at Pine View High School in St. George, Utah, while Lincoln County was in Wells. Coach Brad Loveday said Pahranagat and Indian Springs were the smallest schools in the Utah tournament. The Panthers finished in 31st place ...