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HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT
IT'S A LOTTA BULL ...But it's also the Sports Photo of the Year in Nye County sports in 2007. Bull rider Josh Hales was thrown from the bull during a Pahrump Fall Festival's Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association go-around in October at McCullough Arena.The bull stares down the would-be rider, who is trying his best to escape the behemoth. Hales succeeded, without further trouble.
2007: THE TOP 10 STORIES
The top Pahrump Valley and Nye County sports stories of 2007:

NO. 1: REALIGNMENT: Pahrump Valley going to 4-A, the NIAA dictates
There is no question that Pahrump Valley High School being shifted Class 4-A by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association is the top sports story in 2007. Tonopah, once thought to be headed back to Class 2-A, remained in Class A, along with Nye County's Beatty, Round Mountain and Gabbs.


2007: THE TOP 10 STORIES
The top Pahrump Valley and Nye County sports stories of 2007:

NO. 3: Tonopah wins first-ever football title
3 In 2004, Tonopah left Class 2-A, where 11-man football is played, to become a member of the Nevada Class A Eight-Man Central Division.

NO. 7: MOTORSPORTS TAKE HIT: T-Town 250 gone; speedway to close
Motorsports in the Pahrump Valley is in the pits ... literally.

NO. 4 & NO. 5: PV girls win state 3-A title; Dominique claims 15
In 2001, only a relay team represented the Pahrump Valley High School girls' team at the Nevada Class 3-A State Track and Field Championships. In 2002, no girl made it to the state meet.

NO. 2: Football: a program in dire straits, with litte hope to progess without right coach
Pahrump Valley's football team was 3-7 in the 2006 season, but made it to the Nevada Class 3-A playoffs. In the 2007 campaign, the Trojans were 0-8-1 and were competitive in only two games -- a 24-20 loss at Phoenix, Ariz., Christian and a 34-34 tie at Yucca Valley, Calif.

NO. 6: Lady Trojans three-peat in state 3-A golf
Nevada's Class 3-A girls golf teams won't have Pahrump Valley to kick them around anymore.

NO. 8: PVHS HALL OF FAMERS

NO. 9: Pahrump Senior LL goes to regionals
9 Pahrump Valley's All-Stars, after winning the Nevada Senior Little League baseball title, continued their quest for national honors at the Western Regionals in Salem, Ore., last summer.

NO. 10: Trojan teams record seconds
The 2006-2007 Pahrump Valley wrestling team finished second in the Nevada Class 3-A state tournament, after running its championship streak to three seasons in Southern 3-A league and regional competition.

NO. 1: REALIGNMENT: Pahrump Valley going to 4-A, the NIAA dictates
There is no question that Pahrump Valley High School being shifted Class 4-A by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association is the top sports story in 2007. Tonopah, once thought to be headed back to Class 2-A, remained in Class A, along with Nye County's Beatty, Round Mountain and Gabbs.














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