HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT The Pahrump Valley High School boys' basketball team opened its 2007-2008 season Monday night at home against Nevada Class A power Lake Mead Christian Academy. The game was played in the Ninth Grade Academy gym, while work continues on the main gym floor, damaged during a September rain storm. Advertisement

At Lake Mead

Pahrump Valley boys and girls basketball varsity teams will play in the Lake Mead Christian Academy Invitational tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Games will be 40 minutes (20 minutes per half). The schedule:

BOYS

THURSDAY

10 a.m. -- Lake Mead Christian Academy vs. Boulder City.

11 a.m. -- Henderson International School vs. Las Vegas Trinity.

Noon -- Indian Springs vs. Las Vegas Calvary Chapel.

1 p.m. -- Huntington Beach, Calif., Liberty Christian vs. Pahrump Valley

2 p.m. -- Trinity vs. Lincoln County

3 p.m. -- Virgin Valley vs. Calvary Chapel.

4 p.m. -- Spring Mountain vs. Boulder City.

5 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. The Meadows.

6 p.m. -- Lincoln County vs. Henderson I.S.

7 p.m. -- Indian Springs vs. Virgin Valley.

8 p.m. -- Spring Mountain vs. Lake Mead CA

9 p.m. -- Liberty Christian vs. The Meadows.

FRIDAY

Games at 10:30 a.m. and noon at Calvary Chapel, with No. 3 seeds playing.

Nos. 1 and 2 seeds will play at Lake Mead CA at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Games at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon, 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

GIRLS

THURSDAY

At Calvary Chapel

1:30 p.m. -- Lake Mead CA vs. Calvary Chapel.

3 p.m. -- The Meadows vs. Pahrump Valley JVs.

4:30 p.m. -- Henderson I.S. vs. Indian Springs.

6 p.m. -- Trinity vs. Liberty Christian

7:30 p.m. -- Winner 1:30 game vs. Virgin Valley.

FRIDAY

At Calvary Chapel

Boys bracket games at 10:30 a.m. and Noon.

Girls bracket games at 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

At Calvary Chapel

Bracket games at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m.

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At River Valley

The Pepsi Shootout, a girls' basketball tournament, at River Valley High School (Ariz.)

THURSDAY

Noon -- Needles, Calif., vs. Palo Verde, Ariz.

1:30 p.m. -- River Valley vs. San Pasqual; Chino,Calif., vs. Bullhead City, Ariz., Mohave

3 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. Needles

5:30 p.m. -- River Valley vs. Palo Verde

7 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. Chino; Mohave vs. San Pasqual

FRIDAY

Bracket play begins

Noon -- Needles vs. Chino

3 p.m. -- Mohave vs. San Pasqual

1:30 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. Palo Verde

River Valley-first-round bye

Subsequent games at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Bracket play continues with games at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.

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Trojans Classic

Pahrump Valley Times

Trojans Cage Classic

Dec. 6-7-8

At Pahrump Valley High School and Ninth Grade Academy

Dec. 6

At PVHS

12:30 p.m. -- PVHS vs. Trinity Girls

2 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. Beatty boys

3:30 p.m. -- BG JVs vs. Lincoln County Girls

5 p.m. -- Horizon Academy vs. Henderson International School boys

6:30 p.m. -- Faith Lutheran vs. Bishop Girls

8 p.m. -- PVHS girls vs. Lincoln County.

At Ninth

Grade Academy

12:30 p.m. -- Tonopah vs. Boulder City Girls

2 p.m. -- Beatty vs. Round Mountain Girls

3:30 p.m. -- Faith Lutheran vs. Boulder City Girls

5 p.m. -- Tonopah vs. Trinity Girls

6:30 p.m. -- BG JVs vs. Round Mountain Girls

8 p.m.-- Round Mountain boys vs. BG JVs.

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Dec. 7

At PVHS

12:30 p.m. -- Horizon Academy boys vs. Beatty

2 p.m. -- Beatty vs. Bishop girls

3:30 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley boys vs. Round Mountain

5 p.m. -- Faith Lutheran vs. Lincoln County Girls

6:30 p.m. -- PVHS girls vs. Bishop

8 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. Henderson I.S. boys

At Ninth

Grade Academy

12:30 p.m. -- BG JVs. vs. Tonopah girls

2 p.m,. -- Henderson International vs. Bishop Gorman JVs

3:30 p.m. -- Trinity vs. Round Mountain Girls

5 p.m. -- Beatty girls vs. Boulder City.

6:30 p.m. -- BG JVs vs. Horizon Academy boys

8 p.m. -- Beatty vs. Round Mountain boys

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Bracket Games

Single-Elimination

(Girls No. 1 seed bye

Girls No. 2 seed bye)

Pairings

A -- No. 6 Girls vs. No. 7, 8 a.m., PVHS

C -- No. 5 Girls vs. No. 8, 9:30 a.m., 9GA

B -- No. 4 Girls vs. No. 9, 9:30 a.m., PVHS

D -- No. 3 Girls vs. No. 10, 8 a.m., 9GA

(Boys No. 4 seed bye

Boys No. 3 seed bye)

AA -- No. 1 Boys vs. No. 6, 11 a.m., PVHS

BB -- No. 2 Boys vs. No. 5, 11 a.m., 9GA

E -- No. 1 Girls vs. Winner Game A, 12:30 p.m., 9GA

F -- No. 2 Girls vs. Winner Game C, 12:30 p.m. PVHS

CC -- No. 4 Boys vs. Winner AA, 2 p.m., 9GA

DD -- No. 3 Boys vs. Winner BB, 2 p.m., PVHS

G -- Winners Girls B and E, 3:30 p.m., PVHS

H -- Winners Girls D and F, 3:30 p.m., 9GA

EE -- Boys Championship, 5 p.m., PVHS

K -- Girls Championship, 6:30 p.m., PVHS

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At Bishop

30th Annual

Christmas Classic

Dec. 27-28-29

At Bishop, Calif.

Boys Only

Dec. 27

3 p.m. -- Pahrump Valley vs. Arcadia, Calif., Rio Hondo

4:30 p.m. -- Elko vs. Dayton

6 p.m. -- Hesperia, Calif., vs. Mineral County Hawthorne

7:30 p.m. -- Bishop vs. Lone Pine, Calif.

Dec. 28

10 a.m. -- Dayton vs. Hesperia.

11:30 a.m. -- Hawthorne vs. Elko.

1 p.m. -- Lone Pine vs. Pahrump Valley.

2:30 p.m. -- Rio Hondo vs. Bishop.

4 p.m. -- Hawthorne vs. Dayton.

5:30 p.m. -- Elko vs. Hesperia

7 p.m. -- Lone Pine vs. Rio Hondo.

8:30 p.m. -- Bishop vs. Pahrump Valley.

Dec. 29

10:30 a.m. -- Seventh Place.

Noon -- Fifth Place.

1:30 p.m. -- Third Place.

3 p.m. -- Championship.

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Junior Varsity

Round Robin

At Bishop, Calif.

Dec. 27

Pahrump Valley vs. Rio Hondo, 4:30 p.m.; Bishop vs. Dayton, 6 p.m.

Dec. 28

Dayton vs. Pahrump Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Rio Hondo vs. Bishop, 6 p.m.

Dec. 29

Rio Hondo vs. Dayton, 11 a.m.; Bishop vs. Pahrump Valley, 12:30 p.m.

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At Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Holiday Classic

(Formerly Lady

Bulldogs Classic)

At Centennial

High School

Dec. 27-28-29

Four 5-team divisions.

Dasher Division -- Eagle River, Las Vegas Valley, Douglas Minden, Peninsula, Las Vegas Centennial.

Rudolph Division -- Henderson Coronado, Las Vegas Palo Verde, Elko, Fairfax, Highland.

Comet Division -- St. Thomas, Pahrump Valley, Henderson Green Valley, Reno Galena, Las Vegas Chaparral.

Blitzen Division -- Paramount, Las Vegas Silverado, Las Vegas Durango, Carson, Santa Fe.

Pahrump Valley schedule:

Dec. 27

10 a.m. -- vs. St. Thomas, La.

7 p.m. -- Galena

Other games at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Dec. 28

1 p.m. -- Green Valley

10 p.m. -- Chaparral

Other games at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 10 p.m.

Dec. 29

Two games each at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2 p.m.

Championship (Game 51) at 3:30 p.m.