HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Jill Harris, center, talks with the Pahrump Valley High School volleyball team she coaches, during a break in the Trojans' Sunset Region Southwest Class 4-A Division match against visiting Las Vegas Bonanza Tuesday. The Trojans won 25-11, 25-27, 25-23, 25-19.

POST SEASON STARTS TUESDAY: Lady Trojans in 4-A volleyball playoffs
For the second time in as many seasons in Class 4-A volleyball, Pahrump Valley's girls have qualified for the Sunset Regional playoffs.

DON McDERMOTT: On golf, Sharks and girls at PVHS
Clearing off the sports desk ... some odds and ends ... and otherwise, some disa and data ...


4-A boys ready to start playoffs; Trojans close out a tough campaign
Plenty of soccer coaches and a media member or two spent several hours this week figuring out potential tiebreakers that might determine seeds or even which teams advanced to the Class 4-A boys playoffs.

Beatty to open Dec. 1
BEATTY -- The 2009-2010 basketball season at Beatty High School will begin Dec. 1, with a home doubleheader against Las Vegas Adelson Prep.

Cup leaders
NASCAR Sprint Cup leaders, through Oct. 25:

POINTS LEADERS LISTED: Speedway races get 3 p.m. start
Auto racing returns to the Pahrump Valley Speedway Nov. 7, with a new starting time -- 3 p.m.

WILDLIFE REPORT: The chukar: most popular game bird in Silver State
In a couple of months we'll be thinking about a partridge in a pear tree, but right now sportsmen are thinking about a partridge called chukar. Most Nevadans have heard of the chukar -- after all, it's the state's most popular game bird.

70-45 AGAINST IDAHO: Kaepernick sparks Nevada victory
RENO (AP) -- Colin Kaepernick ran for four touchdowns and threw for two others and Nevada finished with 484 rushing yards in a 70-45 victory over Idaho on Saturday.

FOR THE RECORD

Johnson worried; Talladega track causes problems
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's down to Talladega Superspeedway in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, which has hardly resembled a title race over the past four weeks.

PREP FOOTBALL

PHOTO: CO-ED WINNERS

Paulus leading second college team
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A year ago, he was preparing for basketball season as a senior point guard at powerhouse Duke. Today, he's halfway through a stint quaterbacking Syracuse, a storied but struggling program.

Top 25 football
Major college football games this week:

Wolfe stars; Rebels end 0-20 slide
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- With Mike Locksley or without him, New Mexico's result didn't change.