To the casual motor sports enthusiast, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of the country's leading modern facilities.

But for Bruton Smith, founder and chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns the speedway, it could be even better.

After getting to the NIAA Class 4A Southern Nevada girls soccer championship game three years in a row, Palo Verde finally captured its first title, shutting out Green Valley, 3-0, on Feb. 18 at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.

In a game that was billed as youth versus experience -- 12 of the 18 players on the Gators' roster are either freshman or sophomores -- it was Mother Nature that stole the show as the Panthers scored all three of their goals in the second half with gusty 20-plus mile-per-hour winds behind them.

To the casual motor sports enthusiast, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of the country's leading modern facilities.

But for Bruton Smith, founder and chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns the speedway, it could be even better.

After getting to the NIAA Class 4A Southern Nevada girls soccer championship game three years in a row, Palo Verde finally captured its first title, shutting out Green Valley, 3-0, on Feb. 18 at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.

In a game that was billed as youth versus experience -- 12 of the 18 players on the Gators' roster are either freshman or sophomores -- it was Mother Nature that stole the show as the Panthers scored all three of their goals in the second half with gusty 20-plus mile-per-hour winds behind them.

After getting to the NIAA Class 4A Southern Nevada girls soccer championship game three years in a row, Palo Verde finally captured its first title, shutting out Green Valley, 3-0, on Feb. 18 at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.

In a game that was billed as youth versus experience -- 12 of the 18 players on the Gators' roster were either freshman or sophomores -- it was Mother Nature that stole the show as the Panthers scored all three of their goals in the second half with gusty 20-plus mile-per-hour winds behind them.

Other than a purple teapot festooned with a yellow bonnet and sporting collagenized red lips below the name "T2U," Kathey Ditzler's and Nadine Skougard's aluminum tow trailer looks pretty average on the outside. But that's not the case on the inside.

Wallpaper-covered walls lined with varied-colored hats, frilly boas, colorful teapots on their own little resting spots, floor-to-ceiling lace curtains and enough doily-covered tables and chairs for six couples greet party-goers who come to have tea and learn a little etiquette along the way.

After getting to the NIAA Class 4A Southern Nevada girls soccer championship game three years in a row, Palo Verde finally captured its first title, shutting out Green Valley, 3-0, on Feb. 18 at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.

In a game that was billed as youth versus experience -- 12 of the 18 players on the Gators' roster are either freshman or sophomores -- it was Mother Nature that stole the show as the Panthers scored all three of their goals in the second half with gusty 20-plus mile-per-hour winds behind them.

After getting to the NIAA Class 4A Southern Nevada girls soccer championship game three years in a row, Palo Verde finally captured its first title, shutting out Green Valley, 3-0, on Feb. 18 at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.

In a game that was billed as youth versus experience -- 12 of the 18 players on the Gators' roster were either freshman or sophomores -- it was Mother Nature that stole the show as the Panthers scored all three of their goals in the second half with gusty 20-plus mile-per-hour winds behind them.

To the casual motor sports enthusiast, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of the country's leading modern facilities.

But for Bruton Smith, founder and chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns the speedway, it could be even better.

Eagles wrestling head coach Kevin Ruth was hoping one of his boys would capture a state championship this season, but he still was thrilled to have three of his wrestlers earn silver medals at the 2005-2006 Class 3A wrestling state championships.

"It was a rough year for us," Ruth said. "We had a lot of ups and downs, but we did as well as we possibly could have done at the end of the season, especially at the state tournament."