#The longest road trip of the season greeted the Lowry High School girls soccer team as it attempts to remain in the hunt for a home playoff match in the Northern 3A Regional Championships at the end of October.
#In 2023, the Buckaroos got rid of the West Wendover and White Pine trip in the opening weekend of the season.
#Lowry had to wait almost to the end of the regular season this fall.
#It didn’t matter in the long run, as the Buckaroos posted a pair of shutouts, beating West Wendover 8-0 on Friday and White Pine 3-0 on Saturday.
#Lowry improved to 11-6-1 overall and 11-2-1 in the Northern 3A East. The Buckaroos are neck-and-neck with Elko for the No. 2 spot in the league.
#The Indians hold the tiebreaker over the Buckaroos.
#In the win over West Wendover, Lowry scored four goals in each half, as the match ended in the 70th minute due to the NIAA mercy rule.
#Five different players scored for Lowry, including a hat trick from junior Natalya Guizar. Guizar has a team-high 23 goals this season.
#Fellow junior Maite Avalos added a pair of goals to go with two assists. She has nine on the season.
#Senior Kepa Hilbish added a goal and contributed to two more and Elyza Sirotek and Maura Braatz each had a goal.
#Lowry had 30 shots on goal on the day.
#Meanwhile, West Wendover did not have a shot on goal, as Cleo Fowler was perfect in the goal.
#Saturday in Ely, Guizar scored two more goals, as Lowry pulled away with two goals in the second half. Braatz added a goal and an assists and Avalos had two assists.
#Lowry hosts Dayton on Thursday at 5 p.m. on the football field for senior night. Lowry is back home on Saturday to play Fernley at 11:45 a.m.
#The regular season concludes on Tuesday, Oct. 22, as Lowry hosts league-leading Churchill County at 3:45 p.m.