As it has been all year, the final week of the regular season in the Northern 3A East is going to be crazy — all except for one team. Churchill County has secured the No. 1 seed from the East for the regional tournament but the final three seeds are anybody’s to secure. Elko is currently second at 7-5, with Lowry, Spring Creek and Fernley tied at 5-7. Only the top four advance to the postseason. Lowry travels to Dayton, Spring Creek visits Churchill County and Elko travels to Fernley.
High school athletes, coaches and families from all over the state converged on the PCHS track last Saturday. Under sunny skies, they competed in the annual Mustang Invitational. “It was a great meet. Our athletes were all in good spirits and ready to compete on our home field,” coach Chelsea Montes said. The team wore “crazy socks” and competed in honor of Tyus Halverson. Hayley Montes and Khloe Montes both placed in the 100-meter dash and Hayley placed fourth with 13.90 seconds. Khloe placed fifth with 13.93 seconds.
Last Saturday, a select group of high school girls basketball players played in an all-star game at North Valley High School in Reno. They competed at the invitation of Battle Born Preps.
Ladies Golf Results —
The Battle Mountain High School boys golf team was busy last week, with two tournaments in eastern Nevada. The week started at Toana Vista Golf Course in Wendover on Monday, April 14. The Longhorns took just three players to the tournament, with James Spealman finished fourth overall with a round of 93.
With just one meet left in the regular season, the Lowry High School girls track and field team is priming itself for a possible long run into the postseason. The Buckaroo ladies were in Reno this past Saturday at McQueen High School for the Northwest Invite and placed fifth with 50.16 points.
The Lowry High School swim team got back on the winning track, sweeping a dual from Sparks on Saturday, April 12, at the Carson Aquatic Center in Carson City. The girls squad beat the Railroaders 140-46, with the boys pulling out a 74-51 victory. The Lowry girls won every event they were entered in, with Aidan Peters taking home the top spot in both the 200-freestyle in a time of 2 minutes, 42.15 seconds and the 100-butterfly at 1:27.96.
The Pershing County High School softball headed into spring break after losing all three Northern 2A games to Battle Mountain last week (12-0, 11-3, 22-4). In the series opener in Battle Mountain on Tuesday, April 15, Battle Mountain plated seven of its 12 runs in the opening frame and added four more in the second inning
The first step in the hopes of a return to the state tournament has been completed for the Lowry High School softball team. The Buckaroos won their first regular-season title for the first time since 2021, with a three-game sweep of Churchill County. The two rivals entered the weekend tied for first in the Northern 3A East.
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In what has become a sort of legislative tradition, NV Energy is having talks late in the session, this time about wildfire liability. According to four people with knowledge of the situation, discussions are taking place behind the scenes about addressing the utility company’s liability in wildfires started by its equipment. It’s a fluid situation and everything is in the early stages, but here’s what we know so far: Sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because conversations are ongoing, said everything is preliminary.
Last month, the Reno City Council approved the Oppidan Data Center to become the city’s second data center, despite the city planning commission’s original denial of the project. The back-and-forth decision coincides with the ongoing city council debate about how to regulate data centers, in light of their significant energy and water demands to power artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT. “Every time a user inputs a prompt, ChatGPT’s massive language model processes it using an estimated 2.9 watt-hours (Wh) of energy,” reported RW Digital, a digital marketing firm. “That’s nearly ten times what it takes for a single Google search.”
The push to expand the child tax credit is more bipartisan than ever — but a clear solution to stop it from being slashed in half is still far off. Republicans and Democrats have been juggling proposals for the credit — currently a $2,000-per-child tax incentive — as Congress renegotiates the country’s tax structure. Lawmakers told The 19th they are anxious to pass something this year before the existing bill sunsets this fall and reverts the credit to a baseline $1,000.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation on Monday that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental permitting. The funding — which the Democratic governor said was part of a broader effort to better protect communities ahead of peak fire season — comes as the state is under extraordinary pressure after the January infernos that devastated Los Angeles communities.
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