This past winter, Riley Harvey, Aaliyah Allen and Khloe Montes helped lead the 2024-25 Pershing County girls basketball team to 22 victories and the Northern 2A regional championship trophy. The various 2A schools in Nevada recently rewarded their efforts. Allen and Montes made the all-state, first team and Harvey was chosen for the second team. The three girls previously won all-conference awards. The 2A coaches named Montes the Defensive Player of the Year.
The Pershing County High School softball team made its longest road trip of the year this past weekend, heading to the Utah/Nevada border. The Mustangs challenged the West Wendover Wolverines and added three high-scoring wins to their record (28-7, 22-4, 19-2). Pershing County now stand at 6-3 overall and 6-0 in the Northern 2A. The Mustangs have depth on their side with five sophomores, six juniors, a senior and a couple of freshmen. They’re all pulling together and perfecting their roles.
Nevada Outdoor School announced that it has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation (NDOR) to support its Nevada Outdoor Education & Recreation (NOER) initiative. This initiative is dedicated to connecting rural youth with nature through high-quality outdoor education experiences. With this funding, NOS will expand its reach and impact across rural northern Nevada, providing thousands of underserved students with opportunities to explore, learn about, and develop a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
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On Sunday, March 9, 2025, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Troopers with the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a report of a vehicle crash on State Route 140 (SR140), near mile 95 in Humboldt County. This location is approximately 125 miles northwest of Winnemucca and 15 miles southeast of the Oregon state line.
RENO, Nevada – As millions of Americans adjusted their clocks for daylight saving time this week, many experience disruptions in their sleep and daily routines – a reminder of the importance of circadian rhythms that govern internal biological clocks. New research, led in part by Meet Zandawala, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and his colleagues offers fresh insights into how these networks function, potentially paving the way for solutions to better manage circadian rhythm disruptions and the effects of time shifts like daylight saving time. The team of international researchers, including Zandawala, has created the first comprehensive map of the circadian clock network in the fruit fly brain. This groundbreaking research, published in Nature Communications, provides new insights into how the brain regulates sleep, metabolism and hormone release.
Navy veteran and longtime Lovelock resident Mercedes Marcucci Starr has witnessed many events during her lifetime. From witnessing the Great Depression in the late 1920s to a devasting world war in the 1940s that resulted in the death of millions of people, Starr grabbed a front-row seat watching events unfold before her eyes. Undaunted by what her friends and family thought of women fighting in a war, Starr enlisted in the Navy in early 1944 because she wanted to serve her country.
A sleepy Selection Sunday this was not. North Carolina barely slid into this year’s version of March Madness, a development that led its athletic director to remind everyone that he had nothing to do with that choice even though he’s the head of the group that sets the bracket. Texas also made it in – barely — giving the Southeastern Conference a record 14 teams in the tournament, including overall top seed Auburn.
When the Pershing County High School track and field team competed in Yerington last week, two Mustang athletes became airborne for the first time in several years. Despite less-than-ideal weather conditions, pole vaulter Howard Mitchell cleared seven feet while Laura Gomez cleared five feet six inches.
The Pershing County High School baseball had a rough weekend on the road against West Wendover. The Mustangs lost all three games of the triple-header to the Wolverines (9-1, 15-5, and 9-8 in eight innings) but the scores tell only part of the story. This was most evident in the last game of the series which the Mustangs lost by one run in extra innings.
The Battle Mountain High School boys golf team was scheduled to hit the course in its league debut on Thursday, March 13, at Toana Vista Golf Course in West Wendover. However, Mother Nature had other ideas and the tournament was canceled due to poor weather.
It wasn’t a complete washout for the Lowry High School baseball team, who saw its crossover match-up with Truckee this past Friday postponed due to weather. The game was scheduled to be played in Reno but the Tahoe-Truckee School District declared a snow day for the Lake Tahoe school, which prohibited them from traveling. However, Mother Nature gave the Buckaroos a break on Saturday morning, as Lowry traveled to Reno and swept Hug 15-0 and 18-5 in cold conditions to improve to 5-5 on the season.
The McDermitt High School track and field team has its first two meets of the season under its belt with strong performances from its athletes. On Friday, March 7, the squad traveled to Dayton for the Dust Devil Invite. Junior Shandon Camas posted a personal best in the shot put to win the event with a throw of 45 feet, 4.5 inches. He placed third in the discus with a toss of 129-8. AJ Farmer posted a seventh-place finish in the shot put (34-10) and 10th in the discus (94-0) and freshman Trevor Smart placed 11th in the shot put (32-11.5) and 14th in the discus.
While most other teams have been struggling with the recent bad weather, one is enjoying the wet because that is what they do. The Lowry High School boys swim team remained perfect on the year beating North Valleys 66-54 on Friday, March 7, at Alf Sorenson Pool in Reno.