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.
After going through a dry and mild November, December and January, you knew spring sports was going to take the brunt of the winter weather with an early start in late February and now into March. The Lowry High School softball team saw its doubleheader with South Tahoe scheduled this past Saturday at Lampe Park in Gardnerville postponed until March 25 back at Lampe Park. On Saturday, March 8, Lowry was scheduled to host North Valleys in its home debut, only to have Mother Nature waive her finger and day no.
The Lowry High School track and field continued to challenge itself in the early going with a trip to Las Vegas for the Bishop Gorman – NTS Invitational on Saturday, March 8. The Buckaroos returned to northern Nevada with strong performance under their belt, as Kianna Bazile won the girls triple jump with a leap of 32 feet, 8.50 inches. She beat Bishop Gorman’s Colette Archambeault by three inches.
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ELKO, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Nevada North Lithium Exploration Project near Montello in Elko County.
RENO, Nev. — The University of Nevada, Reno hosted a signing ceremony in recognition of its memorandum of understanding with Vallée de la Transition Énergétique (VTE) on March 7 on the University campus. The memorandum will foster cooperative relationships between the Nevada Lithium Batteries and Other Electric Vehicle Materials Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Nevada Tech Hub) and the VTE, a collaborative proposal within Quebec dedicated to the development of energy sources such as batteries, the electrification of transport, hydrogen, and the decarbonization of industry and heavy transport.
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno Extension is partnering with other organizations to host the Bee & Garden Conference March 20-22 in Minden at the Carson Valley Inn, 1627 U.S. Highway 395 North. The conference will focus on native bees and other pollinators and the benefits of protecting pollinators for the beekeeper, homeowner and small-acreage producer.
For decades, data on gross and net revenues at individual Nevada mines — and the amount of taxes paid on those revenues — have been at the heart of state mining tax debates and legislation. And for decades, the data was publicly available. A state Department of Taxation webpage linked to years of the “Net Proceeds of Minerals Bulletin,” as the annual report is called, for public perusal.