Last week, the Pershing County High School volleyball team won both road matches on its only overnight road trip of the year. First, the Mustangs beat their rival school, Battle Mountain 25-15, 25-14, 25-23. Next, Pershing County vanquished the West Wendover Wolverines 25-13, 25-20, 25-16. The Mustangs stand at the top of the Northern 2A at 17-0 and have clinched the first-place position going into the Northern 2A Regional Championships at Incline High School on Nov. 1-2.
The offense was back in high gear for the Lowry High School football team put up 41 more points on Friday night in South Tahoe, clinching a playoff spot with a 41-14 victory over the Vikings on Friday night. After giving up 79 points and over 700 yards of rushing to Fernley the week before, the Buckaroos defense was much better. Lowry improved to 2-6 overall and 2-4 in the Northern 3A.
The Lowry High School volleyball team made its last road trip of the season to Fallon on Friday to take on Churchill County, who sits near the top of the Northern 3A East standings.
The Battle Mountain High School volleyball team closed out its home portion of the schedule with two Northern 2A matches this past weekend. Battle Mountain took on league-leading and undefeated Pershing County on Friday and lost in three sets 25-14, 25-14, 25-23. Battle Mountain bounced back on senior day on Saturday with a three-set sweep of Coral Academy 25-19, 25-17, 25-23.
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The University of Nevada, Reno would like to clarify certain points regarding the University of Nevada versus San José State University match on Oct. 26. On Oct. 13, a majority of the Wolf Pack women’s volleyball team issued a statement to the University informing it that the team had decided it was forfeiting the scheduled match with San José State University.
When you think of cross country the first thing that doesn’t come to mind is a frost delay. The Lowry Invitational this year at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course was ran on a Saturday this year. The only problem was that Mother Nature showed her mean side, with temperatures plummeting.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team is headed back to the postseason for the second consecutive year. The only question that remains is where the opening round game will be played. The Lady Bucks collected three wins in Northern 3A East action last weekend, beginning with a 9-0 victory at Battle Mountain on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
It was smooth sailing weather wise for about 90% of the high school girls golf season. However, Mother Nature had other ideas on the second day of the NIAA 3A State Girls Golf Championships at Dayton Valley Country Club in Dayton.
Cyberattacks in the United States numbered more than 2,300 last year, with more than 340 million victims, according to the 2023 Annual Data Breach Report by the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. Attacks take many forms, from phishing to distributed denial of service attacks, and can cost companies millions. Potential financial losses from cyberattacks last year exceeded $12.5 billion, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2023 Internet Crime Report. All types of businesses and organizations are affected, but small and mid-sized businesses may be particularly vulnerable.
Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the epicenter of the nation’s continuing crisis shifts toward the Pacific Coast, where deadly fentanyl and also methamphetamine are finding more victims. Overdose deaths remain sharply higher since 2019. Many states are working on “harm reduction” strategies that stress cooperation with people who use drugs; in some cases, states are getting tougher on prosecutions, with murder charges for dealers.
Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson has safety concerns about his constituents. Thousands of them commute from Sparks (and Reno) to work at one of the Fortune 500 companies at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Complex, about 12 miles east of town in Storey County.
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Editor's note: This story originally appeared in Carson Now. It is being republished as part of a partnership between The Nevada Independent and Carson Now.