The McDermitt High School girls basketball team continued its winning ways, this time way down in southern Nevada. The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Beatty for the Beatty Bash.
The Batlle Mountain High School wrestling team made the short trip to Winnemucca this past weekend for the annual Cody Louk Invitational at the Winnemucca Event Center. Liam Bundrock brought back the 138-pound title and Wyatt Madalena was the runner-up at 157 pounds.
The Pershing County High School boys basketball had a Northern 2A win and two league losses this past week. The Mustangs beat Coral Academy of Science in Reno 74-16. This past Friday at home, Pershing County lost to 54-50 to Battle Mountain. The weekend closed out with a 79-49 loss to West Wendover on Saturday afternoon.
It has been a few years but now you can see some smiles coming from the McDermitt High School boys basketball team. After having this weekend’s Super 8 Classic in Susanville canceled, the Bulldogs traveled to Beatty Bash, where they got five games in over two days.
It was a mixed bag of results for the Lowry High School girls basketball team, who faced a pair of Northern 3A West schools in crossover play. The games do not count for the league standings. Lowry started red hot against South Tahoe on Friday night in Winnemucca, leading by as many as 17 points in the opening quarter, eventually winning 54-39. It was a quick turnaround, as Lowry boarded the bus on Saturday morning to for Reno play North Valleys.
If there is anything we have learned in the first two weeks of the season, the Lowry High School boys basketball team is going to be a fun group to watch. With new coach Brandon Eastman and long-time assistant Dave Schwartz helping, the Buckaroos have shown new excitement on the floor, after struggling the past few years to find a cohesive unit. That was no different last week, as Lowry took on three Northern 3A West opponents.
With eight freshmen and sophomores on the squad, the Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team have caught fire with seven straight wins to begin the season. The Lady Longhorns went on the road this past weekend and beat Pershing County 39-29 and Coral Academy Science 42-17 to move to 2-0 in the Northern 2A.
Perhaps tougher than thought to be, the Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team opened Northern 2A action with road wins at Pershing County and Coral Academy Science. The Longhorns shot just 22% from the 3-point line on Friday against the Mustangs, as Pershing County stayed within striking distance the entire night. Battle Mountain eventually held on for a 54-50 victory.
The Lowry High School wrestling team found itself back atop the standings of its own Cody Louk Invitational on the strength of seven wrestlers in the finals. Pete Bengochea at 113 pounds, Kruz Gomez (126), Randy Patterson (175) and Jhett Harber (190) captured individual titles for the Buckaroos. Edward Jones (106), Erick Valencia (165) and Logan Jonas (285) each finished second.
It’s a rare site to see the Lowry High School wrestling team in its hometown but every December the Buckaroos get three days to perform in front of their home crowd.
It’s a rare site to see the Lowry High School wrestling team in its hometown but every December the Buckaroos get three days to perform in front of their home crowd.
The Pershing County High School girls basketball team started their week by beating Coral Academy of Science 46-13 in Reno. Last Friday. the Mustangs played their first home game of the year this past Friday night and lost 39-29 to Battle Mountain. On Saturday, Pershing County collected a 35-25 win against the visiting West Wendover Wolverines.
Last weekend, the Pershing County High School wrestling team competed at Cody Louk, McQueen JV and Nevada Queens tournaments. "We sent kids to three different events and positives and success were everywhere," said coach Mike Brooks. At the Cody Louk in Winnemucca, the Mustangs finished eighth out of 28 teams, no small feat considering they sent only six wrestlers: Jeff Elerick (144), Angelo Gibson (157), Israel Knight (150), Wyatt Hughes (175), Jake Trowbridge (190) and Justin Carruth (132).
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On Tuesday Nov. 26, Pershing County High School hosted its annual fall sports awards night in the high school auditorium. The JV and varsity football and volleyball teams attended. The PCHS girls soccer team treated its athletes to a dessert buffet earlier in the month in the middle school cafeteria.
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