Even though it’s been a wild ride for the Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team, the young squad of mostly freshmen and sophomores still had a chance of qualifying for the state tournament in Elko. Battle Mountain entered last weekend’s Northern 2A Regional Championships in Lovelock as the No. 3 seed against Oasis Academy of Fallon.
Misfits won the 2025 Don Peters Memorial Tournament at Spare Time Bowl. The Winners Inn, Winnemucca Inn and Winnemucca Convention and Visitor’s Authority helped sponsoring the tournament, as 36 teams and nearly 110 bowlers participated, with 92 of them from out of town. Over $13,000 in prize money was awarded as 36 teams competed. Misfits won the top prize of $3,600 and team members include Bruce Haylett, Micheal Duncan and Derek Conrad. Misfits also won the tournament in 2024.
The postseason often throws in some surprise come tournament time and unfortunately it was on the wrong side of the scoreboard for the Battle Mountain boys basketball team. The Northern 2A Regional Championships opened on Thursday. Feb. 13, at Pershing County High School in Lovelock, with No. 6 seed Yerington upsetting Battle Mountain 78-67 in the quarterfinals. The Longhorns finished the season at 17-8 overall.
The Battle Mountain Northern Nevada Aquatics swim team began its new season with a pair of meets. The 2025 Blizzard Blast Swim meet, season-opener, was held Jan. 17-19, at the Carson Aquatic Facility. Beckett Buffington competed in the boys 9-10-year-old division and placed 10th in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 4 minutes, 10.18 seconds. He finished 12th in the 100-yard backstroke (2:06.57), 15th in the 25-yard freestyle (22.21), 16th in the 100-yard freestyle (1:57.45) and 18th in both the 50-yard backstroke (1:01.16) and the 50-yard freestyle (51.92).
The cardiac kids didn’t go quietly, as the Lowry High School girls basketball team was looking to capture a fourth consecutive 3A state championships, beginning at the Northern 3A Regional Championships last weekend in Fernley. The Lady Bucks rallied from double-digit deficits in the last two seasons to come back and win state titles in Lawlor Events Center in Reno and almost did the same on Friday afternoon in Fernley.
After struggling the past few years, the McDermitt High School boys basketball team had one of its best seasons since the 2016-17 group won 18 games. The Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals in the 1A East Regional Championship but were knocked off by Eureka 41-33 to see their season end. McDermitt finished the year 12-10, its first winning in eight years. In the opening game of the tournament, McDermitt blew past Jackpot 82-63.
If you look throughout the state of Nevada, you will find rivalries all over the place. It’s no different here in northern and eastern Nevada, as the McDermitt High School girls basketball team met up once again with Eureka in the championship game of the 1A East on Saturday afternoon. Over the last three years, the teams have played nine times, with the Vandals winning the regional title in 2023, while the Lady Bulldogs claimed the championship in 2024.
Last weekend, the Pershing County High School girls basketball team defeated West Wendover 44-27, Yerington 46-40 and North Tahoe 45-42 to win its first Northern 2A Regional title since 2017. To make it even more exciting they did it at home in front of hundreds of fans. The Mustangs secured a spot as the No. 1 seed from the North at the state tournament. North Tahoe will be the No. 2 seed. Pershing County faces Lincoln County at Faith Lutheran High School in Las Vegas on Friday, at 6:50 p.m. If they win, they'll head over to Cox Pavilion at UNLV to play either Needles, Calif., or North Tahoe on Saturday for the state championship.
To build a program like the Lowry High School girls basketball team has over the past couple of decades, it all starts at the beginning as young girls dreaming of playing in the blue and gold uniforms and progresses through the ranks from there. The Lady Buckaroos have won four state championships, since 2014, including three straight titles in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Lowry also has two runner-up finishes on its resume in that span as well. Since 2002, Lowry has played in 17 state tournaments
FALLON — With just six wrestlers at the NIAA State Wrestling Championships this past weekend at the Rafter 3C Arena in Fallon, most didn’t give Lowry High School much of a chance to do anything team wise. All the Monday-morning quarterbacks were wrong, as Pete Bengochea captured his first state title at 106 pounds and senior Jhett Harber bruised his way to the top spot at 175 pounds, his third state title overall. More importantly, four of the other five Buckaroo wrestlers, finished in the top four, giving Lowry the runner-up spot with 87 points.
Last week the Pershing County High School boys basketball team avenged league losses against Yerington and North Tahoe and beat Wells in a non-conference matchup. The Mustangs’ week began with a 63-50 win against the visiting Yerington Lions. Earlier this month, PCHS lost 60-52 to the Lions on the road.
The Pershing County High School wrestling team hosted the Northern 2A Regional Tournament this past Saturday. The Mustangs placed second out of eight teams, with Battle Mountain winning with 235 points. Pershing County placed second with 219.5 points and Eureka (108), Yerington (96), Wells (95.5), Coral Academy (69), Incline (42.5) and Owyhee (11) rounded out the team standings.
This year, The Pershing County High School girls basketball team has won or lost eight of its regular season games by five points or less. Last week was no exception for the cardiac kids from Lovelock. The Mustangs suffered a heartbreaking 39-37 overtime loss to Yerington and beat Wells 33-28 and North Tahoe 32-29.
After going undefeated the week before at the Northern 3A duals, the Lowry High School wrestling team had a mixed bag of results this past weekend at the Northern 3A Regional Championships at Wooster High School in Reno. The Buckaroos crowned four individual champions but will send just six grapplers to Fallon and the Rafter 3C Arena this weekend in Fallon.
For most of the year, the Northern 2A girls basketball league has avoided chaos — however, as the regular season comes to a close, it’s now in full force in the conference. North Tahoe came in undefeated in the Northern 2A, but lost twice (Pershing County and Yerington) opening the race for Yerington, Battle Mountain and Pershing County.
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