Last weekend, the PCHS volleyball team hit the ground running at the Yerington tournament, a 32-team event packed with games to watch and play. The Mustangs competed in multiple games over the two-day event and walked off with the championship for their bracket.
The Lowry High School volleyball team got its season started with six matches in two days at the Yerington tournament. The Lady Bucks went 1-2 on the first day of the tournament on Friday, losing 25-17 and 25-10 to Carson and 25-15-25-21 to Bishop, Calif.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team made its way to South Lake Tahoe last week to open the season with a preseason tournament.
It has been a common practice for the Lowry High School girls soccer team to open the preseason with a tournament in Spring Creek. However, the Lady Bucks changed it up this year for the beautiful sites of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a three-day tournament hosted by South Tahoe.
Battle Mountain’s Nevaeh Serna and her NNA swim coach Michael Hall attended the High Country Short Course Championships in Minden from Aug. 2-4. Serna earned high-point honors in the 11-12-year-old division for girls. She will age up on Sept. 6, and is looking forward to the new challenges the older kids will bring.
The Pershing County football season-opener ended in a landslide win for the Mustangs. Pershing County hosted the Wooster Colts under the Friday night lights and beat them 49-7, a far cry from last year’s 33-0 Mustang loss against the Colts.
Bow Wow Meow Giddy Up won the 2024 Winners Inn Shootout bowling tournament held Aug. 3-4 at Spare Time Bowl in Winnemucca. The Winners Inn and Winnemucca Inn helped sponsor the tournament of 32 teams and 85 players from out of town. Over $12,000 in prize money was awarded.
This past Saturday, the Pershing County High School varsity volleyball team traveled to Susanville, Calif., to scrimmage against five other teams. Those included host Lassen High School, along with Bishop Manogue, Galena, Modoc and Westwood.
Dave Skoglie came home from the 2024 NHPA World Horseshoe Championship in the Tri-Cities, Wash., with $500, a patch for his jacket and a first-place trophy. He won 11 games and threw 18 ringers over three days in the elder men’s division (65+).
The Pershing County Mustang football team scrimmaged in Battle Mountain last Saturday. A dozen senior players, several juniors and a sophomore made the trip from Lovelock to scrimmage with Lowry, White Pine, Battle Mountain, Spring Creek and Elko.
Thick N Wild successfully defended their LSA title at McDougal Field last week. In so doing, the group, collected their sixth LSA title. Bonds of family and friendship unite the team. They've played softball together every summer for years.
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The Winnemucca Junior High School girls basketball team will hold a few more open gyms for the upcoming season.
RENO — The Nevada Basketball program and head coach Steve Alford announced the addition of Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward who spent last season playing for Portland.
Temperatures are still over 100 degrees and the new school year does not start for more than a week but high school teams are on the field or the court for the fall season.