The Battle Mountain 8-10-year-old all-star softball team is in Elko for the District 3 Tournament at Newton Field. White Pine and Fernley open play on Thursday at 8 a.m. and Battle Mountain takes on host Elko at 10 a.m.
Lowry High School had 19 student/athletes travel to Reno on May 30-31 for the 34th annual Northern Nevada weight competition at McQueen High School. The athletes competed in the squat, bench and power clean.
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The long season for junior high school cowboys and cowgirls has hit its national finals, which begins Sunday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. Five Humboldt County cowboys and cowgirls will compete, as well as a pair of Battle Mountain Rodeo Club members.
On June 1, Tim Jackson officially took over one of the tougher jobs in Nevada as the NIAA’s newest executive director. Jackson, who becomes the sixth executive director in the organization’s history, replaced Donnie Nelson. Nelson was with the NIIAA for nearly 25 years and the last 2.5 as the executive director. Jackson has served as Clark County School District director of athletics is originally from Sandusky, Ohio and graduated from Bowling Green State University.
There’s no stopping the annual Mustang 5K. Besides being a major fundraiser for the PCHS football program, it’s a harbinger of summer. On Friday evening, 64 runners and walkers took off from Joe Yanni Field and wound their way through Lovelock streets.
RENO — Nevada soccer officially has its Mountain West matchups for the 2024 season. Nevada will play six home matches at Mackay Stadium in conference play starting Oct. 3, including defending Mountain West champions Utah State in the home finale Oct. 27.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, the non-profit governing body of high school sports in the Silver State, is inducting 14 Northern Nevadans to its Hall of Fame on Thursday. According to the NIAA, the 30th class have secured for themselves a special place in the history of Nevada high school athletics by the sheer magnitude of their contributions.
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Gold Medal Squared volleyball camp stops in Battle Mountain
Pershing County High School's weight room now has 10 power rack stations, each equipped with flooring, benches, weights, kettleballs, pull-up bars and more. It's all branded with the Mustang logo.
Summer vacation is just around the corner but it was football season for Lowry High School in the last two weeks of May.
The Battle Mountain NNA swim team began its long course season for the summer at the 2024 Intermountain Classic LC Swim Meet in Carson City from May 24-26. There were a lot of time improvements and coach Hall was pleased with the first meet of the summer season. Beckett and Barrett Buffington competed in their first long-course meet.
The future of rodeo is looking pretty good, as a pair of Humboldt County cowgirls swept the top spots at the Nevada Junior High State Finals Rodeo in Winnemucca over Memorial Day weekend. Five members of the club qualified for the national finals in Des Moines, Iowa.
Humboldt County will be well represented at the National High School Finals Rodeo in July in Rock Springs, Wyo., after their performances at the state final in Winnemucca over Memorial Day weekend.