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.
It was fitting that its was Hall of Fame night on Friday in Winnemucca, as the Lowry High School girls basketball team and Churchill County turned back the clocks. In what resembled a Marvin Hagler versus Tommy Hearns heavyweight boxing match from the 1980s, as both teams traded jabs and uppercuts throughout the night. It was the Greenwave that provided the knockout punch in the fourth quarter to win 47-36 and split the season-series with the Lady Bucks.
After seeing the Northern 2A dual championship go to Pershing County High School the week before, the Battle Mountain High School wrestling team bounced back win the Northern 2A Regional Championship this past Saturday in Lovelock and the Mustangs’ home floor. The Longhorns defeated the Mustangs 235-219.50, with Eureka (108), Yerington (96) and Wells (95.5) completing the top five.
With the regular season coming to an end this week, the Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team did its best to stay within the top three in the Northern 2A standings. The Longhorns did that, winning two of its three games to improve to 12-4 in league play. The only loss was to West Wendover on Thursday night in Battle Mountain, with the Wolverines winning 54-40. West Wendover paces the Northern 2A at 15-1, followed by Incline at 13-1.
With the playoff lives of two teams on the line, it was a busy Friday night on Pat Hart Court in Winnemucca. Lowry High School was celebrating Winterfest, as well as the newest Hall of Fame inductees, leading to a long night. With all the distractions, the Lowry boys basketball team and Churchill County were battling to remain in playoff contention.
The 1980 Lowry High School wrestling team that ended the decade long dynasty of the Yerington Lions and Chelsea Cabatbat, Michael Billingsley, Beau Billingsley, Robert Neary and Keith Neray were inducted into the Winnemucca High Schools Hall of Fame this past Friday, as the Buckaroos took on Churchill County on Pat Hart Court
With the regular season coming to a close quickly, the Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team has been in a must-win mode after starting the Northern 2A season at 2-3. Since its last loss on Jan. 2, to West Wendover in overtime, Battle Mountain has reeled off eight straight wins to remain within striking distance of Incline and West Wendover for the top spot in the league. Following six straight contests at home, Battle Mountain was on the road this past weekend and collected a 76-56 win over Oasis Academy on Friday in Fallon and completed a season-sweep of Yerington on Saturday with a 55-49 victory.
After six straight games on its home floor, the Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team hit the road this past weekend for two Northern 2A contests in Fallon and Yerington. Battle Mountain completed the season sweep of Oasis Academy on Friday with a 33-21 victory over the Bighorns.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team remained in the hunt for a postseason berth in the 1A East after splitting a pair of road games this past weekend. McDermitt traveled to Eureka and lost 59-43 to the Vandals but bounced back on Saturday afternoon with a 51-46 victory over Lund to improve to 3-5 in league play and 8-8 overall.
As it has been much of the year, the Lowry High School boys basketball team has battled its opponents tough but just haven’t found a way to close out a contest for a win. That was the case this past weekend in Winnemucca, as Lowry held leads over Spring Creek and Elko but dropped both in the end.
The fun and games are now over, as the postseason began this past weekend at Fernley High School for Lowry High School wrestling team, with the Northern 3A duals. The Buckaroos went undefeated (11-0) at the league duals for the first time since 2019 and positioned its wrestlers in good spots for the Northern 3A Regional Championships this Friday and Saturday at Wooster High School in Reno.
So, you are telling me there is a chance? For the Lowry High School girls basketball team, the answer to that question is a yes. The Lady Bucks clinched a postseason berth with victories over Spring Creek and Elko this past weekend on Pat Hart Court. Lowry remained in a tie for first-place at 6-1 in the Northern 3A with Churchill County and the three-time state champion holds the tiebreaker over the Greenwave with the win earlier this year.
It's not every day that a high school sports team makes school history. Last week the Pershing County High School wrestling team did it twice in a matter of hours. At the NIAA All Girls Northern Regional at McQueen High School in Reno on Jan.24-25, Magdalena Ramirez became the first-ever Pershing County girl to qualify to compete at the state level. The sophomore trailblazer finished third place in the 140-pound weight class in all of northern Nevada. Ramirez received a bye in the first round. Reed wrestler Esmeralda Garcia Alvarez pinned her in the second round.