The Pershing County High School athletic department held its annual football camp last Tuesday evening. High school players and their coaches guided Lovelock's youth in skills like throwing and catching the football and the 3-point stance.
The Humboldt Softball League held its end of the year tournament on Friday night and early Saturday morning at the Winnemucca Sports Complex. Ten teams began the night, with the champion getting crowned in the early morning hours on Saturday.
Tom Claycomb is a hunting enthusiast and writes a bi-monthly column for Great Basin Sun.
The Winnemucca Junior High School girls basketball team will be holding open gyms for the upcoming season.
Stephanie Crawford shot a low gross score of 93 to win the first flight of the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club Gross/Net tournament on Tuesday, July 25, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
Winnemucca Regional Raceway played host to two nights of racing this past weekend at the 1/4-mile track on Jungo Road.The next set of races is set for Sept. 1-2.
Lovelock Frontier Days is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Most of the activity will take place in the courthouse park. But some fairgoers will wander off the beaten path to play horseshoes at McDougal Sports Complex on Saturday and Sunday morning.
Coach Monica Halverson offered her second annual "Little Spiker's Volleyball Camp" last Monday through Wednesday. It was nearly as fast-paced as the high school games due to begin this month. The camp cost $75 for all three days or a $30 daily drop-in fee.
Maddux Nichols claimed the top spot in the annual Doc Verner Memorial junior golf tournament on Wednesday, July 26, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course with a round of 74.
San Diego State not only remains in the Mountain West, the Aztecs are getting the money that was withheld after they initially informed the conference of their intention to leave.
Boise State has been selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2023 Mountain West football regular-season title, as selected by a media panel and announced by the Conference at its annual media days, being held at Circa Las Vegas.
The Nevada volleyball has released its 2023 schedule.
In a few years, the Lovelock baseball campers will be full pledged Mustangs, pitching, running bases and batting to the best of their abilities.
It was a busy weekend at the Good Times Drag Strip off Jungo Road with two days of racing. Friday night featured a test and tune and Jackpot race. Saturday was a full day of racing for the pro division and sportsman/street division. The King of the Hill bracket capped off the weekend of racing. Daniel Schierholt won the 2023 King of the Hill race. On Friday night, Joe Gourley won the Jackpot race and Randy Betschart was second. On Saturday, Don Mertens won the Sportsman Class, beating out Phil Sabatino. In the Pro Class, Phil Duerr won and Mason Marlin placed second.
Winnemucca was the host to the 2023 Nevada State Little League Baseball State Tournament. Three divisions of baseball took place with the 8-10-year-old, 9-11 and 10-12-year-old Division. Winnemucca played in the 9-11-year-old division and took on Paseo Verde from Las Vegas and Centennial from Sparks. Winnemucca dropped both games in the tournament.