A “Salute to Service” night coinciding with the Nevada-Air Force basketball game on Jan. 14 will honor all military, first responders and law enforcement agencies at Lawlor Events Center. The event follows a salute to the military on Nov. 2 when the Wilf Pack hosted Colorado State on Nov. 2.
It was a short Christmas break for the Lowry High School boys basketball team, who wrapped up non-conference play last week with a third-place finish at the Rail City Classic at Sparks High School. The Buckaroos won three of their four games over the three-day tournament to improve to 5-7 overall.
Late February was a good month for the Lowry High School, McDermitt High School and Pershing County High School girls basketball teams. The Lowry girls rallied for its third consecutive state title and ninth overall with a 61-56 over Fernley. The McDermitt girls reached the state title game in the 1A division and Pershing County played in the 2A tournament.
The Lowry High School wrestling team will host a dual with Fernley, Battle Mountain and possibly Pershing County on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the high school gym.
The calendar may have just turned to 2025 but the Nevada high school wrestling season is heading into its final stretch with the state championships on the horizon on Feb. 7-8. Lowry High School was part of the 96-team Sierra Nevada Classic held last week at the Reno Events Center.
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team escaped Nevada following Christmas to play in the West Coast Jamboree in Dublin, Calif. Dublin is just west of San Francisco and the tournament has 13 different brackets for 104 different schools.
It was a rollercoaster of the day for the three-time reigning 3A state champion Lowry girls basketball team. Damonte Ranch made a visit to Winnemucca this past Saturday and the scrappy Mustangs gave the Lady Bucks everything they wanted and more. Damonte Ranch, who came into the game winless at 0-10, led throughout the second and third quarters, when Lowry rallied for a 59-49 win.
As the Lowry High School boys basketball team headed into the Christmas break, the Buckaroos faced three teams that you normally do not see on the schedule. All three contests were non-conference, with Lowry hosting Battle Mountain for the first time in more than a decade on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The Buckaroos overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat the Longhorns 65-53.
The Pershing County High School girls basketball team won two league games on the road this past week. The first, against Oasis Academy in Fallon, couldn’t have been any closer 46-45. The second win, against Sierra Lutheran was a more decisive 43-15. Heading into Christmas break, the girls stand at 7-2 overall, and 4-1 in the 2A. Their only league loss so far has been against their rival school, Battle Mountain.
Two of the perennial top teams in Nevada were battling out for first place again, this time this past Saturday at the Lovelock Invitational at Pershing County High School. The Lowry High School wrestling team has won 16 state championships, second most in state history.
Lowry High School’s Jhett Harper has high hopes of continuing his wrestling career at the college level and while the Buckaroos were in Lovelock for the Lovelock Invitational, Harber was in Reno this past weekend for the Reno Tournament of Champions.
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team continued its winning ways, this time way down in southern Nevada. The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Beatty for the Beatty Bash.
The Batlle Mountain High School wrestling team made the short trip to Winnemucca this past weekend for the annual Cody Louk Invitational at the Winnemucca Event Center. Liam Bundrock brought back the 138-pound title and Wyatt Madalena was the runner-up at 157 pounds.
The Pershing County High School boys basketball had a Northern 2A win and two league losses this past week. The Mustangs beat Coral Academy of Science in Reno 74-16. This past Friday at home, Pershing County lost to 54-50 to Battle Mountain. The weekend closed out with a 79-49 loss to West Wendover on Saturday afternoon.
It has been a few years but now you can see some smiles coming from the McDermitt High School boys basketball team. After having this weekend’s Super 8 Classic in Susanville canceled, the Bulldogs traveled to Beatty Bash, where they got five games in over two days.