After struggling all year with weather and bad road conditions, the Battle Mountain High School track and field team finally saw some action with its home invitational on Friday.
All 10 members of the Pershing County High School track team competed in Pyramid Lake last Thursday. They leaped, threw and raced against athletes from dozens of other schools. The Mustang boys and girls each placed fourth. "We are proud of how they competed and improved on their times and distances," said coach Matt Fuller.
The PCHS baseball team's seven-game winning streak screeched to a halt this past weekend. The Mustangs traveled to West Wendover to face one of the top teams in their league, West Wendover (8-1). PCHS lost all three games of the triple header (12-2, 15-0, 9-2).
The PCHS softball team made the long trip to West Wendover last weekend. If they were tired, it didn't show in their game. They swept the Wolverines in a triple header (21-8, 18-1, 18-1).
The Lowry High School baseball team was set to host Elko last week for three games but Mother Nature said no to that. Instead, the Buckaroos traveled to Elko for the three-game series.
After a month of bad weather and a lot of practicing, the Lowry High School boys golf team finally got on the course last week with its first Northern 3A tournaments of the season. The Buckaroos were in Dayton on Monday, March 27, to play the challenging Dayton Valley Country Club designed by Arnold Palmer. Lowry finished sixth in the first event of the season with a team score of 389.
Battle Mountain Little League held its opening ceremonies this past Saturday to kick of the 2023 season.
The McDermitt High School track and field team made its way to Pyramid Lake last Thursday for the Laker Invitational. Sophomore Kess Hinkey won the boys discus with a toss of 104 feet, 5 inches. He added a third-place outing in the shot put with throw of 35-5. AJ Farmer placed 10th in the shot put at 27-11 and was 13th in the discus with a throw of 63-7.
The Battle Mountain High School junior high wrestling team was in Lovelock at Pershing County High School on Saturday, March 25, for the Tah-Neva Championships. In the eighth-grade division, Lance Stewart at 70 pounds and Levi Baker (145) won individual titles for Battle Mountain. Stewart cruised in his first two matches with pins over Ryder Segura of Oasis Academy and Kael Sisley of Winnemucca. Stewart beat teammate Grady Tolbert for the 70-pound title.
The Winnemucca Junior High School seventh and eighth-grade wrestling teams swept the titles at the Tah-Neva Championships at Pershing County High School in Lovelock on Saturday, March 25. The seventh-grade squad ran away with the title with 212 points, while White Pine (143) and Battle Mountain (116.5) were second and third, respectively.
The Battle Mountain High School softball team continues to cruise the Northern 3A, picking up three more wins over Incline last week at Golden Eagle Park in Sparks.
The PCHS track team braved the cold in Fernley this past weekend. Hayley Montes, Yasmin Acosta, Luis Sanchez, Ramon Sanchez, Josiah Hunt, Izayuh McGlothin, Denzel Zaldivar and Ashton Jimenez competed against athletes from over 17 other schools. "Overall, our track stars placed fourth or better in six events. They're right there and working hard to break into the top three at these big track meets," coach Matt Fuller said.
The Battle Mountain High School track and fields team was in Reno on Saturday, March 18, for the Smitty Track and Field Classic at Wooster High School.
The Battle Mountain High School baseball team spent the end of last week at Golden Eagle Park in Sparks and picked up three wins over Incline to extend its winning streak to six games and move to 6-4 overall. The Longhorns beat the Highlanders 5-2 on Thursday and swept a doubleheader on Friday 10-2 and 16-9.
The Lowry High School baseball team was one of the few teams that was able to play this past weekend. Despite some delays on Friday morning, the Buckaroos were able to get to Sparks and play Truckee in a 3A crossover match-up. The Wolverines, a perennial power in the 3, picked up a 12-1 win over the Buckaroos, as Lowry dropped to 3-6-1 overall and 2-3 in crossover play with the Northern 3A West.