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.
It was a mixed bag of results for the Lowry High School girls basketball team, who faced a pair of Northern 3A West schools in crossover play. The games do not count for the league standings. Lowry started red hot against South Tahoe on Friday night in Winnemucca, leading by as many as 17 points in the opening quarter, eventually winning 54-39. It was a quick turnaround, as Lowry boarded the bus on Saturday morning to for Reno play North Valleys.
If there is anything we have learned in the first two weeks of the season, the Lowry High School boys basketball team is going to be a fun group to watch. With new coach Brandon Eastman and long-time assistant Dave Schwartz helping, the Buckaroos have shown new excitement on the floor, after struggling the past few years to find a cohesive unit. That was no different last week, as Lowry took on three Northern 3A West opponents.
With eight freshmen and sophomores on the squad, the Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team have caught fire with seven straight wins to begin the season. The Lady Longhorns went on the road this past weekend and beat Pershing County 39-29 and Coral Academy Science 42-17 to move to 2-0 in the Northern 2A.