After struggling with seven consecutive losses in Northern 3A East play, the Lowry High School regrouped this past Thursday and Friday to sweep Dayton in a tripleheader and head into the Northern 3A Regional Championships, which is Thursday through Saturday in Winnemucca. Lowry beat Dayton 15-0 on Thursday and swept a doubleheader from the Dust Devils on Friday, winning 18-0 and 16-2. The Lady Bucks finished the regular season at 15-15 and 7-8 in the Northern 3A East.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) and One Nevada Credit Union are pleased to announce $20,000 in scholarship funds will be awarded for the NIAA / One Nevada Top Ten Student Athletes of the Year program. The student-athletes of the year awards are presented to the top students who excel in sports, maintain a high academic status, and volunteer in their community.
MANDATORY SPORTS PHYSICALS: Be looking for HGH/LHS social media post for this year’s free sports physicals in the summer of 2022 from 9 a.m. to noon. All incoming 9th and 11th grade student-athletes for the 2022-23 school year or student-athletes unable to complete their regular season due to an injury must receive a physical. Forms will be available at HGH or on the NIAA website.
The Lowry High School swim team swept a dual from Hug at Northwest Pool in Reno on Saturday, April 29.
The McDermitt High School track and field team made the short trip south on US 95 to the Lowry High School Invitational on Saturday to close out the regular season,
The regular season for the Lowry High School boys golf team and the rest of the Northern 3A came to a close last week at Genoa Lakes Golf Course with the South Tahoe High School tournament.
The final high school regional tournaments of the school year get under way throughout Northern Nevada this week. Lowry High School will host the Northern 3A baseball and softball regional championship, beginning Thursday and running through Saturday. In softball on Thursday, Lowry takes on Elko at 10 a.m., with the winner to face Fernley at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Churchill County takes on Spring Creek at 12:15 p.m. and the winner plays North Valleys at 4:15 p.m.
Presented by Lowry High School and under the direction of head varsity boys and girls basketball coaches Nate Green and Chelsea Cabatbat, there will be a youth basketball camp for boys and girls for incoming third through eighth graders from June 14-17 in the main gym at Lowry. Cost for the camp is $80 and included a camp T-Shirt.
Carole Doughty shot a low-net score of 39 to win the first flight of the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club Accuracy tournament held Tuesday, May 2, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
The Pershing County Mustangs baseball team finished their season this past week. They played three non-league games. Tuesday the Mustangs beat the visiting Hawthorne Serpents (8-4). On Wednesday, May 4, the Mustangs traveled to Lowry High School and lost 5-1 to the Buckaroo JV. They wrapped up the season at home on Friday, losing to Truckee (14-3). Pershing County ended the year at 3-23 overall, and 1-17 in the Northern 2A.
Pershing County High School softball coach Jordan McKinney can’t remember the last softball practice that wasn’t windy. “It makes it hard for my girls to practice catching fly balls,” she says. The wind didn’t slow down the Mustangs in their three non-conference games this past week. They remain on course heading towards zone and the state championship.
The Battle Mountain High School softball team concluded its regular season this past week with a three-game series in West Wendover. The Lady Longhorns blanked the Wolverines in the opener on Thursday 10-0 and split a doubleheader on Friday, winning 14-13 and losing 12-11. attle Mountain ended the regular season at 18- overall and 12-6 in the Northern 2A.
The Battle Mountain High School track and field team concluded its regular season with a short trip this past Saturday to Winnemucca for the Lowry Invitational.
Going into the final weekend of the season, the Lowry High School baseball team knew it was out of postseason contention. However, the Buckaroos still had an opportunity to shake up the final standings and who made the postseason.
As it has been for much of the spring the weather was not kind to the track and field athletes, as Lowry High School held its annual invitational on Saturday in cool and windy conditions. Despite the conditions, the Buckaroos turned in strong performances. It was a good day for the seniors on the Lowry girls squad, as Jovi Kuskie won three events on the day. She led the day in the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 31.70 seconds and set a personal best in the 1,600 meters by 10 seconds to win at 5:25. Kuskie posted another personal best in the 3,200 meters at 12.22.