Dozens of major leaguers, minor leaguers and tee ballers marched from the courthouse to Emmett Cook Jr. Field on Saturday. Once there, they played their first baseball games of the year.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association made a stop in Spanish Springs on April 2-3. Humboldt County’s Billy DeLong, who is leading the all-around standings was the runner-up in the saddle bronc average. He tied for first in the opening performance and was second in the second performance with 65 points. Eyer Morrison of Wells won the saddle bronc with rides of 64 and 69.
The Lowry High School junior varsity softball and baseball teams hosted Elko on Saturday, April 9. Elko swept the doubleheaders from the Buckaroos. Lowry travels to Fernley this weekend.
After winning its first six Northern 2A games by forfeit, the Battle Mountain High School softball team got to see its first league action on the field with a road trip to Yerington this past weekend. The Lions, who are undefeated on the season, stayed that way, sweeping the Lady Longhorns in three games. Yerington won the series opener on Friday 7-3 and swept a doubleheader on Saturday 7-1 and 5-3. Battle Mountain dropped to 10-5 overall and 6-3 in the Northern 2A.
After opening with five straight wins in the Northern 2A, the Battle Mountain High School baseball team suffered its first losses in league play this past weekend in Yerington. The Lions won all three games of the tripleheader to drop the Longhorns to 9-6 overall and 5-3 in the Northern 2A. Yerington won the first game on Friday 8-0 and swept Saturday’s games 5-2 and 13-4.
The Battle Mountain Little League held its opening ceremonies this past Saturday morning. The league grew by more than 80 players from a year ago and there are nearly 320 players. Aaron Dorman threw the first pitch out to his grandson Matthew and January Baker sang the National Anthem.
The Battle Mountain NNA Swim Team was back in the pool March 26-27 in Reno for Northern Nevada Aquatics Age Group Open. The group had a number of great performances and continue to improve their times. Nevaeh Serna earned high-point on the weekend and qualified for two more events for the Far Westerns.
After a couple week break off the course and some time to refine its game in practice, the Lowry High School boys golf team saw a considerable improvement in the last two tournaments. The Buckaroos were Reno and Sierra Sage Golf Course on Monday, March 28, and finished second. Lowry placed sixth in the first two tournaments in early March.
The Lowry High School swim team crossed over to California on Friday, March 25, to dual five teams. “We had some great individual swims, but unfortunately our small team size was a disadvantage with the larger teams,” said LHS coach McKenzie Rupp. The Buckaroo boys knocked off Incline 61-30, but lost 95-50 to North Tahoe, 173-45 to South Tahoe, 162-36 to Truckee and 95-63 to Fernley. In the victory over the Highlanders, Matthew Lizanetz won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 21.59 seconds. Lizanetz also won the 50-yard freestyle at 25.33.
The Winnemucca Junior High School seventh and eighth-grade wrestling team was in Lovelock on Saturday, March 26, for the Tah-Neva Championships. The Warrior eighth-graders won the team title with 178 points, beating out Churchill County at 147.50. Yerington (89), White Pine (69) and Fernley (64) rounded out the top five.
McKenzie Harrigan shot a low-net score of 26 to win the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club eclectic tournament held Tuesday, March 29, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
The Lowry High School track and field team was in Battle Mountain this past Friday for the Battle Mountain Invitational. Lowry senior Jovi Kuskie won the 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters. Fellow senior Tyler Morrison won the 400 meters, 800 meters and 1,600 meters. Iysis Arriola won the long jump and triple jump; Giovani Sapien won the high jump and Jesse Jeronimo won the shot put. Deven Gomez took the top spot in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles.
The High Desert Youth Bowling League held its City championship tournament recently with over 30 bowlers. The league started just after Labor Day and be on the outlook for summer league’s for the youngsters.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association was back in action with rodeos in Las Vegas (March 11-13) and back in northern Nevada in Fernley (March 18-20). In Las Vegas, Humboldt County’s Emma Garijo was second in the barrel racing wo-day average with a time of 33.621. She was second in the first performance in a time of 16.740 and third in the second performance at 16.881.
After reeling off eight impressive wins in a row, the Lowry High School softball team was handed a one-run loss in extra innings to open Northern 3A East play in Elko this past weekend. The Indians grabbed a 4-0 lead on Friday afternoon, when the Lady Bucks rallied for four runs in the seventh. Elko went on to the 5-4 win, scoring in the bottom of the eighth.