There is still a lot of work to do but the right pieces are falling into place for the Lowry High School wrestling team. The Buckaroos placed five wrestlers in the finals at the Steve Deaton Memorial at Douglas High School, with three champions in Pete Bengochea (106), Carlos Gomez (113) and Jhett Harber (175).
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team maintained its lead in the 1A East with a pair of road wins this past weekend. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Jackpot 73-0 on Friday night and faced a much better opponent on Saturday, edging out a 52-28 win over Wells on Saturday afternoon.
Lowry and the Greenwave boys basketball team engaged in a classic rural rumble Friday night at the Elmo Dericco Gym. Throw out the numerous lead changes and heroics on the board. Seconds decided the winner in the crucial Northern 3A game.
After having its original league opener postponed on Friday, the Lowry High School boys basketball team opened Northern 3A East play on Saturday afternoon in Elko. The Indians pulled away in the second half for a 60-39 win. The Buckaroos took an early 15-13 lead after eight minutes of play, with all the points coming off 3-pointers.
It had been 13 years since a Lowry High School wrestler won an individual championship at the Rollie Lane Invitational. In 2012, the Buckaroos saw Ryan Nelson, Jace Billingsley and Michael Billingsley win, as did Lowry as a team.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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