Misfits won the 2025 Don Peters Memorial Tournament at Spare Time Bowl. The Winners Inn, Winnemucca Inn and Winnemucca Convention and Visitor’s Authority helped sponsoring the tournament, as 36 teams and nearly 110 bowlers participated, with 92 of them from out of town. Over $13,000 in prize money was awarded as 36 teams competed. Misfits won the top prize of $3,600 and team members include Bruce Haylett, Micheal Duncan and Derek Conrad. Misfits also won the tournament in 2024.
The cardiac kids didn’t go quietly, as the Lowry High School girls basketball team was looking to capture a fourth consecutive 3A state championships, beginning at the Northern 3A Regional Championships last weekend in Fernley. The Lady Bucks rallied from double-digit deficits in the last two seasons to come back and win state titles in Lawlor Events Center in Reno and almost did the same on Friday afternoon in Fernley.
After struggling the past few years, the McDermitt High School boys basketball team had one of its best seasons since the 2016-17 group won 18 games. The Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals in the 1A East Regional Championship but were knocked off by Eureka 41-33 to see their season end. McDermitt finished the year 12-10, its first winning in eight years. In the opening game of the tournament, McDermitt blew past Jackpot 82-63.
If you look throughout the state of Nevada, you will find rivalries all over the place. It’s no different here in northern and eastern Nevada, as the McDermitt High School girls basketball team met up once again with Eureka in the championship game of the 1A East on Saturday afternoon. Over the last three years, the teams have played nine times, with the Vandals winning the regional title in 2023, while the Lady Bulldogs claimed the championship in 2024.
To build a program like the Lowry High School girls basketball team has over the past couple of decades, it all starts at the beginning as young girls dreaming of playing in the blue and gold uniforms and progresses through the ranks from there. The Lady Buckaroos have won four state championships, since 2014, including three straight titles in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Lowry also has two runner-up finishes on its resume in that span as well. Since 2002, Lowry has played in 17 state tournaments
FALLON — With just six wrestlers at the NIAA State Wrestling Championships this past weekend at the Rafter 3C Arena in Fallon, most didn’t give Lowry High School much of a chance to do anything team wise. All the Monday-morning quarterbacks were wrong, as Pete Bengochea captured his first state title at 106 pounds and senior Jhett Harber bruised his way to the top spot at 175 pounds, his third state title overall. More importantly, four of the other five Buckaroo wrestlers, finished in the top four, giving Lowry the runner-up spot with 87 points.
After going undefeated the week before at the Northern 3A duals, the Lowry High School wrestling team had a mixed bag of results this past weekend at the Northern 3A Regional Championships at Wooster High School in Reno. The Buckaroos crowned four individual champions but will send just six grapplers to Fallon and the Rafter 3C Arena this weekend in Fallon.
It was fitting that its was Hall of Fame night on Friday in Winnemucca, as the Lowry High School girls basketball team and Churchill County turned back the clocks. In what resembled a Marvin Hagler versus Tommy Hearns heavyweight boxing match from the 1980s, as both teams traded jabs and uppercuts throughout the night. It was the Greenwave that provided the knockout punch in the fourth quarter to win 47-36 and split the season-series with the Lady Bucks.
With the playoff lives of two teams on the line, it was a busy Friday night on Pat Hart Court in Winnemucca. Lowry High School was celebrating Winterfest, as well as the newest Hall of Fame inductees, leading to a long night. With all the distractions, the Lowry boys basketball team and Churchill County were battling to remain in playoff contention.
The 1980 Lowry High School wrestling team that ended the decade long dynasty of the Yerington Lions and Chelsea Cabatbat, Michael Billingsley, Beau Billingsley, Robert Neary and Keith Neray were inducted into the Winnemucca High Schools Hall of Fame this past Friday, as the Buckaroos took on Churchill County on Pat Hart Court
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team remained in the hunt for a postseason berth in the 1A East after splitting a pair of road games this past weekend. McDermitt traveled to Eureka and lost 59-43 to the Vandals but bounced back on Saturday afternoon with a 51-46 victory over Lund to improve to 3-5 in league play and 8-8 overall.
As it has been much of the year, the Lowry High School boys basketball team has battled its opponents tough but just haven’t found a way to close out a contest for a win. That was the case this past weekend in Winnemucca, as Lowry held leads over Spring Creek and Elko but dropped both in the end.
The fun and games are now over, as the postseason began this past weekend at Fernley High School for Lowry High School wrestling team, with the Northern 3A duals. The Buckaroos went undefeated (11-0) at the league duals for the first time since 2019 and positioned its wrestlers in good spots for the Northern 3A Regional Championships this Friday and Saturday at Wooster High School in Reno.
So, you are telling me there is a chance? For the Lowry High School girls basketball team, the answer to that question is a yes. The Lady Bucks clinched a postseason berth with victories over Spring Creek and Elko this past weekend on Pat Hart Court. Lowry remained in a tie for first-place at 6-1 in the Northern 3A with Churchill County and the three-time state champion holds the tiebreaker over the Greenwave with the win earlier this year.
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).
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