Las Vegas is going to take a chance on hosting major college sporting events. The city is set to bid on nearly a half dozen different NCAA championship events, including women’s basketball. The NCAA will start accepting bids Monday on nearly two dozen sports championships over all three divisions. This is the first year that Las Vegas is eligible to bid after the governing body for college sports indefinitely suspended a ban last year that prevented events from being hosted in states that accept wagers on single games.
The Ladies Golf Club held the Pro’s Posse Golf Tournament at the Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday. In the first flight Linda Dufurrena shot a 70 to win the low gross title.
The University of Nevada athletics department has partnered with Nevada Sports Net to produce an inside look at the Wolf Pack football program as the team prepares for its most highly anticipated season in years. NSN is producing an exclusive training camp show titled "Nevada Grit: Wolf Pack Training Camp" that will document the team's preparation for the 2019 season.
Strike Zone Pro Shop out of Reno won the annual Winners Inn Shootout held Aug. 9-11 at Spare Time Bowl. Winners Inn provided $3,800 in prize money and the tournament featured nearly 110 bowlers, including 98 from out of town. Strike Zone Pro Shop won the top prize of $3,000 and team members included Charlie Washburn, Denny Mandpat and Dan Allen. Poker 411 (Thee Saelim, Eric Engels, Jason Dousharm) finished second and earned $2,500. MDJ (Matt Putzer, Jared Painter, Danny Dunbar) placed third and won $2,000.
The Lowry High School athletes and coaches got the ball rolling this week with football, volleyball, girls golf, cross country, boys and girls soccer teams, cheerleaders and dance team getting ready for the upcoming season.
The Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course held the last Junior Golf Tournament of the season last Wednesday with 25 youngsters participating in the Jeff Wade Memorial.
Colin Kaepernick is eager to prove he’s good enough to play in the NFL. A person close to Kaepernick told The Associated Press on Friday: “Colin has always been prepared to compete at the highest level and is in the best shape of his life.” The person spoke anonymously because of the confidential nature of discussions with teams. The 31-year-old Kaepernick hasn’t played since 2016 with the San Francisco 49ers. He helped start a wave of protests about social and racial injustice that season by kneeling during the national anthem at games. He drew strong criticism from President Donald Trump. But Trump on Friday told reporters when asked if Kaepernick should play in the NFL: “Only if he’s good enough. I know the owners, I know Bob Kraft. They will do anything they can to win games.”
As a student at North Dakota State University in Fargo, Leah Withrow developed an affinity for diamonds — big diamonds that would not fit on one hand. Because of her love for sports and the outdoors, Withrow found a way to combine the two. She became the only full-time female groundskeeper in the Pacific Coast League after the Reno Aces baseball team hired her in January as an assistant. In addition to helping maintain the pristine beauty of the outfield and specifically the infield, she is also part of the crew that meticulously prepares the soccer field for the Reno 1868 FC.
The Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA) is an international organization with 1200 chapters in the United States that was founded in 1975 dedicated to reaching cyclists with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Nevada State Rally has been held in Winnemucca at the Events Complex for the past five years, and Ronna Hubbard has been the organizer of the event here since its origin.
Last weekend the Winnemucca Events Complex hosted a third year of an open event on Saturday. Then, a National Horseshoe Pitching Association (NHPA) sanctioned horseshoe pitching contest was held on Sunday in preparation for next weeks big show. Twenty pitchers on Saturday warmed up with a $10 buy in, which was matched by Kim Petersen from the Winnemucca Community Business Authority.
A $1.9 billion stadium being built for the NFL's Oakland Raiders when the team moves to Las Vegas next year is being named for Allegiant Travel Co., team and company officials said Monday. The announcement came during a ceremony marking the installation of the final steel beam for the roof of the 65,000-seat indoor stadium just off the Las Vegas Strip.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team put on a camp for five days this week and had a good turnout of 16 youths looking to learn about playing soccer.
The Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club held its Rally for a Cure Golf Tournament on Tuesday at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course. In the first flight, Tatyana Carlson shot a 85 to win the low gross title.
USA Basketball coach Gregg Popovich typically has a month of NBA training camp and a half-dozen or so preseason games before he picks a San Antonio team, and then gets a few more months of the regular-season grind to mold those Spurs into playoff shape. These aren't the Spurs. These are not typical times, either.
The 12U Winnemucca Gold Rush team went undefeated during the State Softball Tournament in Reno July 20-21. Six northern Nevada teams competed in the 12U division with Elko Inferno, Fernley Extreme, Reno Elite, Carson Sharks, Fernley Heat and Winnemucca Gold Rush battling for the top position.