The Lowry High School football squad kicked off its season with four days of NIAA required heat acclimation practices last week to get the boys used to the weather in preparation for the upcoming season.
The Floyd “Doc” Verner Memorial Junior Golf Tournament was held Wednesday at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course. Thirty youngsters tore up the links on a beautiful August morning.
First-year University of Nevada head men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has announced his first recruiting class that includes seven players. Joining the Wolf Pack for 2019-20 are forward Robby Robinson, guard Desmond Cambridge, guard Kane Milling, forward Johncarlos Reyes, forward Zane Meeks, forward Warren Washington and guard Gabe Bansuelo. Cambridge, a transfer from Brown, and Washington, a transfer from Oregon State, will sit out this season under NCAA transfer rules. The Pack will also welcome Eric Parrish, who signed with Nevada in November, and Jalen Harris who sat out last year after transferring from Louisiana Tech.
University of Nevada men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has announced eight new additions to his staff. Aubrie Warkentien (director of operations), Irvin Stephens III (academic advisor), Chastity Chov (athletic trainer), Joe Preston (video coordinator), Roman Martinez (graduate assistant), Connor Bush (graduate assistant), Nathan Strong (graduate assistant), and Conrad Chow (graduate assistant) have joined the Wolf Pack for the 2019-20 campaign, Alford’s first as the head coach at Nevada. “We are extremely pleased to be able to add such quality individuals to complete our staff,” Alford said. “They are very important to helping build our culture at Nevada and they have bright futures as members of the Wolf Pack family.”
Last Saturday night, the Lowry High School soccer squad held their 15th annual overnight fundraiser 4 v 4 tournament at the Lowry High School football field.
The Winnemucca softball season finished up at the Sports Complex last weekend with seven teams battling it out for the bragging rights of 2019. Jim Lindeman was the coach of the Sons of Pitches team at the event. “As an adult in this town softball gives me a chance to do something other than drink and gamble and get into trouble," Lindeman said. "It is competitive and I am a competitive person, so I enjoy it. I play both men’s and coed leagues. "The difference between the two is that the men’s competition is a lot more fierce, because there are more power hitters coming at you. The ball flies at you a lot faster and more often. There are a lot of good female players in coed as well, and the rules are a little different, so it is fun also.”
Kyler Murray doesn’t expect to play much next Thursday when the Arizona Cardinals open the preseason at home against the Los Angeles Chargers. And much like first-year coach Kliff Kingsbury, the No. 1 overall pick isn’t giving away hints on how the offense will look. “Whatever we do I know it will be pretty generic, pretty basic, so just get out there and get a feel for the game and let it rip a little bit,” Murray said. A vanilla offense might not be what fans want to see from Kingsbury, known for his “Air Raid” attack at Texas Tech, and Murray, as much of a threat with his legs as his arm. But the process of becoming an NFL quarterback continues for Murray.
Thitry-one junior golfers took to the links at the Winnemucca Municipal Course on Wednesday for the 3rd annual Flex Fitness Tournament. As well as playing a lot of golf, they had a lot of fun on the side. Kobe Stoker won the 15-17 year-old boys title for the second week in a row, with an 80 over Caden Rorex (89). Bailey Hayes (112) was the girls 15-17 year-old winner.
This week McDermitt High School was host to a three-day free football clinic attended by 18 local youths put on by Tarina Elliot, a member of the Te-Moak Tribe from Wells, that was looking to give something back. “I learned that being from a small town," Elliot said. "You have limited opportunities as far as sports goes. So, I transferred out of Wells my senior year to Yerington, which was bigger, but still limited. A lot of people can not afford to drive to the big camps and get that attention drawn to them, and as I grew older and was more involved in my Native American community I saw a lot of native athletes not get to the next level, even when they could have been good enough. One of my personal goals is to bring sports to our athletes; that is what I am trying to do.”
Lowry High School head football coach took 10 skill position players to the football camp in La Grande, Ore., last week at Eastern Oregon University The Buckaroos traveled to Union County instead of going to the camp in Fernley this year. Fifteen teams from Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Idaho attended the camp and brought their best competition. “We went up there and did a lot of individual stuff,” Cabatbat said. “I took all skill guys that are going to help us a lot this year. They produced an offensive line for us so we were able to run our stuff offensively and defensively, it was a good experience for those kids.” The Buckaroos commuted for four days thanks to the dedication of the parents and coaches and Cabatbat was very thankful.
Nevada senior linebacker Lucas Weber has earned a selection to the Wuerffel Trophy watch list. This is Weber’s first selection to the preseason watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, which is known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service.”
Twenty-eight girls from sixth grade through 12th-grade came out for the 10th annual three-day Spike Frog Volleyball Camp at Lowry High School last week. New LHS head volleyball coach Skylar Estes was there to help get her team on track for the upcoming season.
Winnemucca Gold Rush softball took four teams to the Northern Sierra Fastpitch Association (NSFA) State Championships in Reno on July 19-21, where three of the teams returned with the winning trophy and one team fought hard for a bronze medal. The 8U, 12U, and 14U squads all grabbed gold at the four field tournament between 20 teams, and the 10U squad played seven games on their way to their third-place finish.
The Winnemucca Regional Raceway (WRR) on Jungo Road went large last Friday with racing in hobby stock, mini-mod, dwarf, pure stock and IMCA divisions that totaled over 70 cars grinding it out on the dirt track.
The Cow Country Classic was held last weekend at the Winnemucca Events Center with a hundred cowboys and cowgirls coming from all over the western United States, and even as far east as Oklahoma, to compete for over $25,000 in cash and prizes.