The Ladies Golf Club held the Criers Golf Tournament at the Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday, April 23.
The Lowry High School baseball team went to North Valleys on Tuesday to play a couple of make up games that were snowed out earlier in the season. The Buckaroos lost the first game 6-2, and saw a 3-1 lead fall to the side in a 4-3 loss in game two. In game one, North Valleys scored first in the bottom of the second and Lowry tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third. But the Panthers tacked on three runs in the bottom of the third inning, and another two in the fourth to put the game out of reach.
The Lowry High School swim squad went to Douglas High School last Saturday and brought home a lot of hardware. Aidan Maher won the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 1.81 seconds and Matthew Lizanetz came out on top in the 100-meter backstroke at 1:14.58. Hunter Lewis (2:29.29) grabbed gold in the 200 individual medley and the 100 freestyle (58.94), while Charles Gonin took the crowns in the 50-meter freestyle (25.45) and the 500 meters freestyle (5:54.12).
Eleven personal record times were recorded by the McDermitt track and field squad in Eureka last weekend. The Bulldogs grabbed two golds, one silver and a couple of bronze medals. Ben Draunidalo shone for the Bulldogs with a gold in the 100 meters, logging a personal record time of 11.02 seconds. In the 200 meters he won again with another personal best of 23.53 seconds. He also had a second-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 1.25 inches, as well as contributing on the 4 x100-meter relay team for a third place finish.
The Lowry High School softball team hosted Churchill County (Fallon) on Tuesday and evened up the score from a 9-7 loss to the Greenwave the week before with a 9-2 win. Mackenzie Salas-Begay gave up a lead-off home run to Aspen Mori in the first at bat of the game, but she maintained composure and proceeded to shut down Churchill County.
The Lowry High School softball squad went to North Valleys in Reno last Thursday for a make-up game, and pitcher Mackenzie Salas-Begay didn’t allow a run in a two-hit, 15-0 shutout of the Panthers. The Lady Bucks started out fast with two runs in the first, and they added 12 more in the second to put the game out of reach. Sydney Connors drove in four runs while going 3-for-4 at the plate. Lowry had 16 hits against North Valleys and they did not commit a single error in the game. On Friday, the Lady Bucks traveled to Sparks and crushed the Railroaders 13-0 behind Macey Katzenmeyer’s 10 strike-out, two-hitter. Connors cracked a homer and sophomore Josie Ellifritz went 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, as Lowry scored five in the second, four in the fourth, and another four in the sixth on their way to the win. Sierra Maestrejuan was 3-for-4 and had a triple for the Lady Bucks.
The Lowry High School baseball team picked up a forfeit win against Sparks on Friday night, and they backed it up with a couple of blowouts on Saturday to move to 9-10 in league play and a tie for the sixth seed in the Northern 3A playoff race with North Valleys. “Sparks is in a tough spot because they only have 12 kids on their roster and seven or eight of them are freshmen,” said LHS baseball coach Andy Harmon. “Most of those kids have never played baseball in their life.” Ridge Ricketts tripled in his first three at bats in the opener Saturday on his way to a 5-for-5 performance, while Jordan Parker (2-2), Josiah Chapman (2-2), and Christopher Schultz (1-1) also had perfect days at the plate. Schultz’s hit was a two-RBI inside the park home run in the fifth to help put away the game for the Buckaroos.
The Lowry High School boys golf team went to the Ruby View Golf Course in Elko last Wednesday and came away with a third-place finish with a team score of 358. Truckee shot 336 for the team win, well ahead of second-place South Tahoe (356). Elko (360) finished fourth, Fernley (373) was fifth, and Spring Creek (389) and Dayton (471) rounded out the scoring. "The course played tough today for the Buckaroos," said LHS coach Andrew Meyer. "It was not our best performance, but we snuck out with a third-place finish.”
Last Sunday, drivers in five different classes took on their competition on the dirt track at the Winnemucca Regional Raceway. Terryn Cassar from Winnemucca was a participant in the event. “I have been here before, but it has been a while," Cassar said. "I like the cameradie and it is a good family sport; fun for everybody around. I am here today with my wife Nicole and my daughters Ciara and Emmi.” The family was parked backwards in their pick up truck, sitting on the tailgate watching the action from an elevated spot that gave them a bird’s eye view.
On Friday, April 12, the Lowry High School (LHS) track and field team sent the JV squad to participate in the Fernley Invitational Track Meet While they didn’t garner any medals, the boys posted 13 personal record scores and the girls had three. “We took a lot of our younger athletes to the Fernley meet," said LHS coach Grant Beatty. "For the most part Fernley was just a lot of young kids getting some track experience.”
The Ladies Golf Club held the Pro's Posse Golf Tournament at the Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday, April 16.
The NHL will hold its annual awards ceremony June 19 at Mandalay Bay Events Center. The league announced the date and venue before Game 4 of the first-round playoff series between the San Jose Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights. It marks the 11th year of a partnership between the NHL and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which was extended for three years last April, and the 10th time the league will honor the best players and the top performances of the season in Las Vegas.
The Lowry High School varsity softball squad came into its game against Churchill County (Fallon) last Tuesday sitting in third place with a 7-2 league record just ahead of Fallon at 5-3. The Lady Bucks got out to a slow start and couldn’t make up enough ground as the game wore on, as they went down 9-7 to the Greenwave. “We didn’t play our best," said LHS coach Austin Mayo. "Mac (Salas-Begay) threw pretty well. She was pretty sharp. Defensively we played a little tight, and when you play this game tight you are going to make errors. We finished with six or seven errors and were still in a two-run ballgame. These girls don’t quit. They keep their heads up and battle the whole way through, and that says a lot about our team.” The Lady Bucks gave up a run to Fallon in the first inning on two errors and two more in the third inning before Lowry got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the third.
University of Nevada director of athletics Doug Knuth announced today the hiring of Steve Alford as the head coach of the nationally ranked Wolf Pack men’s basketball program.
The Lowry High School baseball squad welcomed Churchill County (Fallon) to Winnemucca this past weekend and delivered a thrilling 6-5 victory over the Greenwave on Friday in extra innings. The Buckaroos were sitting at 5-8 in league play coming into the weekend and they are fighting with North Valleys for the final playoff spot in the 3A North Division. Lowry took a 3-1 lead in the first inning against the Greenwave, but they let Fallon back into the game with two runs in the top of the fifth to make it a 3-3 game.