The Lowry High School swim team joined a number of area schools to compete in the Aqua 5 meet in Carson City on Saturday, March 16. The Aqua 5 is different from other meets, with no relays. Swimmers compete in the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 50-yard free style, 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard backstroke.
The Lowry High School track and field team opened its season this past Friday, breaking up its teams to McQueen and Dayton. The Buckaroo underclassmen traveled to Reno and McQueen High School on Friday for the High Desert Frosh/Soph. Invite.
As the Lowry High School baseball team was making its home debut this past Friday, the Buckaroos were looking for their first win over Truckee since 2016. The Wolverines are perennial power in the 3A and have dominated the series with the Buckaroos in the past few years.
The McDermitt High School track and field team made its way to Dayton this past Friday for the Dust Devil Invitational. Senior Laeloni Tobey took home the top spot in the shot put with a throw of 28 feet, 2.75 inches and she finished third in the discus with a personal best throw of 69-6.
In conditions more suitable for a polar plunge or ice fishing, the Lowry High School boys team hosted a preseason icebreaker at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
Fresh off scoring 2,000 points, claiming 3A Player of the Year and winning a third straight state championship in basketball, Lowry High School senior Savannah Stoker is moving up the record books in softball. In 2023, Stoker set the single-season Nevada record for home runs with 21.
After opening the season with six games on the road, the Lowry High School softball team made its home debut this past Friday and Saturday with new coach Megan Maga.
Lowry High School seniors Kasyn Garner and Anthony Guzman were named to the Northern 3A East honorable mention team. The all-league selections are chosen by the league coaches.
When Mother Nature unleashed her fury in northern Nevada and you are a spring sport, you need to improvise at times. The Lowry High School baseball team was scheduled to travel to north Reno this past Friday to play North Valleys in a crossover game.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association made its final stop in southern Nevada, with a trip to Las Vegas on Feb. 24-25. Humboldt County’s Emma Garijo was tops in the breakaway roping average by two seconds at 5.88. She won the first performance with a time of 2.89 and was second in the final performance at 2.99.
While most spring sports teams in northern Nevada were finding cover due to a winter storm, the Lowry High School swim team was inside at Alf Sorenson Pool in Reno top open its season on Friday, March 1. Lowry picked up duals wins over Wooster, as the boys cruised to a 75-23 win and the girls team recorded a 96-90 victory.
Lowry High School senior Savannah Stoker was named the Northern 3A East, Northern 3A and 3A State Player for the second straight season. In addition, the Lowry girls basketball team won its third consecutive state title and ninth overall, which is fourth most in Nevada history.
Sophomore Elisabeth George was one out away from a no-hitter in her outing at Sparks this past Friday afternoon, when the Railroaders got their first hit. She still helped the Lowry High School softball team to a 19-0 win in crossover play.
While Northern Nevada was getting slammed by one of the biggest storms of the year, the Lowry High School baseball team was able to escape beforehand and head to Needles, Calif., to open the season. Under the direction of new head coach, Brent Riemersma, the Buckaroos went 1-4 over three days at the Colorado River Invitational.
The 2023 season ended with the Lowry High School softball team in the 3A state championship in Mesquite. The 2024 squad began its quest to get back to the title game with another trip down south, but his time a little more west and into California.