RENO — After a tough exit in the first round of the 2023 state championships, the McDermitt High School girls basketball team came back with vengeance on its way to the 1A state title game this season. The Lady Bulldogs came in as a young team this year, with just one senior on the roster in Nicolette Northrup.
The second half of the Nevada High School Rodeo Association got back rolling on Feb. 16-17 in Pahrump. Humboldt County’s Billy DeLong came back home with a pair of average victories in boys cutting and saddle bronc. DeLong scored 143 points, placing second in the first performance with 70 points and winning the final performance with 73 point
RENO — They were not supposed to win last year but at the right time the Lowry High School girls basketball team came through to win a second straight state championship. With a relatively large turnover in the roster to begin the 2023-24 season, many thought the same fate for the latest edition of the Lady Bucks.
Misfits won the 2024 Don Peters Memorial Tournament at Spare Time Bowl. The Winners Inn and Winnemucca Inn helped sponsoring the tournament, as 36 teams and nearly 110 bowlers participated, with 100 of them from out of town.
Just a few days after playing them in the final weekend of the regular season, the McDermitt High School boys basketball team returned to Owyhee on Tuesday, Feb. 13, for the opening round of the 1A East Regional Tournament.
Lowry High School’s Jhett Harber captured the 175-pound title at the NIAA 3A State Wrestling Championships this past Friday in Bullhead City. For Harber, it is second state title after winning the 157-pound crown in 2023 in Winnemucca. The junior will have a chance at a third title next year Harber pinned his way to the title bout with wins over Caelb Porter of Boulder City and Andres Flores of Elko.
While the 3A has a pretty good rivalry going, the 1A East has one that is not bad at all. The McDermitt High School girls basketball team and Eureka have been by far the two best teams in the league over the past couple years. The Vandals got the best of the Lady Bulldogs a season ago winning the regional title.
One of the best rivalries in the state over the last two years has belonged in northern Nevada. The Lowry High School girls basketball team and Fernley have played seven times in the last two season — providing a battle to the end in just about all of them.
Lowry High School’s Kruz Gomez at 113 pounds and Jhett Harber (175) notched individual titles this past weekend at the Northern 3A Regional Championships at Spring Creek High School.
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team came into the final weekend of the regular season with a shot at the top spot in the 1A East and bye into the opening round of the regional tournament.
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team came into the final weekend of the regular season with a shot at the top spot in the 1A East and bye into the opening round of the regional tournament.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team concluded the regular season with three road games.
It was an up and down season for the Lowry High School boys basketball team. The Buckaroos were competitive in a majority of its Northern 3A East games but could not come away with a victory. It all came together for Lowry on senior night and Winterfest week on Friday with a 68-44 win over Dayton.
The regular season finale on Saturday afternoon provided fans in Winnemucca the latest heavyweight battle between the Lowry High School girls and Fernley. The two schools have been far above everyone else in the 3A and are considered some of the top teams in the state. The Lady Bucks and Vaqueros met four times last year – with Lowry winning just one game, the state championship.
The Lowry High School wrestling team officially started its postseason run last weekend in Fallon with the Northern 3A duals. The Buckaroos lost just one dual — two the -time reigning state champion in Elko. Lowry was 10-1 over the weekend.