A slow start to the season put the Lowry High School softball team behind the 8-ball in chase to get back to the postseason after playing in the 2023 3A state championship game. In the past couple weeks, the Lady Bucks have hit their stride and will no be in the postseason after sweeping Dayton 18-2 and 15-0 on Thursday afternoon.
It was a special day for two Lowry High School track and field athletes, as they set new school records during the Don and Lynda Walton Invitational on Saturday. Sophomore Brent Kenison won three individual events on the day, including setting a new school record in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 6 inches. He also led the way in the triple jump with a mark of 43-8 and the high jump (6-0). Kenison was seventh in the discus.
The McDermitt High School track and field team wrapped up the regular season this past Saturday at the Don and Lynda Walton Invitational at Lowry High School in Winnemucca. Shandon Camas turned in a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 41 feet, 2 inches.
Humboldt County’s Matti DeLong took home a pair of event wins at the Washoe High School Rodeo, as the Nevada High School Rodeo Association made a stop on Match 30-31. DeLong set an average time of 31.259 seconds in barrel racing to beat out White Pine’s Brooklyn Sena by half a second. DeLong won the second performance with a time of 15.250, the fastest on the weekend.
After a couple weeks off due to spring break in Washoe and other Nevada counties, the Lowry High School swim team returned to action at Incline on Saturday, April 13. The Buckaroo boys knocked off the Highlanders 63-35 and the girls won 117-64.
After a slow start to the season, the Lowry High School softball team is starting to play some of its best ball of the year. The Lady Bucks were in Fallon last weekend to play league-leading Churchill County.
The Lowry High School baseball team made its final road trip of the season this past weekend with a three-game series against Churchill County in Fallon. The Greenwave maintained their playoff push to Spring Creek, winning all three games. Churchill County won 7-3 on Friday and swept a doubleheader 4-0 and 14-0 on Saturday. The Buckaroos dropped to 5-18 overall and 0-12 in league play.
After nearly a month off since its first two tournaments at the end of March in Dayton and Fernley, the Lowry High School boys golf team and the Northern 3A got back on the course with tournaments in Winnemucca and Fallon last week.
McDermitt High School’s Shandon Camas and Laeloni Tobey came back home with individual wins at the War Coates Invitational held this past Friday at Spring Creek High School. Camas posted a personal best of 40 feet, 6.25 inches to lead the way in he shot put and he placed third in the discus (114-6) another top throw for him.
Before the Fernley Invitational ended early due to high winds and a power outage, a number of Lowry High School track and field athletes had outstanding days.
Fortunately, Winter disappeared so we had a couple of great days of golf.
Following a bye week in the schedule, the Lowry High School baseball team began a six-game road trip this past weekend in Spring Creek. The Spartans entered the series as the Northern 3A East leader with just one loss on the season. Spring Creek remained on top of the standings, winning all three games 9-2, 4-0 and 8-4. Lowry dropped to 0-9 in league play and 5-15 overall.
It has been a rough couple weeks for the McDermitt High School track and field team — due to bad luck and even worse weather.
With the end of the regular season quickly approaching, the Lowry High School softball team was desperately looking to get some wins to remain in playoff contention. The Lady Bucks did just that winning the final two games 11-2 and 9-6 after dropping the opener 9-7. Lowry improved to 3-6 in the Northern 3A East and 9-15 overall.
A pair of young men on the Lowry High School track and field team continue to impress and are showing they will be tough to reckon with in the postseason in May.