WINNEMUCCA - As a team, your goal is always wanting to make it to a regional or state championship game. That dream came up one game short for the McDermitt High School girls basketball team, but head coach Jaimi Wilkinson could not be more proud of her team of seven girls.
WINNEMUCCA - Losers held on to its lead in the Winnemucca Pool League standings after beating Bar M Saloon 12-5 in week 18 play. Losers has a 16-1 record and 203 out of a possible 289 points through 18 weeks of play.
For the second game of the season, the Denio Outlaws hosted Humboldt County's rural basketball teams in Denio on Jan. 27. The Outlaws Pee Wee team played Paradise Valley's Panthers. Denio's Division 1 team played against Orovada.Courtesy photos
RENO - For the past couple of weeks, the stars were aligning for the Lowry High School boys basketball team to make a run for the state championship.
RENO - When Pahranagat Valley was upset in last weekend's Southern 1A championship to Spring Mountain, the McDermitt High School boys basketball team was getting a tough opponent in the two-time defending champions from Alamo.
HAYS, Kan. - CSU-Pueblo has qualified two wrestlers to nationals in Trevor Grant and Jesse Hillhouse, with three others placing in the top six at their respective weight at the RMAC/Super Region 4 Championships.
WINNEMUCCA - Winnemucca's Jack Montgomery is preparing for his upcoming world title fight in Elko on Saturday, March 10, against Justin Baesman for his 170-pound Gladiator Challenge World Title.
WINNEMUCCA - Lowry High School's Jesse Studebaker was the lone Buckaroo named to the Ruby Mountain League first team, as selected by the league's six coaches.
WINNEMUCCA - As the Lowry High School boys basketball team collected its first state championship in 10 years and 11th overall with a 52-48 win over Elko, Buckaroo head coach Chad Peters was named the 3A Coach of the Year.
In the process of winning its first state championship on the floor in 10 years, the Lowry High School boys basketball team was also named the 3A state academic champions before Saturday's 3A title game against Elko. This is the second year in a row that the Buckaroos have been named academic champions.
The Lowry High School cheerleaders joined the boys basketball team and wrestling team as the 3A academic state champions. The cheerleaders were recognized for their achievement on Saturday at halftime of the Lowry/Elko boys 3A state championship game at Lawlor Events Center in Reno. Accepting the award for Lowry was its three captains (left to right) Ashley Principe, Michael Drake and Alexis Kranovich, along with coach Diane Rice.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team was back at Lawlor Events Center in Reno for the state tournament, 10 years after the school won its first state championship in the sport. The Bulldogs came up short in their quest for a second title, losing 67-51 to Pahranagat Valley in the semifinals on Friday, Feb. 24.
WINNEMUCCA - Losers held on to its lead in the Winnemucca Pool League standings after beating Land Sharks 11-6 in week 98 play. Losers has a 17-1 record and 214 out of a possible 306 points through 19 weeks of play.