It was a pretty good day for the Lowry High School wrestling program this past Saturday at the Lovelock Mustangs Invitational at Pershing County High School. The Buckaroos won the tournament with 248.5 points and the Lowry Gold was fourth at 120. Los Gatos (183.5) and Churchill County (157) were second and third, respectively. Lowry had five individual champions in Kruz Gomez at 106 pounds, Coda Nichols (113), Benton Baker (126), Jhett Harber (165) and Luke Fentress (175).
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team continued its winnings ways this past weekend at the Comstock Classic in Virginia City. The Lady Bulldogs rolled past the host Muckers on Friday afternoon, winning 58-11.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team was back on the road this past weekend for the Comstock Classic in Virginia City. The Bulldogs were able to play three of its four games, with the last being canceled due to winter conditions in the area. McDermitt opened with host Virginia City and lost 77-16 to the Muckers. In the second game on Saturday, McDermitt lost 66-45. In the only contest on Saturday, McDermitt lost 44-22 to Pahranagat Valley.
The Scotch Doubles tournament was held Saturday, Dec. 3, at Spare Time Bowl. Twenty-eight youth and adult bowlers participates. The bowlers bowled a total of three games, with the you throwing the first ball and the adult picking up the rest of the pins.
The Lowry High School boys basketball team picked up its first wins of the season this past week in Winnemucca. Lowry hosted Pyramid Lake in a non-conference game on Tuesday, Dec. 6 and beat the Lakers 50-35. The Buckaroos hosted Sparks in a crossover game on Saturday afternoon and beat the Railroaders 52-41 to improve to 2-3 on the season.
It was the opposite ends of the spectrum for the Lowry High School girls basketball team last week. The reigning 3A state championships needed to wait to the final seconds to knock off Pyramid Lake 58-55, while closing out the week with an 85-3 win over Sparks to improve its record to 6-0 and winning streak to 25 games, dating back to last year. The Lady Bucks were scheduled to host Truckee last Friday, but that game was postponed due to travel concerns for Truckee and the team getting back over the Sierra Nevada Mountains to get home.
The Lowry High School wrestling team had two grapplers finish second in their respective weight classes this past weekend at the Cody Louk Invitational held at Winnemucca Event Center. The Buckaroos placed second in the team standings with 222.5 points, with Spanish Springs winning with 342.5 points. Fernley (202.5), Carson (195) and Douglas (170.5) rounded out the top five.
Moments after Fred McGriff was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, almost two decades after his final game, he got the question. Asked if Barry Bonds belonged in Cooperstown, a smiling McGriff responded: “Honestly, right now, I’m going to just enjoy this evening.” A Hall of Fame committee delivered its answer Sunday, passing over Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling while handing McGriff the biggest honor of his impressive big league career.
The College Football Playoff is two years away from expanding, and those involved in growing the format from four to 12 teams have already said the first two seasons will be a test run.
The Lowry High School boys basketball team took to the floor for the first time this season this past weekend in Elko under the direction of new coach Nate Green. The Buckaroos dropped all three of its games at the Brent Stokes State Farm Classic, but Green left Elko still happy about what is ahead. “We are going to be okay,” said the coach. “We made some little mistakes that hurt us but overall, we played pretty good against three good teams.”
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team made it a perfect weekend for girls basketball in Humboldt County with four impressive wins at the WREC Classic in Carlin this past weekend. The Lady Bulldogs won every game by 23 points or more to start the season at 4-0. The young squad includes six freshman, three sophomores and a junior.
The Lowry High School wrestling steam started its season on a high note, winning four of its five duals at Churchill County in Fallon this past weekend. The Buckaroos beat Fernley 48-30, Churchill County 64-12, Elko 78-6, Carson 54-30 and lost to Spanish Springs 48-36. “We wrestled pretty good for the first time out,” said LHS coach John Brooks. “There were a lot of pins on the weekend and not a lot of the matches went all the way. We gave Spanish Springs a good battle but could not hang on at the end.”
The last time the Lowry High School girls basketball team was on the floor, they were celebrating a state championship at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. Since then, the Lady Bucks have a new coach, which is a former coach in Chelsea Cabatbat and have replaced four starting seniors that are now in college. Despite all the new faces in place, it seems nothing has changed. The Lady Bucks picked up four wins at the Spanish Springs tournament in Reno and Sparks this past weekend. The four wins extended Lowry’s win streak to 23 games, dating back to last year.
Tennessee finished the regular season as the Football Bowl Subdivision leader in total offense and scoring while Washington and Air Force were first in the other major offensive categories.
Johnathan Baldwin broke up a Nate Cox fourth-down pass on the final play of the game to preserve UNLV’s 27-22 win over rival Nevada on Saturday to claim the Fremont Cannon in the annual rivalry game.