RENO (AP) - Nevada defensive end Brock Hekking has been named the national defensive football player of the week by the Football Writers Association of America after forcing two fumbles and making an interception in the Wolf Pack's 31-9 win over Hawaii.
WINNEMUCCA - The Lowry High School cross country teams made their annual trip to Boise, Idaho, this Saturday for the Bob Firman Invitational at Eagle Island State Park.
WINNEMUCCA - Coming off a lackluster performance that resulted in a tie with Churchill County on Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Lowry High School varsity boys soccer team was looking to rebound when it traveled to Fernley on Monday.
WINNEMUCCA - With the number of playoff teams cut in half in the Division I-A North this fall, there is little room for a slip up during the regular season.
WINNEMUCCA - If you are a college football fan like I am, you had to be disgusted with some of the games last Saturday.
WINNEMUCCA - Carole Doughty shot a low gross score of 99 to win the first flight of the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club Gross/Net tournament Tuesday at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
WINNEMUCCA - The Winnemucca Junior High School seventh-grade girls basketball team kept its perfect season intact with two wins this past Saturday in Tri-County League play in McDermitt.
WINNEMUCCA - The Winnemucca Junior High School eighth-grade girls basketball team continued its dominance of the Tri-County League with three wins this past Saturday in McDermitt.
WINNEMUCCA - After suffering a one-goal loss at Fernley to begin last week, the season all but started over for the Lowry High School girls soccer team on Saturday in Winnemucca.
WINNEMUCCA - With the defending Division I-A state champions in town last Friday night, the Lowry High School varsity volleyball team was looking to prove to the rest of the league that it belongs among the elite teams.
WINNEMUCCA - It still wasn't the start the Lowry High School varsity boys soccer team was looking for, but it didn't matter Saturday afternoon as the Buckaroos beat Dayton 8-2 in Winnemucca.
TONY ERQUIAGA • The Humboldt SunCody Andersen (middle) was the winner of $500 on Friday, Sept. 20, as he kicked a 40-yard field goal at halftime of the Lowry High School varsity football game with South Tahoe. Silver State Fire donated the $500 as part of a promotion the company is doing at Lowry, Elko and Spring Creek football games this fall. Each school is selling tickets during home games with the winner given the opportunity to kick the field goal. Pictured with Andersen is Ray Parks, Lowry High School vice principal and athletic administrator (left) and Martin Harris with Silver State fire (right).
WINNEMUCCA - It was business as usual for the Lowry High School girls golf team, who continued its winning ways with two more Division I-A victories last week.
RENO (AP) - Nevada's 45-42 comeback victory over Air Force wasn't very pretty, but it was pretty wild.
WINNEMUCCA - The Lowry High School junior varsity volleyball team proved once again that it is the team to beat in the Division I-A North with a pair of wins last week.