The Lowry High School girls golf team was back on the course last week for a pair of tournaments in Lyon County. The Northern 3A made a stop at Dayton Valley Country Club, in Dayton, one of the toughest courses on the schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Lowry finished sixth as a team with total of 526.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team lost a pair of Northern 3A West crossover matches this past weekend in Winnemucca. The two defeats dropped the Buckaroos to 0-9 on the season and 0-5 in crossover play.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association was in Ely on Sept. 9-10 for the White Pine High School Rodeo. Humboldt County’s Emma Garijo won the barrel racing average with a combined time of 25.450 seconds. She took home the top spot in the opening performance with a time of 17.659 and was the runner-up in the second performance at 17.791. Garijo added a sixth-place finish in pole bending.
Melissa Murphy shot a low-net score of 74 to win the first flight of the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club Pro’s Posse tournament held Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
After nearly a month after playing its opening match of the season at the end of August in Pyramid Lake, the McDermitt High School volleyball team was back on its home floor this past Saturday to open Eastern 1A play against Eureka.
The smoke from the Mosquito Fire in California continued to hang around the Reno and Lake Tahoe area last week, causing more high school events to be canceled.
Things are looking pretty good for the Lowry High School volleyball team this fall. The Lady Bucks were back on their home floor this past weekend to finish out crossover play against the Northern 3A West.
After an unexpected week off with South Tahoe game canceled, the Lowry High School football team was back on the field this past Friday night and came away with a 47-20 win over Sparks in Winnemucca. The Buckaroos scored the first 20 points of the game to improve to 4-0.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team had its weekend cut in half when its scheduled match at Truckee on Friday was postponed because of dense smoke from the Mosquito Fire in California.
The Northern 3A girls golf season finally got under way last week with a pair of tournaments in Eastern Nevada. Temperatures over 100 degrees greeted the golfers, as they hit the course for the first time in Spring Creek and Elko. The season opened up in Spring Creek on Tuesday, Sept. 6, where the Lowry High School girls golf team finished fourth with a four-player total of 469. Douglas, the defending 3A state champion won the tournament by 110 strokes with a score of 349. They had the top three individual spots in Giana Zinke (82), Abby Miller (88) and Madison Frisby (88).
What has been a common occurrence in the northern Nevada and California areas the past couple years, smoke from fires forced the cancelation and postponing of high school events. Smoke for the Mosquito Fire in California moved into the Lake Tahoe area on Friday, a spot where a number of Lowry High School teams were scheduled to compete.
Gail Piquet shot a low-gross score of 95 to win the first flight of the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club One Mulligan per Nine tournament held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
The Lowry High School volleyball continued its winnings ways last week with two more road trips to the Reno/Sparks area and finally a home match after spending nearly the first month of action on the road.
After playing six matches in two days at the Yerington tournament, the Lowry High School volleyball team was back on the road on Wednesday, Aug. 31, this time to take on Truckee, the defending 3A state champion. After a slow start in which Truckee won the first set 25-15. Lowry rallied in the final set to knock off the Wolverines 25-18, 25-19 and 25-18. The Lady Bucks improved to 8-4 overall and 1-0 in league play. Savannah Stoker scored the first two points for Lowry with a tip and a kill and Emma Gray and Kailey Franklin added kills later in the opening set to tie it up at 8-8.
After picking up two wins at the Spring Creek tournament, the Lowry High School girls soccer team had a quick turnaround and began Northern 3A crossover play at South Tahoe on Tuesday, Aug. 30.