The last time the Lowry High School boys basketball team lost a game on its home floor was in January of 2013.
It was business as usual for the Lowry High School junior varsity girls basketball team, who cruised to two victories in its home debut against South Tahoe and Dayton this past weekend.
After an opening season loss to Yerington, the Lowry High School junior varsity boys basketball extended its win streak to four games with home wins over South Tahoe and Dayton this past weekend.
The Lowry High School wrestling team is in the midst of the toughest part of its schedule where the action steps up a few notches.
With the ability to split its team up, a group of Lowry High School wrestlers made their way to Lovelock last Saturday for the Lovelock Invitational that featured a number of teams from northern Nevada.
There will be a dodgeball tournament on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Winnemucca Junior High School to raise money for the Frontier Community Action Agency's Back-Pack Kids Program.
Lowry High School seniors Beau Billingsley and Luis Cardenas were named to the Division I-A all-state first-team. Billingsley was selected at running back and Cardenas at offensive line.
Even though school is out for students in Humboldt County, Lowry and McDermitt high schools remain busy on the basketball floor and wrestling mat.The Lowry wrestling team is finishing up its stay at the Sierra Nevada Classic in Reno today. The tournament, which features nearly 90 teams from around the West, began Monday at the Reno Livestock Events Center. Readers can follow the tournament at www.trackwrestling.com.
RENO - It was a short-lived winter break for the Lowry High School girls basketball team, who were back on the floor a day after Christmas for the McQueen Varsity Elite Tournament in Reno.
Since the passage of Title IX in 1972 female participation in high school athletics has skyrocketed. In the year preceding passage of the legislation, which mandated that any school accepting federal funds must provide equal athletic opportunities for boys and girls, a mere 300,000 high school girls competed in school sports. Today over 3.2 million girls reap the benefits of team sports including decreased obesity, better grades, lower dropout rates, fewer unwanted pregnancies and decreased engagement in risky behaviors like smoking and illicit drug use.
Perhaps the Lowry High School boys basketball team is going to be OK after all.After losing nine players to graduation of the state tournament team from a year ago, the thought was the Buckaroos were going to have a down year and open the Division I-A North up for other schools.
Lowry High School's Beau Billingsley won the 182-pound championship at the Sierra Nevada Classic, held Monday and Tuesday in Reno. Billingsley, a senior, went 6-0 over the two days and defeated Tanner Harvey of Lowell High School 7-3 to win the title.
This is the first of a two-part series that offers a look back at the local sports scene in 2014. Today's edition features stories and photos from January to June. The Jan. 6 - 8 edition will highlight July through December.
I figured this would be the easiest way, but here is an open invitation to anybody in Winnemucca or Humboldt County to come and watch the Lowry High School wrestling team.
MCDERMITT - One of the few blemishes on the record of the McDermitt High School girls basketball team was a two-point defeat to Jordan Valley, Ore., in the second game of the season.