Quin Snyder guided the Utah Jazz to six consecutive playoff appearances, was an NBA coach of the year finalist just last season and won nearly 60% of his games with the franchise. And he’s decided that was enough. Snyder resigned Sunday as coach of the Jazz, ending an eight-year run of regular-season success but with the team never getting past the second round of the playoffs in his tenure.
Seven-time Pro Bowl center Alex Mack is retiring after 13 years in the NFL, leaving a major hole in the middle of the offensive line for the San Francisco 49ers.
Shane Waldron spent his first offseason as the offensive coordinator in Seattle trying to install a new system mostly through virtual meetings and with very little on-field work. Being back in the classroom and on the field with his players is a far better situation going into Year 2 for Waldron, especially in the midst of a quarterback competition.
The high school track and field season came to a close for area teams with the NIAA State Championships at Reed High School in Sparks on May 20-21. A handful of state champions came from Lowry, Battle Mountain and McDermitt.
Presented by Lowry High School and under the direction of head varsity boys and girls basketball coaches Nate Green and Chelsea Cabatbat, there will be a youth basketball camp for boys and girls for incoming third through eighth graders from June 14-17 in the main gym at Lowry. Cost for the camp is $80 and included a camp T-Shirt.
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Klay Thompson drained the 3-pointers. Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change. Stephen Curry capped off an MVP performance.
Surfing is no longer a solitary pursuit for Dan Fischer. When he catches a wave along the shores of Rhode Island, he looks down at a surfboard covered with the names of people who have died, but who shared his love of the ocean. His father’s name is the guiding light at the top.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association closed out its regular season at Wells on May 14-15. Humboldt County’s Billy DeLong claimed the top spot in the boys cutting average with 142.5 points. DeLong had performances of 71 and 71.5. DeLong earned a runner-up finish in saddle brock with an eight-second ride of 68 points in the first performance.
Lowry High School’s Landon Esquivel and Cal Peters recorded top-10 finishes at the NIAA 3A State Golf Championships last week at Mountain Falls Golf Course in Pahrump.
The high school baseball and softball season came to a close this past weekend with state tournaments throughout the state. Baseball
FMA won the 2022 Bad Boys Tournament held May 14-15 at Spare Time Bowl. Nearly 110 bowlers participated, with 94 of them from out of town, as the Winnemucca Inn and Winner’s Casino helped sponsor the tournament. Over $12,000 in prize money was awarded as 36 teams competed.
The high school track and field season came to an end the past weekend at Reed High School in Sparks with the NIAA State Track and Field Championships. Lowry’s Shaun Gilliland (pole vault), Emily Backus (long jump), Jovi Kuskie (1,600 meters, 3,200 meters) and the girls 4x100 relay (Emily Backus, Ellanora Peterson, Sydnee Pettis, Elizabeth Aguilar) won state championships, as did McDermitt’s Cayla Crutcher in the girls 1A shot put. Battle Mountain’s Nolan Chopp won the 2A boys discus state title.
McDermitt High School junior Cayla Crutcher was one the top girls throwers in the 1A all season with a number of victories during the spring. That was no different this past weekend at the NIAA State Track and Field Championships at Reed High School in Sparks. It wasn’t easy though, as Crutcher held off Owyhee’s Mattisen Jones to win the state title in the shot put.
Justin Thomas wrapped his arms around the 27-pound Wanamaker Trophy after winning his second PGA Championship, and thousands of fans ringing the 18th green amid the setting sun at Southern Hills showered him in adulation. Good thing they woke up in time for his Sunday charge. For nearly four full days, the year’s second major had been a major snooze, the cast atop the leaderboard a list mostly made up of also-rans searching for a moment stardom.