If you have lived in Winnemucca for a few years, you would know Saturday afternoon high school football games are few and far between. Due to a lack of officials, the Lowry High School football team had to move its traditional Friday night homecoming game to Saturday afternoon.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team has played a match on its home field, since the last day of August. The schedule makers did the Lady Bucks no favorites with six matches on the road in September.
The Lowry High School girls golf team and the remainder of the Northern 3A got hit with a dose of nasty weather from Mother Nature last week. Spring Creek hosted the Northern 3A on Monday, Sept. 16, in cool and wet conditions. Despite the bad weather, the top of the leaderboard looked the same as it did in the first two tournaments of the year.
Sophomore Alyla Thomas led the way for the Lowry High School cross country team, as the young sophomore runner placed sixth in the girls race at the Lazy 5 Invitational in Sparks on Friday afternoon. The 3.1-mile race was held at Lazy 5 Regional Park near Spanish Springs High School. Thomas finished the race in a time of 21:12.
Even though the first half of the Northern 3A East came to end this past Friday, it was fair to say that it was a must-win situation for the Lowry High School boys soccer team against Churchill County. The Buckaroos entered the day fifth in league play at 4-2 and a loss would not help their cause.
Coming off three straight road wins over Northern 3A West opponents, the Lowry High School volleyball team returned to its home floor this past weekend to begin Northern 3A East play against Spring Creek and Elko. The Lady Bucks came up short in both matches, losing 33-31, 25-9, 25-23 to the Spartans on Friday night at 25-23, 25-8, 25-19 to the Indians on Saturday afternoon to fall to 0-2 in league play.
After opening the season at home in mid-August, the Lowry High School football team have been road warriors ever since. With a bye week thrown in, the Buckaroos completed a three-game road trip at Spring Creek on Friday night. The two rivals provided fireworks and the scoreboard operator busy with a combined 88 points.
It was a busy three days for the McDermitt High School volleyball team, who improved to 4-1 in the 1A East with two wins in three matches.
Ladies golf —
What do you do when you have to play your next four matches on field turf? If you are the Lowry High School girls soccer team, you find the one of the few places in Winnemucca that has field turf. The Lady Bucks practiced in the high school courtyard to get ready for their Lyon County road trip.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team remained in the hunt for a playoff berth in the Northern 3A with a win and tie at home this past weekend. Lowry beat Dayton 1-0 on Thursday and played to a scoreless tie against Fernley on Saturday.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team remained in the hunt for the top spot in the Northern 3A East with three wins in four matches. Lowry scored a combined 20 goals in a 13-0 win over West Wendover on Aug. 30 and a 7-0 victory over White the following day.
Little by little, the Lowry High School cross country team is coming back and are looking to be a threat in the team standings. The Buckaroos have had some strong individual runner in the last few years, but the number of runners has climbed in the program and look to be a problem in the team standings.
Ladies Golf Results —
The Lowry High School volleyball team continued crossover play with the Northern 3A West, with a home and away match this past weekend. Lowry hosted Truckee this past Friday night and the perennial power defeated the Lady Bucks in three sets 25-12, 26-24 and 25-6.