Going into the final weekend of the season, the Lowry High School baseball team knew it was out of postseason contention. However, the Buckaroos still had an opportunity to shake up the final standings and who made the postseason.
As it has been for much of the spring the weather was not kind to the track and field athletes, as Lowry High School held its annual invitational on Saturday in cool and windy conditions. Despite the conditions, the Buckaroos turned in strong performances. It was a good day for the seniors on the Lowry girls squad, as Jovi Kuskie won three events on the day. She led the day in the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 31.70 seconds and set a personal best in the 1,600 meters by 10 seconds to win at 5:25. Kuskie posted another personal best in the 3,200 meters at 12.22.
After having its last two meets canceled, the McDermitt High School track and field team was back in action on Tuesday, April 26, at the Crane Invitational in Crane, Ore.
Lowry High School senior Jovi Kuskie picked up two individual victories at the Bob Shaffer Classic in Truckee this past Saturday. Kuskie ran the 800 meters in a time of 2 minutes, 35.31 seconds and she set a personal best in the 1,600 meters at 5:44.83. Kuskie placed eight in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 29,37 and she placed 10th in the 400 meters with a time of 66.81. Freshman Ashlyn Botttoms was seventh in the pole vault, as she cleared the bar at 6-0. Fellow freshman Brooklyn Swensen placed 21st in the 1,600 meters at 7:20 and she set a personal best in the 800 meters to finish at 3:43.43.
A tight race for one of the six playoff berths for the upcoming Northern 3A Regional Softball championships, got that much tougher for Lowry High School after dropping three games to Churchill County in Fallon this past weekend. Lowry lost the opening game on Friday 11-1 and were swept in a doubleheader 14-7 and 8-5 on Saturday to fall to 12-12 overall and 4-5 in the Northern 3A East.
The Lowry High School baseball team rounded out its road schedule this season with a three-game road trip in Fallon this past weekend to take on league-leading Churchill County. The Greenwave won the opener on Friday 7-2 and swept a doubleheader 9-7 and 6-2 on Saturday to remain atop the Northern 3A East standings at 10-2. Lowry, who has lost eight games in a row, dropped to 6-18 overall and 3-9 in the Northern 3A East.
The Northern 3A and Lowry High School boys golf team was back on the course last week for a pair of tournaments in Elko County. The week began with a trip to Spring Creek on Monday, April 25, where the Buckaroo finished second with a round of 366. Truckee maintained its lead in the league, winning the tournament with a 347. Elko was third at 370 and Fernley (372) and Spring Creek (403) rounded out the top five.
After a few weeks of poor weather, the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club was back on Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday, April 26, for the Tin Whistle tournament.
Lowry High School in conjunction with the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) is proud to help the local economy by hosting the Northern Nevada Regional 3A Baseball and Softball Tournaments. The tournaments will be held at Lowry High School from May 12-14 and a total of 12 teams (six for baseball and softball) will compete for two spots each in the state championships.
The Battle Mountain High School baseball team erased a six-game losing streak with three wins against rival Pershing County this past week. Battle Mountain traveled to Lovelock on Tuesday, April 26, and came away with a 4-3 victory. The series moved over to Battle Mountain this past Saturday and the Longhorns swept the doubleheader 6-2 and 17-2. Battle Mountain improved to 12-9 overall and 8-6 in the Northern 2A.
The Lowry High School boys and girls swim teams picked up dual wins against Sparks on Friday, April 22, at Northwest Pool in Reno. The Lowry girls beat the Railroaders 77-32 and the Buckaroo boys won 65-37. Evie Morgan led a 1-2-3 Lowry finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 19.05 seconds. Tajia Taylor was second at 1:22.44 and Zoey Thies (1:18.11) was third.
Lowry High School seniors Hannah Whitted and Joseph Garcia are going to have to start stocking up on some warm winter clothes come this fall and winter. Both student/athletes are headed to Hancock, Mich., and Finlandia University to continue their academic and athletic careers. The City of Hancock, founded in the 1850's by early copper explorers, is a progressive and welcoming city of 4,500 residents on the north shore of Portage Lake, and is the northernmost city in Michigan.
Producers of the world’s richest one-day roping competition – the annual Bob Feist Invitational – moved the 45-year-old BFI to Oklahoma amid the pandemic after 37 years in Reno, but are bringing their $2.9 million event back to Reno for one “final showdown” this summer. In the last year of its contract with the Reno Rodeo, Ullman Peterson Events’ BFI will produce Championship Week this June, including the Resistol Reno Open presented by The Silver Legacy Resort & Casino.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association made it latest stop in Fallon on April 16-17 and Humboldt County’s Emma Garijo and Lexi Garijo each won events in the average. Lexi Garijo earned the top spot in the breakaway average with a time of 6.83 seconds. After placing sixth in the first performance, Garijo won the second performance at 2.570 and was the only competitor to break three seconds on the weekend.
After having no games during spring break and a trip to Las Vegas thrown in, the Lowry High School softball returned to Northern 3A East play this past Saturday with a road trip to Spring Creek. Coming off four straight losses in Las Vegas, the Lady Bucks got back on the winning track, sweeping the Spartans 10-1 and 15-6. The series was set to begin on Friday in Elko County, but a snowstorm in Spring Creek had other ideas and the contest was moved to Monday. Results were not available at press time.