The Lowry High School baseball team began its spring campaign with four games this past weekend at the Mike Bearman Tournament in the Reno/Sparks area.
Cluster out of Reno won the 2022 Don Peters Memorial Tournament at Spare Time Bowl. The Winners Inn and Winnemucca Inn provided $3,800 in prize money, as 36 teams and nearly 110 bowlers participated, with 100 of them from out of town.
Nevada Athletics celebrated the single-largest donor gift in department history. This $4 million gift from Eric ’82 (mechanical engineering) and Linda Lannes, alongside two $2 million gifts from anonymous donors, will be key to continuing the growth of the Wolf Pack basketball programs. Thanks to this generous support, the north end of campus will soon be home to another state-of-the-art facility. Currently in the design phase and set to open by early 2024, the new Men’s & Women’s Basketball Locker Room Building will continue to build on the growth of the Wolf Pack basketball programs — housing brand new team locker rooms and player lounges for both the men’s and women’s teams.
T & H took home the title in the inaugural Next Home Shootout held Feb. 19-20 at Spare Time Bowl. Next Home Gold Rush Realty Sponsored $2,000 and Spare Time Bowl would like to thank Next Home Realty for their support and extra prizes. Next Home Shootout is a local’s tournament that had 12 teams and 36 local bowlers.
As the high school wrestling season closed out on Feb. 19, the Lowry High School wrestling team said goodbye to five seniors who were a part of the squad all four years, despite having their junior season wiped out due to Covid. Angel Huerta, Jesse Hawkins, Hunter Smith, Boni Jacinto and Jorge Ochoa were the lone seniors on the squad this year. Huerta, Hawkins, Smith and Jacinto competed in the state championships in Boulder City.
It seemed from day one of practice in November 2021 is was a state championship or bust for the Lowry High School girls basketball team. Prior to November 2021, the last time the Lady Bucks were on the floor was against Truckee in the regional tournament in February 2020 in Fallon. Lowry lost that game and then lost the 2020-21 season due to the Covid pandemic. Throw in a coaching change in that time frame, the return of four seniors and seven new players, expectations were still high.
On Saturday, Feb. 5, there were four games played in the Humboldt County Rural Basketball League. The first game of the day was D1 Kings River vs. Orovada. The final score was 26-24, with Orovada collecting the win.
The Nevada football program and the Mountain West announced the 2022 football schedule. Nevada opens the season at New Mexico State on Aug. 27.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team and Carlin like to play overtime games. When the two teams played on Feb. 10 in McDermitt, the Bulldogs overcame a seven-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win 59-58 in overtime. The two teams met again on Tuesday, Feb. 15, in McDermitt in the opening round of the Northern 1A East Regional Championships. The Railroaders won a coin toss over Wells to earn the No. 5 seed and the Bulldogs were hosting its first-ever playoff game. After a very slow start in the first half in which Carlin stalled for much of the first and second quarters, McDermitt won another overtime game 34-33 as the action picked up in the second half.
Playing with just five girls for much of the season, the McDermitt High School girls basketball team made its way into the Northern 1A East Regional Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs earned the No. 4 seed for the tournament and hosted Carlin, the No. 5 seed on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The two teams split their regular season meetings but it was not close as the teams battled for a spot in the regional semifinals. McDermitt controlled much of the contest in a 54-22 win.
The Lowry High School cheerleaders and dance team perform for the crowd during the Lowry/Spring Creek girls regional championship game on Saturday at the Winnemucca Event Center.
When the high school basketball season started back in November, not one Lowry High School boys basketball player had a minute of varsity experience on the floor. When the season came to an end this past weekend at the Winnemucca Event Center, the Buckaroos were one game away from reaching the state tournament. The dream and goal of making it to Las Vegas came up short on Friday night with a 63-18 loss to Elko. Lowry reached the semifinals after beating South Tahoe 52-38 on Thursday night.
In order for the Lowry High School wrestling team to return back to Winnemucca from Boulder City with a 17th state championship, everything and more would have had to go right for the Buckaroos. The tournament started well for Lowry, but the squad ran into a tough couple rounds and finished fourth as a team with 97 points. Elko won its first state title since 1989 with 145 points and Spring Creek made it close with 142.5 points. Boulder City was third with 102.5 points.
The last time the Lowry High School girls basketball team won the Northern 3A Regional Basketball championship was in 2016 on a buzzer-beater to beat Churchill County. It wasn’t a buzzer-beater in 2022 but the Lady Bucks had to rally from a rare fourth quarter deficit on Saturday afternoon at the Winnemucca Event Center to beat Spring Creek 53-47 and claim the regional title and improve to 25-3 on the season.
The Humboldt County Rural Basketball league continued its season with three games on Saturday, Feb. 5 in Orovada. The first game was Division I Paradise versus McDermitt. At the half McDermitt was ahead 12- 2, with Jaxon Morgan (15) scoring Paradise’s two points in the first quarter of the game. McDermitt’s points were spread out the first half, with Stephen Brown scoring two, Kiara Crutcher two, Alexis Smart two, Reign Crutcher two, Warrick Crutcher two and AJ Farmer two, totaling 12.