With cancellations and postponements, a number of high school basketball teams were forces to make a number of games at the end of the season. It was no different for the McDermitt High School boys, who had to play four games in four days to end the regular season. McDermitt traveled to Eureka on Wednesday, Feb. 9, and were defeated 63-48. The Bulldogs returned home on Thursday, Feb. 10, and beat Carlin 59-58 in overtime.
The McDermitt High School girls basketball team finished its regular season with a win in three games, but that victory allowed the Lady Bulldogs to host an opening-round game in the Northern 1A East Regional Championships. McDermitt traveled to Eureka on Wednesday, Feb. 9, and lost 57-30 to the Vandals.
The Lowry High School boys basketball team fought through the final week of the regular season two pick up two wins in three games to secure the No. 3 seed from the Northern 3A East in this week Northern 3A Regional Championships in Winnemucca. The Buckaroos ended the regular season at 14-10 overall, 5-5 in the Northern 3A East and 11-5 in the Northern 3A. “I wish we were the No. 2 seed but we had one bad weekend on the road and that cost us,” said LHS coach Chad Peters. “We win one game that weekend and we are a No. 2 seed and don’t have to go through Elko in the semifinals. If you would have bet me at the beginning of the year that this team would be where they are and playing like they are I would tell you that you are crazy.”
After battling through injuries and sickness throughout the season, the Lowry High School wrestling team looked to steal away a Northern 3A Regional Championship this past weekend in Spring Creek. The Buckaroos had a strong weekend and will qualify 12 grapplers for the state tournament but came up just short in the team standings. Elko, which has one of its strongest groups in recent memory, held on to its first-day lead and won with 284 points. Lowry was second at 247.50 and Spring Creek (235), Fernley (168) and South Tahoe (136) rounded out the top five.
ELKO —It was quite the start to the month of February for the Lowry High School girls basketball team. The Lady Bucks wrapped up a stretch of seven games in 12 days and five in six to finish the Northern 3A perfect at 16-0, the Northern 3A East at 10-0 and a 22-3 record overall. “It's so draining,” said Lowry senior Hannah Whitted. “I like playing basketball but that is a lot of basketball. We are getting there. We have had a couple setbacks during the season but we're going to be ready to go.” Lowry played five games last week to wrap up the regular season, including an emotional, hard-fought 61-57 win over Spring Creek on Friday night in Winnemucca as part of senior night.
NASCAR was the big winner at its glossy Los Angeles gala held inside Memorial Coliseum. In need of an energy boost ahead of its upcoming season, NASCAR broke its dated mold and staged an experimental exhibition race inside one of the most iconic venues in sports. The race itself on a temporary quarter-mile asphalt oval was a sideshow in Sunday’s made-for-Fox Sports spectacular. Just how successful was the Busch Light Clash? Two losing drivers high-fived a pair of NASCAR senior executives as they passed in the USC locker room.
Last week started out a high note for the Lowry High School boys basketball team, but the end saw the Buckaroos drop two games and drop in the Northern 3A East standings. Lowry opened last week with a 56-45 win over Churchill County on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Winnemucca. The game was made up after being postponed from Jan. 28.
As the regular season is coming to an end the calendar is going to be a busy one for the Lowry High School girls basketball team. The Lady Bucks were on the court for three games last week and remained perfect in the Northern 3A after two wins over Fernley and a road victory at Dayton. Lowry hosted Fernley on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in a game that was rescheduled from mid-January. The Lady Bucks got off to a slow start but cruised to a 58-35 win. Lowry headed to Lyon County this past weekend and knocked off Dayton 65-16 on Friday night and beat Fernley 56-39 in a rough and physical match-up.
The Lowry High School wrestling team began its run to the state championships with the Northern 3A Duals this past weekend at North Valleys High School in Reno.
The games for Humboldt County Rural Basketball League, week 2, had to be postponed from Jan. 22 until this past weekend, due to health concerns regarding Covid. Nevertheless, this week’s games were worth the wait. The games were in Kings River and began at 10 a.m.
After playing just five games in the month of January, the Lowry High School girls basketball team is going to get its fair share and much more as the season hits the month of February. The Lady Bucks will play eight games between Feb. 1-12 to close out the regular season, including five games in six days from Feb. 7-12. A handful of those games were moved due to Covid from other schools and Lowry playing in preseason tournaments. Lowry ran its winning streak to six games and improved to 14-3 overall, 4-0 in the Northern 3A East and 8-0 in the Northern 3A wins after two victories last week.
Money Mac was going to deliver, just as Joe Burrow did a few moments earlier and the Bengals’ defense did for the entire second half and more. They had come too far down this improbable road not to finish things off, even if history and the wrong end of a coin flip threatened to derail their best laid plans. Evan McPherson — aka Money Mac — was as good with his game winner as a handful of $100 bills, not to anyone’s surprise. This was a kicker, you might remember, who told teammates last week that they were going to the AFC championship game even before he hit the winning field goal to beat Tennessee.
Two years ago, the Cincinnati Bengals were the NFL’s worst team. Now they’re headed to the Super Bowl to play the Los Angeles Rams — in the Rams’ home stadium.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team was hoping for a little magic Friday night in its match-up with league-leading Owyhee. It was Winterfest week for the Bulldogs and in addition, Cindy Sherburn, a long-time coach and teacher at McDermitt Combined School, was honored. Friends and family remembered the teacher and coach, famous for her tie-dye shirts. Sherburn, who had the weight room dedicated to her passed away in August of 2021.