Just a few days after suffering its worst loss of the season, the Lowry High School girls soccer team took out its frustrations against Pershing County on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in Lovelock. The Lady Bucks blanked the Mustangs 11-0, in a match shortened by the NIAA mercy rule.
Ladies Golf Results —
It was scheduled to be another doubleheader week for the Lowry High School girls golf team. The Buckaroos traveled to Dayton and the Arnold Palmer designed Dayton Valley Country Club on Monday, Sept. 23.
The Battle Mountain High School boys soccer team were back home this past weekend during its homecoming week.
The Lowry High School cross country team made a trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountains this past Saturday for the Truckee Cross Country Invitational. The Buckaroos ran in the junior varsity portion of the 3.1-mile race, with sophomore Alyla Thomas winning the girls JV race in a time of 21 minutes, 46 seconds.
The McDermitt High School volleyball team collected its fifth win in six matches and stand in an excellent spot for the postseason in November. McDermitt hosted Owyhee on Saturday afternoon and cruised to a three-set sweep to improve to 5-2 in the 1A East.
Verner Chiropractic won the regular season and postseason tournament in the Men's Golf League this year.
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.