Lowry High School senior Sierra Maestrejuan was named to the Northern 3A all-league, second team, which is chosen by the 10 coaches in the Northern 3A. Maestrejuan led the Lady Bucks in scoring with 10 points a game, to go with 5.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 2.3 assists a game. Lowry sophomores Jovi Kuskie, Emily Backus and Hannah Whitted were named to the honorable mention team. Kuskie averaged 8.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.8 assists a game. Backus also averaged 8.5 points a game, to go with 2.6 steals, 1.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists a game.
Lowry High School senior Kobe Stoker was named to the Northern 3A all-league, first team, selected by the 10 coaches in the Northern 3A. Stoker was third in scoring on the Buckaroos, with 14.5 points a game. He added 5.6 rebounds a game and one assist and one steal a game. In addition, Stoker was named to the all-state, second team.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) has announced the suspension of NIAA sanctioned sports for all of its member schools effective Monday, March 16 until further notice. Member schools and/or districts, as a local decision, may suspend sports at their school prior to March 16. The Legislative Commission of the NIAA consisting of the superintendents of the Nevada school districts with NIAA member schools, took action on Friday to suspend non-essential activities at schools which includes NIAA sanctioned sports.
There were thoughts of holding a senior day as the Lowry High School baseball team opened the Northern 3A season against Spring Creek on Saturday in Winnemucca. Even though it was the first weekend of play in the Northern 3A, the season was suspended starting Monday by the NIAA due to the ongoing cornoavirus.
Before the announcement by the NIAA to suspend all high school spring sports and activities, the Lowry High School boys golf team was in Spring Creek for a preseason icebreaker tournament.
The Lowry High School softball team had not played a league game in the Northern 3A, but knew its season was being suspended beginning on Monday. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced late Friday afternoon that all activities were being suspended starting Monday. With that in mind, the Lady Bucks took to the field Saturday morning in Winnemucca to take on Spring Creek in the Northern 3A opener for both teams.
The Lowry High School track and field team opened its year last Saturday with a league meet at Elko High School. The Lowry girls finished second in the team standings with 95 points, while Spring Creek was first at 198. Elko (94), Battle Mountain (49) and Eureka (48) rounded out the top five.
Given the current status of COVID-19, the Mountain West Board of Directors has suspended all spring sport competitions indefinitely. The health and well-being of student-athletes, as well as the campus and general communities, is of utmost priority. Therefore, the Board has determined the most prudent course of action is to align with the recommendations of public health care and government officials to help limit the spread of the virus.
The Winnemucca Junior High School wrestling team was in Fernley last Saturday in the latest round of the Tah-Neva schedule. In the eighth-grade division, Landon Esquivel, Brayden Casalez and Roan Hornbarger took home first-place honors. Diego Contreras, Kaylub Prather and Clinton McNair picked up runner-up finishes.
The Lowry High School softball team was able to get three games in at the Franklin Preseason Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., last weekend before Mother Nature washed out the final day.
As U.S. sports leagues weigh whether to bar fans from ballparks and stadiums to help stall the coronavirus outbreak, San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is one of the few players who can tell them exactly what that feels like. “It’s not very fun,” he said. Samardzija pitched for the Chicago White Sox in a 2015 game played without fans in Baltimore due to civil unrest in the city. It was a bizarre scene at Camden Yards — a sun-drenched stadium, empty except for the teams — but something that has already become common internationally and could happen in the U.S. if there’s no slowdown to the spread of the COVID-19 strain that has infected more than 100,000 people worldwide. The global virus outbreak has caused concern about cramming tens of thousands of fans in for games that technically can go on without them. Sports leagues in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have already locked supporters out of venues, and the NBA sent a memo to its franchises Friday warning them to prepare for the possibility that it may have to host games without fans.
It was a mixed bag of results for the Lowry High School baseball this past weekend, competing in the Mike Bearman tournament. The Buckaroos played four games in three days in three cities. “The biggest thing that hurt us this weekend was our pitching,” said LHS coach Benny Martinez. “We gave up way too many walks and hit batters. Still, I thought it was a weekend we could build one.”
Coming off back-to-back winning seasons and bowl game appearances, the University of Nevada has agreed to a new five-year contract with head football coach Jay Norvell. Norvell has guided the Wolf Pack to 15 wins over the past two seasons, including victories over a pair of Power 5 opponents. The Wolf Pack went 8-5 and beat Arkansas State in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl in 2018 before recording a seven-win regular season in 2019, which included Nevada’s first-ever road victory over a top-25 team with its win over San Diego State and an appearance in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Imagine an NCAA Tournament with no fans in the arenas. What normally would be thought an impossibility isn’t so far-fetched as the United States and the rest of the world attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
