The Winnemucca Junior High School seventh-grade girls basketball team finished its season in style with three wins last weekend in Reno and Spring Creek. Winnemucca traveled to Reno on Friday, Oct. 18, and doubled up Shaw Middle School in a 52-26 victory. Britian Backus equaled the total of Shaw with 26 points. Natalee Formby and Bailey Elordi each netted eight points. Olivia Espinola added four points and Katee Cassinelli, Lauren Fettic and Allison Green each had two points. Winnemucca hit the road the following day and defeated Spring Creek’s team one. Backus and Trea Northrup paced the Warriors with nine and eight points, respectively.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team was back home Tuesday to begin its final three home matches of the season. The Lady Bucks took on Spring Creek and lost 1-0. The Spartans scored the lone goal of the match in the ninth minute to remain in fourth place and final playoff spot in the Northern 3A. Spring Creek had a goal called back in the 18th minute on an offside call and also missed a penalty kick in the 37th minute after Lowry was called for a foul in the 18-yard box.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team rounded its road schedule this past weekend with a pair of losses. Lowry was in Incline on Friday afternoon and lost 2-1. All of the scoring came in the first half. The Lady Bucks' season improvement continued after dropping the first meeting 5-1 in Winnemucca.
Perhaps the Lowry High School football team could have done without its bye week. The Buckaroos had a week off after scoring 48 points against North Valleys and 61 at South Tahoe. Lowry was scheduled to play Dayton on Oct. 11 for its original homecoming game, but the game was canceled. The Dust Devils did not field a football program this year. Lowry was back on the field this past Friday night in Elko, with a home playoff game at stake for the Buckaroos. However, Elko celebrated its homecoming game with a 32-21 win, scoring two touchdowns in the first quarter in a 58 second span. “It is what it is,” said LHS coach Taua Cabatbat. “We had some miscues that hurt us tonight. It was senior night for them and homecoming. We knew what they were going to bring to the table. I was a little worried about shaking off the rust. You could see we were rusty at the start. We have not made those kind of turnovers all year.”
For the first time this year, the Lowry High School cross country team competed as one group in each of the boys and girls division in the regular-season finale on Friday afternoon at Chimney Creek Golf Course in Wells. “It was blustery and cold race but the kids still ran well,” said LHS coach Kathy Norcutt. “We trained throughout the week with not much rest. The boys had four personal-best times.”
For nearly 35 minutes on Saturday afternoon, it looked like the Lowry High School boys soccer team was going to get routed by South Tahoe in its final home match on a cool, windy and wet day. The Vikings, who beat the Buckaroos 5-0 earlier in the season, jumped out to a 3-0 lead after 29 minutes of play, and were on their way to handing Lowry a crucial loss in the playoff picture. However, Lowry battled back with two goals in the final six minutes of the first half and scored two more in the second half, including the winning goal in stoppage time to shock South Tahoe 4-3. It was the first win in school history for the Buckaroos over the Vikings. “Just another crazy game,” said LHS coach Steve Swanson. “That is probably the greatest game for Lowry boys soccer against the only team in the league that we have never beaten. We got down 3-0 and fought all the way back.”
AP Top 25 voters are being tougher on Clemson than any preseason No. 1 team in 48 years. The undefeated defending national champion Tigers are now No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll presented by Regions Bank. Alabama was No. 1 in the Top 25 on Sunday, followed by LSU and Ohio State at No. 3. The point gap between Alabama and Clemson is 78 this week, the smallest margin between Nos. 1 and 4 this season.
The home schedule for the Lowry High School volleyball came to a quick end last weekend, as the Lady Bucks hosted Dayton and South Tahoe in the final home matches of the season. Lowry hosted its annual pink match on Friday night and suffered a 25-14, 25-22 and 25-8 loss to Dayton. The Lady Bucks led by as many as five points in the second set, before the Dust Devils rallied. Lowry also held an advantage midway through the first set.
Gail Piquet shot a low-gross score of 43 to win the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club eclectic tournament Tuesday at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course. Lori Warnert was low net in the first flight at 26.5 and Linda Dufurrena (32) was second.
The Lowry High School girls golf team closed out the regular season on Monday at Sierra Sage Golf Course in Reno. Angelina Martinez paced the Lady Bucks with a round of 95, to finish fourth overall. Teammate Kaitlyn Hales also broke 100 and carded a 99 to place sixth. Bailey Hayes tied for seventh with two others and rounded out the Lowry scores at 101. Hayes was named to the Northern 3A first team, while Martinez and Hales earned second-team honors. All three Lowry golfers will be headed to Boulder City for the NIAA 3A State Championships on Monday and Tuesday. Elko, Truckee and Spring Creek will be sending full teams to southern Nevada. Elko led the way in Reno with a 404, Spring Creek (431) was second and Churchill County (462) was third. South Tahoe (468) and Fernley (555) were fourth and fifth, respectively.
After starting the season with growing pains with a new roster and coach, the Lowry High School girls soccer team is beginning to make strides on the field. The Lady Bucks picked up their first point in the Northern 3A last weekend against Sparks and earned a 1-1 tie on Tuesday against Churchill County in Winnemucca. The Greenwave won the first meeting 8-0 in Fallon. “It was right there for the taking,” said first-year LHS head coach Misty Stene. “We had 20 shots on goal and controlled possession for much of the game. I am very happy with the girls. They beat us 8-0 last time. I am thrilled with the improvement from the girls. We are on an upswing and I am excited.”
The final playoffs spots in the Northern 3A boys soccer league will likely be decided on the final day of the regular season. Third through eighth-place is separated by just six points and only the top five teams qualify for the Northern 3A Regional Championships next month in Fallon. Lowry (6-5-2) is looking to end a three-year playoff drought and sits in a tie for fifth place with Truckee. Sparks (11-0-1), South Tahoe (9-4) North Tahoe (7-5-2) and North Valleys (7-5-1) stand above the Buckaroos in the standings. Elko (5-4-4) is just one point behind Lowry and owns the tiebreaker over the Buckaroos.
Battle Mountain's Destiny Villanueva and Adrianna Robles took part in the NIAA 2A State Golf Championships at Toana Vista Golf Course on Monday and Tuesday in West Wendover.
The Battle Mountain High School girls soccer team celebrated homecoming week with a 2-0 win over West Wendover. Adalynn Ortiz gave the Lady Longhorns a 1-0 lead in the first half and Zarina Ceja provided an insurance goal for Battle Mountain in the second half. The victory was the first to for the Lady Longhorns in league play this season.
Known more for their running, the Rebels used a big pass play en route to an upset victory over Vanderbilt. Kenyon Oblad threw for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Chad Magyar rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown and UNLV beat Vanderbilt 34-10 on Saturday.