BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School varsity boys basketball team opened league play against arguably two of the best teams in the 3A and suffered two defeats to Elko and Lowry.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School varsity girls basketball team had the tough task of opening its Ruby Mountain League schedule against two of the toughest teams in the 3A.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School wrestling team made the trip across Interstate 80 last weekend for the 12th annual Vaquero Classic against the top 4A, 3A and 2A teams in northern Nevada.
RENO - James (Fred) Huckaby is one of eight northern Nevadans who will be inducted into the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame next month.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School junior varsity boys basketball team was saddled with three road games in five days last week, losing all three but staying close in two of them in the final minutes.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School varsity girls basketball team picked up its first win in league play this year with a 48-31 victory over West Wendover on Friday. The victory ended an eight-game losing streak for the Lady Longhorns.
The Battle Mountain High School wrestling team hosted eight other schools from the Northern 2A and 3A last Saturday for the Battle Mountain Brawl, a round-robin style of tournament. No team scores were kept in the competition, which included schools from Battle Mountain, Lowry, Tonopah, Pershing County, Elko, Spring Creek, Fernley, Round Mountain and White Pine. Battle Mountain travels to Rite of Passage for the Northern 3A duals this Friday and Saturday. Photos by Tony Erquiaga.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School junior varsity boys basketball team made the short trip to Winnemucca on Friday, giving Lowry fits in the first quarter before falling to the Buckaroos 50-24.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School junior varsity girls basketball team made its final road trip of the season with the quick jaunt to Winnemucca on Friday afternoon to face Lowry.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School varsity boys basketball team faced two of the best 3A teams in the state in a four-day span.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School varsity girls basketball team ran into the wrong school on the wrong night in its trip to Winnemucca on Friday to face Lowry.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - This past weekend the Battle Mountain High School wrestling team traveled to Rite of Passage to compete in the Northern 2A League Duals Championships.
Battle Mountain High School celebrated Winterfest last week with a number of activities, culminating with the announcement of the king and queen at halftime of the boys varsity basketball game against West Wendover on Friday. James Willingham was named king and Katherine Jenae Franco queen.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School junior varsity boys basketball team may have won just one of its final three games, but head coach Worth Nelson was pleased with the play to end the year.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - In one of its highest-scoring games of the year, the Battle Mountain High School junior varsity girls basketball team knocked off West Wendover 52-36 at home on Friday afternoon.