The Battle Mountain High School football team took to the road last Friday with the tough task of taking on the defending 2A state champion Yerington Lions.
The Battle Mountain High School girls soccer team picked up one win and two losses in its last three matches. The Lady Longhorns were at home on Saturday, Oct. 1, and beat West Wendover 4-0 for their first Northern 2A victory of the season. Battle Mountain scored three times in the first 40 minutes of play and never looked back.
The Battle Mountain High School cross country team made the short trip to Winnemucca on Friday afternoon for the Lowry Invitational at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course. Battle Mountain freshmen Ivy Petersen was 16th in the girls varsity race with a time of 28 minutes, 2 seconds and senior Lilly Peterson placed 18th at 36:30.
The inaugural Winnemucca Cup was played in a two-series event that started on Oct. 1 and will continue Oct. 22. The high desert of northern Nevada is the setting to determine the seeding and who will be the Western United States 9s men’s champion. Winnemucca will also crown the USA Women’s 9s National Champion.
For the first time since the end of August, the Battle Mountain High School volleyball team was back on its home floor. The Lady Longhorns celebrated homecoming week with matches against Silver Stage and Yerington. Battle Mountain swept the Nighthawks on Friday 25-17, 25-21, 25-20 and lost to Yerington 25-15, 25-14 and 25-14 and are now 3-4 in the Northern 2A and 8-11 overall.
The Battle Mountain High School girls golf team traveled to West Wendover on Wednesday, Sept. 28, to play at Toana Vista Golf Course. That will be the same site for the Northern 2A East Regional Championship on Oct. 13.
The Battle Mountain High School cross country team made its way through Northern Nevada last week with two meets. The week started out in Sparks on Tuesday, Sept. 27, for the Reed Invitational at Shadow Mountain Park. The meet was postponed earlier in the year due to smoke in the area. The Northern 1A/2A Regional Championships will take place later in October at Shadow Mountain Park.
It didn’t take long for the Battle Mountain High School football team to make a statement on homecoming night this past Friday at Tim Knight Field. The Longhorns scored 14 points in just over three minutes on one offensive play and cruised to a 46-0 win over Silver Stage to improve to 3-0 in the Northern 2A and 4-1 overall.
The Battle Mountain NNA swim team fought through smoky conditions and canceled events as it traveled to Minden from Sept. 16-18 for the Molly Lahlum Memorial Autumn Freeze.
Mother Nature provided an excellent day for the Battle Mountain High School girls golf team to host its tournament this past Thursday at Mountain View Golf Course.
The Battle Mountain High School girls soccer team hit the road last week for a pair of league matches. The Lady Longhorns made their way to Lovelock on Wednesday, Sept. 21, and suffered a 2-1 loss to the Lady Mustangs in Northern 2A action. After a day off, Battle Mountain was back on the bus this past Thursday for a road trip to Ely.
It may not have been the prettiest at times on Friday night at Tim Knight Field in Battle Mountain but the Battle Mountain High School football team picked up an important victory in the Northern 2A with a 21-9 win over Incline. The Longhorns improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the Northern 2A and have won three games in a row.
The Battle Mountain High School volleyball team picked up its first Northern 2A victory of the year, with a four-set triumph this past Friday in West Wendover.
The Battle Mountain High School girls golf team continues to show improvement, as scores improved at its latest tournament at Ruby View Golf Course in Elko on Wednesday, Sept. 14.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association was in Ely on Sept. 9-10 for the White Pine High School Rodeo. Humboldt County’s Emma Garijo won the barrel racing average with a combined time of 25.450 seconds. She took home the top spot in the opening performance with a time of 17.659 and was the runner-up in the second performance at 17.791. Garijo added a sixth-place finish in pole bending.