The games for Humboldt County Rural Basketball League, week 2, had to be postponed from Jan. 22 until this past weekend, due to health concerns regarding Covid. Nevertheless, this week’s games were worth the wait. The games were in Kings River and began at 10 a.m.
Money Mac was going to deliver, just as Joe Burrow did a few moments earlier and the Bengals’ defense did for the entire second half and more. They had come too far down this improbable road not to finish things off, even if history and the wrong end of a coin flip threatened to derail their best laid plans. Evan McPherson — aka Money Mac — was as good with his game winner as a handful of $100 bills, not to anyone’s surprise. This was a kicker, you might remember, who told teammates last week that they were going to the AFC championship game even before he hit the winning field goal to beat Tennessee.
Two years ago, the Cincinnati Bengals were the NFL’s worst team. Now they’re headed to the Super Bowl to play the Los Angeles Rams — in the Rams’ home stadium.
After missing a week of home games with Yerington and Silver Stage, the Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team returned to action last weekend with a road trip to Lake Tahoe.
After sitting out a week and missing home games with Yerington and Silver Stage, the Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team was back on the floor this past weekend with its sights on the postseason in a couple weeks.
This year the NIAA decided to extend the wrestling season out one extra week. The Battle Mountain High School wrestling team used that additional week to start their league matches as well get one last chance to wrestle some non-league matches.
The Battle Mountain NNA swim team began its 2022 season with the Blizzard Blast at the Carson Aquatic Center in Carson City from Jan. 14-16. Nevaeh Serna qualified for the 10 and under championships in Southern California. Serna won a number of events on the weekend, including the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 54.29 seconds, which was an .81-second improvement.
The Battle Mountain High School wrestling team wrapped up its major regular season tournament scheduled this past weekend in Fernley at the Walter Marrietta Vaquero Classic. The Longhorns finished seventh out of 25 teams with 132.5 points. Despite not having an individual champion, Lowry had five runner-up finishes on their way to the team title with 233.5 points. Douglas was second at 188.5 and Spanish Springs (170), Fernley (169.5) and Reed (148) rounded out the top five in the team standings.
The Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team picked up its first two league wins this past weekend as it went out on the road toward western Nevada. Battle Mountain was in Lovelock on Friday night and squeaked out a 52-50 victory over its rival. The Longhorns continued the road trip on Saturday in Reno against Coral Academy. Battle Mountain overcame a 10-point deficit in the first quarter to come back and win 59-45.
Due to a last-minute change the Battle Mountain High School wrestling team had to quickly alter their travel plans. The Horns were scheduled to wrestle in the annual Spring Creek tournament, but on Thursday afternoon that tournament was canceled and left them looking for a last-minute replacement.
The Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team made its case to possibly secure the No. 2 seed in the Northern 2A Regional Basketball championships and a possible first round bye with a pair of road wins this past weekend. Having the No. 2 or 3 seed will be important to secure in the postseason.
The Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team split a pair of games in its return to the floor after Christmas break, beating Wells 64-41 on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and losing to Incline 71-48 on Saturday afternoon in Battle Mountain. In the non-conference win at Wells, Battle Mountain had three players score in double figures. Dennis Wahl led the way with 16 points, Jr Vazquez and Terrance Fetterly added 10 points apiece. Aydan Samuelson netted eight points, Marcos Jimenez six, Jonathan Narramore five, Evan Gonzalez and Boden Machado three each and Sage Holt one.
The Battle Mountain High School girls basketball started the new year with a split of two games at home against Wells and Incline. Battle Mountain hosted Wells on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and rallied from a 17-4 deficit to beat the Leopards 38-30. The Lady Longhorns took on Incline on Saturday afternoon and suffered a 58-23 loss to the Highlanders to drop to 0-1 in the Northern 2A and 8-4 overall.
Due to COVID-19-related concerns within the Nevada women’s basketball program, the Wolf Pack’s games against Boise State on Thursday, Jan. 6, and at Air Force on Sunday, Jan. 9 were postponed.
A handful of local high school basketball games were postponed. The Lowry High School JV and girls basketball teams were set to play in Truckee on Thursday but new Covid restrictions have Truckee schools on a pause.