The Battle Mountain High School boys basketball team remained in the playoff hunt after picking up a victory over Silver Stage on the road this past week. The Longhorns were in action three times, dropping games to Pershing County and Yerington and are now 8-11 overall and 3-6 in the Northern 2A.
As the Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team hit the home stretch on the regular season, the squad is peaking at the right time. The Lady Longhorns collected three wins last week, beating rival Pershing County 39-35 on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Battle Mountain. The victory gave the Lady Longhorns the season sweep over the Mustangs.
The Battle Mountain High School wrestling team prepped for the postseason by closing out the Northern 2A Duals this past Friday in Battle Mountain. Battle Mountain defeated Yerington 54-24, Coral Academy 45-18, Excel Christian 36-9 and Pershing County 36-21 to finish the day 4-0 and 6-0 overall in the duals.
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.
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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.