The Battle Mountain High School volleyball team made its senior night exciting for the fans and its four seniors this Friday night in Battle Mountain. The Lady Longhorns closed out their regular-season against West Wendover and beat the Wolverines in a five-set thriller 25-19, 17-25, 25-12, 22-25 and 16-14 to finish the regular season at 10-11-4 and 5-8 and fifth place in the Northern 2A.
The Battle Mountain NNA Swim Team was in Carson City from Oct. 22-24 for the 2021 King of the Hill Challenge at the Carson City Aquatic Center. The state finals will be held Nov. 11-5 in Carson City, as Zane Hall, Daxon Bakker, Saige Bakker and Nevaeh Serna have qualified in at least one event. At the King of the Hill Challenge, Daxon Bakker was fifth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 36.38 seconds and fifth in the 50-yard breaststroke at 1:06.71.
Entering the regular-season finale, the Battle Mountain High School pretty much knew its playoff fate the following week. The Longhorns were all but locked into the No. 3 seed in the Northern 2A, but an upset loss to West Wendover on Friday night would drop Battle Mountain to the No. 4 seed and a meeting with Yerington. There would be no upset on senior night at Tim Knight Field, as Battle Mountain ran away with a 41-0 win to finish the regular season at 6-2 and 5-2 in league play.
Entering the regular-season finale, the Battle Mountain High School pretty much knew its playoff fate the following week. The Longhorns were all but locked into the No. 3 seed in the Northern 2A, but an upset loss to West Wendover on Friday night would drop Battle Mountain to the No. 4 seed and a meeting with Yerington. There would be no upset on senior night at Tim Knight Field, as Battle Mountain ran away with a 41-0 win to finish the regular season at 6-2 and 5-2 in league play.
The Battle Mountain NNA swim team was in Roseville, Calif., for the CCA Spook-Tacular, which included 23 teams and 882 swimmers. Nevaeh Serna cut nearly 13 seconds off her time in the 200-yard individual medley to place fourth with a time of 2:59.30. She placed eighth in the 100-yard freestyle at 1:13.18, a .91-second improvement and she knocked off 6.44 seconds in the 100-yard individual medley to finish ninth with a time of 1:22.60.
The Battle Mountain High School girls soccer team closed out its home schedule this past Thursday night against rival Pershing County at Tim Knight Field.
The Battle Mountain High School boys cross country team wrapped up its regular season this past Friday afternoon in Carson City at the Sierra Lutheran High School Dave Marson Trail Race.
The Battle Mountain High School volleyball team wrapped up its final regular season road trip of the season this past weekend. Battle Mountain was in Lovelock on Friday to take on rival Pershing County.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association was back in action in Elko on Oct. 8-10. And once again local clubs shined at the competition. Emma Garijo turned a strong performance for the Humboldt County Rodeo Club, winning the barrel racing average with a combined time of 31.646 seconds. She won the first performance at 15.873 and was third in the second performance in a time of 15.773. Garijo also earned all-around cowgirl honors. In addition, Garijo led the way in pole bending with an average time of 42.345.
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The Pershing County soccer team has four more goals to its credit. Last Thursday, Oct. 21, they traveled to Battle Mountain to play the Longhorns. The game tied up at zero for the first 20 minutes. That’s when Yasmin Acosta found the goal and took a shot. Within minutes, Kylee Fuller took a rebound off a Battle Mountain player and blasted it past their goalkeeper, ending the half at 2-0.
One of the longest-running rivalries was back on the field this past Friday night in Lovelock, as the Battle Mountain High School football team took on Pershing County at Joe Yanni Field. The Longhorns locked up a playoff spot and the likely No. 3 seed in the NIAA State Championships with a 45-22 win to improve to 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the Northern 2A.
Carson Strong passed for 395 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns and Nevada pulled away after halftime to beat Hawaii 34-17 in Mountain West Conference play on Saturday.
The Battle Mountain High School cross country team made its way to Wells this past Friday afternoon for the Wells Invitational at Chimney Rock Golf Course. Sophomore Spencer Thompson placed 29th in the varsity boys race with a time of 23:46 and fellow sophomore Julian Sosa was 33rd in a time of 24:18.
The Battle Mountain High School girls golf team closed out its fall season at the NIAA 2A State Championships on Oct. 12-13 at Toiyabe Golf Club in Washoe Valley.