Nevada Football has continued to rack up the preseason honors ahead of the 2021 campaign, landing a total of 33 selections, including 15 to the first teams, on the Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus (PFF) Preseason All-Mountain West Teams. The Pack’s 15 selections to the Phil Steele Preseason All-Mountain West Team shared the conference lead with Boise State and San Jose State, but its eight first-team selections far out-paced the field, being twice that of the next-best program (Fresno State, with four). On the PFF teams, Nevada led the way in both overall selections (19) and first-team nods (seven).
The Silver State International Rodeo concluded last week in Winnemucca after a weeks worth of performance for high school and junior high contestants. Contestants who finished fifth through 25th in an event during the season was eligible to compete in Winnemucca. Contestants as far away as Oklahoma made the trip to Nevada. Up next is the season finale and the National High School Finals Rodeo in Lincoln, Nebraska from July 18-24.
The seeds for this were planted nearly a year ago. The Phoenix Suns were in the middle of their eight-game unbeaten run inside the bubble at Walt Disney World last summer when someone asked coach Monty Williams if it was fun to be the feel-good story of the event. His answer was telling.
The Lander County Recreation Center is sponsoring a wrestling camp July 13-15, 2021. There will be two sessions per day. The first session is from 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. This session is open to all wrestlers. The second session is from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. and is open to wrestlers that will be in grades 5-12 during the upcoming school year. All sessions will take place in the Rec Center gym.
Winnemucca Regional Raceway held the Ty Scott Memorial on Friday night with six classes of racing including IMCA Modified, Hobby Stocks, Pure Stock, Dwarf, IMCA Stock Car and IMCA Sport Compact.
The Battle Mountain 10-12 year-old All-Stars traveled to Elko for the District 3 tournament that began this past Saturday. Battle Mountain opened play on Saturday morning and was defeated by Silverada. Battle Mountain was eliminated from the tournament on Sunday morning with a loss to the Elko Grey.
Nevada quarterback Carson Strong was named to The Sporting News’ “Top 25 QBs of 2021” list, checking in at No. 15. Strong, the only Mountain West quarterback to make the list, is coming off a 2020 campaign in which he was named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and to its First Team.
The Holiday Bowl will move downtown to Petco Park after its home of 42 years, Qualcomm Stadium, was razed. Holiday Bowl CEO Mark Neville confirmed the move. He and officials from the San Diego Padres will unveil renderings of how the ballpark will accommodate a football field. No date has been set for the 2021 game, which will be the first in a new five-year contract between the Pac-12 and ACC. Neville began looking at Petco Park as an option since it became apparent that Qualcomm Stadium’s lifespan was coming to an end after the NFL’s Chargers moved to Los Angeles following the 2016 season.
Serena Williams said she will not go to the Tokyo Olympics, but did not want to say why during her pre-Wimbledon video conference with reporters Sunday. “I’m actually not on the Olympic list. ... Not that I’m aware of. If so, then I shouldn’t be on it,” Williams said. The 39-year-old Williams has won four gold medals at past Summer Games for the United States: in both singles and doubles at the 2012 London Olympics — which held the tennis competition at the All England Club — and in doubles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. All of her doubles golds were won with her older sister, Venus, as her partner.
When the dust settled on the 2021 Reno Rodeo, there were some very happy rodeo contestants heading out of town. The rodeo marks the start of the busy summer rodeo season and winning here gives contestants momentum as they head into “Cowboy Christmas,” which includes all of the rodeos held over the Fourth-of-July Holiday.
The Lander County Recreation Center is sponsoring a wrestling camp July 13-15, 2021. There will be two sessions per day. The first session is from 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. This session is open to all wrestlers. The second session is from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. and is open to wrestlers that will be in grades 5-12 during the upcoming school year.
The Battle Mountain Little League 10-12 year-old, All-Star team will travel to Elko for the District 3 Tournament. Action gets under way on Saturday with four games.
A pair of Battle Mountain swimmers were in Reno the weekend of June 18-20 for the Reno Aquatic Club Gamble. Hot weather and delays greeted the swimmers as competition was delayed three times due to lightning.
Battle Mountain Raceway featured two nights of racing this past Father’s Day weekend on Friday and Saturday, Drivers from around the area competed in the IMCA Modified division, Hobby Stocks, Mini-Gen X, Dwarf and Mini Sprints. Kart races were held on Saturday morning. The next scheduled races is set for July 16-17.
The Battle Mountain Little League 10-12 year-old All-Stars played host to the District 3 Tournament this past weekend. Battle Mountain opened the tournament with a win over Ruby Mountain on Saturday afternoon. Battle Mountain dropped a winner's bracket game to White Pine on Sunday morning and was eliminated from the tournament later on Sunday with a loss to Ruby Mountain. Ruby Mountain and White Pine played for the District 3 championship on Monday, with the winner advancing to Yerington for the state tournament to be held July 16-18.