The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) held a board of control meeting on Tuesday, June 18 and proposed some significant changes that would affect Lowry High School athletics in the years to come. All proposed changes still have to be approved and/or added to the Nevada Administrative Codes. The Northern 3A could be split into east and west divisions under the proposed changes, with Truckee, Sparks, South Tahoe, and three teams moved from 4A/5A comprising the West.
The Battle Mountain Little League 10-12 year-old stars traveled to Yerington this past weekend for the District 3 Tournament. Battle Mountain claimed the championship, beating Ruby Mountain (Spring Creek) 13-2, White Pine 12-1 and White Pine 19-8.
University of Nevada senior guard Cody Martin was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 36th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft held tonight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Martin returns to his home state as he is from Mocksville, N.C. Martin is the first Wolf Pack player selected in the NBA Draft since Luke Babbitt and Armon Johnson were taken in the 2010 NBA Draft. Babbitt was the 16th pick of the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves and Johnson was the 34th overall selection by the Portland Trail Blazers. Martin played two seasons for the Pack and helped the team capture back-to-back Mountain West regular season titles. Nevada advanced to the NCAA Tournament each season and reached the Sweet 16 in 2018.
The Reno Rodeo, which kicks off for ten-days on June 20, has a full slate of family-friendly events and activities including Kids’ Day, Mutton Bustin’ and Special Kids’ Rodeo, all of which are sure to fill the days with memorable experiences for the whole family.
A two-time conference champion in swimming and a three-time All-Mountain West football star have been selected as the recipients of the year’s most outstanding senior student-athlete awards at the University of Nevada for 2018-19. Rebecca Murray, who won back-to-back MW titles in the 100 freestyle as a junior and senior to go along with a slew of academic honors including Nevada’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award this spring, was voted the winner of the Ruth I. Russell Award as Nevada’s outstanding female senior student-athlete.
Steve Kerr still considers Golden State an ideal fit for Kevin Durant. Whether Durant sees it that way going into free agency next month, Kerr isn't about to guess. Especially now that the two-time NBA Finals MVP is headed for what could be a yearlong recovery from surgery for a ruptured right Achilles tendon.
The preliminary fall schedules for Battle Mountain High School have been released. The schedules are subject to change at anytime. For updates on the schedule visit www.nnvd1a.org.
In its first 50 years, the Governor’s Dinner has seen appearances from Hall of Fame athletes to all-time Wolf Pack great to legendary coaches. The 51st annual Governor’s Dinner adds a new twist on Northern Nevada’s premier summer social event: an evening with horse racing’s royalty. Bob Baffert, a two-time Triple Crown winner and a five-time Kentucky Derby champion as a trainer, and Mike Smith, a Hall of Fame jockey who rode Justify to the Triple Crown last year, will headline the Nevada athletics department annual event on the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City next month.
The Nevada State High School Finals Rodeo was held in Las Vegas for junior high on May 24-25 and high schools competed May 26-28. Battle Mountain was the only local team to bring back first place finishes, but Lovelock and Humboldt County also qualified cowboys and/or cowgirls to compete in the National Finals. The top four finishers in each event at state go on to the National Finals in Wyoming, while places 5-15 will go to the Silver State International Rodeo (SSIR) in Winnemucca.
Lander County commissioners considered the dissolution of the Livestock Event Center Advisory Board but after discussion decided they will advertise the vacant seats and fill the five-person board.
For 27 years, the Joshua L. Anderson Memorial Foundation has been awarding college scholarships to Northern Nevada students who played high school baseball or softball, while achieving academic excellence and maintaining a high level of community and school activities. The Foundation has announced 12 new recipients, awarding $45,000 in scholarships for 2019.
Battle Mountain’s Max Villanueva took part in the NIAA 2A Boys State Golf Championships on May 13-14 at Toana Vista Golf Course in West Wendover. Villanueva carded rounds of 113 and 111 for a 224 over the two days.
The Battle Mountain Shorthorn finished the season with its home meet on May 10 with 10 teams competing. The team ended the day with 22 personal bests, two season bests, and eight-first-place finishes. Ben Disbro earned four personal bests in his events, with three of them first-place finishes to complete his eighth-grade year. He earned first in the shot put with a best throw of 32 feet, 2.75 inches, first in the discus with a throw of 117-6.2 and first in the triple jump with a leap of 27-5. He was third in the long jump with a jump of 13-10.
The Battle Mountain High School track and field team closed out its season this past weekend at the NIAA State Championships at Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas. The Longhorns brought home one individual title, with Cody Ostler winning the triple jump. The junior broke through the 43 foot barrier and had a personal-best leap of 43 feet, 1 inch to win by over a foot over Yerington’s Donavan Coplin.
It took until Tuesday afternoon for the Battle Mountain High School baseball team to know for sure that it was playing in the Northern 2A Regional Championship later in the week.