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.
Battle Mountain’s Max Villanueva and Avry Tucker qualified for the NIAA 2A State Boys Golf Championship that took place Monday and Tuesday at Toana Vista Golf Course in West Wendover. Results were unavailable at press time.
Battle Mountain’s Sruti Bhakta and Tristin Cordingley took home individual titles at the Northern 2A Regional Championships last weekend at Churchill County High School in Fallon. Bhakta, a senior, set a personal best in the pole vault at 8 feet to win the event. Bhakta added a fifth-place finish in the triple jump, with a personal-best leap of 28 feet, 9 inches. She set another personal best in the 100 meters with a time of 13.89 seconds. She will head to Las Vegas for the state championships in the pole vault.
The Battle Mountain Shorthorn track and field team competed in the Eureka Invite on April 20 The team came away with 17 personal bests, two season bests and six first-place finishes. Ben Disbro won both of his events with personal bests to lead the Shorthorns.
The Battle Mountain High School track and field team concluded its regular season this past Saturday in Winnemucca at the Lowry Invitational. Tristin Cordingley set a personal best in the shot put to win a gold medal with a toss of 44 feet, 5 inches. The senior also set a personal best in the discus with a toss of 120-6. Cody Ostler posted a pair of third-place finishes in the jumping events. The junior had a leap of 18-8 in the long jump and 38-8.50 in the triple jump. Aldo Castellanos was fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 38-7.50 and the sophomore was ninth in the 100-meter dash with time of 11.89 seconds. Isaiah Powell was fifth in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 18-5. Powell added a seventh-place outing in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 56.30.
The Battle Mountain High School softball team closed out its season at home on Friday against rival Pershing County. The contest was a make-up game from earlier in the season that was postponed due to weather. The Lady Longhorns gave the No. 3 seed all they could handle before dropping the contest 7-5. Battle Mountain finished the year 13-12 overall and 9-12 in the Northern 2A.
The University of Nevada athletics department saw its football program receive a Public Recognition Award as part of the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Programy. The APR program is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all NCAA programs. The Wolf Pack’s football team was in the top 10 percent of all of the teams in their respective sports to earn the Public Recognition Awards. This is the second straight year that Nevada football has been honored.
The Nevada football team will play at Iowa in 2022, the schools announced today. The game will be played on Sept. 17, 2022 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. It will be the Wolf Pack’s first-ever game against the Hawkeyes.
The Battle Mountain Junior High School track and field team competed in the White Pine Cougar Invite in Ely on Saturday, April 13. The team earned 35 personal bests and six season bests. Jolena Ayers earned three first-place finishes and a sixth place to lead the Shorthorns. The eighth-grader had a personal best in the triple Jump of 26 feet, 4 inches, a season best in the mile at 6 minutes, 7.6 seconds and the 400 meters at 1:11.9 for wins, and 6th in long jump with season best 12-9.
The Battle Mountain High School softball team will host Pershing County on Friday at noon to conclude the regular season. The contest is a make-up game from a postponement earlier in the season due to weather.
The Battle Mountain High School baseball team collected three wins last weekend over rival Pershing County. The series opened in Battle Mountain on Friday and the Longhorns needed just three innings to win 15-0 and end the game early due to the mercy rule. The Longhorns scored 13 runs in the first inning.
The Battle Mountain High School softball team made its way to Yerington last weekend and dropped three games to the Lions. Yerington swept a doubleheader on Friday, winning 12-3 and 8-7 and a single game on Saturday 5-2.