Predictions can be dangerous. But the one Jordan McKinney made at the end of last softball season is coming true. This past Saturday the Mustangs softball team hosted the Silver Stage Nighthawks for the last two games of a tripleheader. It started in Silver Springs on Tuesday and came home on Saturday.
Pershing County baseball scored its first win of the season on Saturday (6-5). It was the last of a 3-game series against the Silver Stage Nighthawks. The week started on Tuesday with a 12-2 loss in Silver Springs. On Saturday, the Mustangs and Nighthawks played for a Lovelock crowd. The Mustangs lost the first game 16-1.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski refused to let his players ponder the possibility of facing North Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament after the Blue Devils had punched their Final Four ticket with a win over Arkansas. They have no choice but to think about it now.
Winning by now should be old hat for Scottie Scheffler. Sunday in the Dell Technologies Match Play was special for so many reasons, and the new No. 1 player in the world couldn’t hide it. Moments after Scheffler closed out Kevin Kisner on the 15th hole to win for the third time in five starts, the 25-year-old Texan was overcome by tears and hugs, from his wife to his parents and sisters and pretty much everyone who could get a piece of him at Austin Country Club. From a top junior in Dallas to four years as a Texas Longhorn to his time outside the ropes at the Match Play watching the world’s best, all Scheffler wanted to do was play alongside them.
Standing at the top of the ladder, Lexie Hull got the final snip with the scissors, drawing one of the loudest cheers of the night as she draped the net around her neck. Hull did all she could to get defending national champion Stanford back to her hometown for the Spokane Regional. Then, she became the catalyst for getting the Cardinal back to the women’s Final Four.
It was the last day of winter and felt like it. The Pershing County track and field team competed in the Mark Smith “Smitty” track on Saturday. Sunday, was the first day of spring.
Incline posed a challenge to the Pershing County High School baseball team over the week. Pershing County hosted the Highlanders on Monday and lost 21-1 in a rough start to league play.
The Pershing County softball team started league play last Monday. They opened on their home field with a final score of 15-0 against the visiting Incline Highlanders. Saturday the Mustangs traveled to the Pete Livermore Complex in Carson City for the last two games of the series. Lovelock came out on top in both games 17-2 and 21-5.
The Pershing County baseball team traveled to Virginia City on Friday. They faced the Virginia City Muckers. The Mustangs lost both games of the non-conference doubleheader by 16-1. “We saw a very good Virginia City team that should be pretty dominant in the 1A this year,” said Coach Jared Jensen. “We are a young and inexperienced team that lost a lot of playing time due to the pandemic.”
This past Friday was a hit-fest for the Pershing County High School softball team. They traveled to Virginia City and won a non-league doubleheader against the Muckers 19-6 and 19-2.
Throw together 11 high school track teams. Add some shot puts, discuses, hurdles and starting blocks. Don’t forget a cold and windy day. It adds up to the opening track and field meet of the year – the Spring Creek League Meet. Nine of Pershing County’s 11 athletes represented Lovelock on this past Saturday in Elko County. Spring Creek (3A) hosted two other 3A schools – Elko and Lowry. They also greeted busloads of athletes from Battle Mountain and Pershing (2A) and Carlin, Eureka, Jackpot, McDermitt, Owyhee and Wells (1A).
Matt Bradley had 24 points to help San Diego State fend off Nevada 79-78 on Saturday night. Bradley made 11 of 12 foul shots and added six rebounds for the Aztecs (21-7, 13-4 Mountain West Conference).
The chief executives of Bally’s Corp. and Gaming and Leisure Properties didn’t reject the idea of the Oakland A’s building a Major League Baseball stadium on the same site as the Tropicana Las Vegas during quarterly conference calls last week. But they never mentioned the team nor the facility while saying the 34-acre location at the corner of the Strip and Tropicana Boulevard could be improved with additional amenities, such as a baseball stadium, beyond the aging 1,500-room Rat Pack-era casino-hotel.
If you don’t like the weather in Lovelock just wait awhile. Lovelock hosted a preseason baseball and softball tournament last weekend. Thursday, the athletes played in springlike conditions. Saturday spectators huddled under blankets as a snowstorm nixed the closing games and sent Portola’s softball team home. “The cold weather definitely made it tough not only for our pitchers but for the whole team as well,” said Bela Rosas, the Lady Mustang’s shortstop. “Bela had a good weekend to start her senior year,” said coach Jordan McKinney.
“Students first and athletes second.” That’s how Principal Jonathan Reynolds described the awards night participants last Wednesday night in the high school auditorium. The NIAA will soon send certificates of academic achievement to several student-athletes. Reynolds also recognized those who achieved a high GPA based on their grade level. The rest of the night focused on sports.