DeAndre Hughes rushed for a school-record 279 yards — scoring two touchdowns and adding a successful 2-point conversion run in the third overtime — to lift Air Force to a 41-39 victory over Nevada in Mountain West Conference play on Friday night.
Lucas Johnson completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 192 yards and threw three touchdowns, and No. 23 San Diego State survived a scare to beat UNLV 28-20 on Friday night.
Lowry High School’s Giovani Sapien was named the Northern 3A East Offensive Player of the Year, which is selected by the league’s coaches. Sapien rushed for 214 yards and two touchdowns on just 24 carries and caught 26 passes for 534 yards and seven touchdowns, with an average reception of 20.5 yards. He was a first-team, all-North selection (both East/West divisions) at wide receiver and was a first-team, all-North choice as a return specialist. Sapien returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and a punt as well.
Pershing County High School JV volleyball coach Nancy Meissner introduced the junior varsity team at the sports awards last Tuesday. The freshmen included Aaliyah Allen and Chelsey Bloome. Allen had 84 kills for the season, the most on the team. Meissner noted that Bloom has “the best and most positive attitude.”
The PCHS Spirit Squad learned over 50 cheers and dances this year, but even they can’t be two places at the same time. Faced with a choice between basketball and cheerleading, Kyria Angel and Kaylah Hanley opt to play basketball this winter. “We’re looking forward to cheering them on to victory,” said cheer coach Cece Thornhill.
The Pershing County High School girls soccer team stood onstage in the PCHS auditorium last Tuesday night at the fall sports awards. Seventeen were local girls but the other two crossed an ocean to reach Lovelock, Nevada.
It took 12 weeks of regular-season play to have a turnover-free AP Top 25. For the first time in 2021 all the teams that were ranked in The Associated Press college football poll presented by Regions Bank last week stayed ranked this week. There were some significant changes near the top of the poll Sunday though, with Ohio State moving past both Alabama and Cincinnati into second behind No. 1 Georgia.
The “2021 NIAA / One Nevada Class 5A/4A/3A/2A State Football Championships, presented by the Las Vegas Raiders,” will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Thursday.
States will have a choice of 12, 13 or 14 weight classes for both boys and girls competition in high school wrestling, effective with the 2023-24 season. This will be the first separate weight classes established for girls in high school wrestling, and it marks the first time that state associations will have a choice in the number of weight classes.
The fall season for the Nevada High School Rodeo Association is coming to a close, as the competitors were in Alamo on the weekend of Nov. 5-7. Once again, the local junior high and high school rodeo clubs turned in strong performances. Humboldt County’s Billy DeLong took home the top spot in the boys cutting average with 147 points, winning both performances with 23 and 74 points, respectively.
Greg Bell had 16 carries for 104 yards and Matt Araiza kicked a 35-yard field goal with 1:21 to play to help No. 22 San Diego State beat Nevada 23-21 on Saturday night.
The PCHS Mustang wrestling team lost an entire season due to Covid. To say they’re excited to begin a new one would be an understatement. “We haven’t had a practice yet so we aren’t sure how many kids we will have; probably about 10,” said coach Mike Brooks. He held the first practice on Monday, Nov. 15.