Last weekend, the PCHS volleyball team hit the ground running at the Yerington tournament, a 32-team event packed with games to watch and play. The Mustangs competed in multiple games over the two-day event and walked off with the championship for their bracket.
The Pershing County football season-opener ended in a landslide win for the Mustangs. Pershing County hosted the Wooster Colts under the Friday night lights and beat them 49-7, a far cry from last year’s 33-0 Mustang loss against the Colts.
This past Saturday, the Pershing County High School varsity volleyball team traveled to Susanville, Calif., to scrimmage against five other teams. Those included host Lassen High School, along with Bishop Manogue, Galena, Modoc and Westwood.
Dave Skoglie came home from the 2024 NHPA World Horseshoe Championship in the Tri-Cities, Wash., with $500, a patch for his jacket and a first-place trophy. He won 11 games and threw 18 ringers over three days in the elder men’s division (65+).
The Pershing County Mustang football team scrimmaged in Battle Mountain last Saturday. A dozen senior players, several juniors and a sophomore made the trip from Lovelock to scrimmage with Lowry, White Pine, Battle Mountain, Spring Creek and Elko.
Thick N Wild successfully defended their LSA title at McDougal Field last week. In so doing, the group, collected their sixth LSA title. Bonds of family and friendship unite the team. They've played softball together every summer for years.
Last week’s two-day volleyball camp at PCHS exceeded expectations. Jim and Anna Aiazzi from Yerington ran the camp by invitation of coach Monica Halverson.
Earlier this summer, dozens of Mustang athletes set workout goals. As the season draws to a close, many have completed the program. Not for the first time, coach Mike Brooks designed a T-shirt to mark their efforts. It’s an eye-catching design. A muscular horse in Mustang garb and gym shoes grips a barbell and prepares to lift it from the ground.
The quarter mile dirt track on Seven Troughs Road will see lots of action over Frontier Days Weekend. Lovelock Speedway will host races this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m.
Lovelock's horseshoe players have exciting competitions ahead of them this summer but they can't be two places at once. The Frontier Days Horseshoe Tournament takes place at McDougal Park on Aug. 3-4.
Dozens of PCHS Mustangs have completed their off-season workouts and the coaches expect more to follow.
About 20 PCHS athletes and recent alumni competed with teams from California and Reno in Saturday's flag football tournament on Joe Yanni Field in Lovelock. The proceeds will benefit the high school football squad, supplying the funds for equipment bags and helmet bumpers.
On Saturday June 29, Lovelock hosted their league's last swim meet of the summer. Even with hundreds of swimmers and 66 events, the day was a success thanks to Pat Rowe, the athletes, lifeguards and volunteers. The swimmers ranged in age from toddlers to teens. The Lovelock team wore red and black. Yerington (the Desert Foxes) wore purple. Both squads looked at home in the water.
The tri-town swim competition between Lovelock, Yerington and Hawthorne is heating up. Last Saturday, the season kicked off in Yerington with Lovelock competing against Yerington's Desert Fish.
One way the PCHS wrestling program makes the most of its off-season is through summer wrestling camps. Coach Mike Brooks says they give the wrestlers experiences to improve their skills.