Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller, the most famous walk-on in college football this season, isn’t ready to walk away from the sport. After the soccer player-turned kicker became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference football game, Fuller said she wants to remain a member of the team.
San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said the team was blindsided by new coronavirus regulations put in place by Santa Clara County officials that will force the 49ers to find a temporary new home for practice and games. The county announced the new rules Saturday that include a three-week ban on practices and games for contact sports starting Monday. The Niners were on a plane getting ready to travel to Los Angeles where they beat the Rams 23-20 on Sunday when the players and coaches heard about the new rules that will force the team out of its homes.
PCHS coaches bestow many awards during an active sports season. Often they go to the swiftest and strongest, but sometimes the coaches recognize other qualities. Readers can see for themselves the values the program encourages by studying three recent Lovelock Review-Miner athletes of the month. They each won the prize last spring. Devin Moura, a junior, is a two-time state wrestling runner-up. With no state championship tournaments on the near horizon, he’ll have to wait until his senior year for another shot at bringing home the gold.
For the second year in a row, the Nevada basketball team has produced an NBA Draft pick as guard Jalen Harris was selected with the 59th overall pick by the Toronto Raptors. Harris, an All-Mountain West selection in 2019-20, led the conference in scoring at 21.6 points per game last season, the best scoring average at Nevada in a decade.
The Nevada men’s basketball team will play a 27-game schedule this season as the team’s seven-game non-conference slate and new 20-game Mountain West schedule has been announced. Nevada will open the season next week at the Golden Window Classic hosted by Nebraska in Lincoln. The Wolf Pack will take on Western Kentucky in the first game on Nov. 25 and a to-be-determined opponent on Thursday. The Wolf Pack will come home for a pair of games the following week, Nov. 30 against Pacific and Dec. 2 against San Francisco, before traveling to play USF again, Dec. 6 in San Francisco.
Nevada senior Lawson Hall has been selected as one of 20 semifinalists for the fourth annual Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award. Compiled by a subset of the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Selection Committee, the semifinalists have all demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field. Hall was the lone selection from around the Mountain West.
One of the best offense’s in the nation used its defense to stay undefeated on the year and improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2010 and the eighth time in program history (other teams to start 5-0 include teams from 2010, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1978 and 1948). Nevada held San Diego State scoreless in the second half and fended off a last-ditch effort by the Aztecs to win 26-21 at Mackay Stadium in Reno on Saturday afternoon.
It’s been a challenging eight months for Lovelock’s fitness club. In mid-March, due to the coronavirus, they shifted from in-person to Zoom meetings. With the help of technology, they still meet at 5 am every weekday morning – even on Thanksgiving Day. “We are holding strong,” says Stephanie Jaramillo, the instructor. “At first, it was an adjustment. You don’t get the same energy and push as when we were all at the gym together.”
A slow first half saw Nevada football trailing heading into the locker room at halftime Saturday afternoon against New Mexico. It was the first time the Wolf Pack trailed at the halftime intermission this season, but the Lobos – who had lost their last 11 straight — couldn’t bring the same defensive presence in the second half.
Terasa Elerick was nine when she fell in love with skiing. Longtime 4-H volunteer Pat Irwin guided her down the slopes. Today he’s taken to the sky with his hot air balloon club. And Elerick hopes to reintroduce Pershing County’s 4-H members to the winter sport. “I skied with the 4-H but stopped as I got older,” she says. Elerick gravitated toward volleyball and softball. She also joined the dance team, graduating from Pershing County High School (Class of 2003). Adult mentors play a key role in all 4-H programs.
Head basketball coach Steve Alford announced the signing of three recruits to the Nevada Wolf Pack program. The class consists of two high school prospects in 6-4 guard Jalen Weaver and 6-8 forward Nick Davidson, and the mid-year addition of 6-6 guard Addison Patterson, a transfer from Oregon.
The Nevada men’s basketball team was picked for sixth place in a preseason poll of media members covering Mountain West basketball, the conference announced. The Wolf Pack, which is coming off a 19-12 season in coach Steve Alford’s first year last year, returns just one starter in junior forward Robby Robinson but has three four-year transfers and a host of talented freshman filling out the roster this season. The Wolf Pack was 12-6 in conference play last year, which was tied for second in the 11-team league. San Diego State was picked to win the league. Boise State and Utah State also received first-place votes and were predicted second and third, respectively.
They are happy on North Virginia Street that a college football season kicked off a few weeks ago. The once on, then off and back on in the spring and back on in the fall football season, sees the University of Nevada at 3-0 for the first time since 2010 after dismantling Utah State 34-9 this past Thursday in Reno. It’s the first time the Wolf Pack has been 3-0 in conference play since 2009, when they were a member of the WAC. Nevada got off to a slow start on a short week, trailing 9-0 in the first quarter, before cruising the rest of the way. Just two days after the loss, Utah State fired coach Gary Anderson.
Winter is coming, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. For a unique, wild western winter adventure, load up the snowmobiles and head to Northern Nevada for a loop like no other. Often blanketed by snow in the winter, the wide open spaces make for excellent snowmobiling conditions. Here’s how to plan your perfect four-day snowmobiling tour.
Reno 1868 FC announced last Fridayy it would cease operations following the 2020 season. “To our fans, our players, our community partners, and everyone who has been involved with Reno 1868 FC, we hope you and your families are safe and healthy amidst these challenging times,” said 1868 FC President Eric Edelstein. “Like you, this isn’t the way we saw 2020 going. With that said, we have made the gut-wrenching decision to cease our participation in the USL Championship.