July 12, 2023
The Lowry High School swim team got back on the winning track, sweeping a dual from Sparks on Saturday, April 12, at the Carson Aquatic Center in Carson City. The girls squad beat the Railroaders 140-46, with the boys pulling out a 74-51 victory. The Lowry girls won every event they were entered in, with Aidan Peters taking home the top spot in both the 200-freestyle in a time of 2 minutes, 42.15 seconds and the 100-butterfly at 1:27.96.
While most other teams have been struggling with the recent bad weather, one is enjoying the wet because that is what they do. The Lowry High School boys swim team remained perfect on the year beating North Valleys 66-54 on Friday, March 7, at Alf Sorenson Pool in Reno.
The Lowry High School track and field continued to challenge itself in the early going with a trip to Las Vegas for the Bishop Gorman – NTS Invitational on Saturday, March 8. The Buckaroos returned to northern Nevada with strong performance under their belt, as Kianna Bazile won the girls triple jump with a leap of 32 feet, 8.50 inches. She beat Bishop Gorman’s Colette Archambeault by three inches.
After having its original league opener postponed on Friday, the Lowry High School boys basketball team opened Northern 3A East play on Saturday afternoon in Elko. The Indians pulled away in the second half for a 60-39 win. The Buckaroos took an early 15-13 lead after eight minutes of play, with all the points coming off 3-pointers.
The Lowry High School wrestling team will host a dual with Fernley, Battle Mountain and possibly Pershing County on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the high school gym.
The latest stop for the Nevada High School Rodeo Association was at the Carson/Douglas rodeo from Nov. 1-3. The Humboldt County Rodeo Club came back with a number of individual champions. Brynn Barto claimed the average win in barrel racing with a two-go time of 36.407 seconds.
The Lowry High School volleyball team made its last road trip of the season to Fallon on Friday to take on Churchill County, who sits near the top of the Northern 3A East standings.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team completed its longest road trip of the season last weekend with matches in West Wendover and Ely. The Buckaroos were on the Nevada/Utah border on Friday afternoon to play West Wendover and lost 2-1.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association made its latest stop in Elko on Oct. 5-6, with strong performances from local cowboys and cowgirls.
The Lowry High School cross country team headed west last week headed west on I-80 last week for meets in Reno and Sparks. The Buckaroos were in Sparks and Reed High School this past Friday for the Reed Invitational at Shadow Mountain Park. Sophomore Alyla Thomas provided the best Lowry finish in the 5,000-meter girls varsity race in a time of 22:17.
The Lowry High School cross country team made a trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountains this past Saturday for the Truckee Cross Country Invitational. The Buckaroos ran in the junior varsity portion of the 3.1-mile race, with sophomore Alyla Thomas winning the girls JV race in a time of 21 minutes, 46 seconds.
The Lowry High School girls soccer team has played a match on its home field, since the last day of August. The schedule makers did the Lady Bucks no favorites with six matches on the road in September.
Sophomore Alyla Thomas led the way for the Lowry High School cross country team, as the young sophomore runner placed sixth in the girls race at the Lazy 5 Invitational in Sparks on Friday afternoon. The 3.1-mile race was held at Lazy 5 Regional Park near Spanish Springs High School. Thomas finished the race in a time of 21:12.
What do you do when you have to play your next four matches on field turf? If you are the Lowry High School girls soccer team, you find the one of the few places in Winnemucca that has field turf. The Lady Bucks practiced in the high school courtyard to get ready for their Lyon County road trip.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team made its way to South Lake Tahoe last week to open the season with a preseason tournament.
Lowry High School had 19 student/athletes travel to Reno on May 30-31 for the 34th annual Northern Nevada weight competition at McQueen High School. The athletes competed in the squat, bench and power clean.
The Lowry High School boys golf team concluded its regular season last week with tournaments in Dayton and Reno. The Buckaroos and the Northern 3A saw its tournament move from South Lake Tahoe to the Arnold Palmer-designed Dayton Valley Country Club on Monday, May 6.
After the original season finale was postponed due to rain in Winnemucca, the Lowry High School baseball team traveled to Dayton on Wednesday, May 1, to take on the Dust Devils. Despite an outstanding pitching performance from Angus Boyles, Lowry lost 4-2 to Dayton to end the season at 1-14 in the Northern 3A and 6-20 overall.
The Lowry High School swim team made its way to Fernley on Friday, April 26, for a dual with Fernley and North Tahoe. The Buckaroo boys lost 94-61 to North Tahoe and 73-64 to Fernley. The Lowry girls knocked off North Tahoe 92-89 and lost 112-83 to Fernley.
Nasty weather and all, the Lowry High School made its way down Interstate 80 and to Reed High School in Sparks this past Saturday for the Northern 3A Trials. Cold, wet and windy weather greeted the athletes, making it tough on everyone.
It was a few days later than expected but the Lowry High School softball team finished off a three-game sweep of Dayton, with a 13-1 win on Wednesday, May 1. The game was scheduled to be played Friday, April 26, in Winnemucca, only to be postponed by rain and moved to Dayton.
Staff report A perceived gun threat last week concerning Lowry High School ultimately led to the arrest of a juvenile, according to law enforcement officials. Officials with the Winnemucca Police Department updated their social media April 29 while events transpired, assuring the community and parents through multiple posts throughout the day that rumors of a gun on campus were unfounded. Photos of the student holding the weapon had circulated the preceding weekend on social media, leading some students to fear that the weapon had been brought to LHS.
Humboldt County’s Matti DeLong took home a pair of event wins at the Washoe High School Rodeo, as the Nevada High School Rodeo Association made a stop on Match 30-31. DeLong set an average time of 31.259 seconds in barrel racing to beat out White Pine’s Brooklyn Sena by half a second. DeLong won the second performance with a time of 15.250, the fastest on the weekend.
After a couple weeks off due to spring break in Washoe and other Nevada counties, the Lowry High School swim team returned to action at Incline on Saturday, April 13. The Buckaroo boys knocked off the Highlanders 63-35 and the girls won 117-64.
Before the Fernley Invitational ended early due to high winds and a power outage, a number of Lowry High School track and field athletes had outstanding days.
Following a bye week in the schedule, the Lowry High School baseball team began a six-game road trip this past weekend in Spring Creek. The Spartans entered the series as the Northern 3A East leader with just one loss on the season. Spring Creek remained on top of the standings, winning all three games 9-2, 4-0 and 8-4. Lowry dropped to 0-9 in league play and 5-15 overall.
After playing four games earlier in the week in the Reno/Sparks area and being forced indoors for another two due to a snowstorm, the Lowry High School softball team was back on the field this past Saturday at North Valleys High School in Reno.
The Lowry High School baseball made its way to Elko this past weekend to begin Northern 3A East with the rival Indians. Elko swept a doubleheader 7-6 and 12-1 on Friday and completed the series sweep on Saturday with an 8-4 victory. Lowry dropped to 0-3 in league play and 5-9 overall.
It was an up and down weekend for the Lowry High School softball team, which opened Northern 3A East play in Elko. Lowry dropped the opening game of the series 3-1 on Friday afternoon but bounced back for a 17-8 win in the nightcap. The offense went away again on Saturday morning, with an 6-2 loss. The Lady Bucks dropped to 1-2 in the Northern 3A East and 7-5 overall. It is the first time Elko has taken a series from Lowry since 2010.
It was a stellar Saturday for the Lowry High School track and field team at the Fallon Elks Invitational, as Brent Kenison won three events and Nomar Aguirre two.
The Lowry High School swim team joined a number of area schools to compete in the Aqua 5 meet in Carson City on Saturday, March 16. The Aqua 5 is different from other meets, with no relays. Swimmers compete in the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 50-yard free style, 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard backstroke.
The Lowry High School track and field team opened its season this past Friday, breaking up its teams to McQueen and Dayton. The Buckaroo underclassmen traveled to Reno and McQueen High School on Friday for the High Desert Frosh/Soph. Invite.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association made its final stop in southern Nevada, with a trip to Las Vegas on Feb. 24-25. Humboldt County’s Emma Garijo was tops in the breakaway roping average by two seconds at 5.88. She won the first performance with a time of 2.89 and was second in the final performance at 2.99.
Sophomore Elisabeth George was one out away from a no-hitter in her outing at Sparks this past Friday afternoon, when the Railroaders got their first hit. She still helped the Lowry High School softball team to a 19-0 win in crossover play.
The second half of the Nevada High School Rodeo Association got back rolling on Feb. 16-17 in Pahrump. Humboldt County’s Billy DeLong came back home with a pair of average victories in boys cutting and saddle bronc. DeLong scored 143 points, placing second in the first performance with 70 points and winning the final performance with 73 point
The regular season to the high school wrestling season has come to a quick and end and Lowry High School was in Fernley last weekend at the Vaquero Classic for one final tournament. Jhett Harber won the 175-pound weight class, while Kruz Gomez at 113 pounds and Luke Fentress (190) were second.
The Lowry High School boys basketball team completed the first half of the Northern 3A East schedule with two road losses to Dayton and Fernley last week. Lowry was in Dayton on Wednesday, Jan. 17, and overcame a double-digit deficit in the second half, but the rally came up just short.
Fernley was the place to be this past Friday, as girls basketball took center stage with a 2023 state championship rematch between the Lowry High School girls basketball team and Fernley. It was standing room only in the final game of the Vaqueros gym and was the game of the week on Nevada Sports Net.
The Lowry High School wrestling team split up its team this past weekend, sending a group to Idaho for the Rollie Lane Invitational and another to Sparks for the Sparks Invitational. The Rollie Lane Invitational is one of the best tournaments in the west featuring 90 teams for a number of different states.
The Lowry High School girls basketball team dropped its opening game of a three-day tournament in Boise, Idaho, losing 60-39 to Timberline on Thursday, Dec. 28. The Lady Bucks jumped out to an 8-4 lead midway through the first quarter, but the Timberwolves finished the opening quarter on a 6-1 run and did not trail again.
The Lowry High School girls basketball team dropped its opening game of a three-day tournament in Boise, Idaho, losing 60-39 to Timberline on Thursday, Dec. 28. The Lady Bucks jumped out to an 8-4 lead midway through the first quarter, but the Timberwolves finished the opening quarter on a 6-1 run and did not trail again.
After enjoying its first home game of the season, the Lowry High School girls basketball team was back on the road on Tuesday, Dec. 20, for a non-conference meeting with South Tahoe.
The Lowry High School boys basketball team likes to make interesting for its parents and fans. That was no different on Tuesday, Dec. 20, in South Tahoe. Just a few days after beating Lassen, Calif., by a point, the Buckaroos needed two overtimes to beat South Tahoe 67-66 in a wild back-and-forth contest.
The Lowry High School boys basketball team tipped off its season this past weekend in Elko for a three-day tournament. Lowry opened the season on Thursday with 77-40 loss to Kuna, Idaho. The Buckaroos collected their first win of the season on Saturday with a 79-75 win over West Wendover.
The Lowry High School wrestling team made the short trip to Fallon on Saturday t starts its season with the Fallon Duals. The Buckaroos varsity squad went 4-1 and the JV group going 0-4. Luke Fentress, a senior at 190 pounds and Jhet Harber, a junior at 175 pounds, each went a perfect 5-0 on the day.
The McDermitt High School boys basketball team saw its season start this past Friday and Saturday the Winter Invitational in Reno. The tournament features JV schools from the 4A and 3A and some 1A and 2A varsity schools as well.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association closed out its fall schedule with the Mopa Rodeo on Nov. 11-12. Billy DeLong took home the top spot in saddle bronc with a ride of 74 points in the second performance.
The Nevada High School Rodeo Association made its second to final stop on the fall schedule in Alamo on Oct. 28-29.
The Lowry High School volleyball team made its final regular season road trip of the season with a short ride to Fallon on Friday night against Churchill County. The Lady Bucks, looking for their first win in the Northern 3A East, won the first set 25-23 in a back-and-forth affair.
The Lowry High School volleyball team was back on the road last week for two matches in Lyon County to conclude the first half of the Northern 3A East schedule. The Lady Bucks were in Dayton on Friday and the Dust Devils came away with a four-set victory.
The Lowry High School cross country team made its way to Truckee this past Saturday for an early-morning start at Ponderosa Golf Course for the Truckee Invitational.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team jumped out to a 1-0 lead at halftime at Fallon on Saturday, but Churchill County rallied for a pair of goals in the final 40 minutes to grab a 2-1 victory.
The Lowry High School cross country team traveled to Sparks last Friday for the Reed Invitational. The three Lowry girls that ran, took part in the 5,000-meter junior varsity race and junior Brooklyn Swensen placed 25th with a time of 26 minutes, 34 seconds.
The Lowry High School cross country was back in Fernley for the second time this season, this past Thursday for the Fernley Roadhill Invitational.
With the new football realignment in the Northern 3A, it figured to be a crazy season with the top teams in the league. This past Friday in Winnemucca was no different, as Lowry High School and Spring Creek put on an offensive display for the fans.
The Lowry High School volleyball team was back on the road for a trip to Truckee, Calif., this past Friday to take on perennial 3A power Truckee in a non-conference match.
The Lowry High School volleyball team was back on the road for matches against Elko and Spring Creek in Northern 3A East play. The Lady Bucks were in Elko on Friday and lost 25-17, 25-22 and 25-17 to the Indians.
The Lowry High School cross country team was back on the course on Friday, Sept. 1, for the Fast Fernley 4K. Brooklyn Swensen, a junior for the Buckaroos, placed eighth with a time of 20 minutes, 23 seconds.
The Lowry High School boys soccer team continued is seven-match road trip to start the season with two more matches in Elko County. Lowry traveled to Spring Creek this past Friday and suffered a 2-1 loss to the Spartans. The Buckaroos moved over to Elko on Saturday and lost 5-0 to the Indians.
The Lowry High School girls golf team got its Northern 3A season started under beautiful conditions in Elko County last week.
The second stop on the Nevada High School Rodeo Association scheduled proved to be a winning cause for a number of Humboldt County and Battle Mountain cowboys and cowgirls.
Just a month after the 2022-23 season ended in Wyoming with the national finals, the Nevada High School Rodeo Association began its new season in Eureka from Aug. 18-20.
Under the direction of first-year head coach Cristina Cuevas, the Lowry High School boys soccer team began its 2023 season this past weekend at the Spring Creek tournament.
Five members of the Lowry High School cross country team made their way to Minden last Friday for the annual Douglas Class Races.
The National High School Finals Rodeo begins Sunday in Gilette, Wyo., and concludes on June 22. A handful of Humboldt County and Battle Mountain cowboys and cowgirls will be competing.
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