Lisa Savage may feel more comfortable on a mountain bicycle, but on Sunday morning, she seemed to be right in her element riding on the roads through Diamond Valley.
What Roy Jones Jr. proved Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was that he is certainly one of the best light heavyweight champions in a long time and that he is deserving of being called one of the, if not the, best pound-for-pound fighters out there today.
Ryan Hudson logged a 10th-place finish in the 1,500-meter freestyle and Justin Barber took 11th in the 200 butterfly to provide highlights for the Carson Tigersharks Sunday on the final day of the USA Swimming/Speedo Sectional Long Course Championships in San Jose.
One out stood between the Carson Capitols and a berth in the finals of the International Travel Baseball World Championships in Winter Haven, Fla., on Sunday.
Victoria Herazo of Carson City added one more national championship to her illustrious race walking career Saturday morning when the USA Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships came to an end in Baton Rouge, La.
The prize carrot was dangling right before Dan Leck's eyes Friday night in Nevada's State Babe Ruth Tournament championship game at Governor's Field.
Lisa Savage may feel more comfortable on a mountain bicycle, but on Sunday morning, she seemed to be right in her element riding on the roads through Diamond Valley.
Members of the Carson Tigersharks continued to turn in impressive performances on Saturday at the USA Speedo Sectional Championships in San Jose.
Who says racing has no social relevance? Here's a heart-warming story of a father-daughter reunion that was brought about by racer Don Sak, who put a picture of Tori Wollingur on the dashboard of his Speedvision World Challenge Corvette for the Detroit race.
MINDEN -- Not surprisingly, Debbie Allen was out front on her bicycle in the Category 1 women's race at the Carson Valley Classic's Minden Criterium on Saturday afternoon. What was surprising, virtually no one else was in sight on the homestretch as Allen won her second straight title and third in four years.
Joey Hooft's dramatic game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday helped lift the Carson Capitols amateur baseball team to the semifinals of the International Travel World Championships in Winter Haven, Fla.
The Carson City Boxing Club hosted an invitational amateur tournament Saturday at the Nevada National Guard Armory and six local fighters participated on the 12-bout card.
Several Carson Tigershark swimmers were able to set personal and season bests during the first two days of a major meet in San Jose.
The Carson Valley Swim Center will holst the Zone IV Championships Aug. 3 through 5.
Galena High graduate Billy Paganetti was named as a third team All-American this past season by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association.
Jam On It Basketball Academy representing Nevada featuring local players Ciarra Christian and Katie Kotter of Carson High, Douglas High's Andrea Honer and Galena's Joanna Hixon has won two games at the AAU National Junior Olympic Games in basketball in Virginia.
The Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets will be featured tonight at the Reno-Fernley Raceway.
Douglas County Senior Services will host the Northern Nevada Senior Games Swimming Competition.
Carson High School has set its fall sports schedule for the 2001 season.
Fernley High's Scott Burton stood in 10th place heading into today's round in steer wrestling in the National High School Rodeo Finals in Illinois.
The fifth annual Claim Jumpers Mountain Bike Festival will be held Aug. 18-19 in Austin.
Some folks might object to being labeled as a "Clydesdale." Not Keith Hart.
There will certainly be no lack for incentive when Chris Griffith reports for the start of his third season as a kicker for the UCLA football team in two weeks.
A little adversity from time to time never hurts anyone.
Coming off a dominant performance at the District 3 tournament last week in Battle Mountain, Dayton-based Silverada Little League will try to continue its momentum into the state (11- and 12-year-olds) tournament which starts Saturday in Las Vegas.
The first Sierra Inline Hockey All-Star Golf Tournament has been scheduled.
The Sporting Rage is offering an organized group hike to Horsetail Falls on Saturday.
Many of my students come for a lesson when their game has gone south - they report that they have lost their swing and must be doing something terrible.
MINDEN - A young Douglas Tigers baseball club sustained some bruises during its first day at the USABA World Series on Wednesday. If all went well, however, the Tigers learned some lessons as well.
A few years ago, Carson City's Julie Hardt saw how far she would have to go to make it to the world class level in swimming.
The Dayton-based Silverada 9-10 year-old all-star softball team stunned the District 3 field with its run through the district tournament in Elko, and is heading to the state tournament in Las Vegas for the first time in the history of the Silverada program.
MINDEN - Just like Rickey Henderson used to be an explosive leadoff hitter for the Oakland Athletics, Jon Foisy still plays a similar role for the Ridgecrest (Calif.) Desert Dawgs.
Baseball fans in Northern Nevada became accustomed to the sight of Joey Hooft and Billy Paganetti hitting home runs for Galena High School the last two years.
After losing their first game of the United States Amateur Baseball Association (USABA) World Series last week, the Seattle Bombers have battled back all the way to the final day.
First place - Rick Correlli; second play - Jim Copple, Mike Maloy; fourth place - Larry Goodnight; fifth place - Al Boardman; sixth place - Mike Judge.
Silver State Volleyball Club will be holding clinics on 7/28, 8/4 and 8/11 from 1-3 p.m. The cost is $10.00 per person and they can register at the door.
Is your game not where you want it to be? The reason for this can often be traced to the fact that the fundamentals are being ignored for something seemingly more important.
Coming off a fifth-place finish over the weekend in their 52-team 14-and-under age group division at the National Softball Association (NSA) World Series held in Modesto, Calif., the Nevada Comets are now preparing to travel halfway across the country to play on an even larger stage.
With one swing of the bat, Brian Engell changed the fortunes of the Fairfield Yankees against the Ridgecrest Desert Dawgs.
Four local girls have been chosen to help represent Nevada in the United States Junior Olympics in basketball.
Royce Fukuroku went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Isaac Harbottle was 2-for-3 with an RBI double as West Oahu, Hawaii scored multiple runs in each of the first four innings in its five-inning win.
Royce Fukuroku went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Isaac Harbottle was 2-for-3 with an RBI double as West Oahu, Hawaii scored multiple runs in each of the first four innings in its five-inning win.
NASCAR has its restrictor plates to hold down speeds on the big ovals at Daytona and Talladega.
It's got to be frustrating for Carson Cardinals coach Steve Cook. It seems like just when the Cardinals expose one problem, they find a way to correct it the next day, only to expose another one.
Last Wednesday, the Seattle Bombers lost to the Ridgecrest Desert Dawgs on the first day of the United States Amateur Baseball Association (USABA) World Series.
There were no surprises Saturday morning when nearly 200 runners set out from Spooner Lake State Park for the inaugural Tahoe Rim Trail 50K/50-Mile Ultra.
It took a couple of innings, but Carson finally got on track and then rolled on to a 12-2 victory against North Valley in its State Babe Ruth (13-15 year olds) Tournament opener on Sunday at Governor's Field.
Steve Frost quite likely played his last baseball game in Carson City Monday afternoon when the Carson Cardinals were eliminated from the United States Amateur Baseball Association (USABA) World Series with a loss to the Fairfield Yankees.
Throughout the United States Amateur Baseball Association (USABA) World Series, the California Giants have been known as the comeback kids.
Chuck Glick of Vacaville, Calif., held tight for 50 laps, then made his move on the rest of the pack, beating out Reno's Craig Paulsen and South Tahoe's Jeff Tillman to win the Desert Rose 100 on Saturday at the Champion Speedway.
