Carson High's Lauren Costella and Owen Brolsma and Galena High's Joanna Hixon and Rachel Forbes were among the top Northern Nevada Athletes honored with the Thomas Reviglio Way To Go Awards for 2002-2003.
The Nevada Nitros 12 and under baseball team placed second at the Nevada Outlaws Memorial Day Tournament.
Paul Croghan has had little time to rest during more than three decades as a high school teacher and coach.
Bob Meijas didn't exactly come home again when he became Silver Oak's new PGA General Manager and Director of Golf. He only wishes that was the scenario.
After struggling all season long offensively, the Wonders turned into an offensive machine to pick up its first win of the year, a 3-0 rout of the BYU Cougars on Friday night in front of 230 fans at Carson High.
Several players from South Tahoe High, which won the Northern 4A championship this season, were expected to be contributors for the Nevada Wonders this summer
Jared Wulff and Jason Alcasas combined on a two-hit shutout.
It already seems just like old times again for the Carson High girls basketball program.
Six Carson players helped lead the Sparks Tribe to the title in the Sparks Memorial Baseball Classic held this past weekend.
The Nevada Wonders first thought their best chance for a victory would be two weeks ago against the Southern California Seahorses.
RENO -- The pipeline from Galena to Division I track and field programs continued on Thursday afternoon when three Grizzlies inked letters of intent to four-year schools.
MINDEN -- Douglas American Legion's home opener against the Reno Knights was one for the books.
Meghan Gradert, a former Carson High star, has signed with the University of Montana-Western after a stellar two-year career at Yakima Valley Community College.
Sleeper Mine Pond in Humboldt County: 3,997 rainbow trout, 8 inches in length.
It is being sponsored by Jake's of Tahoe City, Calif.
June 14 will be Free Fishing Day in Nevada.
Galena High's Steve Lerud is going through what many possible Major League prospects go through at this time of the year.
Carson High narrowly missed winning its second straight Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Award of Excellence.
Despite Kyle Mandoki's grand slam home run, the Carson Crushers 14-and-under age group baseball team lost 9-5 to the Vacaville (Calif.) Blue Jays Monday during the Memorial Day Tournament in Sparks.
The Carson Country area will be well represented during the third annual Fallon Optimist Basketball Classic.
An avid snowboarder and skateboarder, it only seems natural that Brent Server found his way to a diving board.
Champion Motor Speedway on Tuesday announced the Faster Pastor Charity Challenge originally set for June 14 at CMS will be moved to Sept. 6 due to a scheduling conflict.
The initiation of the down swing is an interesting and extremely important stage of the swing.
Even when she was an 8-year-old playing for the Carson Comets, Rosette Rough dreamed of playing major college softball.
The Carson Tigersharks should have plenty of momentum for the rest of the summer after their performance in the Intermountain Classic.
It wasn't exactly the kind of fight Attila Levin will be replaying for his grandkids, but he'll take it anyway.
The Carson Cardinals settled for a split after being involved in two outstanding baseball games at the Reno Knights Memorial Day Tournament on Saturday.
Get ready thunderheads, on May 31, for the first time ever in the state of Nevada, Ponderosa Stamp & Engraving will present the inaugural Mad Mutha-in-law Race at the Champion Motor Speedway.
There was a pack of Carson Tigersharks out front in the boys 11-12 age group 200-meter freestyle during the Intermountain Classic age group long course meet on Saturday afternoon.
Dayton's Matt Bowman came off the bench and delivered a tie-breaking RBI single in the sixth inning that helped the Sierra Sun Devils defeat the Fallon Admirals 3-1 on Saturday.
Katelyn Bessette, Allison Davis, Kirkwood Harris, Miranda Mahe, Jeff Rogers, Jesse Steele and Katie Torvinen have all been awarded $700 scholarships by the Carson City American Youth Soccer Organization, also known as AYSO, and the Capital Soccer Club.
This has traditionally been one of the biggest days of the year for the race fan.
It looks likes this is the last weekend for resort skiing and boarding.
Despite receiving the attention as arguably Nevada's best high school baseball player, Galena High's Steve Lerud put up numbers that were worty of that title.
The Carson Cardinals baseball team opened the Reno Knights Memorial Day Tournament with a 16-3 win over North Valleys.
Carson High's Willie Bowman doubled and homered for the Sierra Sun Devils baseball team in its 12-1 win over the Northwest Royals.
Carson High's Scott DeFriez and Aaron Henry, Douglas High's Bryan Miller and Galena's Rod Scurry and Brian Evans will all be featured in the sixth annual Kelley Baseball Showcase.
Nevada won't play a more important three-game series than the one this weekend against Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La.
Tonight's game between the Fresno Fuego and Nevada Wonders will pit the Premier Development League's highest scoring team against its' most giving team.
RENO -- Steve Struzyk was announced as Galena's fourth head football coach in the school's history during a press conference on Thursday.
The start/finish is west of Yerington.
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That special event for the children of this general area will to be held at Lampe Park in Gardnerville on May 31-June 1.
Cave Rock Landing at Lake Tahoe: 4,001 rainbow trout, 9.5 inches in length.
Deer tags were reduced from 17,316 in 2002 to 14,788 this year.
Former legendary Fresno State baseball coach Pete Beiden had a special affection for the smaller player who gave it all he had, referring to such a player as "that little sand blower."
The Carson Country will be well-represented on the East roster for the Fallon Optimist All-Star boys basketball game to be held May 31.
These past two weeks have been quite a roller coaster ride for the Feather River College baseball team.
The Galena High golf team's dominance this season was reflected in this year's all-region voting.
Brent Server placed second for Carson High School in the one-meter diving event Saturday at the NIAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Reno.
The Nevada Comets 16 and under softball team went 5-0 in an Amateur Softball Association National Qualifier in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Nevada Wonders may be still looking for their first win, but one of their players has received the team's first award.
Carson High senior Rachel Palmer has been awarded the 2003 "For the Good of the Game" scholarship from the Carson City Municipal Golf Corporation.
True, spring is here, but there's still plenty of snow on those slopes and offbeat action as well. Check these out:
HENDERSON -- Jon Teeter was the hitter Carson High wanted up in the situation.
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. -- Despite last month being one of the wettest on record, most Lake Tahoe resorts have been closed for weeks
Two very large trout taken at Indian Creek Reservoir
Last Thursday was Don Q's birthday. And, to help celebrate that a very "monumental" occasion, Elaine and I had planned a whirlwind list of fun-filled activities including:
There is still a need for additional volunteers for the 14th annual Kids' Fishing Derby.
Even though Ryan Plemmons is a half a world away from his father, they still maintain the All-American relationship that many sons and dads have.
The Dayton High boys basketball team had a huge following from the community when it made a run to the NIAA/U.S. Bank 3A State championship game, losing the title by one point.
The John Riordan Annual Invitational Fishing Derby was held on April 28-29.
This week's "Q-Tip" is about traveling down the East Carson River on a white-water, raft trip.
Nevada women's basketball coach Kim Gervasoni signed her first recruit, the school's media relations department announced on Wednesday.
For the first time in three years, Carson is making an appearance in the state tournament. Coach Ron McNutt, though, just hopes his team sticks around a little longer this time.
SPARKS - Everything happened as expected at the NIAA/U.S. Bank 4A Boys State Golf Championship at Red Hawk Golf Club on Wednesday - Bishop Gorman repeated as state champions and Galena was the class of the north.
Kelvin Davis believes that everyone is blessed with a unique talent.
Iowa is considered the Mecca of elite wrestling in this country. Carson High's Paul Carter is going to be right in the middle of it.
As expected, Carson and Galena -- two of the teams heading to the NIAA 4A State Championships -- were well-represented on the all-league first teams in Northern Nevada.
To develop a good swing of the arms in conjuction with the turning of the body we must first understand a few key points.
Due to an unusual set of circumstances, the Feather River Community College baseball team has advanced to the Super Regional.
The Carson Fusion Under-12 Boys Capital Soccer Club continued its winning ways this season with a second place finish at the Snickers State Cup Tournament held this past weekend in Las Vegas.
RENO -- The University of Nevada baseball team can now say it's able to play with the one of the best teams in the country.
RENO -- Steve Lerud was a second-class citizen on the 2001 Galena team that advanced to state championship game. He was a power hitter that just wasn't as powerful as Billy Paganetti, Dustin Hahn and Joey Hoot.
RENO -- The Reno Huskies have won a lot of games this season and they've won a lot of different ways. Carson made them win in a way on Saturday that they've only had to do once before, which is come from behind.
DAYTON -- The Dayton High School softball team advanced to the 3A state tournament for the first time in five years with a hard-fought 2-1 victory against the Spring Creek Spartans that went down to the wire Saturday morning.
RENO -- A little practice on footwork has gone a long way for Shaylyn Tom lately. On Saturday, it took the Carson High School junior all the way to a gold medal in the shot put at the Northern 4A Regional Track and Field Championships.
In the wake of Jerry Nadeau's practice accident last weekend at
After being outscored 17-1 in their first four games, the Nevada Wonders tied the Southern California Seahorses 1-1 on Saturday afternoon at Carson High
The Carson High boys swim team did everything it could to defend its title and came up just short at the Northern 4A Championships on Saturday at the University of Nevada.
FALLON -- Douglas and McQueen traded clutch hits, great plays and misplays over a two-day period.
Dayton High's Bridgette Galles qualified for the NIAA 3A State Championships in four events to lead an outstanding effort by Lyon County athletes in the Northern 3A Track Championships.
Carson High's Ryan Henry, Douglas High's Drew Bateman and Galena's Matt Kinsinger are among Northern Nevada's Top Ten Student-Athletes of the Year as honored by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association.
Douglas County resident Paul 'Slick' Fontenot won in the top eliminator category in the 2003 season opener of the IHBA Drag Boat Races last weekend in Phoenix.
The Plaza Hotel and 76 Racing Fuel presents the Nevada Appeal -- Sierra Mountain Super Series season opener Saturday at Champion Motor Speedway.
FALLON -- Douglas High's softball team showed its best and worst side at the NIAA 4A zone playoffs Friday afternoon.
The University of Nevada baseball team can take satisfaction -- but at the same time be frustrated -- that it's almost as good as Rice right now.
The man who turned around the Galena High football program is stepping down.
The Carson High School swim team made a strong showing in the preliminary events at the zone championship Friday at the Lombardi Recreation Center at UNR.
People change. Everybody does. I mean, nobody old enough to read this sentence is still being burped by their parents, are they? Some people change for the better, and some for worse. In my case, I'm just getting dumber.
DAYTON -- Getting ahead early was a high priority for the Dayton High School softball coming into the first game of its Northern 3A playoff series against Spring Creek on Friday afternoon.
Carson finally won a game the easy way--by never letting the other team get the lead.
As stated in a previous column, Elaine and I were planning to hike into two small backcountry lakes, weather permitting, for that opener.
caught at hike-in Kirman Lake
Truckee River in Washoe County: 4,504 rainbow trout, 10 inches in length.
It was headquartered at the Topaz Marina and Topaz Lodge at Topaz Lake.
Visitors can now use one pass (the Golden Eagle Passport) for all federal recreational sites, nationwide.
Tim Thompson had been Galena High's top pitcher all year, and his three-hit performance against Douglas in the first round of the 4A zone playoffs wasn't a surprise to coach Gary McNamara.
Carson High graduate and current Arizona Diamondback Matt Williams has teamed up with a local medical educator to promote a new therapy for sports injury management.
When it comes to success, JoJo Townsell can put down being the mentor of the current UCLA football coach on his resume.
Even 16 years after his death, there remains evidence of how Jim Frank is remembered by his former athletes and colleagues for the special way he touched their lives, not only in Carson City but around northern Nevada.
DAYTON -- The streak is over for Carson High's golf team. No, the Senators didn't qualify for next week's NIAA/U.S. Bank 4A State Tournament.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Aaron Henry broke slightly off third.
On paper, the Carson High School softball team is a big underdog coming into its Northern 4A Regional Tournament opener against McQueen today in Fallon.
The Dana College baseball team began play on Wednesday in the NAIA Regional Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.
Teams looking for inspiration at this week's Northern 4A Regional Tournament only need to remember Wooster last year.
DAYTON -- The Carson High golf team is exactly where it wants to be going into today's second round of the Northern 4A Regional Tournament
Bob Del Carlo of Virginia City scored the first hole-in one of the season for the Empire Ranch Senior Men's Golf Club on Hole No. 8 (161 yards) on the Red Course.
Led by several local players, the Dana College baseball team recently won the Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season title.
The Feather River Community College baseball team will host one of four Northern California regionals in the state playoffs.
The forward swing is a rotation of the hips and shoulders around the pivot point of the left foot.
It seems there is no way to escape the subject of budget cuts these days, no matter how hard you try.
With the University of Nevada baseball team trailing 2-0 in the third inning, Wolf Pack coach Gary Powers decided it was necessary to pay his team a visit on the pitching mound.
Galena High graduate and current Hawai'i player Joshua Green had the best day of his life on Friday.
The Dayton High baseball team finished its season with a winning record after sweeping Yerington 13-0 and 11-0 on Saturday.
MINDEN -- Douglas High completed a three-game sweep of South Tahoe with wins of 17-0 and 5-4 Saturday on Senior Day.
Nicole Greer pitched 12 innings of no-hit ball as the Dayton High softball team clinched the Northern 3A regular season title.
The Nevada Wonders of the Premier Development League (PDL) dropped two games to Utah opponents this weekend.
RENO -- Carson High School's George Pincock has tried to pace himself and peak at the right time during his senior track and field season.
NASCAR isn't the only racing organization to be plagued by weather this season.
The Carson High swim teams warmed up for the zone championships with strong efforts against McQueen on Saturday.
RENO -- The Nevada bullpen gave away so many runs--and games--earlier this season they could've been disguised as humanitarian aid workers.
MINDEN - For the second time in three days, the Douglas High softball team, showed its flair for the dramatic.
While most of the ski resorts around Lake Tahoe have closed for the season, three remain open -- Heavenly, Squaw Valley and Homewood Mountain Resort on the west shore of Lake Tahoe.
The Nevada Wonders had a depleted roster in last weekend's 4-0 loss to the California Gold. They'll be dealing with a similar scenario when they play two road games in Utah this weekend, starting with tonight's 8 p.m. game against the BYU Cougars at BYU South Field in Provo, Utah.
Bridgette Galles won four individual events to lead the Dayton High School girls to victory and the Fernley boys used depth to win during the Lyon County Championships track and field meet held on Wednesday in Yerington.
Jeremy Nielsen shot 75 to help Carson High School finish third as a team during the Northern 4A boys golf regular season match held Wednesday in Elko.
Back in October, Shanna Sparks was thinking Ivy League in regard to her college plans. Thursday morning, the Carson High School senior was thinking Rocky Mountains when she signed a national-letter-of-intent to run cross country and track for the University of Colorado.
RENO -- The Reno Huskies beating Carson wasn't totally surprising. How the game unfolded was.
