DAYTON — Skyler Berntson spent his spring on the track and his summer in the weightroom, and the results were easy to see.
The Nevada Wolf Pack’s 28-19 season-opening victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Mackay Stadium on Saturday definitely had a 2013 feel to it.
The young Carson High boys and girls cross country teams received a huge test to begin the season at the high-powered Twilight Classic on Friday night in Reno. All of Northern Nevada’s top teams and several top teams from California competed in the event.
Joe Nelson and Connor Pradere have been selected to participate in the 20th annual Australia Goodwill Series in baseball.
RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack football team is saying all the right things this week.
The Carson High girls soccer team played on even terms for one half with Northern California power Montgomery of Sata Rosa, but a five-minute span in the second half proved costly.
Fernley 95A Speedway holds the 13th points race of the season tonight, featuring all the regular track racing divisions.
Dudley L. Kine Jr, 76, of Lake Tahoe Nevada passed away at his home August 12 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born to Dudley and Naomi Kline on April 19, 1938 in Reno, Nevada.
Robert Leon Gilder passed away Renown Medical Center on August 19, 2014 of complications from COPD. He was born in Bend Oregon February 22, 1943 to Leon and Josine Gilder.
Mr. Bass died July 27, 2014, at home after a long convalescence. He was born in Paris, Texas and resided in Hayward, Ca., before moving to Carson City in 1976. Among his survivors are his wife, Joanie, sons Wayne and Daniel, daughter Diane Starratt all of Carson City and daughter Donna Starratt of Fernley. Mr. Bass has 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. There will be a “Celebration Of Life Memorial” for Mr. Bass on August 31, 2014 at 4:00pm
Sports fodder for a Friday morning...It really won’t be much of an accomplishment for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team to become bowl eligible this season.
New head coach and a new offense. That is the early story with the Carson High boys soccer program. New head coach Michael Alvarez has replaced Medhi Saami and installed a 4-3-3 offense entering the Sept. 6 opener at Reno High School.
Without a doubt this could well be the toughest opening football game Carson High has encountered since Blair Roman took the reins six years ago.
DAYTON — Dayton football coach Rob Turner admits that first games make him nervous.
Mike Edmiston spent the 2013 volleyball season coaching at Dayton Intermediate, and watching plenty of Dayton High games.
For Jesse Medina, Saturday’s season-opener against Clayton Valley Charter means more to him than many of his teammates.
A lack of height has forced Carson High volleyball coach Robert Maw to change the way he will attack people this year.
Northern Division I tennis has a new look this year. Instead of two leagues with Division I and Division IA teams mixed together, each classification will have its own league, meaning Carson will play 11 matches against other large-school teams beginning with Thursday’s match (3 p.m.) at Spanish Springs.
Our dear husband, father, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew and friend Paul M. Laxalt, has left us too soon. He passed away at his home in Reno, Nevada on August 24, 2014.
Keith Anthony Sulprizio was born on March 11, 1950 in Oakland, California to Radium Sulprizio and Florence Jeanne Bergeron Sulprizio. He grew up in Lafayette, California playing among the orchards and he graduated from Acalanes High School in 1968.
I had been waiting for the movie about the De La Salle football program for a while. I’ll be honest, I perused the internet daily to find the release date, and what people were saying about the film. You see I’m a De La Salle graduate, a member of the fourth graduating class, long before the school became famous for its football team.
Two former Carson High football stars who were teammates in the late 1990s are the newest members of the Carson High Football Hall of Fame.
RENO — Carson football coach Blair Roman went into Saturday’s scrimmage against Bishop Manogue and Galena looking to see what his team could or couldn’t execute offensively, and he came away happy especially the way his first-team offense performed.
ENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack football team insists it has put the 2013 season firmly in the past.
Carson City driver Tom Purcell scored a victory in the IMCA Modified A main at Fernley 95A Speedway last Saturday night
Like every other football coach in Northern Nevada, Carson High’s Blair Roman is anxious to see his team in pads and knocking heads with another team.
The 2013 soccer season was a good one for the Carson High School girls.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . I get the whole Las Vegas versus Reno thing. I understand Las Vegas believes it’s a separate state from the rest of Nevada and northern Nevada is convinced everything south of Tonopah is merely some southern California junkyard.
Eveline Delgado burst on the Northern Nevada cross-country scene as a freshman, and her success has been critical for Carson High School.
By Darrell Moody dmoody@nevadaappeal.com Tim Terry has been involved in Little League baseball for 35 years as a coach and administrator. This past summer, Terry decided to step down from his position as Little League District 1 administrator. From his yearly pilgrimage to the Little League World Series, Terry took time to talk about his decision and the state of Little League baseball.
Sage Donnelly, the 14-year-old kayak phenom from Carson City, raked in the Female Paddler of the Year award given annually by Canoe and Kayak magazine. Donnelly accepted the honor recently in Salt Lake City.
The Carson High Football Boosters Club is holding its annual Kickoff and Hall of Fame dinner Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Carson Nugget parking lot.
When you ask people around the Carson High football program about senior Dilyn Rooker, they talk about his football smarts.
In six quick years, Blair Roman has made Carson High football relevant in Northern Nevada.
Fernley 95A Speedway is back in action this weekend with its regular racing program after reconfiguring the modified infield for the recent Monster Truck event.
DAYTON — The biggest question facing coach Rob Turner and the Dayton Dust Devils is a big one.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Colin Kaepernick told Bleacher Report recently the criticism he received after signing a huge contract extension is because of stereotypes and prejudices, that his tattoos, the way he dresses and talks don’t go together with being a franchise quarterback.
DAYTON — When you think nose tackles, you think of big, bulky dudes.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos leading tackler Danny Trevathan is out six to eight weeks after fracturing his left knee during a particularly intense padded practice Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES — Steve Ballmer officially became the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.
The Carson High football team runs through a drill on Monday. Carson practiced for the first-time this season at the high school on Monday.
On July 15, 2014, Marie Alvarado, our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, auntie and friend began her journey into everlasting life.
Carson and Dayton high schools officially kicked off the 2014 football season on Saturday.
Thousands of youth football players, cheerleaders, coaches and parents descended on Carson High on Saturday for the Sierra Youth Football League Carson Experience. Teams from across Northern Nevada and Northern California in several divisions participated in scrimmages throughout the day.
Carson High golfer Dalton Butler shot 73 to tie for second at the Whalen Tournament of Champions last Thursday at Dayton Valley Golf Club.
Former Carson High and current University of Nevada pitcher Adam Whitt was named the recipient of the Russell Ford Award which is given to the Cape Cod Baseball League’s top reliever.
LAS VEGAS — For the first time, a Nevada team is heading to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Cleveland fighter impressive in Fallon Fights event
Fernley 95A Speedway hosted a Monster Truck show last weekend, much to the enjoyment of the large crowd on Saturday and the somewhat smaller one on Sunday.
Preseason football begins in earnest today for thousands of youth football players as the Carson Senators Youth Football program will host its Sierra Youth Football League Carson Experience today at Carson High.
RENO – When the then-Reno Tahoe Open was looking for volunteers for its first-ever tournament back in 1999, John Benkert was quick to respond.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... Brian Polian put Nevada Wolf Pack football into perspective this week. The second-year head coach said his idea of the perfect non-conference schedule would involve one Football Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA) team, two teams from non-BCS conferences and one team from the middle or lower ranks of some BCS conference.
Michael Alvarez, an assistant coach for the last two years, has been named the boys soccer coach at Carson High School.
Cameron was a shooting star that was here only for a moment before he cruised to heaven. His smile, blue eyes, and charm lit up the room wherever he went.
Harold W. Nolte Jr. (Hal), 80, passed away at Manor Care in Reno on June 1st after a brief illness. Prior to his death, Hal resided at The Lodge, where he had many friends and was well-liked by the staff. Please join us at a Memorial Service on Sunday, August 10, at 3:00pm at Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 1281 N. Roop Street in Carson City, Nevada. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the American Cancer Society, Post Office Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73123-1718, or to the charity of your choice.
Smokey passed away peacefully at home of natural causes.
Jackie “Jack” Rayford Sandifer, 67, of Carson City passed away July 31, 2014, Services for Jack will be held on Friday August 8th with a viewing from 10:00am to 11:00am and funeral services at 11AM at Autumn Funerals & Cremations. To view the full obituary please visit http://www.autumnfuneral.com/
Maurine Duarte, a longtime resident of Gardnerville, passed away in Folsom, CA after a long illness. Maurine was born on December 12, 1934 to John and Ethel Philipsen in San Diego, CA.
A familiar name has come back to lead Carson High’s boys and girls golf teams this year.
Vicente Hernandez, a resident of Carson City since 1983, passed away on July 31, 2014 at the age of 86. He was born in the Philippines on September 12, 1927.
Registration is still open for the second annual Genoa Peak Madathon marathon and half-marathon races being held Saturday in Genoa.
Loran Uhart, a true native Nevada cattleman, passed away July 31st, 2014, at his home in Carson Valley after a hard fought battle with Leukemia.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Stevie Johnson had produced three straight 1,000-yard seasons with 23 touchdown catches as Buffalo’s most dynamic player in the passing game when that streak ended in frustrating fashion last year.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Colin Kaepernick cradled his eight-month-old nephew, Ezekiel, in his arms, then lifted the infant into the air, gently bouncing him up and down.
Brian Polian couldn’t do anything about the dark cloud that hovered over Northern Nevada on Monday as his Nevada Wolf Pack football team went through its first practice of summer training camp.
Instead of skipping event, he’s the leader
RENO — John Mallinger won a car and set a single-day scoring record during the third round of the Barracuda Championship Saturday at Montreux Golf & Country Club.
RENO — The drought is over.
It was quite a setting in Clovis last weekend. The lights were shining bright and the people came out in droves to watch the annual Old Town Clovis Street Vault Championship.
Watney takes first round lead in Barracuda event
Connie Desanto, a loving mother, grandmother, and wife, has passed away after a long battle with lupus. She was the daughter of Preston and Melba Roark.
RENO – The last time Nick Watney led or shared a 36-hole lead was at The Barclays in 2012.
With Hot August Nights winding down, perhaps you’ve seen enough classic cars and are ready for something different.
RENO — Greg Chalmers is trying to do what no foreign player has ever done in the past 15 years in Reno – win a PGA tournament.
Born in 1937, in Santa Monica, CA, Roger Sandmeier was the only son of Emil and Gertrud Hess Sandmeier. Named to honor the memory of cowboy star and philanthropist Will Rogers (his parents’ former employer), he was raised and educated in Pacific Palisades, Westwood, and Brentwood
Eddy Jean Hillman, 90, of Carson City passed away on July 31, 2014. Jean was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee where she attended Southwestern College.
Heinz Robert Doring passed into the Lord’s presence on July 24th, 2014 following a 6 year battle with cancer. Heinz was born October 8th, 1941 in Hamburg, Germany to Robert and Erna Doring.
Davis Love III enters the Barracuda Championship needing a good performance here and at the Wyndham in two weeks to get into the PGA Tour’s annual post-season shindig.
