This one hurts. “They all hurt,” said Carson High football coach Blair Roman after his team fell, 24-20, against Galena on Friday night at home in the Sierra League opener for both teams.
The first stage of Web.com Tour qualifying will be held at Dayton Valley Golf Club on Oct. 9-12. This is the 24th straight year for the qualifier to be held at Dayton Valley Golf Club.
Saturday is the final race of the season for Fernley 95A Speedway, with IMCA Modifieds, B Mods, Pro Stock, Hobby Stock, Gen-X, and Dwarfs on the schedule. There’s a slight chance of rain in the forecast, but just a little rain will make the track even faster. Gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 6.
Colonel Russel Reaver, an Amerian patriot and hero, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2018. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, yet spent his youth in Missouri.
The San Francisco 49ers should sign Colin Kaepernick. The 49ers need a quarterback after the season-ending knee injury to Jimmy Garoppolo.
Carson High senior Abby Pradere was a freshman the last time the Senators knocked off the Bishop Manogue volleyball team.
Clare M. Lovell, 97 of Gardnerville, passed away on September 25, 2018 arrangements are in the care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 888-6800
Rodney P.Shoop, 60 of Carson City, passed away on September 25, 2018, arrangements are in the care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 888-6800
Kenneth Axelson, 62 of Silver Springs passed away on September 22, 2018, arrangements are in the care of Autumn Funeral & Cremation 888-6800
Harold L. Osgood, 74, died September 26, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
The Carson High girls golf team had an encouraging effort without one of its two top golfers on Tuesday at Genoa.
Jay Norvell spent the first month of the Nevada Wolf Pack’s football season explaining to his team and to everyone that would listen all games are equally important.
The Sierra Lutheran football team rolled to a 20-0 win over Coleville on Saturday.
Edward T. Taraskewich Jr., died September 22, 2018 in Minden, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team has never stopped the Air Force Falcons. Four games. Four bare-knuckle, no-holds-barred brawls. Four painful, punch-to-the gut wars that have left the Wolf Pack defense battered, tattered and torn.
John Edward Costanza, 84, died September 21, 2018 in Gardnerville, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
The family of Mouryne would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to the following people for their love and tender care of our mother: Dr. Christopher Forman, Dr. Brian Sonderegger, Dr. William O’Shaughnessy, Dr. Richard Bryan and Dr. David Baker. Also to the compassionate staff of Eden Hospice and Home Care.
With only a couple weeks left in the season, the Lady Wave golf team is pushing to qualify at least one, if not two, golfers to next month’s state tournament.
It took a quarter for the Greenwave to warm up to a late summer night at South Lake Tahoe, but once Fallon scored its first touchdown, the No. 1 football team in the Northern 3A rolled to a 47-6 win against the Vikings.
After playing soccer for Fallon during the 1990s, Randy Hines and Lance Lattin are trying to turn around the Lady Wave program in their fourth year together.
Take away the first half of the opening set, and the Lady Wave volleyball team may have played their best match of the year against a formidable league opponent.
Based on its effort against Spanish Springs, the Carson High football team definitely has something to build on.
Margaret A. Lambert, 81, died September 23, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Randy Lee Clark, 64 of Silver Springs, passed away on September 20, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Michelle Marie Demera, 52 of Carson City, passed away on September 20, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Marilyn Jean Percival, 69 of Carson City, passed away on September 21, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Mark L. Kyle, 64, died September 20, 2018 in Reno, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Conner Neil McLuckie, 81 of Minden, passed away on September 14, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Edward M. Castillo, 86, died September 21, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Born in Bridgeport, CT as the only son of Mildred James Howland and Stuart Parkin Foster. Howie was 13th generation direct descendant of John Howland of the Mayflower. John settled in Westport, MA and the property has remained in the family to this day.
Shirley Morey passed away early Sunday morning, September 9th, at the age of 90. She was born in Bertrand, Nebraska, the fifth and youngest child of Robert and Lillie Sunblade. She grew up and attended school in Bertrand, played the clarinet in the band, sang in the choir, was a cheerleader, an honor student, and it was there that she met the love of her life. They graduated from high school together in 1946.
A kickoff of 7:30 p.m. has been set for the next home game for the Nevada football team, a showdown with rival Fresno State on Oct. 6 at Mackay Stadium. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
Coming off one of its most impressive weekends in recent years, the Mountain West had a football weekend to forget.
Billy Ray Payne , son of Eileen Joan and Billy Blake Payne, who have pre-deceased him, grew up in Washoe Valley and was a musician, avid fisherman and motorcycle enthusiast.
Genean Susan Bennett, passed away on September 21, 2018 in Fallon. Arrangements are with Smith Family Funeral Home, 775-423-2255.
The Carson High football team has something it hasn’t had for the last couple of weeks. Hope.
The Douglas Tigers were down 14-0 before they took an offensive snap Friday night.
Karen and Jill Beglin finished 1-2 for the Carson High girls golf team on Tuesday in the Sierra League Tournament at Toiyabe Golf Course.
Heaven’s gates opened as Byron Lee Cassell III, affectionally known as Buddy, died peacefully September 1, 2018 at the age of 38, after a courageous battle with Cancer.
You might not have noticed it on the scoreboard this season, but the Nevada Wolf Pack defense is vastly improved this season. Honest. The Pack is allowing 32.7 points and 452 yards a game this year after three games, down slightly from the 33.9 points and 471 yards it allowed last year.
James Allen Lengel, age 77, of Wellington, NV passed away on September 5, 2018. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry’s Funeral Home, 775-882-2644.
Rae Dickerson, long time resident of Carson City, Nevada, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at the age of 67.
Karen and Jill Beglin finished 1-2 for the Carson High girls golf team on Tuesday in the Sierra League Tournament at Toiyabe Golf Course.
Donald E. Miller, 84, died September 8, 2018 in Washoe Valley, NV. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Russell W. Bowton Jr., 87, died September 19, 2018. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Ty Gangi is well aware of the next challenge for his Nevada Wolf Pack football team. “If we want to be known as a good football team we have to be able to win on the road,” the Wolf Pack quarterback said this week.
Carson High football coach Blair Roman continues to do his best Yogi Berra act, essentially telling his team this game “is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.”
RENO — The Mountain West conference has announced its television package and the University of Nevada men’s basketball team will play on national television a minimum of 29 times which includes some road games that aren’t part of the conference package.
Karen Beglin and Jill Beglin each shot outstanding rounds to lead the Carson High girls golf team in a Sierra League Tournament on Tuesday at Toiyabe Golf Course
Carson High’s cross country runners continued to show improvement on Saturday at the Nevada Union Invitational in Grass Valley, Calif.
Barbara Lee Butterfield, 78, passed away on September 13, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are under the care of Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 775-882-4965.
On September 15, 2018 Charles Wayne (Bud) Debenham departed this world to live forever with Jesus. Bud had lived over 97 years at the time of his passing. We suffer his loss but rejoice that his pain is over.
RENO — Nevada baseball coach T.J. Bruce announced the Wolf Pack’s 2019 schedule on Tuesday. The defending Mountain West regular season champions will host the defending College World Series champion Oregon State Beavers at Don Weir Field at Peccole Park for a two-game series in April.
The Bowling Center inside the Gold Dust West has just completed a $1 million renovation.
The Jay Norvell School of Football reduces everything to a basic, stern set of values. Grit. Grind. Grapple. Gruff. Growl. Grow.
Carlos Villasenor-Maciel was born on November 1st, 1953 in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. He then came from Anaheim, California to live in Carson City, Nevada for 30 years. He went to be with The Lord September 12, 2018 due to congestive heart failure.
Thirty individuals and teams were honored last weekend as the Greenwave Hall of Fame inducts its second class.
The Lady Wave picked up a much needed win last week in Northern 3A volleyball by sweeping visiting North Valleys in three close sets.
The Greenwave offense made this year’s Hall of Fame class gush with pride after rolling up 68 points against visiting North Valleys on Friday at the Edward Arciniega Athletic Complex.
There’s a new No. 1 team in the Nevada Appeal Mountain West football rankings. The San Diego State Aztecs upset the nationally ranked Arizona State Sun Devils, 28-21, last Saturday night in San Diego and now sit atop the rankings. Boise State fell one spot to No. 2 after a 44-21 loss at Oklahoma State while Fresno State remained at No. 3 after going to the Rose Bowl and beating UCLA, 38-14
George W Carney, 91 of Carson City, passed away on September 14, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Linda L Croslin, 71 of Wellington, passed away on September 14, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
RENO — A kickoff time of 1 p.m. has been set for the Nevada football team’s game at Air Force on Sept. 29. The game will be broadcast on ESPNNews and played at Falcon Stadium.
The football gods smiled upon the Nevada Wolf Pack Saturday night without a moment to spare. “There are a lot of ways to win a football game and a lot of ways to lose a football game,” Wolf Pack head coach Jay Norvell said after a hold-your-breath 37-35 Nevada victory over the Oregon State Beavers at Mackay Stadium. “We were very, very blessed to be on the right side of this one.
SPARKS — The time is now for the Carson High football team. No more platitudes about progress made here and there, no more two steps forward and one step back.
Jennifer Artz posted a string of pearls as the Carson High girls tennis team (2-3) rolled to a 15-3 win at home against Hug on Thursday.
Robert Lee Weible passed away September 13, 2018 in Fallon, NV. Arrangements by Smith Family Funeral Home, 775-423-2255.
Rae D. Dickerson, 67, died September 11, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Kimberly D. Plut, 55, died September 11, 2018 in Minden, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial, 775-882-1766.
Born Mary JoAnn Zuidmulder on May 3, 1935 to William and Kathleen Zuidmulder, JoAnn graduated from Geen Bay East High School in 1953.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team will beat the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday at Mackay Stadium. Keep in mind this victory, over a Pac-12 bottom feeder, wouldn’t be a program-changing victory for the Wolf Pack. It wouldn’t point them in the direction of a national championship. It wouldn’t convince ESPN to do a 30 for 30 two-hour documentary on the Jay Norvell era.
RENO — Saturday’s football game between Nevada and Oregon State will be aired on ESPNU. The game was previously scheduled for a digital broadcast on ESPN3. However, due to weather events on the east coast, ESPN networks have gone through programming changes and the Nevada-Oregon State game was moved into a spot on ESPNU.
Antoinette Gertrud Steinmann Wodrich, 88, of Carson City, passed away on September 12, 2018 , Nevada, Arrangements are under the care of Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 775-882-4965.
Richard Adkins, long-time resident of Fallon, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Fernley Estates at the age of 83 years. He chose to enter hospice at a time when the toll of multiple health issues and infirmities of age finally outweighed the long fight of life.
The Nevada Wolf Pack isn’t going to allow a 41-10 loss at Vanderbilt last Saturday to put a damper on its entire season.
It’s not like the Carson High football team shouldn’t know what it’s up against.
The Sierra Lutheran volleyball team rolled to a 25-9, 25-3, 25-11 win at Sierra Sage on Friday.
The Carson City Kiwanis 5th Annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Silver Oak Golf Course is sold out.
Cher passed away suddenly at home on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation.
It’s time for Ty Gangi to put the Pack on his back. No more excuses. No more wait-and-see approach. No more learning curve. No more inconsistency. The time has come for Gangi to grab this Nevada Wolf Pack football season by the facemask and drag it into greatness and grandeur.
John Richard O’Keefe, 64 of Carson City, passed away on September 9, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Sylvia Jean Miller, 86 of Carson City, passed away on September 10, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800
Ethelyn Mary Paul, 73 of Carson City, passed away on September 10, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Stanley Gail Knapp, age 71, passed away in the early morning of September 6th, 2018 with his loving wife, Janet, and sons Brian and Kevin by his side. Stanley was a resident of Minden since 2013.
Mike was born in Harbor City, California. At the age of 4 years, the family moved to Las Vegas, NV. They lived there for 12 years, then in November 1979 the family moved to Fallon, NV.
Lynnette Rinehart, age 76, of Carson City, NV passed away on September 8, 2018. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry’s Funeral Home, 775-882-2644.
TRUCKEE — Behind the return of its star player and a defense that forced six turnovers, the Greenwave football team battled from behind on the road to hold off Truckee, 32-29, Saturday afternoon at Surprise Stadium.
Ernie McKenzie remembers ditching study hall to go duck hunting, and the consequences that soon followed.
Burl Ray Diggs, age 78, of Carson City, Nevada peacefully passed away surrounded by friends on Friday September 7, 2018. Burl was born May 7, 1940 in Idabel, Oklahoma.
Joyce T. Crivello, 78 of Zephyr Cove, passed away on September 8, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775- 888-6800
William Lyman Smith II, 61 of Carson City, passed away on September 8, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Shirley Joan Morey, 90 of Gardnerville, passed away on September 9, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Virginia Grace Corbin, 80 of Carson City, passed away on September 8, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775- 888-6800.
Margaret C Hilling, 93 of South Lake Tahoe, passed away on September 9, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Melissa Bryant Demand, 46, passed away on September 8, 2018 in Reno, Nevada. Arrangements are under the care of Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 775-882-4965.
Morgan Lewis Reed, 77, passed away on September 10, 2018 in Reno, Nevada. Arrangements are under the trusted care of Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 775-882-4965.
There’s a sign of life in Fort Collins, Colorado, after all. The Colorado State Rams, outscored 88-47 in losses to Hawaii and Colorado to open the season, turned in one of the most impressive performances in the Mountain West this season so far by upsetting Arkansas 34-27 on Saturday in Fort Collins.
William Leroy Nagel, 92, passed away on August 28, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are under the care of Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, 775-882-4965.
Andrew Leon Morris, 66 of Carson City, passed away on September 8, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
Sheila Marie Bruce, 75 of Carson City, passed away on September 8, 2018. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s inevitable a football coach will claim his team’s best football is ahead of them and that no matter the margin, things could be better.
Douglas High’s football team got off to a slow start Friday night against Hug.
RENO — If there was ever game in which a team couldn’t look at the scoreboard to determine its effort this was it.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Nevada soccer team (3-2-1) lost to Sacramento State (1-4-1), 3-2, on Friday. The match concluded a five-game stretch for the Wolf Pack away from home.
Based on its performance at a Sierra League meet it hosted on Thursday at the Washoe Lake State Recreation Area, the Carson High boys cross country team should be right in the thick of the race for the Sierra League title.
Hazel Mae Sanow, age 85, went to her heavenly home on Saturday, August 18, 2018. Hazel was a wonderful woman that was loved, is missed and will always be cherished.
“Sweet Genevieve” Holman, a loving mother, grandma, great grandma and great-great grandma was devoted to her family, sharing love, laughter and life.
Sports fodder . . . It might become increasingly difficult from here on out for Northern Nevada to keep ignoring Nevada Wolf Pack football. Mackay Stadium has been only slightly more lively than a Nevada ghost town over the first seven home games of the Jay Norvell era.
November 9, 1924 - September 1, 2018 Bruce Pfeiffer (call sign N7CPP) of Carson City passed away peacefully September 1, 2018 at Whispering Heights Residence Home
John F. (90 3/4) and Doris R. Brown (83) have passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ. Doris passed November 12, 2017 and John passed May 16, 2018. They were married in Eugene, Oregon and had celebrated 64 years together in 2017.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team had just beaten Portland State 72-19 last Friday night to open its season when head coach Jay Norvell fired a warning shot to the final 11 opponents on his schedule.
RENO — The Nevada athletics department announced Wednesday season tickets for the upcoming men’s basketball season are officially sold out.
While the name is not very inviting, Prison Hill should be one of the top destinations for easy recreational activity nearby.
The Nevada Wolf Pack’s 72-19 paddling of Portland State on Friday night at Mackay Stadium is not certifiable proof this football season will conclude with a parade down Virginia Street.
RENO — The University of Nevada men’s basketball team’s Sweet 16 rematch with Loyola Chicago will air on ESPNews on Nov. 27 at 5 p.m. from Gentile Arena. The game is part of the 2018 Challenge Series that matches teams from the Mountain West and Missouri Valley Conference. The game is a rematch of the Sweet 16 game played in Atlanta last season won by the Ramblers, 69-68.
Loving father, and grandfather, 73 of Fallon, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2018 after a yearlong battle with cancer surrounded by his children.
The Carson City Kiwanis is having the 5th Annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Silver Oak Golf Course.
Carson High football coach Blair Roman is doing his best Yogi Berra act as he’s hoping for deja vu all over again.
Hunter Rauh and Zachary Sever provided a nice 1-2 combo to help pace the Carson boys cross country team to a fourth-place finish on Friday at the Reed Invitational in Sparks.
Nevada Division of Forestry's Acting State Forester, Kacey KC, stands among the past state foresters as she is the first female in Nevada to serve the role.
Jason Gardner competes in the newspaper toss during the End of Bike Week Party on Friday evening in McFadden Plaza.
The Jack C. Davis Observatory at 2699 Van Patten Drive will host a lecture about Atlantis by Mike Thomas at 6:30 p.m. today. Other events include a lecture about stellar archaeology on Jan. 27 and a viewing of a blue moon total lunar eclipse on Jan. 31.
The swollen Carson River at the Cradlebaugh Bridge in January 2017.
“Get Off My Back,” a pencil drawing by William Smith
William Smith’s art was incorporated into material for the 2017 Jazz & Beyond Music Festival. His work will be adorning the walls inside the Carson City Art Gallery in March.
Dayton’s Stephen Reid is bringing his watercolors to the Community Center.
Artist Susan Glaser Church learned to weld while helping her father repair machinery on their Elko ranch. Now she uses the skill to make art, including work debuting Friday at the Community Center.
Hand in hand with her Lord, Mouryne Landing Dini passed on to her eternal home… on August 30, 2018, a warm Nevada afternoon, as a dear voice read her favorite Psalm 121, “I will lift up mine eyes…”
A statue of an Indian mother and her child, perhaps carved by a Washoe or Paiute Indian, was discovered underground in Douglas County.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
Rachael Marguerite Bourgeois' Fanny Allen Hospital School of Nursing School 1945 graduation picture. Fanny Allen Hospital is the only hospital in Burlington, Vermont; The Green Mountain State.
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In places like Wild Horse Reservoir near Elko and Red and Caples lakes along Highway 88, ice fishing is possible when water freezes and creates ice a minimum of six inches thick.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
United Stated Army WAC Sgt. Evelyn Johnson served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in Birmingham, England and Rouen, France during World War II.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
Carson City looking north from the top of the Capitol building in 1871.
The Brewery Arts Center's summer concert series is becoming a tradition.
The ruins of a boat once built to ply the waters of Winnemucca Lake as a floating speakeasy during the Prohibition days. Photo taken by Dennis Cassinelli circa 1959.
Jason Gardner competes in the newspaper toss during the End of Bike Week Party on Friday evening in McFadden Plaza.
Nevada is the No. 1 at-risk state for credit card fraud and identity theft, but prevention can be simple.
Jan Loverin is curator of clothing and textiles at the Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center. Photo courtesy of Nevada State Museum
Saturday, September 15th, 2018 ~ 3:00pm - 6:00pm ~ Caterpillar’s Hookah Lounge, 314 S. Carson St. in Carson City ~ Potluck, Stories & Love
Arlo Mann, 82 passed away on August 31, 2018 in Watertown, SD. Arrangements are in the care of Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel, 605-882-1516.
David L. Hughes, 84 of Dayton, passed away on September 2, 2018, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremation, 775- 888-6800
Branden Beeghly, a 2016 Fallon grad, made his mark with the Greenwave baseball program before turning the page to the next chapter of his life. Beeghly, who’s father, Randy, who was inducted into the Greenwave Hall of Fame last year, finished his second year at Williston State College (North Dakota) and is now at the University of Benedictine in Mesa, Ariz. Beeghly took some time to reflect on his time with Fallon and in the Midwest as he prepares for his new adventure in the desert.
The Boise State Broncos were compared to a recent national championship team this weekend. “That’s the best team we’ve played since Clemson in 2016,” Troy coach Neal Brown said after a 56-20 loss to the Broncos Saturday night in Troy, Ala.
