The Dayton Valley High Desert Soccer League will hold final signups.
Carson City's Mikey and Aaron Orlick continued their strong performances this past weekend in USASA South Tahoe Series snowboarding events.
The thinking is if Western Nevada Community College builds an athletic program, some of the area's best and brightest student-athletes will come.
The Carson City softball program will hold last chance signups and tryouts.
Kit Carson Pass is located on California S.R. 88, about 42 miles south of Carson City.
-- Feb. 28 -- Closing day of the 2001-2002, Nevada, cottontail, pygmy and white-tailed jackrabbit hunting season in all 17 counties.
Limits of rainbow trout at Indian Creek Reservoir
Here is some basic information regarding fishing licenses and permits:
The four were yours truly, Norm Budden, Marty Martinez and Bob "Slick" McCulloch, all of Carson City.
The limit is five trout.
Late signups for Carson City Babe Ruth will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 2 in the coaches room behind field two at Governors Field.
Douglas High graduate Chris Chappell had an outstanding effort in the pole vault for the University of Arizona men's track team this past weekend.
RENO -- For the first time in 25 years, a Douglas High basketball team will be playing for the state championship.
RENO -- The Yerington High School girls basketball team started out well enough at the NIAA/U.S. Bank 3A State Tournament on Wednesday afternoon.
The Carson Senator inline hockey team improved its record to 10-0 with a 6-1 win over Bishop.
RENO -- Carson coach Paul Croghan said following his team's loss to undefeated Centennial in the state semifinals that the Bulldogs are beatable. Well, there's only one more game left to prove he's right.
Carson City Little League is now looking for umpires for the 2002 season.
Being the No. 3 seed from Northern Nevada may actually work out to be an advantage for the Fernley boys and Yerington girls basketball teams in the NIAA-U.S. Bank 3A State Championships.
True, she did bring a state championship in the 3,200 meters back to Carson High School last May, but only at the end of an injury-plagued spring track season.
Most of the general public considers those of us who exercise to be slightly off-center. They can't see the benefits, only the effort expended.
Douglas, a 46-44 winner against Carson in the Northern 4A regional finals Saturday, opens with a 6:35 p.m. contest against Western. Carson plays its opener at 9 a.m. against Las Vegas.
It's not surprising that the Carson Country boys and girls basketball teams were well-represented on the all-Northern 4A teams.
Rick Walker has been named as the new football coach at Dayton High.
SPARKS -- Friday simply wasn't a good day for No. 1 seeds during the Northern 4A Regional basketball tournament -- unfortunately for the Carson High School boys.
SPARKS -- One thing's for sure, the Carson High girls basketball team didn't make things easy for itself in the Northern 4A Regional Tournament.
I imagine all good race fans will be reading this during commercial breaks while watching the Daytona 500.
SPARKS -- Based on Friday night's performance against Fallon, saying Douglas truly deserves to reach the Northern 4A Regional championship games to make the state tournament might not be entirely accurate. But who cares?
The Dayton and Fernley boys basketball team will play each other for the right to advance to the NIAA/U.S. Bank 3A State Championships.
Despite another strong effort, Carson High graduate Darrell Rasner was denied in his bid to tie the school record for wins for the University of Nevada baseball team.
Carson High coach Tim McCarthy said he was hoping that as many as three of his wrestlers could win medals at the NIAA-U.S. Bank 4A State Wrestling Championships.
RENO -- It may have bogged down the game, but the University of Nevada men's basketball team broke the school record for free throw attempts.
Carson City Little League will hold tryouts on Saturday, Feb. 23 at Governors Field.
Bode Miller is clearly an amazing skier. Almost any other skier who slipped onto his side while running the Olympic downhill in the combined this week would have simply given up. But not Miller.
It was a matter of survival for the Dayton and Fernley boys basketball teams.
The Carson boys and girls ski teams both improved to 6-1 on the season with a pair of wins on Thursday.
SPARKS -- Carson High girls basketball coach Paul Croghan figured his team's speed and quickness would influence Wednesday night's game against McQueen. Boy, was he ever right, but probably wished it didn't take so long to materialize.
SPARKS -- After the first 27 minutes on Wednesday, it looked like the Douglas High girls basketball team would only make a token appearance in the Northern 4A regional playoffs after a three-year absence.
The Sierra Inline Hockey League governing board elections will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25 at the Pony Express Pavilion.
Signups for the High Desert Soccer Spring League will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Carson City Community Center.
When the Carson High girls basketball team opens the Northern 4A regional playoffs today against McQueen, coach Paul Croghan knows his team is going up against more than just the Lancers.
The Carson Senator inline hockey team remained hot with six more wins in recent action.
SPARKS -- When it came down to settling the battle of wills, the Carson High School boys basketball team won out on Tuesday night.
Douglas High graduate Rosie Contri continued her strong play for the Division III Willamette (Ore.) women's basketball team.
GENOA -- John Fleming, long considered among golf's finest
Well gang, it's getting closer and closer to the first weekend of March and you know what that means.
As could be expected, Carson Country was well-represented on the All-Northern 4A wrestling team.
Don't be misled by those records because Galena is the defending tournament champion and has won championships four of the last five years. The Grizzlies have also won four of their last five games.
While the silver medal fell short of his expectations, plenty of memories from a highly successful career at Yerington remain for Lemos.
The Dayton boys basketball team clinched third place in the Northern 3A division with a 55-40 win over Spring Creek on Saturday at home.
The Carson Senator rifle team won its sixth straight title in the Top Gun Match competition at the CHS range.
The battle over local racing continues, as a scheduled motocross event last weekend was halted by a "cease and desist" order Friday afternoon.
The Dayton boys basketball put itself on the verge of finishing the regular season in third place in the Northern 3A Division with its biggest win of the year.
Since the Carson High wrestling team is in first place, the first day of the Northern 4A Championships went a little better than expected.
The Carson City Recreation Department has set signups for its spring adult volleyball league.
An informational meeting for the 2002 Carson City Recreation softball season will be held.
SALT LAKE CITY -- On our last day on the mountains surrounding Salt Lake City, David Rittenhouse and I decided to visit the venerable resort of Alta
The Carson City Little League program is currently holding signups.
103 pounds -- Rich Hartley of Sparks placed second as a 103-pounder at the Sierra Nevada Classic and was named outstanding lightweight as a 112-pounder at the Carson Valley Invitational
The Silver State Volleyball Club is looking to add several players. The club is comprised of girls in grades 7-12 from the Carson City, Douglas, Fallon, Tahoe and Reno areas.
With two days left on a ski trip to Utah, it was time to check out the Canyons, sister resort to Heavenly with both part of the American Ski Co. empire.
The third annual track camp at Carson High will be held Feb. 23. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 8-18.
The Carson City Softball program will hold its final signups from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Round Table Pizza in the Raleys Shopping Center.
To say that Paul Carter is having to fill big shoes in his high school athletic career would be an understatement.
Travis Hansen scored 18 of his game-high 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead Smith Valley High School to a 68-62 non-conference boys basketball victory against Whittell on Tuesday night in Zephyr Cove.
RENO -- To hear Wolf Pack football coach Chris Tormey talk about three of Northern Nevada's top players coming to the program, it was something of a recruiting coup.
The 2002 fishing season opens on Saturday at the Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds, which are located near Wabuska. The ponds will be open to fishing until Sept. 30.
The 18th annual Firearms Engravers and Gunmakers Exhibition will be held at the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino in Reno on Feb. 8-10.
A free, 2-hour, introduction to cross country skiing will be offered Sunday at Donner Memorial State Park, weather permitting. The tour will be led by park rangers with the California State Park System.
The Nevada State Board of Wildlife Commissioners will meet on Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas.
There will be a three-day, ice-fishing derby at Wildhorse Reservoir in Northern Elko County on President's Day Weekend, Feb. 16-18.
Luke Penrose represents the total package. At least in the eyes of the United States Naval Academy.
If you like to fish for trout and if you would like to have the rare chance to fish at Lake Tahoe from a large boat for Mackinaw (Lake) trout, then mark the date of Feb. 19 on your calendar.
SALT LAKE CITY -- From posh Snow Basin in Utah to Powder Mountain is only 18 miles, but it's 30 or more years in time.
Ben Colee recently fired a hole-in-one at Empire Ranch Golf Course.
Carson City's Mikey and Aaron Orlick, representing Out of Bounds Snowboards, came home with top finishes this past weekend in the USASA halfpipe snowboarding competition at Sierra-at-Tahoe.
Some people just don't get it. I'm referring to a handful of neighbors (one in particular) of Champion Speedway. These people moved in next door to a track that has been in continuous operation since 1963, and now they want it shut down for their convenience.
Galena High graduate Julie Hinton was among the winners for the University of Nevada women's track team on Saturday at the Wolf Pack Invitational.
Yerington, Fernley and Dayton High Schools will be well-represented at the NIAA/U.S. Bank State 3A Wrestling Championships.
Carson High graduate Darrell Rasner turned in an outstanding effort, but received virtually no support in the University of Nevada's season opener in baseball.
When you're reading this I'm supposed to be inspecting the Olympic sites in Utah, weather and luck permitting. On the schedule are Snow Basin, Park City, Deer Valley and Alta.
The Fernley boys basketball team picked up a huge win when it held off Yerington 53-50 on Thursday.
