Carson boys soccer coach Jim Nealis has had almost every component necessary the past two seasons to make a deep run in the Northern 4A playoffs. The one thing missing, though, has been a goal scorer. Nealis thinks he's found one this season.
The cancellation of the Oct. 4 date at Champion Motor Speedway is the most notable change as track officials released an updated event and payout schedule.
Last weekend Mark Beck and a couple of other local sprint car drivers ran demonstration laps at Reno-Fernley Raceway during the BCRA Midget show.
First-year coach Randy Roser doesn't have any gimmes before finding out how good his team really is.
RENO -- Forget that 1-10 record and 10 straight losses against I-AA opponents in 2002. Southern Utah was only a kick or two away from knocking off Nevada Saturday night.
Coming off two straight playoff appearances, including a 7-3 record last season, Douglas football coach Mike Rippee has high expectations for this year's team.
It is said defense wins championships. If so, then the Carson Senators have a good start toward its 2003 season.
YERINGTON -- Without a league or state championship to play for, some people thought it might be difficult for Yerington's players to be excited about playing this season
YERINGTON -- Even though Yerington had a chance of making the playoffs last year, coach Cody Neville said if the team had played in the Northern 3A again he would've resigned.
DAYTON -- Last season ended with some bittersweet feelings for Dayton. Sweet in the sense that the Dust Devils posted a 4-5 overall record that equaled the school record for most wins.
Luke Penrose knew what he was getting into when he accepted an appointment to the United States Naval Academy and a chance to play football for Navy.
Fernley coach Dave Hart knows what a playoff football team looks like because his teams qualified for the playoffs eight times in the 90s.
With a new head coach and revamped starting lineup, Galena appears to be starting this season as a question mark
MINDEN - Douglas High football coach Mike Rippee saw some good things and bad things in Friday's scrimmage with defending state champion McQueen.
Carson High graduate Lauren Costella can say she has done something that not too many athletes can claim -- winning a medal in international competition.
If the Carson High football team could just hold onto the ball, it's option attack this year could be something special.
Carson High Lauren Costella had another outstanding effort, making the 400-meter individual medley finals at the World University Games in Korea.
The Ray Austin Memorial Baseball Academy, also known as RAMB, has announced it will offer two 10-week courses in pitching and hitting at its warehouse on N. Edmonds Drive.
Every Carson High football game will be broadcast live this season on KPTL AM 1300.
This Saturday night Fun Jumpers and Economy Speed Press will present the second annual Crazy Tie Nite.
The Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest Service has opened a new hiking trail off Mount Rose Highway 431 and this weekend seems to be a good time to try it out.
Just like they did last year, Dayton squares off against Incline and Yerington plays Pershing County tonight to kick off the Carson Country high school football season.
LAKE ALMANOR, CALIF: No report.
This statewide season closes on Sept. 30.
They must write that HIP number on their hunting license before entering the field.
That wildlife refuge is located in Northern Nevada and the special hunt is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW).
Those opportunities are located in the North Shore area (Between Brockway Summit and Tahoe City) of the Lake Tahoe Basin on National Forest Lands.
An Indonesian forest ranger, that's what.
There are special regulations that govern fishing at Heenan.
Successful completion of a hunter education course is required for anyone, born after Dec. 31, 1959, who is interested in purchasing a Nevada hunting license.
This statewide, shotgun season closes on Nov. 11, it is open to non-residents and the hunting hours are sunrise to sunset daily.
To borrow a phrase from Winston Churchill, WBC-WBA super welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
While the talk concerning the upcoming Nevada high school volleyball season has centered on the new rally scoring system, Carson coach Daryl James said another new rule not receiving as much attention should have a bigger impact on matches.
The Carson High girls tennis program may resemble a Chinese fire drill at times, but that's a good thing.
Fernley's Don Boyle qualified for the National Senior Club Professional Tournament with a fourth place finish at the Northern California PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship.
John Vierra recently fired a hole-in-one at Empire Ranch Golf Course.
Second-year coach Pat Houlihan made the obvious statement when describing his Carson boys tennis team.
Amy Bottenberg of Carson City was the first woman and third overall finisher at the Reno Sparks Triathlon held at the Sparks Marina last Saturday, Aug. 16.
Carson City Outlaw Kart racer Hunter Colodny recently received the QRC Perpetual Trophy for the Pro Stock class at Cycleland Speedway in Chico, Calif.
RENO -- One would think the pressure of playing in a PGA Tour event would be overwhelming for a 22-year-old. Nick Watney, though, is feeling it more than most this week at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Watney had to worry about letting down the family tree.
Carson City champion driver Dave Lester will compete Saturday in the ARCA West truck series at Champion Motor Speedway. The race will be nationally televised.
RENO -- It didn't seem too long ago that I was driving, sans snow tires or chains, on U.S. Highway 395 from Reno to Carson City. The November snow was pelting my Nissan Maxima, which can be scary for a 23-year-old from Arizona who has never driven in snow before.
RENO -- Hidemichi Tanaka barely fits into his size 28 pants because sometimes they are too big. During the first two rounds of the Reno-Tahoe Open it was obvious
RENO -- Tim Herron hasn't played this well or been this fit since winter. So after a day of unseasonably cool and cloudy weather on Friday, maybe it's no surprise he's the current leader at the Reno-Tahoe Open.
RENO -- Who would've thought that Rosewood Lakes Golf Course was imperative to the first round at the Reno-Tahoe Open? Certainly not Doug Heinrichs, the course superintendent at Montreux Golf and Country Club.
RENO -- ESPN Outdoors announced today that the ESPN Great Outdoor Games presented by Dodge will not return to Reno-Tahoe in 2004, the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitor Authority and ESPN announced.
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With the knee seemingly recovered from arthroscopic surgery last November, I figured it was time for a hike I thought I'd never do again.
Matt Bowman continues to make a name for himself as one of Northern Nevada's best baseball players heading into his senior year at 3A Dayton High.
RENO -- University of Nevada graduate Kirk Triplett and four others emerged as the first round leaders following a soggy Thursday at the Reno-Tahoe Open.
They must write that HIP number on their hunting license before entering the field.
That wildlife refuge is located in Northern Nevada and the special hunt is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW).
LAKE ALMANOR, CALIF: No report.
This season closes on Feb. 29, 2004.
Be advised that there are a number of special regulations that govern fishing at Heenan.
This season closes on Sept. 30.
RENO -- The way Scott McCarron sees it, he's got to be a favorite to win the Reno-Tahoe Open. Not because he's a Reno resident.
New Carson High girls golf coach Terry Gingell hasn't been given much time to mold his young team before the season begins.
Dayton's Todd and Fran Bobula and their border collie -- Gabriel "Gabe" Angel -- made impressive showing at the 2003 Northwest Bi-Mart Doc's Dog Challenge in Elkton, Ore.
The Silver Oak Golf Club has recently been the home to numerous holes-in-one. Those who have recently fired aces at the course include:
Would you like to hit the ball farther? For most golfers the answer is yes.
Dennis Brinson and Pete Sinnott have a lot in common in regard to their ties to Carson City and Nevada, especially when it comes to playing active roles in the local sports community.
Some familiar faces and leaders continued to make a name for themselves at Champion Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Damian Baldovino from Lakeview, Ore., and Erinn Wells from Bridgeport, Calif., were the men's and women's winners of the Silver State Marathon on Sunday.
I went out to Reno-Fernley Raceway last Saturday for the second National Auto Sports Association (NASA) race of the 2003 season on the newly paved road course.
For Shanna Sparks, the sixth annual Cross Country Cup on Saturday was an opportunity to run her old course one more time before hitting the road to the University of Colorado.
The rules for Moto X Step Up are simple. Riders take their 250cc Moto X bikes at a steeply pitched, 18-foot-high wall of dirt, wait for the gate to drop, pin the throttle, and hold on with the highest rider winning.
GARDNERVILLE -- There's an old boxing axiom that says there are only two ways to beat an opponent who is outboxing you. One is to land a lucky punch, and the other is to outwork your opponent.
Anytime the University of Nevada football team needed a big play last year, there was little doubt who was going to get the call.
Phil Mickelson did it again. He had a fabulous first round, then followed it up with a second round my 10-year-old nephew would be unhappy with. Mickelson folded and Tiger Woods wasn't even on the leader board.
First-time X Games competitor Matt Buyten of Carson City cleared a 32-foot high mark to secure a gold medal at the X Games IX Step Up Motocross competition on Friday in Los Angeles.
An at-bat at the Area Code Games is something most 17-year-old baseball players only dream about but never get. Even if they did, it's an-bat most 17-year-old baseball players wouldn't know how to handle. For Carson High's Willie Bowman, it was an at-bat that vaulted him into the national spotlight.
Carson City resident Matt Buyten has traveled to Los Angeles this weekend to compete in some ground-breaking events in the ninth annual X Games.
LOCATION: Kinney Reservoir, Calif.
The picnics are held at Mills Park on the third Tuesday of the month for the months of June, July, August and September.
It will be held from 8 a.m. until noon.
-- Aug. 15 -- Closing day of the any legal weapon, antelope (horns shorter than ears) hunting season in big game management area No. 035-Early.
There is a $5 fee for attending a hunter education class.
As if the return of boxing to Gardnerville wasn't already exciting enough, a war of words between Jesse Brinkley, of Yerington, and Danny "Dynamite" Perez, of Ventura, Calif., has added some spice to an already hot event.
One could forgive Lauren Costella if she has a sleepless night tonight.
Sean Lehmann looked surprisingly fresh when he crested the top of the C Hill Climb on Saturday morning. It certainly hadn't taken long, considering he ran the trail from the base, next to the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, to the top in a time of 14 minutes and 35 seconds.
Carson High's Willie Bowman continued to receive recognition this week for his performance at the Area Code Games.
Chuck Edgar, a long time Gardnerville resident, recently scored a hole-in-one the first day of the Empire Ranch Senior Men's Golf Club Individual Stroke Play Championship Tournament.
A good golf swing is a series of positions and movements linked together in an athletic, synchronized and balanced motion.
RENO -- The University of Nevada football program has long been known for its offense.
I'm often gratified and surprised when people I know, and even total strangers, come up to me and tell me they read this column.
Carson High senior Willie Bowman continued his hot hitting streak on Saturday at the 2003 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. Bowman went 1-for-3 in the Nike All-Star Game on Saturday and was 1-for-2 in his team's loss earlier on Saturday morning.
MINDEN -- The Carson Tigersharks are right where their coach expected them to be after the second day of the Pacific Swimming Zone 4 Championships at the Carson Valley Swim Center.
I've heard rumors about how the newspaper business is dying, how newsroom staffs are shrinking and might never swell again.
Willie Bowman played so well at the prestigious Area Code Games that he didn't even need to play his team's last game to earn a spot on the All-Star team.
The Fresno Fuego of the Premier Development League and their run in the U.S. Open Cup ended Wednesday in a 3-1 loss to the MLS' Los Angeles Galaxy. Los Angeles, which has advanced to the past two U.S. Open Cup finals, fell behind 1-0 in the first five minutes before scoring three unanswered goals in front of almost 7,000 fans at the newly built Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Sisters Kate and Julie Hardt had another outstanding day on Friday in the United States Swimming Championships at College Park, Md.
Carson High Athletic Director Ron McNutt announced Friday Carson High School District's new coaches for the 2003-2004 school year.
MINDEN -- Lisa Yamamoto got her start with competitive swimming for the Carson Tigersharks last year during the Pacific Swimming Zone 4 Championships age group meet held at the Carson Valley Swim Center. Friday, she returned to the same pool and posted her first major victory on the opening day of the zone meet.
Sisters Julie and Kate Hardt, boht Carson High graduates, teamed to help Reno Aquatics to a 10th place finish in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the United States Swimming Championships on Thursday in College Park, Md.
This Saturday night, the Plaza Hotel and 76 Racing Fuel will present the final round of the Sierra Mountain SuperSeries at Champion Motor Speedway.
Loyalty is something that Todd Wilcks knows all about. Since the University of Nevada stayed loyal to him, Wilcks rewarded the school's loyalty in kind.
Carson High graduate Julie Hardt placed 16th in the 100-meter freestyle at the United States Swimming Championships on Wednesday in College Park, Md.
The class is designed for entry level fly anglers and it is free.
-- Aug. 9 -- Opening day of the archery antlerless elk hunting season in all open big game management area, except Nos. 111, 221 and 222-Early. This season closes on Aug. 29.
Matt Bowman's two-run home run was a highlight for the Sierra Sun Devils as they successfully defended their Joe DiMaggio World Series title on Wednesday.
RENO -- According to the schedule, Nevada's football season ends Nov. 29 with a Western Athletic Conference game at Boise State.
Here are some great ways to improve your score without trying too hard.
That was no earthquake Saturday night.
The Twin City Twins won the USABA 15-and-under World Series 15-8 against the Langley Blaze in a slugfest Sunday at James Lee Regional Park in Indian Hills.
Want to make your Chevy go fast? Put a Ford motor in it! That's the lesson we're learning from the folks at the Indy Racing League, who have approved the Gen IV Chevrolet (nee Cosworth-Ford) engine for competition mid-season.
The Sierra Sun Devils got off to a strong start in defending their title at the Joe DiMaggio World Series with a 9-0 win over San Bruno on Saturday in Monterey, Calif.
What the Douglas Tigers avoided on Friday to advance in the 15-and-under United States Amateur Baseball Association World Series eliminated them the following day.
MINDEN -- Baseball really is a simple game. All you have to do is hit, catch and throw the ball and you stand a very good chance of winning.
Two years ago Sean Nealis gave up playing professional soccer to live at Lake Tahoe. But he didn't give up soccer once he got here.
Since Davey Hamilton took over the Supermodified Racing League four years ago, car counts at feature races are higher, morale of crew and drivers is higher, and race fans are happier seeing them in familiar venues.
GARDNERVILLE -- The Carson Crushers 15-and-under baseball team made a habit of spotting other team leads this week. They did it again facing elimination on Thursday before a late-inning rally fell short.
Rebekah Niehoff of the Carson Tigersharks turned in a sectional championship qualifying time at the Far Western Regionals in swimming on Friday in San Jose.
GARDNERVILLE -- The Carson Crushers knew they were a much better baseball team than they showed in pool play of the USABA 15 and under World Series.
One of my favorite hikes is the Charity Valley trail, with the trailhead off Highway 88 about 3 miles west of Picketts Junction.
GENOA -- After a 45-minute lightning delay and a four-man playoff, it was a 22-year-old whose only lived in Nevada 18 months who emerged as the state amateur champion.
The Supermodified Racing League returns to Champion Motor Speedway Saturday, but will have something special to offer its fans today.
