RENO -- Give credit to the defense and special teams.
RENO -- Give credit to the defense and special teams.
Kevin Dyer, Sean McKenna and Abby Niehoff have all had outstanding meets so far to lead a strong performance by the Carson Tigersharks in the Autumn Freeze swim meet.
Today is the first day of the rest of the Champ Car Series' life. The Grand Prix of the Americas in Miami will unveil the format for the 2004 season under new ownership for the series.
WINNEMUCCA -- Tommy Menesini had a game for the ages for the Yerington High football team. And he did it in one half.
The Carson High girls soccer team picked up its biggest win of the season in a 1-0 victory at Reno on Saturday.
MOSCOW, Idaho -- Carson High graduate John Chirila led the Saint Mary's men's golf team to the team title at the Vandal Fall Classic.
The Douglas boys soccer team (7-3-1, 4-1) scored twice in the first 15 minutes of the second half to beat Wooster.
It's a telling statistic in terms of describing the Carson High School football team's season to date: three games, 17 turnovers.
Michelle Bowman had a strong all-round match, serving for 14 points and three aces while recording two kills, one block, two digs and 20 assists as Dayton (6-0, 5-0 in the Northern 3A) beat Fernley 25-9, 25-12, 25-14.
When it came to this showdown, Reno High showed its still in a league of its own.
The Carson High girls golf team has placed itself in a position to qualify for the Northern 4A zone tournament.
If you've enjoyed some of the more demanding hikes we've described, this one should be a delight as it combines some serious uphill with some not so serious meadow trekking.
The Yerington High football team's biggest win this season may have come off the field on Wednesday.
Norman will give a presentation on the annual Kokanee Festival, which is timed to coincide with the spawning migration of the Kokanee salmon from Lake Tahoe up Taylor Creek.
-- Sept. 25 -- Opening day of the any legal weapon, antelope (horns shorter than ears) hunting season in big game management area Nos. 102 and 104-Late. This season will close on Nov. 16.
Colton Mellows had a goal and an assist and David Sturgess and Justin Grimm also scored as the Douglas varsity boys soccer team (6-3-1, 3-1 in league) defeated Reno.
Sept. 27 is Free Fishing Day in California.
LAKE ALMANOR, CALIF: No report.
The commission's two-day agenda will include:
The young Carson boys soccer team will have to overcome its share of adversity for the rest of the season.
The third time proved to be the charm for Carson High's boys' cross country team.
The Super Outlaw Karts of Nevada have made their 2003 season finale race into a benefit for racer Ron Williams.
Jordan Rogers can hit a golf ball about three times farther in yards than what he weighs in pounds.
The most prominent thing that is occurring is the change in the color of the leaves of the trees and bushes.
It is the second of two free fishing days that the State of California offers each year.
Nevada game wardens, who enforce boating laws, will immediately begin enforcing the lower limits.
For the first time in quite a while, the Carson High girls tennis team may have a shot at beating Reno High.
The Carson High volleyball team rolled to a 25-9, 25-11, 25-15 win over North Valleys on Tuesday at home.
The Tigers, behind the strong play of Michelle Paterson and Dawson Joyce-Mendive, rolled to an easy 25-17, 25-17 and 25-15 win over South Tahoe Tuesday night in a Sierra League match.
The exercise picture is a great way to train the arms and body to work in a synchronized fashion.
The Dayton volleyball team (5-0, 4-0 in the Northern 4A) picked up a huge win on the road, beating Manogue 17-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.
Randy Roser's exchange with freshman Danielle Benamati symbolized what the Carson High girls soccer team was trying to do on Tuesday against Wooster.
Hunter Hand ran for two touchdowns and an extra point to lead the Carson Mitey Mites to a 20-14 win over the Reno Wildcats last Friday.
Whether he's blasting down a mountain trail or performing a back flip, it could be said riding a mountain bicycle makes Cameron Zink feel like he's on top of the world.
RENO -- For the past 10 years, the Golden State Warriors have been a franchise in perpetual rebuilding mode.
The Carson Valley Eclipse, a 16-and-under fast-pitch softball team based out of Gardnerville, finished second in the South Tahoe Amateur Softball Association tournament over the weekend.
You could have called it a throwaway series.
You could have called it a throwaway series.
I had the opportunity to chat with local USAC sprint car racer Amy Barnes last week, and got caught up on her season and career.
First-place is the only place to be as far as the South Tahoe High boys soccer team is concerned.
The Dayton High volleyball team swept two matches over the weekend, winning at Lowry and Spring Creek.
The Douglas High girls soccer team built a 9-0 halftime lead and scored all 10 of its goals in the first 42 minutes of the game.
You could have called it a throwaway series.
Champion Motor Speedway General Manager Jeb Onweiler has chosen not to stay with the track so he can pursue a partnership with Maui businessman Les Harris. Onweiler and Harris will establish and work at a Maui-based motorsports management company.
It's wise to take flatland visitors on a gentle hike the first day or so they're here, so Sunday I took a couple from Minneapolis over to Dead Man's Creek for a warm up.
Josh Caron won both his matches at No. 1 singles as the Carson High boys tennis team rolled to a 33-12 win over North Valleys on Thursday at Centennial Park.
The Dayton High volleyball team (2-0 rolled to a 25-9, 25-9, 25-9 win over Sparks.
LAKE ALMANOR, CALIF: No report.
That celebration attracts some 70,000 volunteers, nationwide, annually.
There is a $5 fee for attending a hunter education class.
To reach the reservoir, drive on the very rough, four-wheel drive dirt road in Ash Canyon, on the west side of Carson City.
After many years as a carefree bachelor who would do all kinds of things and go all kinds of places on the spur of moment, marriage brought with it much happiness, plus new responsibilities and changes.
That meeting will be held in the City Hall Conference Room at 201 N. Carson St., beginning at 6 p.m.
MINDEN -- For 80 minutes, Douglas High's soccer team went toe-to-toe with defending zone champion South Tahoe.
There's a time to mourn, a time to heal. With everything that has been happening to members of the Chastain family over the past year, there's still a sense of mourning while they go on with the healing.
The Carson High boys soccer team grew up in a hurry on Wednesday in a 4-3 win at North Valleys.
For the most part, the Carson High volleyball team was able to stay focused against an outclassed Hug on Tuesday at home.
It's always sweet for seniors when they can beat their arch rival.
Like so many other young women and men who head off to college for the first time, Lauren Costella is excited about the first day of classes at Stanford on Monday.
With one of his ordinary smiles, WBC-WBA 154-pound champion Shane Mosley can light up a room. After defeating former champ Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday, Mosley's grin is so wide he just might be able to light up all of Las Vegas.
The Carson girls soccer team overcame a sluggish first half to win 5-3 at North Valleys on Tuesday.
Outlaw Kart fields continue to grow as the season winds down at Thunder Bowl Speedway in Mound House.
The Carson Junior Midget football team continued its strong opening to the season Friday by defeating the Reno Raiders 34 - 6.
The pivot motion is the movement of the body for the entire golf swing.
MINDEN -- Douglas High's Kim Lefever spent much of Tueday's soccer match against South Tahoe on the bench, and she wasn't thrilled by it.
Carson High graduate Ryan Bauman is making his mark as a starting receiver for Division I-AA Drake University in football this season.
Is this the same Carson High girls golf team that started the season?
In cross country, it's not where you start the counts. It's where you finish.
ELKO -- One second Dusty Cooper was puking his guts out on the Douglas High sideline, and the next he was making Elko High's defense look sick.
One could forgive the Carson High boys soccer team if it didn't give Hug the proper respect.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Douglas High graduate Ashley Sulprizio came up big for No. 22 California as it played on even terms with No. 3 Santa Clara on Sunday.
Carson High tennis players Natalie Rogers and Staci Cobler placed third this past weekend at the Tahoe Tennis Affair in Zephyr Cove.
To reach it, you drive east from Carson City on U.S. 50 to Silver Springs. At Silver Springs, take U.S. Alt. 95 north to Fernley. At Fernley, take I-80 east, all the way to Elko. In Elko, take Nevada S.R. 225 (The Mountain City Highway) north to Wildhorse Reservoir.
It is the second of two free fishing days that the State of California offers each year.
Fernley golf pro Don Boyle struggled to a 10th place finish at the Northern California Senior Open Championship on Wednesday in Patterson, Calif.
The Douglas High boys soccer team served notice that its back among the Northern 4A's top clubs with a 1-0 win over Galena on Wednesday.
That annual event is being sponsored by the Carson City Kiwanis Club, assisted by the Carson City Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Carson River Sub Conservancy.
One could forgive the Carson High boys soccer team if it didn't give Hug the proper respect.
Alvin Olivieri of Lincoln, Calif., fired his first hole-in-one on Monday while on a golf outing at Eagle Valley Golf.
Fernley golf pro Don Boyle was in third place after two rounds of the Northern California Senior Open Championship being held in Patterson, Calif.
An important skill in the quest for improved scores is learning to hit half shots. In other words the ability to vary the distance you hit the ball with a given club.
Cassie Bowman could feel the electricity when the lights came on for the first time during Carson High School's night soccer debut on Saturday.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a split decision.
Defense was supposed to a place where the Douglas girls soccer team was rebuilding this season.
The Carson High boys soccer team played a tough North Tahoe team to a 1-1 tie. North Tahoe also played South Tahoe to a 0-0 tie last week.
The Carson High girls soccer team could score any time it wanted on Tuesday against a short-handed Hug at CHS.
The Carson Junior PeeWee Blue Senators dropped their first game of the season to the Sparks Wolf Pack 20-13 in a close and hard fought contest.
The Carson boys tennis team received strong singles play from Andy Roullard and Brandon Waterman on its way to a 27-18 win over Wooster on Tuesday at Centennial Park.
The Carson High volleyball team was able to pull out a win in five games at McQueen on Tuesday.
It only took the Carson High boys soccer team three minutes to get on the scoreboard against Galena on Saturday night.
Elko scored two goals during a 13-minute span bridging the first and second halves to post a 2-0 non-league victory at home against Douglas on Saturday.
A touchdown pass from about 45 yards in the first half was the only score of the game as North Tahoe beat Yerington 7-0 on Saturday.
Well, I for one was delighted at Terry Labonte's victory at Darlington last Sunday.
It just wouldn't have been right if Otis Sistrunk never became an Oakland Raider.
In past years, the Jim Frank Cross Country Classic has served as a season opener for Tah-Neva League middle school runners.
Out to try a new trail just opened by the Forest Service, instead I wound up one that has been around for a while but has recently been updated.
Even though Hug brought just two doubles teams consisting of four players, Carson High girls tennis coach Diane Baker didn't consider the match a total loss.
It's opening night and the Carson High School football team has a score to settle.
Under normal circumstances, Carson High School football coach Shane Quilling would be focused squarely on his team's season opener Friday night against McQueen.
The most spectacular change (unfortunately it is in the "not so good" category) of all is the unbelievable rise in the cost of a gallon of gasoline.
Reed converted two long shots inside the final seven minutes to pull out a 3-3 tie at home against Douglas.
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.
The young Carson High girls golf team struggled to an 11th place finish on a tough Wild Creek course in Sparks during a Northern 4A tournament on Tuesday.
According to Mike Green, NDOW fisheries biologist, "NDOW planted 9,000 wipers last summer plus another 10,500 this summer into the two reservoirs to help control the chub and suckers in both lakes and the perch in Wildhorse Reservoir."
There is a $5 fee for attending a hunter education class.
With only a total of two seniors in the Carson High cross country program, a run at a berth into the 4A State Championships may be considered a bit of a stretch.
Hunters must now return their questionnaire card within 15 days of the close of the season for which the tag was issued.
The Carson High boys soccer team looks like it has the scoring punch that it was lacking last season.
Nevada Fitness of Carson City placed fifth out of 41 teams this past weekend at the National Softball Assocation Western Region Slow Pitch Softball Championships in St. George, Utah.
Despite a 2-0 loss at McQueen on Tuesday, first-year Carson High girls soccer coach Randy Roser was encouraged with his team's play.
A common mistake made by many golfers is going on to the golf course thinking that you can correct your swing while playing.
While Jason Fensler won the battle, it was Carson City's Chet "the Jet" Danburg who won the war, capturing the 2003 Sierra Mountain SuperSeries championship crown.
