On the other side of a pedestal is usually a story of how dedication and advice leads to success.
The Carson High boys and girls track teams had a banner day at the BYU High School Invitional in Provo, Utah, posting many personal best and Northern Nevada top times.
The Galena High baseball team kept pace with Spanish Springs in the race for first in the High Desert League by sweeping a doubleheader against Reed on Saturday. Galena won both games 10-7.
In politics, there is a distinct difference between the left and right. In racecar driving, the difference is much more literal.
Nicole Greer pitched two one-hitters to lead the Dayton High softball team to a doublehader sweep at Incline on Saturday.
It would've been hard to tell that the Douglas High baseball team had just clinched its first regular-season championship in nearly 15 years Saturday afternoon after sweeping a doubleheader from Wooster.
Challenging would be an accurate description of the inaugural Escape From Prison Hill Half-Marathon trail run on Saturday. And if it wasn't difficult enough, race director Jeff Mark has proposed an idea use the 40-pound headstone trophies given to the overall winners as a way to handicap next year's run.
Logan Parsley delivered not once, but twice, and helped Carson High's baseball team avoid a sweep against Reno.
Some thoughts for a Northern Nevada weekend.
The Carson High softball team now finds itself in a little bit more of a pickle as far as the Sierra League playoff race is concerned.
The Carson High boys and girls swim teams had encouraging efforts against Reno High on Friday.
Once again the Carson High Naval Junior ROTC team proved to be one of the best clubs in the country.
Carson High graduate Rodney Black has committed to playing baseball at Central Methodist University, an NAIA school, next season.
ESPN television always produces its fair share of meaningless programming. Recently, viewers have been treated to a steady dose of three new shows that joined the growing list - Bowling Night, Battle of the Gridiron Stars and Stump the Schwab.
The Carson Valley Cougars 14 and under traveling baseball team won the Hit it in the Bay baseball tournament held last weekend in Martinez, Calif.
RENO - The plan was relatively simple.
Carson High senior Sarah Johnston has been recognized by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association as one of Northern Nevada's top 10 student-athletes.
Heather Matthews of Fernley won a pitchers duel against Dayton High's Nicole Greer as the Vaqueros beat the Dust Devils 2-1 on Wednesday in Fernley.
Quote: "Does anyone out there suffer from road rage? Of so, then Bomber racing at Champion may be your answer" - Champion Speedway General Manager Les Kynett
RENO - Joe Sellers was a young batboy when he came to Northern Nevada for his first visit in 1956.
The Carson High baseball team tuned up for a key three-game series with Reno High by beating Lassen 13-11 in eight innings on Wednesday in Susanville, Calif.
Matt Moore knows that he truly won't know where he stands until he qualifies for the NIAA 4A State Championships to be held the third weekend of May in Southern Nevada.
Carson High graduate Tim Priess has helped York College of Nebraska, an NAIA school, to one of its winningest season ever.
RENO - Kim Gervasoni, Nevada women's basketball coach, is going far and wide to strengthen her squad.
MINDEN - Carson High's golf team continued its stellar play by finishing second at Tuesday's Sierra League Invitational at Genoa Lakes Resort.
Gardnerville's John-Henry Lambin is featured in Faces in the Crowd in this weeks' "Sports Illustrated."
If you go out to Champion Speedway for the season opener this Saturday night, keep your eyes peeled for the No. 11 Legends car.
Spanish Springs collected 12 hits and put a swift end to Douglas' 13-game winning streak Tuesday afternoon, walking away with a 12-7 win against the Tigers.
The Carson High softball team warmed up for a showdown with Sierra League frontrunner Reno High by sweeping at Elko on Tuesday.
It's unknown whether or not Jesse Brinkley has read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," but it's evident after watching Sunday's episode of "The Contender" that Brinkley has learned there's more than one way to defeat an opponent.
Carson City Raceway at Fuji Park is providing family-oriented motorsports and entertainment. It's helping also to generate additional revenue for a much bigger picture.
Seems that our editorial cartoonist is a bit ahead of the times with a recent drawing showing two skiers waist deep in slushy snow. The caption was along the lines of time to give up on skiing.
For the record, the address is 1230 Race Track Drive in Carson City.
It's always nice to have an opportunity to compete at home, especially when you follow a circuit that encompasses the entire state and you only have one home date all year.
Nevada's softball program is still experiencing the growing pains that come with a new program.
When you think Carson High softball over the past four years, the name Mandy Carvin comes to mind.
On a day when records fell at the 12th annual Comstock Shootout boys age group soccer tournament, the Carson City Pumas set a new standard for offense Sunday in winning their Under-14-year-old Cascade Division championship.
FERNLEY - Reno-Fernley Raceway kicked off the 2005 dirt oval racing season on Saturday night, featuring the ultra-fast Western Dirt Late Model Tour.
While the weather forecast wasn't exactly promising earlier in the week, Shelly Godeken-Wright said she was prepared for anything Sunday when the 13th annual Fred Alexander Memorial Family Golf Clinic was held in Carson City.
For the past five years or so, getting a Sierra League victory against the Reno Huskies has been hard enough.
Last week when I commented on the current NASCAR "cheating," situation, little did I know that there would be a major development almost immediately.
Josh Heilman, Matt Moore and Kayla Sanchez continued to turn in impressive performances to help lead another outstanding performance for the Carson High boys and girls track teams at the Silver State Invitational at Spanish Springs.
100 meters: Fastest qualiers: Josh Heilman (Carson) 11.01; Kayla Sanchez (Carson) 12.22. Watch out for: Todd Mowry and Brandon Barker (Manogue) have run 11.0 and 11.1; Megan and Paige Olivetti (Wooster).
The Douglas High softball team twice positioned itself to take a victory at Reno High Saturday afternoon, but twice the Huskies found ways late in the game to steal a win away.
RENO - The oldest cliche in baseball - pitching and defense - wins games has never rang truer than in this year's Sierra League race.
RENO - Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor.
Galena High graduate Annabeth Eberle finished her women's gymnastics career at the University of Utah with a sixth and eighth place performance in Saturday's individual events at the NCAA Championships.
Jacob Anderson pitched a no-hitter and Tony Thompson and Tom Jansen combined on a one-hitter as the Galena baseball team swept Damonte Ranch, winning 10-0 in the opener and 9-0 in the nightcap.
RENO - Yerington's Jesse Brinkley has been a familiar enough face for Northern Nevada boxing fans, but as the Bachman Turner Overdrive song goes, You ain't seen nothing yet.
Galena High graduate Annabeth Eberle ended her team career with a bang for the University of Utah women's gymnastics team at the NCAA Championships on Friday in Auburn, Ala.
The University of Nevada (19-15, 8-5 in the Western Athletic Conference) ran into a hot hitter in Beau Mills and pitcher in Matt Garza on Friday night falling 3-1 to Fresno State in the first game of a three-game series at Pete Beiden Field in Fresno, Calif.
RENO - The University of Nevada softball team (20-21) inched closer to the .500 mark as freshman pitcher Jordan McPherson picked up both victories here Friday as the Pack swept WAC rival UTEP, 4-2 and 5-2.
With the Northern 4A Regional Softball Tournament set for its own home field, the Carson High softball team knows exactly where it wants to be on the weekend of May 11-13. The Senators also know exactly where they don't want to be.
Ordinarily, Carson High baseball coach Steve Cook would have been very nervous after watching a 2-0 lead turn into a 3-2 deficit in the top of the sixth inning against Wooster. However, he took one look at his players coming off the field and had a good feeling on Thursday afternoon.
The National Basketball Association playoffs begin Saturday, and it doesn't seem that too many people really care. The glory days of the NBA are long gone, and clearly something is missing.
With just about anyone else on the mound, you're going to your bullpen for help when the game is tied in the seventh inning and the No. 1-ranked team in the region loads the bases with one out.
It's become an annual rite of spring in Carson City: For the next two weekends, soccer moms, dads, players, coaches and anyone who has anything to do with the sport will take over the community.
After qualifying for the World Series in February, the Fallon Mustangs traveling baseball team turns to its biggest fundraiser to help cover the travel expenses.
The Carson-Douglas Rodeo Club have been traveling all over the state competing in high school events throughout the year.
Carson and Dayton High Schools are two teams battling for their playoff lives in softball, so Tuesday's game between the two clubs served an important purpose.
The Carson High baseball team doesn't look like a team that's ready to be taken seriously in the Sierra League race.
Despite tough conditions, the Carson High golf team returned to form in a Sierra League Tournament at Rosewood on Tuesday.
RENO - The Tuesday blahs continued for the Nevada baseball team.
RENO - It had been a long time since Matt Bowman had played outfield. Six years to be exact.
What's more congested than the Spaghetti Bowl area at 5 p.m. on a weekday?
If ever there was a weekend that clearly demonstrated the pleasures of spring skiing and boarding in the Sierra Nevada, last week was it.
Keston Denny captured second-place in steer wrestling on Saturday and then came back to win the event on Sunday to supply a highlight for the Carson-Douglas High School Rodeo Club during the Battle Mountain Rodeo.
It wasn't the finish Sean Lehmann envisioned. The Carson City runner did make it to the finish line at the 109th Boston Marathon on Monday, and he was glad to have had the chance to experience the event.
When the Douglas High softball team looks back on the 2005 season two months from now, Saturday's doubleheader at North Valleys just may stick out as the turning point.
I had a ski cap on. The ski gloves were on. The skis were on. So was the sun bloc. Now, I was ready to take my first shot at the winter sport of biathlon - which tests an athlete's skills at cross country skiing and precision target shooting.
After an embarrassing week in which the Carson High baseball team was routed by McQueen on Tuesday and then suffered its first ever loss to South Tahoe on Thursday.
Nicole Greer pitched her second perfect game of the season as the Dayton High softball team swept North Tahoe in Northern 3A action.
RENO - Nevada outfielder Jacob Butler didn't mince any words.
The Dayton High baseball team received outstanding pitching from Travis Wood and Cory Yoder in a 2-1 win over North Tahoe in nine innings in a Northern 3A game on Saturday at Dayton.
All of a sudden, this doesn't look so much like a rebuilding season for the Galena High baseball team.
As long as Carson High graduate Joe Mercer is given the chance to play professional baseball, he's going to take it.
This time, the Carson High softball team was unable to put together a big seventh inning comeback to win the game.
The Galena High baseball team kept pace in the High Desert League race by sweeping a doubleheader from Elko at home on Friday.
RENO - You have to admire the mental toughness and courage of Nevada shortstop Robert Marcial.
With the signing of power forward Demarshay Johnson, Nevada has one more scholarship to award for the upcoming season.
RENO - Nevada started its showdown against San Jose State in inauspicious fashion.
Matt Moore shattered a meet record to lead an outstanding effort by the Carson High boys and girls track teams at the Woody Wilson Invitational on Friday at UC Davis.
The Carson High boys and girls swim teams had no trouble in dispatching of South Tahoe on Friday at the Carson Aquatic Center.
It is one of those once in a lifetime moments and it's happened in the state of Nevada - well never.
CARSON CITY - Somebody forgot to tell this year's South Tahoe High Vikings about decades of never beating Carson. Somebody forgot to tell them about their 2-40 Sierra Division record since 2003 going into Thursday's game.
With only a week to go in the regular season, by next Friday, the NBA playoff match-ups will be set and the odds will already be out. Handicappers should be looking to bet on the teams with the best health, depth, experience, coaching, defense and current momentum going into the postseason.
A last-minute decision turned into something truly great for Douglas High's D.J. Brady.
Mandy Carvin faced one batter over the minimum through four innings as the Carson High softball team took care of business with a 10-0 win over South Tahoe on Thursday at CHS.
Feather River Community College's baseball and softball teams are thinking postseason and a strong nucleus of local athletes is a major reason why.
When one saw the passion in which Ciarra Christian played the game of basketball, it would have likely came as a surprise when the former Carson High standout decided to stop competing.
For most people being one of nine remaining contestants on NBC's latest reality show "The Contender" would mark a tremendous achievement.
A young team that's had a great deal of success needs a reality check every once in a while. That's what happened to the Carson High baseball team on Tuesday at Ron McNutt Field.
The process for Derek Lorenzen's college dreams should be a long and arduous one over the next couple of months. Unless if Lorenzen catches a Division I college coach's eye this weekend.
RENO - Nevada coach Gary Powers didn't mince any words after the Wolf Pack's latest defensive meltdown.
Holy Cow! I can still remember getting caught up with the Chicago Cubs during their 1984 pennant run when WGN-TV brought their games to cable here. Or might have been a matter of getting caught up with Harry Caray?
No Mandy Carvin. No Liz Rankl for half a game. No problem.
The Western Athletic Conference announced last week that it would start holding conference championships in softball and baseball next year, and Jeff Hurd, senior assistant commissioner, said the host sites would be awarded during the summer.
The season is far from over but already the resorts are talking about next season.
About 500 inquisitive motorcycle race fans showed up Saturday for the inaugural show at Carson City Raceway at Fuji Park.
Only nine Supermodifed Racing League entries were on hand for the season opener Saturday at Tucson Raceway Park in Tucson, Ariz., but Troy Regier, driver of the No. 98 S&S Motorsports, gave the fans a show they won't forget.
RENO - There are no gimmees in the Western Athletic Conference. Just ask Nevada baseball coach Gary Powers.
There is one basic goal anytime the Carson High baseball team comes to bat - to score at least one run in every inning.
RENO - After being stymied by bad weather throughout the entire month of January and the early part of February, Nevada hitters are finally in a nice groove.
Jacob Anderson pitched a two-hitter in the second game of a double-header Saturday in leading Galena to a 3-1 win and a split with the Greenwave Saturday afternoon in Fallon.
Is anybody else out there old enough to remember the great gas crisis of 1973?
Chad Walling went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a triple to help out his own cause as the Douglas High baseball team defeated South Tahoe 21-6 in game two of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Douglas High.
Carson High's Mandy Carvin and Nicole Ellis of North Valleys came away with a split in their dual between two primetime Northern 4A softball pitchers on Saturday afternoon.
Sierra Barnwell went 4-for-5 with a double and two runs as the Dayton softball team salvaged a split against Truckee, winning the nightcap 7-4. Truckee won the opener 10-3.
Fred Zalokar of Reno ran to first-place in the 10K race Saturday during the annual Jester's Jog.
The Carson girls track team didn't have the best of luck, but still narrowly missed out on winning the Reed Invitational on Saturday.
The Carson boys and girls swim teams turned in dominating performances in beating Manogue on Saturday.
FALLON - A monumental error on a routine fly ball gave Galena new life Saturday afternoon in the first game of a High Desert League softball game at Fallon.
Kellei Kizer pitched a one-hit shutout to key a doubleheader sweep for the Douglas softball team against South Tahoe Saturday at Lady Tiger Field.
Hillary Arthur knew there would be a lot of work ahead when she accepted the position as head coach of the Western Nevada Community College women's soccer program on Jan. 18
I admit that I wasn't surprised when Keith Lewis announced his resignation as Douglas High's basketball coach a couple of days ago.
Kristel Thompson enjoyed a highly successful senior soccer season for Dayton High School last fall. But after going down with an ACL injury during basketball practice in early December, Thompson figured her days as a soccer player were over.
RENO - Tim Schoeninger lived in Colorado and pitched two years at Nebraska, so he is no stranger to cold, windy days.
The Carson High boys and girls track teams came into the Reed Invitational with a goal winning the meet. Both teams got off to a strong start on Friday.
Former Galena High athletic standout Joanna Hixon has committed to play women's basketball at Idaho State, NevadaPrep.com has reported.
Cody Stokes finished seventh in the nation to lead the Carson High Naval JROTC rifle team to an 11th place finishe out of 250 teams at the annual Secretary of the Navy postal match.
There is an old adage in professional sports that says, "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'." In our win-at-all-costs American society we say, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Olympic silver and bronze medals are just not good enough since, "second place is just the first loser."
What started out as a pitchers' duel quickly turned into a blowout Thursday afternoon at Douglas High School.
There's nothing spectacular about the Carson High baseball team. It's just a solid bunch.
The gusting winds that wreaked havoc on the Carson Valley Thursday afternoon made Eagle Valley East play like Doral's famed Blue Monster course.
Douglas High School will go through a shake up in its sports department next year - with a new boys basketball coach and a new athletic director.
Andrew Ferguson settled down after a rough first inning and the Galena baseball team rallied for a 10-5 win over Fallon on Thursdy at Galena.
Despite finishing third in the 1,500-meter freestyle on Wednesday at the World Championship trials, Carson High graduate Lauren Costella has yet to be named to represent the United States at the World University Games.
Washoe Valley's Steve Hummell won three matches over a two-day period to win the Sierra Nevada PGA Match Play Championship at Thunder Canyon Golf Club.
RENO - The opportunity was there, and Kaycee Wilcks seized it.
Politics have always been a part of high school sports. So it didn't surprise me when the recent controversy surrounding the McQueen baseball team took place.
Carson High graduate Lauren Costella appears to have returned to the form that allowed her to win a bronze medal at the World University Games two years ago. And because of that, Costella will likely be returning to the World University Games this year.
After a strong showing on Wednesday, the Carson High golf team is in great position to win its own tournament today.
RENO -- After 55-plus years in the sport University of Nevada boxing coach Greg Rice knows how to spot talent. And from the beginning of the season he touted freshman David Schacter as a rising star.
Now that senior left-hander Wes Osmer has been lost for the season with an elbow injury, pitching depth has suddenly taken on new importance for the Carson High baseball team.
The University of Nevada (15-11) committed a season high eight errors which led to seven unearned runs in an 11-8 loss to California (21-12) on Tuesday at Peccole Park in Reno. The loss snapped the Wolf Pack's four-game win streak as Cal won for the first time in four games.
The Carson High softball team couldn't solve Stephanie Shuman in a 4-0 loss to Reno High in a Sierra League game on Tuesday in Reno.
Over the years, the Carson High boys golf team has found out how important - and costly - one stroke can be.
Normally, when a team trails 8-1 in the second inning, it almost certainly means it's going to be a long afternoon.
Carson High sophomore Travis Lamborn took third at the prestigious World of Wrestling Tournament held this past weekend at the Reno Livestock Events Center.
Season's far from over, although Heavenly will close Stagecoach lift Monday. Gondola and California base lift will run through May 1.
RENO - Owen Brolsma remembers the date very well. Pitchers have a knack for remembering serious injuries.
The IBF may have stripped Reno's "Koncrete" Kelvin Davis of his cruiserweight title, but it hasn't taken away his fighting spirit.
Fritsche won the boys pole vault with a clearance of 14-feet, 6-inches that also tied the school record and Geib won the 3,200 meters by 80 meters with a time of 9:24.6 on a cool and breezy day at Chabot College.
Western Nevada Community College will take another step toward putting its inaugural women's soccer program on the field on Friday afternoon when coach Hillary Arthur introduces her first recruiting class.
DAYTON - A sweep would have been nice. But everything considered, Dayton High baseball coach Craig Miller had no complaints after the Dust Devils split their Northern 3A doubleheader against Spring Creek on Saturday.
The Carson High boys and girls track teams showed their among the best programs in Northern Nevada on Saturday at the Fallon Invitational.
Jamie Engan posted a senior national championship qualifying time in the 1,000-yard freestyle to help lead another impressive effort by the Carson Tigersharks Swim Club on Saturday at the Far Western Championships in Morgan Hill, Calif.
DAYTON - Katie Crnkovich found herself in a new role for the Spring Creek High softball team on Saturday. The junior, who normally splits the pitching chores for the Spartans, found herself in a solo role one night after teammate Katie Garcia sustained injuries in an automobile rollover.
This weekend marks the Indy Racing League's (IRL) road racing debut at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Carson High's Ryan and Aaron Henry helped the Lassen Community College baseball team take two-of-three this weekend from College of the Siskiyous.
