RENO — Carson High’s volleyball team bounced back from a loss to Damonte Ranch by sweeping Wooster, 25-17, 25-20 and 25-12 Wednesday night.
FOOTBALL Blake Plattsmier (Carson, Stetson): Went 0-for-1 and was sacked once in 41-3 loss to Drake. Colby Brown (Carson-College of Idaho): No stats reported by school, one carry for 3 yards this year.
One of the most impressive things about Carson High’s football team this year has been the play of its offensive line.
Molly Otto scored in the 69th minute to snap a 1-all tie and spark the Carson High girls soccer team to a 3-1 win over Wooster Tuesday night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.
The Carson Senators are an unhappy volleyball team these days, and losses to McQueen and Damonte Ranch are a big reason why.
Wayne Grant Newton, 60, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at his residence in Fallon. Wayne was born Dec. 26, 1954 in Corpus Christie, Texas to Richard and Oleta Newton. Wayne with his wife and children had moved to Fallon in 1981
Scott Alan Dost passed away on September 22, 2015 in Fallon. He was born August 29, 1970 in Schurz, Nevada to Charlotte Dost and David Dost. He was a member of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe. He is survived by his mother Charlotte Dost, father David Dost, brother Andrew Dost maternal grandmother Flora Brown and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Saturday October 3, 2015 at 11AM at the Tribal Gym in
Allan was born May 30, 1935 in Chicago. Illinois, to Howard and Virginia (Lyon) Gillette. Allan had 5 siblings, Larry, Bruce, Phyllis, Douglas and Donald. He moved to California when he was 15 years old. He joined the USAF in 1952 during the Korean War. He served honorably from 1952 - 56 as an Aircraft Mechanic and 4 years inactive reserves. He was married to Carole J. Pantano from 1956 -1957.
RENO (AP) — Nevada will be without one of its top defensive lineman against intrastate rival UNLV on Saturday while senior tackle Rykeem Yates serves his third suspension in three years.
Doug entered the earth January 24, 1946 and left us on July 30 2015. Born in Dunsmuir, California to Allen and Margaret (Albonico) Henry, he enjoyed a mountain childhood in Weed and Yreka, CA. After college, he joined the Air Force where he worked with computers.
Carson High’s boys soccer team remained unbeaten with a 4-1 Sierra League win over Damonte Ranch Saturday afternoon at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.
When we last chronicled the exploits of former Carson High swimmer Barbara Perkins, she had just won a big race in New Orleans, and was headed toward a World Championship event overseas.
TRUCKEE — The Dayton volleyball team ran into “a solid six players” as Dayton coach Monica Halverson put it and ended up losing in three straight games to Truckee 22-25, 17-25, 13-25 on Friday.
Carson High got two players — tight end/defensive end Ian Schulz and wingback/linebacker Tyler Huling — back from the injury list on Friday.
Carson High has been blessed to have some sensational sophomore running backs — Joey Thurman, Dylan Sawyers and Colby Brown — in recent years. Add Abel Carter to that list.
Robert Miller added another one to the win column last Saturday at Fernley 95A Speedway, working his way from a 12th starting position to the lead and holding it to the checker.
MINDEN — Quarterback Matt Denn ran 51 yards for a touchdown on Reed’s first play from scrimmage and then threw a 41-yard touchdown pass on the second play to put the Raiders on track to a 67-20 win over Douglas on Friday night.
DAYTON — Fallon continued its march through Division 1A play and handed Dayton yet another shutout loss, 52-0, in the Dust Devils Homecoming football game Friday.
From the first snap until the game was well in hand, Carson middle linebacker Justin Tschetter made his presence felt Friday night.
Carson High’s hopes of sweeping its High Desert counterparts ended Thursday night in unimpressive fashion.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning...The more things change around the Nevada Wolf Pack football program, well, stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
Brian Polian is going back home this weekend.
FERNLEY — Brady Heusser finished in third place in 19:22 to lead the Dayton boys cross country team to a second-place finish at the weekly 1A meet.
After being ambulanced to a hospital during the season opener last month, Dayton running back Jason Sandborn faced the prospect of an uncommon surgical procedure at UC Davis.
Jace Keema is playing the waiting game, and being productive while doing it.
Simply put, Carson High sophomore Isabella Wakeling is tearing it up.
Carson High’s shutout streak came to end Wednesday night, but the Senators still cruised to their sixth consecutive boys soccer victory.
FOOTBALL Blake Plattsmier (Carson, Stetson): No game last week.
Transferring cross country is tough, especially if it’s your senior year of high school. You never know how you’re going to fit in socially, academically or athletically.
RENO — Carson High’s volleyball team improved to 5-0 with an easy 25-17, 25-9 and 25-20 win over North Valleys in a Division I crossover match Tuesday nght.
TRUCKEE — The Dayton football team fell to 0-3 in Division I-A play with a 52-0 loss at Truckee on Saturday.
RENO — The streak is still alive.
We’re only two weeks into the soccer and volleyball seasons, and already there’s a trend developing.
DAYTON — In its first tough league match of the year with the outcome on the line, the Dayton volleyball team showed it could come through in the clutch.
SPARKS — Carson High showed its quick-strike ability on Friday night.
SPARKS — Carson High’s offensive line has been a strength of the team the entire season, and it came up with another solid performance Friday night.
Time is running out to catch live local racing. Fernley 95A Speedway’s next-to-last points race of the season will take place at the 3/8-mile oval tonight, with action beginning at 6 p.m.
SPARKS — Eddie Duarte always wanted to play tight end, and Friday night he got his chance.
Brian Polian told his Nevada Wolf Pack players all about Kyle Field this week.
RENO — Shayne Davis rushed for 163 yards and four touchdowns then broke up three straight passes near the goal line inside the final 10 seconds as Hug held on for a 40-35 win against Douglas on Friday night.
DAYTON — It’s not easy finding positives on a team outscored 154-0 in its first three games of the season.
RENO — Despite missing three starters, Carson High’s volleyball team rolled to a 25-22, 25-9 and 25-12 win over Hug Thursday night in a Division I crossover match.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... Brian Polian had a complete meltdown during last Saturday’s 44-20 loss to Arizona at Mackay Stadium.
Freshman Jill Beglin shot 89 to lead Carson to a fourth-place finish at the weekly Sierra League girls golf tournament held Wednesday at Genoa Lake’s Resort Course.
RENO — The Carson High boys soccer team knocked on the proverbial door for the first 40 minutes Wednesday night, and in the second half it finally kicked it in.
Jacob Drahos is the epitome of hard work. Nobody in the Carson High football program has put more effort toward the game over the last three years.
FOOTBALL Asa Carter (Carson, Southwest Baptist): Went 11-for-20 passing for 88 yards and had a rushing TD in 57-14 loss to Mercer.
Shaylin Segura won two matches in singles and Emily McCaskill and Amanda Schulz swept in doubles to lead the Carson High girls tennis team to a 12-6 win over Reed Tuesday at CHS.
When Carson High visits Spanish Springs Friday night in a nonleague football game, the Senators are going to have a little extra incentive.
SPARKS — Carson High had to work a lot harder than expected for its third straight volleyball win.
RENO — Lukas McKenzie bolted 57 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage Friday night to put the Reno Huskies on track to a 46-7 victory at home against Douglas.
Blaine Soukup admitted he had butterflies Friday night.
Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai, S
RENO — Brian Polian wasn’t surprised his Nevada Wolf Pack lost to the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday at Mackay Stadium.
DAYTON — Dayton won’t get a lot of style points, but the Dust Devils will gladly take the win.
Real football is finally here.
RENO — Carson High’s girls tennis team dropped a 35-34 double-overtime thriller to Galena Thursday afternoon.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team wants you to believe a game against the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference is really not all that different from a game against the UC Davis Aggies of the Big Sky Conference.
After coming off the bench all of last season, Jacob Drahos is making the most of his time at defensive end.
Carson High’s running game is clicking on all cylinders, and that’s bad news for the remaining teams on the Senators’ schedule.
Fernley 95A Speedway held the 13th points race of the season at the 3/8 mile clay oval last Saturday, and Carson City’s Danielle Paine took her first heat race victory in the SS4 division.
This time there was no letdown.
The Dayton football team won’t catch any breaks following its rough, injury-riddled start this season.
Eddie Duarte played judge and jury earlier this week. He convicted himself of sub-par play.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Stop worrying about Tyler Stewart. Yes, the Nevada Wolf Pack is sort of running a Stewart Quarterback School this year. But the Pack has much bigger concerns this season than its new starting quarterback.
Lamas scores two goals in Senators’ shutout victory
FOOTBALL Blake Plattsmier (Carson, Stetson): Went 1-for-2 passing for 8 yards in a 42-13 win over Webber.
Carson High’s league-opening victory was bittersweet with an emphasis on the bitter.
Isabella Wakeling and Lauren Hudak scored a goal apiece to lead Carson to a 2-0 win over Reed in a Division I crossover girls soccer match Tuesday night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.
Carson High’s football team gets a little help Friday night against North Valleys with the return of junior defensive tackle Sheldon Miller.
Ian Van Rensselaer and Eveline Delgado both had top 15 finishes to lead the Carson boys and girls cross country teams at Friday’s Twilight Meet in Sparks.
Carson City’s Sage Donnelly is a world champion.
RENO — After leaving yards and points on the field in the first half last week against Reed, Carson High worked extensively on execution this week.
RENO — Elijah Fajayan got Carson High started in the right direction when he returned the opening kick-off 64 yards, leading to a quick score.
Two Carson High baseball players, Bryce Moyle and Kyle Krebs participated in a Team USA event in Cary, N.C., recently.
Robert Errett Crum, 95, passed away peacefully at home on August 10, 2015 in Carson City, Nevada. Robert was born to Errett Ross Crum and Grace Elizabeth Bailey Crum on December 5, 1919 in Berkeley, California. He was raised on an apricot and almond ranch along Putah Creek outside Winters, California.
Robert Miller chalked up another IMCA Modified win at Fernley 95A Speedway last Saturday night, his sixth at that track and 14th feature win of the season, counting victories at Fallon and Loveloc
DAYTON — After losing 48-0 on Friday to Sparks, Dayton head coach Tom Eck said he was headed home to watch film and prepare for the next week.
MINDEN — Cardayell Morgan and Ben Westby combined to score three first-quarter touchdowns and North Valleys held on for a 35-27 non-league football victory against Douglas on Friday night.
On August 23, 2015, long-time Fallon resident Effie Joanette (94) passed away in Topeka, Kansas, with her family by her side. On July 13, 2015, she suffered a heart attack and went to spend her final days with loving care from her granddaughter Melani Creollo and family. Effie was born April 27, 1921, in Albertown, Saskatchewan to Jakob and Irena (Kardash) Serhienko who migrated to Canada from Kiev, Russia
Donald E. Ragsdale age 74 past away on August 31, 2015 at Carson Tahoe Hospital after a short but valiant battle with several medical issues. He was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on March 7, 1941. He grow-up in San Francisco and graduated from South San Francisco High Schoo
Ed Denny, age 76, died peacefully at the Carson Tahoe Hospital on Sunday, August 9th. He was born in Alhambra, CA on February 28, 1939. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Bette. His 5 children, Geonell, Teresa, and her husband David, Eric, Everett, and his wife Patty, and Darian, 4 grandchildren Danielle, Michelle, Joshua and Amy, and 2 great-grandchildren Ryan and Tristen. As time passes, gradually we move toward the day when the comfort of our memories, is greater than the sorrow of our loss. May the cherished memories of you, Dad, gives us the strength in the days ahead.
Laura passed away at Carson Tahoe Regional Hospital on July 9, 2015. She was just a few days shy of her 91st birthday. She was born July 13, 1924 in Waco, Texas, the daughter of W.D. (Bill) Pearson and Laura J. Ocker. She was the
RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack passed its first test of the season Thursday night at Mackay Stadium.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning... Did anyone ever doubt Tom Brady’s four-game suspension would vanish? The New England Patriots constantly break the rules and all they ever receive at most is a slap on the wrist. But give the Pats credit.
Dayton’s new football coach, Tom Eck, wasn’t too flustered after his team’s 38-0 season-opening loss at Lovelock.
RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack passed its first test of the season Thursday night at Mackay Stadium.
Carson High’s girls tennis team improved to 2-1 with a 10-8 win over Wooster Thursday afternoon at CHS.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning... Did anyone ever doubt Tom Brady’s four-game suspension would vanish? The New England Patriots constantly break the rules and all they ever receive at most is a slap on the wrist. But give the Pats credit.
Corey Jasper has shuffled between guard and center more times than he can count during his Carson High football career.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team is well aware it should beat the UC Davis Aggies rather easily at 7 p.m. tonight in its season opener at Mackay Stadium.
Abel Sanchez is making up for lost time.
Mallory and Molly Otto are identical twins. They dress alike, talk alike and finish each other’s sentences.
MINDEN — Sophomore Talyn Jackson produced a quadruple double to help lead Douglas to a 3-1 victory against Yerington Wednesday.
FOOTBALL Blake Plattsmier, Carson, Stetson: Back-up QB. Threw for 183 yards and two scores in recent scrimmage. Season starts Sept. 5.
In an effort to get their best athletes on the field more often, the Carson Senators are going to make a couple of subtle changes on both sides of the ball when they visit McQueen at 7 p.m. Friday night in a football non conference game.
MINDEN — The Douglas Tigers used a balanced attack to sweep past Fallon 3-0 in a non-conference match on Tuesday night.
Robert “Skip” Brandt died in his home at Carson Plaza on August 31, 2015 in Carson City, NV. He was 92. Mr. Brandt was born on February 10, 1923 in Quincy, Illinois to his parents Charles and Daisy Brandt. During World War II, he served four years in the Air Force and flew fifty European missions with the 376 Bombardment Group known as the “Liberandos”.
Melvin Robert (Bob) Glenn born June 23,1942 to James L. and Bobbie D. Glenn in Gainsville, GA. Bob passed away on August 27, 2015 at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, due to lung cancer. He was retired US Air Force TSGT, worked in transportation, served his country for 20 years, overseas stations and stateside. Bob had a talent and love for working in auto mechanics. Retired Operating Engineers in Las Vegas, NV. Bob was a man that lived life to the
Arthur Silva, age 78, of Fallon, NV, formerly of Hawthorne, passed away on August 19, 2015. He was born in New Bedford, MA on October 26, 1936 to Manuel and Alexandria Sylvia. He was the youngest of five siblings: Mamie, Eileen, Frank and Natalie.
Lee Simonson passed away at home surrounded by his family on August 29, 2015. He was born July 19, 1925 in McGrath, Minnesota, 4th of 12 children. He then joined the Navy and served in WWII as an Ensign. He married Beryl Drayfahl in May of 1949, and they raised 4 children
Patricia Ellen Orcutt succumbed to cancer on August 17, 2015, in northern Nevada. She was born March 5, 1926, to Kenneth and Lucile (Charles) McClernon. Pat was married to Kenneth Orcutt in Hawaii on March 19, 1983, where she had earned various pilots’ licenses and certifications, worked in aviation as an aircraft dealer, corporate and tour pilot, and finally served as an FAA inspector. They
RENO — Even though it was the opening game of the 2015 season, it was the most anticipated battle of the season.
RENO — Greg Wallace gave Carson High football fans a glimpse of the future late last season when he gained 39 yards in mop-up duty.
