How high can the Nevada Wolf Pack football team climb in the Bowl Championship Series standings? Well, a spot in the Top 10 is not out of the question. The Pack, currently ranked 18th, could move to 14 or 15 after this weekend. And then, after a victory over Boise State on Nov. 26, it will only be a short hop, skip and a jump to the Top 10. The key is moving up at least three spots this week. That will take a blowout victory over New Mexico State and a loss by four or five teams just ahead of them in the BCS standings. The win over New Mexico State shouldn't be a problem. The second part of that equation is a little more cloudy. But it could happen. Virginia Tech, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Michigan State and Oklahoma State all could lose this weekend.
When Douglas senior Amelia Ritger stepped on the tennis court her first high school match back in 2007, she started winning.
Coaches around Northern Nevada released their fall sports postseason honors teams this week.
Former Douglas High baseball standout Tyler Hoelzen has signed a letter of intent to pitch for Division I Sacramento State starting in the spring of 2012.
22-2-2 overall, 12-2-2 Sierra League (Combined games with high Desert), 10-2-1 vs. Sierra League opponents, 6-0-1 vs. High Desert League opponents, 7-1-1 home, 7-1-1 away, 8-0-0 neutral, 21-2-2 vs. Northern Nevada teams.
Ten things to watch when the Nevada Wolf Pack (9-1, 4-1) takes on the New Mexico State Aggies (2-8, 1-5) at Mackay Stadium on Saturday (1:05 p.m.) . . .
36-2 overall, 16-0 Northern 4A, 12-0 vs. Sierra League, 7-0 vs. High Desert League, 10-1 home, 9-0 away, 17-1 neutral, 21-1 vs. Northern Nevada teams, 95-12 games played.
Confidence has never been a problem for Olek Czyz.
Illiwa Baldwin is really too young to remember a world without such modern luxuries as microwave ovens, computers, cable television and cell phones.
Colin Kaepernick wishes the Western Athletic Conference would give out its weekly awards to entire teams.
We have been looking for a sign from above all season long to tell us that this Nevada Wolf Pack football season will be different.
Suzi Graham was sitting on the bench next to her mom, Douglas head volleyball coach Josie Graham, as Suzi's younger sister, Coco, helped lead senior-laden Douglas Tiger squad to a state title.
There was a moment late in Saturday's 4A state championship volleyball match during a long rally point where the Douglas High defense coverage lapsed as the ball dropped toward the floor.
From the moment the final whistle blew on last year's state championship game, many assumed that the Douglas girls' soccer team would automatically be right back there this season hoisting the trophy for the second year in a row.
It's a matchup that has been looming on the Douglas girls' soccer team's minds for the last two years.
