With football practice opening around the state Thursday afternoon, here are 25 of the most interesting players to keep an eye on in the region this year:
After becoming the first Northern Nevada team to ever advance to the national championships, the Real Reno girls' soccer club took it a step further, advancing all the way to the title game before coming up just short in late July.
The Douglas High football team kicked off its 2010 campaign Thursday just like every other team in the state.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . The easy reaction after hearing Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis compare quarterback Jason Campbell to Jim Plunkett is laughter.
Whereas every other sport will now essentially see every Northern 4A team at least once during their respective seasons, football teams will only play eight out of the other 10 possible opponents during any given season.
Douglas High School is on the lookout for a new Tiger head. Or paw. Or claw. Perhaps even new stripes or fangs.
For the second time in three years, the Northern 4A region of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association has undergone a bit of a facelift.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . This year's Pro Football Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted Saturday in Canton, Ohio, just might be the best Hall of Fame class for any sport in any year.
The third annual MudFest mud volleyball tournament benefiting the Douglas High School volleyball program is set for Saturday morning.
Carson Valley resident Richard Cannon, who returned to swimming just last year after a 25-year absence from the pool, competed at the FINA World Masters Swimming Championships in Goteborg, Sweden this week.
The Carson Valley Cougars travelling baseball team had a strong showing at the USSSA World Series in Chino Hillls, Calif. last week.
OCEANPORT, N.J. -- As the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners surged to the lead around the far turn in the $1 million Haskell Invitational, more than 40,000 fans stood and cheered in anticipation of a thrilling stretch duel.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Predicting how the Western Athletic Conference football teams will finish every year is sort of like predicting the ending of every Gilligan's Island episode.
Former Douglas pitcher Chris Balcom-Miller is in the middle of a successful first full season of professional baseball in the Colorado Rockies organization.
The Douglas Tigers summer league baseball team picked up a 3-2 win over South City PAL (Calif.) in the opening round of the 44th annual Joe DiMaggio World Series last Friday at Wooster High School.
