Year In sports

Year In sports

By Chris Gildone, Alexis Galarza, Ron Espinola Posted June 10, 2021

FOOTBALL
Lowry football had a tough season this year with some injuries and only having enough players for a JV and varsity team. The freshman and JV teams were combined to make scheduling easier. Considering the nature of the year, it was a surprise that they were able to compete. They got to have a playoff game at the end of the season beating Elko 32-22 for the second time in the season.

Seniors: Anthony Gildone, Shane Mattson, Anthony Peterson, Caden Ricci, Sam Roth, Fabian Ochoa, Layne Welch, Seth Whitted, Aaron Woolsey.

VOLLEYBALL
The freshman volleyball girls had a good season this year. The junior varsity team also did fairly well. While the varsity team’s season wasn’t their best. They had lots of girls to try out this year and some freshmen moved up to JV.

Seniors: Eva Andradottir, Josie Ellifritz, Alexus Gomez, Reece Kalkoske, Juliana Ruiz, Shanae Smith, Kayleen Urain.

CROSS COUNTRY
Cross country was able to have a shortened season this year. The competitions were a little different from prior years but they were glad to have a season. Kaid Sanchez, a sophomore, tried out cross country this year and he enjoyed it but felt like it went too fast.

Seniors: Christopher McGuire, Erick Prado, Jeremy Walker.

GIRLS GOLF
The girls had a very good season this year, despite the size of the team. They only had four students this year which is exactly how many they needed to compete in team events. The Lady Bucks won a lot of their tournaments including their home tournament held at the Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.

Seniors: Kaitlyn Hales.

WRESTLING
Unfortunately due to CoronaVirus, this year’s wrestling season was not able to happen. The team was hopeful and had several conditioning workouts to get ready and the season kept getting delayed until finally, they called it off.

Seniors: Brett Ferraro, Isaac Mori, Anthony Peterson, Cole Mattson, Caden Ricci.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Unfortunately, this year girl’s basketball didn’t have a season. All through summer, the girls put a tremendous amount of effort into participating in the open gyms coach Melanie Thurmond was putting on. At open gyms everyone was at least six feet away, meaning the girls were not able to play with each other. Around December things were looking more in the positive direction. The girls were preparing for tryouts, however, the NIAA decided for the safety of the players to cancel the season.

Seniors: Bailee Brinkerhoff, Macy DeLong, Alexus Gomez, Shanae Smith, Alexus Gomez

BOYS BASKETBALL
Boys basketball was also canceled due to COVID-19, to keep the players safe. The boys had some open gyms to help prepare for the season. Although the season didn’t happen the boys showed up and put in the work, next year all the effort put in will definitely show for the Lowry High boy’s basketball program.

Seniors: Anthony Gildone, Anthony Hemp, Robert Rangel, Alex Ruiz

BOYS SOCCER
This year boy’s varsity soccer did well. Working hard through the season awarded them with second in the league. The bucks got a full six weeks of playing time and also had open gyms to prepare for the season.
Seniors: Christian Cuevas, Gerardo Magana, Alex Ruiz, Luis Solis.

GIRLS SOCCER
Girls also put in the work going to open gyms and scrimmages during the summer. It’s no doubt this year’s season was different from the last. In six weeks the soccer girls managed a record of 2-7-2. The girls pushed through the season and kept going despite the difficulties the seasons brought and finished with their best efforts of the year.

Seniors: Bailee Brinkerhoff, Jordan Hornbarger, Lesley Martinez.

BOYS GOLF
Boy’s Golf was one of the few sports that were a go this year. The boys are well into their season and are actively participating in tournaments. On April 11 the boys took first in their home tournament. They boys continue to work at the sports and will continue to go to tournaments.

Seniors: Brett Ferraro, Tyler Piquet, Austen Rorex.

TRACK
The short season has not deterred several track athletes from improving and having success.

Many of our athletes have performed well at the meets and have established new personal records,” said head coach Byron Jeppsen. “We have some talented young athletes and hope to get some to qualify for the state tournament next year.”

Seniors: Lesley Martinez, Emily Schoenecker, Lorsix Silva, Jeremy Walker.

BASEBALL
Entering the season, the Bucks knew it would be a strange one. After the cancellation of the season the previous year in the second week, many of the players had not played for an entire year. It was really a season of ups and downs as the team wrapped the season with a record of 5-11.

Although the weather didn’t agree, causing the postponement of the first playoff game and the suspension of the championship game between Dayton and Fallon, baseball was fortunate to host the end of the season tournament where they went 1-1. The Bucks concluded their season with a forfeit win over Elko as they ended their season due to a COVID outbreak and a 10-0 loss to Dayton in the league semifinals.

Seniors: Trenton Domire, Anthony Hemp, Justin Horton, Garette Hinshaw, Tristen Schmittel.

SOFTBALL
Softball continued its winning ways by winning the regular season with a 13-3 record. In the postseason tournament, which Lowry hosted, the Lady Bucks spanked the Vaqueros 13-3 to win the East title.

Mackenzie Salas-Begay, one of the captains this year, said her favorite part of the season was “That I was able to play with some of my close friends one last time.”

Seniors: Alexus Gomez, Jordan Hornbarger, Mackenzie Salas-Begay, Hannah Toth.

SWIMMING
A shortened season represented the final go-around for one season, Ashton Kalkoske. He tried to take advantage of each day by using a quote from Caeleb Dressel that says, “I come to practice every day with the mindset that I am there to get better.”

Like everything, the season was different because of COVID restrictions. Rather than large meets with multiple teams, the swimmers faced off against only one team each meet. This also affected the athlete’s performance.

“There is less time to breathe and recover because there are fewer heats,” said Mathew Lizanetz. “There is a sense of scale that is missing to having multiple teams all competing rather than one team that consists of less than 20 people.”

Seniors: Ashton Kalkoske.

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