By Brooklyn Thomas Posted March 3, 2010
This year the Lowry girl’s varsity team had a season of ups and downs. They started the season off with a loss to the Pershing County Mustangs but finished it with a victory over the Spring Creek Spartans in the state championship game. For the first time in eight years, the team can say they are State Champions.
“I was on varsity for two years and we hadn’t beat Spring Creek until now,” said senior Lynnsey Johnson. Lowry has been battling with the Spartans for two years and had not beaten them until this year in the state game.
“I knew we could easily get here [State], it was just getting it done while we where here,” said Estes.
They met the Virgin Valley Bulldogs in the first round and won the game with just simple play. The next day they traveled to the Lawlor Event Center at UNR to play Spring Creek. The Lady Bucks played extreme determination and kept the game within seven points; finally, in overtime, the Lowry Bucks came out on top with a 35-34 victory shocking the crowd and the Spartans.
“It couldn’t get much better, we had some bumps in the road but it came out all good,” said Johnson. “It [state] just sets the bar for the rest of the teams that come up. It sets a legacy.”
Lowry’s passion and eagerness for a state title were evident since the beginning of the season.
“The first practice we had together as a team was probably the best practice, we ever had. We just came out with a bunch of enthusiasm,” said Jenea Neu, “I think right then I thought we had a really good chance to get here [state].”
The Lady Buckaroos played as more than a team; they played as a group of 12 best friends.
“If we didn’t play, we were still there as a team,” said Neu, “It was not a one person team, we were Lowry.”
This was one of the greatest seasons Lowry has ever had.
“It was fun being with this group of girls,” said Estes.
