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Carson High School Senior Kailee Luschar, 17, signed with Arizona State University for Softball earlier this morning during her lunch break in the school’s Morse Burley Gym. Friends and family gathered in support for the highly recruited student athlete.

First-year University of Nevada head men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has recruited five high school seniors to play for the Wolf Pack in 2020-21. Alem Huseinovic, DeAndre Henry, Tre Coleman, Daniel Foster and Je’Lani Clark have signed National Letters of Intent to play at Nevada.

As the Reno Aces gear up for the 2020 campaign, a new change is coming to its home ballpark — to protect fans from foul balls and thrown bats.

That first step is a doozy. Junior guard Jalen Harris made the most of his return in a 80-73 victory over Texas-Arlington on Tuesday at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

Lawlor Events Center erupted when Lindsey Drew’s name was announced in the starting lineup during the Nevada men’s basketball team’s exhibition contest against Cal State East Bay.

Nevada’s second-half surged paved the road to a 72-67 victory over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

At the NIAA State Championships, Zachary Sever closed out his stellar run with the Carson High School cross country program on Saturday with an eighth-place performance at the NIAA State Cross Country Championships in Reno.

The Sierra Lutheran High School Cross Country Girls Team made up of all Freshman and Sophomores finished fourth in the 2A State Championship Meet Saturday at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno.

One word can summarize the Nevada women’s basketball team’s 83-72 win over Sacramento State on Saturday: Adjustments.

University of Nevada, Reno battles University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the Fremont Cannon Saturday, Nov. 30, and the Nevada Builders Foundation is raffling off a gift package filled with UNR goodies and more.

Lindsey Drew’s heroic efforts fell short in Nevada’s 79-74 home opener loss to Utah on Tuesday at Lawlor Events Center.

Unleash the Wolf Pack. Both Nevada basketball teams tip off the regular season on Tuesday at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

Shane Trotter, a Carson City native, won the 30-39 age group at the 24 hour World Time Trial Championships held this weekend at Borrego Springs, Calif. People come from all over the world to race for 24 hours.

Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter welcomes all die-hard Raiders fans to Jimmy G's Thursday, Nov. 7 to view the Raiders take on the Los Angeles Chargers at 5:20 p.m.

Coming off a win of the Detroit Lions, the Raiders are making full use of homefield advantage as they take on division rivals.

Romeo Doubs’ career night led Nevada to a 21-10 victory over New Mexico on Saturday at Mackay Stadium.

Teagan Hansen ran a 16:58 5K Saturday at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno and easily won the Northern 2A Title. Nick Pietzke of Incline was second 10 seconds behind Hansen.

The Sierra Lutheran High School Girls Cross-Country Team finished second Saturday at The Northern Regional XC Meet in Reno and punched their ticket to State Championship Meet next Saturday at Rancho San Rafael Park.

Nevada basketball showed up Wednesday with a pair of exhibition victories at Lawlor Events Center.

Nevada’s offensive linemen tradition — nicknamed The Union — was summed up during a warm September practice at Wolf Pack Park.

This past weekend, Bethlehem Lutheran School of Carson City sent their boys cross country team to compete in the National Lutheran Cross Country Championships held at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin.

Carson City’s Diego Elizondo lost his first professional fight on Saturday in Reno by a unanimous decision to Colton, California’s Mike Sanchez.

JJ Mariano’s cat-like quickness was on full display for his second pro win on Saturday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.

Hometown fighters generally get the benefit of the doubt. Try telling that to Oscar Vasquez.

Ricardo Lucio-Galvan was looking for a fourth-round knockout and almost got it, but he settled for his third-straight win.

This Nevada Day weekend, come see what real Battle-Born warriors Look like. Your Carson Victory Rollers are battling The Lockeford Liberators, Outlaws Roller derby, Floodwater Roller Derby, Sierra Regional Roller Derby, and The Idaho Rebel Rollers in the derby ring for the Silver Skate title.

Heading into the weekend, there’s a bevy of events around the Carson City region Friday through Sunday to celebrate Nevada Day. Activities include the annual parade down Carson Street, a carnival at Mills Park, the 30th annual Nevada Day Classic, The La Ka Lel Be Pow Wow at the MAC, beard and rock drilling contests, delicious food dishes, pancakes, chili and plenty of beverages to suit kids and adults of all ages.

Every time I hear about a Stan Martyniouk fight, it gets the attention of my ears.

Sierra Lutheran High School's Andreas Gilson (Junior) ran a personal best 5K in Rocklin, California of 17:55 against a loaded field at the Bella Vista Bronco Invitational on Saturday he finished 31st.

Junior Jacob Tack ran 20:16, good for 91st place, he was followed by Sophomore Aaron Waite who covered the scenic wooded course in 20:55 (105th), and Freshman Flynn Scheibe was 119th in 22:10. In the girls race three young Falcons flew through the rolling course in tight formation.

Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter welcomes all Raiders fans to watch the Raiders vs Texans this Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1:25 p.m., at Jimmy G's, 301 N. Carson St. in Carson City.

The Chapter will host a potluck, and Jimmy G's will offer drink specials for Chapter members. A 50/50 drawing will also be held. Winner must be present to win.

A moment of silence will be held in honor of Former Raiders Cornerback Willie Brown, 1967-78, during halftime.
For information, contact Co-Chair Jeremy Soga at (775) 220-6706.

Nevada quarterback Malik Henry will not suit up for the Wolf Pack for the foreseeable future.