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FOOTBALL

WOLF PACK FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Change at QB possible

RENO - Chris Ault is not happy with the Nevada Wolf Pack's quarterback situation."Our offense was stagnant," said Ault, referring to the Pack's 17-14 victory at San Jose State last Saturday. &--WOL...

MOODY: Wooster should be 3A in football

Another colossal mistake has been made by the good folks who make decisions on realignment in Nevada high school athletics.According to a recent release sent out by the NIAA earlier this week, Woos...

Movie Review: 'Straw Dogs' a tense, violent human drama

"Straw Dogs," a thriller currently playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City and elsewhere, is a remake of the 1971 controversial film of the same name directed by Sam Peckinpah, that opened the Hollywood door on a kind of territorial violence. It was widely condemned as preaching violence and misogyny.

Maher has big shoes to fill at tight end

Carson High football coach Blair Roman admits he's been spoiled the last couple of years when it comes to the tight end position.Roman has had the services of 180-pound Ty Collins at tight end, and...

FODDER: Spartans will be dangerous test for UNR

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . .There was a definite 2009 feeling out at the Nevada Wolf Pack football practices this week. What does 2009 feel like? You know that clueless, that-wasn't-me-...

Witchcraft in Our Schools - 5:30PM Meeting Today at CMS

Event Date: 
September 6, 2011 - 5:30pm

The final Harry Potter movie is out this summer. It's a tale of magical kids attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, being empowered, and learning wicked things like Arithmacy, Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, and Quiddich. This makes some real-world parents uncomfortable. Children learning things we don't know, things beyond the "straight and narrow", things that empower them, is scary.

WAC FOOTBALL CAPSULES

HAWAIIThe Warriors have been picked by both the WAC media and coaches to win the conference this year. And the reason is senior quarterback Bryant Moniz, the only returning full-time starting quart...

Is the Pack ready to make more magic?

RENO-Head coach Chris Ault and the Nevada Wolf Pack football team are extremely proud of what they were able to accomplish in 2010.It's just that they don't want to talk about it anymore."Each year...

Carson opens season in Idaho

This isn't a typical season-opening game for Carson High's football team.Instead of a regional match-up somewhere in Northern Nevada, Carson left school at 6:30 a.m. Friday and traveled approximate...

Dayton's Gomez makes smooth transition to football

Adan Gomez has been a fixture on the soccer and basketball teams at Dayton High School the past couple of years.Playing football never entered Gomez's mind until last spring when the senior suddenl...

Senators seeking three-peat

After winning or sharing two consecutive 4A football championships, you wonder what Carson High's football team can do for an encore.How about a three-peat?Talk of a three-peat isn't taboo around t...

Dayton ushers in the Rob Turner Era tonight

A new era in Dayton High football begins tonight when the Dust Devils host defending 2A champion Lovelock.Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.Rob Turner has taken the head spot after veteran coach Rick Walke...

Kaepernick gets rude awakening in NFL debut

Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... Welcome to the National Football League, Colin Kaepernick. It took all of one NFL game - a practice game, no less - for Kaepernick to receive more criticism t...

Time for Pack to move on and go win some games

OK, we get it. This year's Nevada Wolf Pack football schedule is a cruel joke."This is a unique schedule," Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault said recently at the Western Athletic Conference football media...

Four inducted into Carson Hall

Four former football stars were inducted into the Carson High School Football Hall of Fame Saturday night at the school's kick-off dinner.Carson, which has won or shared two straight league titl...

Tresnit has been a fixture on CHS sidelines

If you've attended a football game at Carson High School in the last half century, you should know Bob Tresnit.Tresnit, except for the first game of the 2010 season when he had family vacation p...

Darrell Moody: Tresnit has been a fixture on Carson's sidelines

If you've attended a football game at Carson High School in the last half century, you should know Bob Tresnit.Tresnit, except for the first game of the 2010 season when he had family vacation plan...

Football is back: Senators, Dust Devils get to work

The 2011 football season officially got under way Thursday morning as Carson and Dayton high schools held their first practices of the season.Both the Senators and Dust Devils had two workouts w...

Ault won't punish players involved in June 18th fracas

Nevada Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault said Wednesday that no football players will be suspended in connection to the downtown Reno bar fight in June that resulted in a shooting that seriously injured w...

Wolf Pack to open practice today

RENO - The Nevada Wolf Pack football family continues to grow.The Wolf Pack announced Wednesday that two new off-the-field administrative positions have been added to the football program. Jon Hask...

Friday Fodder: Nevada Wolf Pack not a 3rd-place team

Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... The Western Athletic Conference coaches and media have just handed the Nevada Wolf Pack all the motivation they need to repeat as conference football champion...

Darrell Moody: Carson boosters' dinner slated

The Carson High Football Boosters Club is gearing up for its annual Senator Football Kickoff Dinner on Aug. 13. The dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and hosted by Mo & Sluggo's on Curry Street between Telegr...

Updated Public Employee Salary And Benefit Data Published By Nevada Think Tank

CARSON CITY – Anyone with an interest in what Nevada’s state and local government employees make in salary and benefits can review the 2010 data that has been posted today by a  Nevada think tank.

(You can view all Carson City salaries here)

FODDER: Expectations hard to gauge for 2012

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . .Don't know what to expect out of this year's Nevada Wolf Pack football team? You're not alone. No Colin Kaepernick, no Dontay Moch, no Vai Taua, no Virgil Gr...

Help sought in track vandalism probe

Carson High School Principal Ron Beck is asking for the community's help in preserving the $1.5 million football stadium and track."People are going out there and destroying the property," he said....

FODDER: New format for Sertoma needed

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . The annual Sertoma all-star high school football game every June has definitely seen better days. A fight once again tarnished last week's game and, well, i...

COMMUNITY SPORTS ROUNDUP: CHS football boosters announce dinner date

The Carson High football boosters are gearing up for their annual Senator Football Kickoff Dinner on Aug.13.Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. and hosted by Mo & Sluggos on Curry St. between Telegraph a...

An embarrassing night of football

The Sertoma Football Classic should go away forever, and the closing minutes of Friday's brutal football game makes my point for me.A few games in recent years have ended early because of fighting ...

SERTOMA: Six Carson players suit up for last high school game

Tonight's annual Sertoma Football Classic means different things to the six Carson High players selected to the game.For guard Matt Cooper, running back Connor Beattie and cornerback Gabe Pongasi, ...

FODDER: Another black eye for Wolf Pack

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Head football coach Chris Ault and the Nevada Wolf Pack athletic department have done nothing wrong in relation to the shooting incident involving wide rece...

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