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The Lady Vandals had but one game last week, on the road to the Wells Leopards. And they won that game 45-36 to keep themselves in second place in the 1A East League. Coach Travis Gallagher said it was a fairly physical game, in that Owyhee had a total of seven players committing 28 fouls, […]
Eureka girls look to secure 2 seed
January 31, 2019
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US secretly shipped plutonium from South Carolina to Nevada
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — The U.S. Department of Energy revealed on Wednesday that it secretly shipped weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a nuclear security site in Nevada months ago despite the state’s protests. The justice department notified a federal judge in Reno that the government trucked in the radioactive material to […]
Is this You? Biting My Tongue
First of all it took me three, yes three tries to spell tongue for the title of this column! Tongue is a word, unlike their, that will not even come up within spell check unless you are a little closer to the spelling than I was the first two times. But now that I have […]
Vandals look to stay in playoff picture
Eureka put two road wins together last weekend. They scored a 54-37 win at McDermitt and a close 59-56 win at non-league opponent Oasis Academy in Fallon. Coach Fred Minolett said at McDermitt, “We played better, didn’t turn the ball over as much. The two wins were much needed to boost our confidence. It was […]
FBI finds no specific motive in Vegas attack that killed 58
By Ken Ritter and Michael Balsamo Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The high-stakes gambler responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history sought notoriety in the attack but left his specific motive a mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as it concluded the investigation of the 2017 massacre that killed 58 country music fans. […]
Eureka girls drop first league game at McDermitt
The Lady Vandals took their first loss in about a month, losing at league leader McDermitt 46-29 last week. The state scoring leader in any classification, Precious Masters of McDermitt (25 ppg), was a factor in the Bulldogs wins over Eureka, but coach Travis Gallagher was somewhat pleased, “we kept her down to 15.” Jasmine […]
Vandal wrestlers head to regionals this weekend
Eureka wrestlers were at the league duals in Battle Mountain Jan. 25-26 to decide the seeding for the Northern Regionals this weekend in Lovelock. Coach Jeremy Auch said the boys did “not too bad for themselves. James “Quaid” Filippini (132), Garrett Todd (145), Preston Hubbard (152) and Chris Drayton (160) will all be the No. […]
Salvadoran accused of 4 Nevada killings worked for 2 victims
By Scott Sonner and Ken Ritter Associated Press RENO — A 19-year-old Salvadoran man suspected of being in the country illegally was charged Monday with killing four people in Nevada, including a couple who employed him as a landscaper at their Reno home where he fatally shot them with a gun he stole from them […]