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The season that wasn't: Reno High graduates look back at lost 2020 baseball season
Sports can teach life lessons. Sometimes that lesson is persevering when sports are taken away. One of the most talented high school baseball teams in Northern Nevada in recent memory never got the chance to prove it on the field, but many of those players on the 2020 Reno High team are still...
Celebrating Local Achievements: TMCC's 2024 Graduation Ceremony at Lawlor Events Center
The TMCC Commencement Ceremony is scheduled for May 10, 2024, at the Lawlor Events Center. The event will celebrate the achievements of the graduates and will be available online via live stream. Attendees can access more details and a printable program on the Celebration website. The TMCC Bookstore will provide caps and gowns for the graduates.
Northern Nevada seniors close high school careers with incredible state track meets
Reno senior Eric Ortega-Gammill ended his high school career with a stupendous track and field meet. Ortega-Gammill won the boys 3200-meter and 1600-races on Friday and Saturday at Carson, setting stadium records in both. Ortega-Gammill, who will head to Santa Clara in August, won the 3200 in 9 minutes, 19.07 seconds and the 1600...
Reno High freshman wins state pole vault; Manogue's Aramini wins both distance races
Mackenzie Sellers was not only ecstatic, but almost in shock Saturday afternoon. Sellers, a freshman at Reno High, won the state championship in the pole vault on Saturday at Carson, clearing a height of 12 feet even. She beat two-time defending state champion Kaylee Daniel, a senior from Liberty and Kennedy Benjamins, a senior...
Reno, Douglas, Manogue standouts among Champion Chevrolet Athlete of the Week nominees
These are the May 6-12 nominees for Champion Chevrolet RGJ High School Athlete of the Week, which recognizes top performances among Northern Nevada's high school athletes. Send the names and stats for any outstanding performance by a Northern Nevada high school athlete for consideration for Champion Chevrolet RGJ High School Athletes of the Week list to sports@rgj.com, and cast your vote for the top weekly performance in the poll below. Voting will remain open through 11:59 p.m. on...
Enhanced Local Access to Key Government Maps and Publications at University Libraries
University Libraries has been chosen to receive important resources from the Government Publishing Office's Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). This new approach differs from the previous model, where almost all 1,150 FDLP libraries received print materials. Now, University Libraries is one of only 20 libraries in the U.S. tasked with preserving and providing access to these documents, supporting the FDLP's goals of archival preservation and public access.
John Franklin hired as Reed High School boys basketball head coach
He was away from the high school ranks for several years, but John Franklin never left basketball coaching. And now, Franklin is back in the high school circles as he will take over the Reed boys basketball program. Franklin coached the McQueen boys from 2008-15. He then started an AAU program, the Reno Hype. ...
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