Shaw paces UNR to victory over Houston

RENO — UNR put up 61 points in the first half, then held off Houston for a 112-99 victory Saturday.

Truckee’s dominant win erases 14-year-old demon

RENO — As Moapa Valley and Truckee (Calif.) headed to the locker room at halftime of Saturday’s Class 3A football state title game, it was difficult not to think of 1995.

No. 4 TCU still unbeaten

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Andy Dalton made a bet over the summer with his Texas Christian teammates that he was hoping to lose. Win 10 straight and the junior quarterback vowed to shave his flame-red hair.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Mustangs repeat, rally past Battle Mountain

RENO — As The Meadows quarterback Garrett Gosse brought his team to the line of scrimmage at the Battle Mountain 31-yard line with about seven minutes to play in Saturday’s Class 2A state championship game, things had just gone from bad to worse for the Mustangs.

Nebraska’s late surge too much for TCU

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ryan Anderson scored seven consecutive points to lead a late surge that sealed Nebraska’s 90-77 victory over Texas Christian on Saturday.

Inconsistency has sapped power from NFC East

Every year when discussing the NFL, we assign an unofficial title to a group of teams perceived to be residing in the league’s best division. That banner might be blank this year.

Willis spurs second-half surge

Another sluggish start turned into another halftime deficit, but this time it was junior guard Tre’Von Willis who led UNLV to the finish line.

Kyle Busch punctuates title with win

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch only needed the green flag to drop to win his first NASCAR title. His coronation was never in doubt and neither, really, was the outcome of the Nationwide Series finale.

Ravens should end Colts’ run

It took a last-minute miracle, but Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts kept their winning streak alive last week. In fact, the Colts are working on several streaks.

IN BRIEF

GOLF

Georgia takes mascot seriously

There will be an Uga VIII. Just who he is and when he arrives are the questions.

Pahranagat Valley thrives

RENO — As the players gathered in front of the goal post for a team photo following the presentation of the championship trophy Saturday at Damonte Ranch High School, Pahranagat Valley’s football team didn’t even need to wait for the photographer to tell them how to line up.

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

UNR breaks NCAA marks, cruises to win

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — UNR rushed for 575 yards — and shattered some NCAA records in the process — as the Wolf Pack beat New Mexico State 63-20 Saturday night.

BETWEEN THE LINES

THREE REASONS TO LIKE FALCONS-GIANTS OVER (46)

Griffin gets up for win over Ortiz

Forrest Griffin entered his UFC 106 main-event fight Saturday night to the cheesy pop tune “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba.

New breast screening report met with dismay

Dr. Paul Stumpf, the graying 61-year-old chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, admits some of his colleagues wonder where his head is at these days.

Fourth officer in short span dies

Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie on Saturday had trouble finding the words for his latest fallen comrade, a corrections officer who died hours earlier in a collision on U.S. Highway 95 near Searchlight.

Power, travel cut by storm

RENO — A winter storm with winds gusting to more than 80 mph Friday knocked out power for thousands of people in Northern Nevada, grounded flights and kicked up dust storms that contributed to a fatal pileup that shut down a stretch of U.S. Interstate 80.

Reporters’ Notebook

LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCILWOMAN LOIS TARKANIAN apparently has stepped on the path to enlightenment.

in brief

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia

Nevada counties urge Congress to repeal geothermal provision

FALLON — Nine Nevada counties are pressing Congress to repeal a provision in a federal appropriations bill that could cost counties in at least six Western states millions of dollars in lost revenues from geothermal activity.

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