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Keith TrouVMason ValleY News
br possession of the soccer ball against a
r School.
Cowgirl
competes
at FuturitY
Rv &€il Fl$er
ke[i Do'of Yerington finished
tied for 20th Place out of 55 com-
oetitors at the 2003 Snaffle Bit
'futuriw cm horse shcming event
held iast seek at the Reno
Livestock Elents Center in Reno'
"I 'ras real Pleased sith our
oerformance." DaY said-
' The annual futuriB; Pat of tre
National Rehed Cot- Horse
Association G{RC}LA)- has been a
maior comPetidon among the
fdcffr't on-Pro Bridle class'
-This is ooe of the brges fittu-
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MAKE WAY: YHS tailback steven Hernandez 0t9,2)follows his lead blocker' fullbackTommy
iii3"Eii,i' o.rb. i i, oJ*iii'6roisainst Lowrv last Fridav nisht'
NIAA apProves 2A
football Petition
a YHS srid Program to
iompet6 in Noihern 2A
League in 2004.
Bv Brett Fisher
'The Nevada lnterscholastic
Activities Association board
voted last week to aPProve a Peti-
tion to move the Yerington Hieh
School football Program to the
Class 2A level, NIAA Assistant
Director Donnie Nelson said
Wednesdav.
"It's bein a [ong, drawn-out
orocess." he said. "ToYeringlon's
tredit. thev've been very Profes-
sional through the entire aPPeal
'We're iust relieved.
It's been a long
battle.'
- Kevin Kegel,
YHS Athletic Director
orocess."
' The decision brings to conclu-
sion an aPPeal Process that has
taken at leait three years to settle,
Nelson said.
"We're iust relieve4' said
Yerineton Uigh Scnoot Athletic
Diteclor Kevin Kegel. "It's been
a long battle."
ThI Lions will PlaY football at
the Class 2A level beginning in
20M, but the transition is far
from comPlete, Nelson said'
Yeringlon football's ParticiPa-
tion at t[e 2A level is contingent
upon a Pilot Program, Nelson
*iiA wltn stiPulations.
*ttt tlte a trial Period' Nelson
said.
The first of these contingen-
cies does not allow the Lions to
oarticinate in post-season play in
in"t fittt seison at 2A' TheY
must wait until 2005 to become
elisible for the PlaYoffs'
i second siiPulation in the
asreement allows YHS football
aihletes to be considered for all-
leaeue award recoPuritions'
ind third' Yerington must
report to the Class 2A board at
the end of its first season'
Nevada 2A will then make its
reconrmendations to the NIAA,
which will determine if the Lions
can continue comPeting at that
level.
If so, the 2A designation will
be extended and Yerington can
compete for a PlaYoff spot in
2005.
Yerinston Hig[ School origi-
nallv riade an aPPeal to the
lURe to make the transition to
Class ZA in 1999, PrinciPal
Keith Savage said.
The entire Process' from coe
cept to formafPetition, has taken
abbut five years, he said
-
since
the NIAA's last realiSnment'
And it's not over Yet-
Savage indicated the school's
ultima6 goal is to move all of its
athletic Pioeralrrs into Class 2A'
The YHS PrinciPal said school
officials met witn members of
the 2A governing board last
Spring to file a Petition to move
the school into 2A.
But there wasn't enough votes
to send the Process on to the
NIAA board.
Instead, Savage said Yerington
Hish decided to focus on foot-
bali onlv for 2004, and succeed-
"J
i, e6ttiog the Petition Placed
on the-NIAA's agenda for August
and SePtember.
So ior now, the rest of the
school will comPete at 3A until
Yerincton can gain formal
approial from Nevada 2A'
Please see Petition, Page 82
Errors costlY
'for Lady Lions
Bv Brett Fsher
't"tental mistakes bY the
Yerinston rarsity volleyball team
cmrfouted to a Pair of Northern
3A League losses suffered this
games to host Manogue, 17'25,
t6-25 and 17-25.
Sabra Tibbals led Yerington in
kills with sl.r. Karina Matheus
6^6 1s'6 kills.
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