Prizina was a first-team all-region selection on the hardwood and diamond Spanish Springs basketball and baseball standout Josh Prizina is the Sparks Tribune Male Athlete of the Year. He graduated last Tuesday as one of the most decorated athletes in school history and polished off his stellar career by earning first-team all-league honors in both sports. This winter, … [Read more...]
Sparks Tribune Team of the Year: Sparks boys soccer
Railroaders won first state title since 2011, third consecutive regional title The Sparks boys soccer team is the 2016-17 Sparks Tribune Team of the Year. After three consecutive years of frustration in the state semifinals, the Railroaders broke through in the fall, routing Chaparral 4-1, then blanking 3A South champ, Western, 2-0, one day later for their first state … [Read more...]
Ten Spanish Springs athletes ink letters of intent
Loadholt teeter tottered on staying home, Drescher following history, Marcum gets late break The best boys basketball player in Spanish Springs history is officially headed to the bay. Marcus Loadholt was one of 10 Spanish Springs student athletes to sign a collegiate letter of intent during a ceremony held outside the school’s gym on Wednesday afternoon. He signed at … [Read more...]
Ten Cougs make next-level plans official
Ozoude, Miller headed to Mountain West A whopping total of 10 Spanish Springs student athletes inked national letters of intent at a signing ceremony held outside the school’s gym on Wednesday afternoon. Two of the 10 will compete at the Div. I level in the Mountain West. Sprinter Jessica Ozoude signed with Colorado State after verbally committing last month. Ozoude is … [Read more...]
Behind the dish
Spanish Springs senior catcher Josh Prizina is comfortable three feet behind home plate, but he's at the forefront of the Cougars' regional title push It’s the first official day of practice for the Spanish Springs baseball team, but spring is hardly in the air. It’s cold. Snow piles from a historic winter persist in the parking lot. And per the stingy Northern Nevada … [Read more...]
4A North all-league teams released, Loadholt HDL Player of the Year
The 4A North all-league teams were officially released on Tuesday night and as expected, the four local teams (Spanish Springs boys and girls, Reed boys and girls) were well represented. All four teams made the postseason and three of the four advanced to the regional semifinals. The Spanish Springs boys won the second league title in program history (first was in 2015) … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Spanish Springs boys miss window
For the Spanish Spring boys basketball team, this was supposed to be the year. Led by Marcus Loadholt, who averaged 3.7 points per game as a freshman and 20.3 ppg this winter, the Cougars and their eight seniors were going to win the first regional title in program history. That’s the way it was written out, at least, for the team that won all 16 of its 4A North games … [Read more...]
Scheels Athlete of the Week (Feb. 13-18): Marcus Loadholt
Marcus Loadholt, Spanish Springs boys basketball The highest scorer in Spanish Springs boys basketball history nearly added another incredible anecdote to a brilliant prep career. Down 12 in the final 90 seconds of Thursday’s 4A North semifinal against Bishop Manogue in Carson, Loadholt brought the Cougs all the way back, tying the game at 51 with just 22 seconds left on a … [Read more...]