Each year, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association selects 20 statewide senior student-athletes who have excelled on and off the playing surface and names them to the Northern Nevada or Southern Nevada Top 10. Special consideration is given for lettering in multiple sports, relative academic success within the school, extracurricular participation beyond … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball, Softball
Baseball Spanish Springs 10, Douglas 9 (9 innings) Two days after suffering a walk-off loss at Douglas, Spanish Springs returned the favor on its home field Saturday afternoon.s Colton Forman sent everyone home in the bottom of the ninth when he stepped to the dish with one out and the bases loaded and delivered a game-winning RBI single. The Cougars improved to … [Read more...]
Sparks baseball, softball split series openers with Lowry
Baseball: Nobbs walk-off slam slides Sparks past Lowry in 3A North opener It took five games for the Railroaders to match last year’s win total. Hunter Nobbs blasted a walk-off home run in Friday’s 3A North opener to give the Railroaders an 8-6 home victory over Lowry. Sparks improved to 4-1, 1-0. Lowry dipped to 0-9, 0-4. Nobbs finished 2-for-4 with the grand … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball: Spanish Springs escapes Reed, Sparks splits two one-run games
Spanish Springs won both of its games on Saturday, wrapping up its stint in the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament. The Cougars (4-1, 0-0) go to Wooster on Tuesday for the 4A North opener. First pitch is at 3:45 p.m. Spanish Springs 4, Reed 3 Connor Culp did not allow a run in the final 1.2 innings on Saturday night at Reed and picked up the save in a narrow 4-3 … [Read more...]
Friday Baseball: Cougs plate 28 in two wins, Raiders split two, Railroaders start 2-0
Spanish Springs breezed past Lowry and North Valleys on Friday at Wooster in the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament. The Cougars (2-1, 0-0) won the two games by an aggregate score of 28-7. Both games ended in five innings. Spanish Springs concludes the non-league round-robin tournament on Saturday with games against Central Catholic (Modesto, Calif.) at Reno at 10 a.m. then … [Read more...]
Sparks Baseball Preview: Vasko, Railroaders view 2016 as ‘learning experience’
Led by returning all-state player Matt Longland, Sparks hoping to rebound The baseball season is two months long. For some teams, the nine weeks fly by like a nap after a long day. For other teams, the nine weeks feel like the long day that won end. There’s no question which category Sparks’ 2016 season fits under. After winning three of their first four games … [Read more...]
Cougs take advantage of Raiders’ miscues
After the Raiders committed their third error of the sixth inning and fell into an 8-2 hole, a woman, presumably the grandmother of one of the Reed players, stood up and said ‘that’s it, I’ve had enough.’ She left the ballpark and missed a late Reed rally fall short in an 8-4 home loss to Spanish Springs, putting a period on the regular season. “What hurt us again, was … [Read more...]
Baseball: Cougs finally back in win column, Raiders swept
Spanish Springs’ losing streak reached eight games with a 1-0 loss at Wooster on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader. The Cougars rebounded in game two, snapping the skid with a 5-2 victory. Following the split, Spanish Springs (16-12, 11-9) sits in sixth place—one game behind both Bishop Manogue and Damonte Ranch and one game ahead of McQueen and Reed. The … [Read more...]