Nevada’s third-year coach continues to corner transfer market Eric Musselman has a plan. He’s not straying from it. After taking Nevada to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade and flirting with Cal, eventually agreeing to an extension, Musselman completed the 2017 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon. All three of the classes Musselman has put together … [Read more...]
Tuesday Softball: Cougs, Raiders looking down on 4A North
Clary, Cougars roll Huskies RENO – Freshman Tyra Clary did it in the circle and at the plate on Tuesday afternoon at Reno, leading Spanish Springs to a commanding 12-1 victory. The Cougars (25, 5, 17-2), who won for the eighth straight game – including a pair of forfeits from Hug on Saturday – are tied with Reed for first with three games to play. Bishop Manogue was also … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Fun rivalry week awaits, Silver and Blue takeaways, Pack softball surging
This is it. The 4A North baseball and softball regular season end this week. Baseball wraps up Thursday and softball Saturday. The regional baseball tourney begins next Tuesday at host hosts sites. Bishop Manogue will once again host the softball regional tournament, starting two days later. Programs across the region will play their rivals this week with plenty on … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (4/24 – 4/30)
Aces clinch another series, sit one back of PCL-leading Tacoma Ildemaro Vargas’ bases-loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday afternoon at Greater Nevada Field not only secured a wild 11-10 comeback win over Fresno, but locked Reno into another winning week. The Aces won four of six games and have now claimed three of the last five series with a … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Cougs’ league title aspirations dry up First-year Spanish Springs coach Matt Ortiz knows that to make a move in the 4A North, you must first get past Galena and Reno. His Cougars have excelled in league play this spring, except for against the Grizzlies and Huskies. They’ve won 15 of 16 in games not against those two programs. But on Saturday, they dropped to … [Read more...]
Playoff outlook for Reed, Spanish Springs diamond dwellers
All four local squads boast postseason promise of varying degrees If you are tuning in late, you won’t be judged. You’re getting here just in time. As the 4A North races near culmination (baseball season has four games left per team, softball has six), we get our cameras ready. On the baseball side, six teams separated by two games are darting for four playoff spots … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Jensen strikes history books
It didn’t feel out of the ordinary. That’s almost unfair to say. Julia Jensen’s ordinary is atypical. As a sophomore, Jensen was the ace for one of the best softball teams in the nation that broke through for its first state title in nearly two decades. She’s the do-it-all softballer who will throw a complete-game shutout and hit a couple home runs (she ranks … [Read more...]
Scheels Athlete of the Week (April 17-22): Julia Jensen
Julia Jensen, Reed softball Reed’s senior ace became the third pitcher in Nevada history to reach 1,000 career strikeouts. The Nevada commit reached the milestone in Saturday’s 3-2 nine-inning win at Reno when she threw all nine innings, scattering three hits, and did not allow an earned run. She fanned 15. In total for the week, Jensen went 3-0 and gave up a lone earned run … [Read more...]