Spanish Springs fell in an early 2-0 hole to Carson in the first home game of the season on Tuesday night. The ball started going in the other net over the final 50 minutes. The Cougars (3-1-1, 2-0-0) scored three times in the final 10 minutes of the half, and added five more goals out of the break to finish off a lopsided 8-2 win over the Senators (0-2-0, 0-2-0). “As we … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Cougars rally again to remain unbeaten, Raiders swept
Spanish Springs dropped the first set to Carson in Tuesday night’s home opener, then won the next three to remain unbeaten in 4A North play with a 22-25, 25-21, 25-13, 25-16 victory. It was the second consecutive regional match the Cougars started slowly (fell behind 2-0 at Reed on Thursday), only to rattle off the final three sets. “I think this team really is finding … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: UNLV’s debacle, the significance of Nevada’s home opener, 4A North volleyball product improving
Something historic happened at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. And if you’re unaware (how much are you paying for rent under that rock?), it was bad. At least for the UNLV faithful. In Reno, it will become one of the first bullet points in the perpetual verbal sparring between the intra-state rivals. The Rebels were on the wrong end of the biggest upset in college … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (8/28 – 9/3)
Aces clinch Pacific Northern title, open postseason Wednesday night at Greater Nevada Field against El Paso Reno is going back to the postseason. The Aces wrapped up their final eight-game road trip of the season on Friday with a 3-0 loss at Albuquerque, but popped champagne in the locker room anyway thanks to Fresno’s loss at El Paso. It is Reno’s fourth division … [Read more...]
Nevada gives Northwestern a scare in opener
Defense, run game among positives for Wolf Pack in Norvell debut The scoreboard at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill. read Northwestern 31, Nevada 20 when triple zeroes appeared after the fourth quarter on Saturday afternoon. It says Jay Norvell fell in his first game on the Wolf Pack sideline. And while Nevada did lose and now heads into its home opener on Saturday against … [Read more...]
Schmidt, Raiders pull away from Tigers in second half
Reed holds Douglas to 64 yards of offense out of locker room Reed senior running back Josiah Schmidt may ask to compete with senior quarterback Cameron Emerson for his job next week in practice. Schmidt threw a pair of touchdown passes on Friday night (he also threw one in last week’s win over Clayton Valley Charter) and added a score on the ground as Reed (2-0, 0-0) … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Cougs stun Raiders in five
Spanish Springs wins match point in third set, goes on to outlast rival in five You could feel it coming. After erasing separate 17-13 and 20-14 deficits to take the first two sets in Thursday’s High Desert League opener, Reed was going to pull off yet another comeback and complete a home sweep of Spanish Springs. The Cougars saw their 20-17 advantage morph into a 22-20 … [Read more...]
Preview: Norvell era starts Saturday at Northwestern
Nevada to debut new air-raid offense, 3-3-5 defense in Big 10 country To say Nevada is going to have a new look this year would be an injustice to adjective. Jay Norvell will grace the sidelines at Northwestern on Saturday as a head for the first time after three decades as an assistant at nine different collegiate programs and two NFL franchises (Oakland and … [Read more...]