Former Wolf Pack star and current Charlotte Hornets point guard Ramon Sessions has donated $1 million towards the development of a basketball practice facility on the University of Nevada campus, the Wolf Pack athletics department announced Tuesday afternoon. The Ramon Sessions Basketball Performance Center will be housed at what is currently Lombardi Recreation Center, just … [Read more...]
Saturday Soccer Summary
Boys Cougars win seventh straight It’s been nothing but smooth sailing for Spanish Springs since dropping the first two matches of the year. The Cougars (7-2-0, 7-2-0) won their seventh straight on Saturday, 3-0, at Hug. The Hawks fell to 4-5-1, 4-3-1 in the 4A North. David Trujillo gave the Cougs a 1-0 lead, just eight minutes in. Austin Fullmer stretched the … [Read more...]
Spanish Springs overcomes itself in huge win at McQueen
Reno – For much of Friday night, Spanish Springs wanted to give McQueen a reason to celebrate on its homecoming. At least it appeared that way. Five separate red zone trips resulted in zero points – three because of fumbles. Costly personal foul penalties either continued McQueen drives or put Spanish Springs’ offense behind the chains. A missed PAT early loomed large with … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Bennett bounces inside, Cougs bounce back
Spanish Springs has moved on. In the first game since their undefeated start to 4A North play was halted with a three-set loss at Manogue, the Cougars cruised at home on Tuesday night. Spanish Springs (20-4, 7-1) swept aside McQueen (11-10, 4-3) in straight sets 25-7, 25-16, 25-18 to move two games clear of both the Lancers and Reno for first place in the High Desert … [Read more...]
Saturday Soccer Summary
Boys Raiders bested by Panthers Reed lost its third straight on Saturday afternoon, 3-1, at home to North Valleys. The Raiders fell to 1-5-2, 1-5-1 in 4A North play. Austin Parawan scored Reed’s lone goal. Reed goes to Reno on Wednesday. Cougs extend winning streak The Cougars won their fifth straight on Saturday afternoon, beating McQueen 3-1 at … [Read more...]
Raiders roll over Miners for fourth straight
Reed sprinted out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter on Friday night at home against Bishop Manogue and went on roll, 62-27. The Raiders (4-1, 0-0) won their fourth straight since dropping the opener at Clayton Valley Charter. They’ve scored at least 47 points in each of the wins during the winning streak and will now prepare for High Desert League play. The Miners … [Read more...]
Nevada puts together complete game, routs Buffalo 38-14
RENO – For at least one week, the critics don’t have anything to gripe about. The grumbles escalated after an uninspiring win over Cal Poly and a 39-10 loss at No. 18 Notre Dame last week in which the offense looked completely lost. Nevada (2-1, 0-0) responded on Saturday night with a start-to-finish 38-14 manhandling of Buffalo (0-2) in front of 20,457 at Mackay Stadium. … [Read more...]
Reed jumps on Northern California power early, wins 55-34
After last week’s fortuitous win at Carson, some started to speculate this could be the year Reed will get knocked from its perch atop Northern Nevada. Not so fast. The Raiders (3-1) reminded the rest of the region where they rank in the 4A North pecking order on Friday night in the home opener. Reed jumped out to a 28-0 lead at the half against Oak Ridge, one of … [Read more...]