No team in the Pacific Coast League is playing better baseball than the Aces right now. Reno took three of four games at first-place Tacoma over the weekend and has now won 14 of its last 20 to pull within two games of the Rainiers in the Pacific Northern Division. Now 15-16 away from Greater Nevada Field, the Aces continue their season-long 12-game road trip this week … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (5/31-6/5)
Don’t look now, but here come the Aces. Reno (29-27) is playing its best ball of the season and sits two games over .500 for the first time since it was 3-1. After winning three of the first four games this season, Reno dropped nine of the next 11 and plummeted to 5-10. Phil Nevin’s squad would prefer not to have a similar setback this time around. It will have to fight … [Read more...]
Ten Raiders commit to collegiate programs
Representing six different sports, 10 Reed senior athletes made their future athletic plans official at a signing ceremony in the school’s gym on Thursday afternoon. Four baseball players were included, led by DI North Player of the Year, Austin Beard, who will continue playing at California State – Stanislaus. The Warriors are an NCAA Div. II program located in Turlock, … [Read more...]
Cougars complete unlikely run to state championship
RENO – If there was a team ready to confidently stare in the face of adversity, it was Spanish Springs. They did it all year. And now the Cougars are DI state champions. After unraveling in the seventh inning of Saturday’s first game against Rancho (31-9) at Hixson Park and falling 6-2, the Cougars (28-15) willed their way to a 2-1 win in the ‘if necessary’ game and the … [Read more...]
Raiders capture fourth straight regional title
RENO – Just as they were the last three years, the Raiders are regional champions. Reed (31-3-1) completed a perfect run through the DI North regional tournament on Saturday with a 6-0 win over Spanish Springs (25-14) in the DI North title game at Bishop Manogue. “You know what, they (regional titles) are all special. But the most current one is always more special,” Reed … [Read more...]
Goins, Raiders walk off on Cougars, walk in to title game
RENO – Julia Jensen threw an eight inning no-hitter against Spanish Springs in Friday’s DI North semifinal at Bishop Manogue. And somehow, one of her teammates overshadowed her stellar outing. Senior shortstop Kenzi Goins blasted the second pitch of the bottom of the eighth inning well beyond the fence in the left to give the Raiders a walk off 1-0 win, sending the … [Read more...]
Softball: Cougs, Raiders end regular season with split; Sparks swept
Reed and Spanish Springs waved goodbye to the regular season on Monday with a doubleheader at Reed. The Raiders and Cougars were locked into their seeds (No. 1 and No. 2 respectively) going in so the outcome, a split, had no impact on either team’s positioning in Thursday’s regional tournament at Bishop Manogue. The Raiders, who fell 1-0 in the first game before … [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...]