With a 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon, Nevada (28-24, 14-16 MW) completed its first Mountain West sweep of the season by taking three games at San Jose State (19-32, 12-15 MW). With the win, Nevada has jumped the Spartans in the standings and currently sits in fourth, as only the top four teams make the conference tournament. Nevada will be on a bye this weekend and will … [Read more...]
Cougs, Raiders sent home early
John Byrne photos/Tribune Picture 1. Spanish Springs senior Alex Van Dyne delivers a pitch during a season-ending 6-3 loss to Bishop Manogue Thursday in the regional playoffs. Picture 2. Reed catcher Greg Oltman bunts a pitch during a regional tournament loss to McQueen last Wednesday. A pair of familiar opponents met up in the 4A Northern Region baseball tournament … [Read more...]
Regional Track
Spanish Springs athlete Dante Craig finished fifth in the long jump event Saturday. 2. Spanish Springs’ Daniel Horner was the winner of the boys 1600 meter run with a time of 4:30.45. The Cougs finished fourth overall as a team on Saturday with 90 points while Reed took second with 101.5 in the boys division. The Reed girls finished third overall with 94.5 points and … [Read more...]
Cougs capture conference title, top playoff seed
One year after the Spanish Springs softball team captured its first state title, the girls are in a great position to repeat as champions. The Cougs won their eighth and ninth straight games Saturday after beating Reed 6-1 and 11-1, and finished the season 17-3 in conference play to finish one game ahead of Bishop Manogue and Carson in the final regular season standings. … [Read more...]
Raiders, Cougs look to make noise in regional playoffs this week
The 4A Northern Regional playoffs are underway and a pair of schools familiar with each other met up for a third time this season in the first round. Spanish Springs and Reed faced off on Tuesday (after press time) after the Cougs beat the Raiders 8-3 and 13-3 in a pair of games they played last week. The wins gave Spanish Springs (14-4) the No. 3 seed and Reed (8-10) the … [Read more...]
Wolf Pack drops final home series to Fresno State
After celebrating its Senior Day prior to first pitch, Nevada (25-23, 11-16 MW) fell to Fresno State (30-13-1, 15-7-1 MW) on Sunday afternoon 8-2. The Wolf Pack will head to San Jose State for its final conference series of the year this weekend. Prior to the contest, Nevada honored seniors Bradley Bonnenfant, Weston Hatten, Kaleb Foster, Keaton Smith, Cooper Powell and the … [Read more...]
Streaking Raiders, Cougs to meet in final games of regular season
Reed Reed responded after a pair of shutout losses to Douglas last Saturday and won all three games they played last week. The Raiders blanked Wooster 11-0 Thursday when freshman Danyelle Leone tossed a no-hitter in the circle with 13 strikeouts. Shelby Marquardt led the way with three hits and two RBIs. Reed then went on to sweep a doubleheader on Saturday from Reno … [Read more...]
Playoff seeds to be decided this week
Reed The Raiders potential playoff seeding took a hit last week after they took losses in all three games they played. Reed entered the week winners of six straight before dropping conference games to Reno, Galena and McQueen. The Huskies downed the Raiders 8-1 last Tuesday after striking for four runs in the second and third innings in a game that saw Reed register just … [Read more...]