It took nearly 48 hours, but in the end the Spanish Springs High softball team were the ones celebrating a regional title on the infield under an overcast sky Monday afternoon at Bishop Manogue. The Cougars completed the 9-3 comeback win over Douglas by scoring nine straight runs after trailing 3-0 in the fourth inning of their game that was postponed due to weather on Saturday … [Read more...]
Playoffs Underway for Raiders and Cougars
Reed knocked off Spanish Springs twice last week to finish tied with the Cougs in the final league standings at 13-9 each. However, the Cougs own the tiebreaker and will enter this week’s playoffs as the sixth seed while the Raiders took the seventh. The Cougs won a road game last Wednesday to beat the Raiders 11-4 before winning 8-6 at home on Thursday in the final regular … [Read more...]
Cougs Get Top Seed in Regional Playoffs; Raiders No. 4
After a season ending split between Spanish Springs and Reed, the two Sparks squads could meet again this week if both get their way in the opening round of the 4A Northern Regional playoffs. The Cougs locked up the top seed in the tournament that begins tomorrow after winning three of our games last week. They knocked off Reno 8-0 and 9-6 on Tuesday and Thursday last week … [Read more...]
Gangi Tosses Four Touchdown Passes in Silver and Blue Spring Game
Senior quarterback Ty Gangi tossed four touchdown passes – two each to sophomores Elijah Cooks and McLane Mannix – as the Blue team roared back to score a 35-34 win over the Silver in the Nevada football team’s annual Silver and Blue Spring Game on Saturday at Mackay Stadium. Gangi, the top returning passer in the Mountain West, completed 23-of-34 for 263 yards in the … [Read more...]
Raiders, Cougs Set to Do Battle This Week
Reed The Raiders took care of business on Saturday by defeating Hug twice by scores of 13-0 and 16-0. Joe Salter struck out seven in just three innings on the mound for Reed in game one and Tanner Clabaugh led the team on offense with a pair of singles and four RBIs. Isaac Tecson finished 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Reed’s Jeremy Gallegos didn’t … [Read more...]
Cougs Look to Lock up First Place This Week
Spanish Springs The Spanish Springs girls continued its season-long success with another victory last Thursday in its only game of the week. The 4-2 victory over Damonte Ranch was the ninth straight win for the Cougs who ended April with only one loss all month, a 14-8 defeat to Bishop Manogue on April 3. Tyra Clary was dominant in the circle again for Spanish Springs … [Read more...]
Raiders, Cougs Win Two
Reed The Raiders got a pair of league wins last week against North Valleys but fell to first place Reno twice on Saturday. Reed jumped out to early leads in both games against the Panthers and won 11-1 last Tuesday and 6-0 on Thursday. The Huskies visited the Raiders on Saturday and came away with a 7-1 win in game one. The game was tight most of the morning before Reno … [Read more...]
Pack Falls Twice at Air Force Sunday
The University of Nevada (21-15, 11-6 MW) baseball team lost both games of a Mountain West doubleheader 3-1 and 11-6 at Air Force (18-21, 10-10 MW) on Sunday afternoon at Falcon Field. After two days of weather issues the Wolf Pack and Falcons were able to play two of the three schedule games today at the Air Force Academy. The MW-leading Wolf Pack dropped to 21-15 and 11-6 in … [Read more...]