Spanish Springs absorbed its first loss of the season on Thursday night at Douglas. The Cougars (7-5, 3-1) were swept in straight sets by the Tigers (6-2, 3-0) in MInden, 20-25, 15-25, 9-25. “We just couldn’t get any rhythm, and when we were in system, which was rare, we couldn’t find a way to put away the ball,” Spanish Springs coach Alix Cirac said. Jordyn Boswell … [Read more...]
Wednesday Report
Boys Soccer Castro scores twice as Reed routs Manogue The Raiders continued one of their bests starts in recent history with a commanding 4-0 home win over Bishop Manogue on Wednesday night. Reed improved to 3-1-1, 2-0-0 in 4A North play, while Manogue sunk to 1-5-0, 1-1-0. Cesar Castro scored twice for the Raiders, putting the home team up 1-0 in the 18th minute … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Spanish Springs, Reed pick up easy wins
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...]
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...]
Boys Soccer: Reed, Spanish Springs edge past Sierra League squads
Welcome to varsity, Miguel Castillo. Reed’s freshman scored the only goal of the match on Wednesday night at Damonte Ranch, giving the Raiders 1-0 win to open 4A North play. Castillo netted his first varsity goal in the 60th minute as the Raiders improved to 2-1-1, 1-0. The Raiders put seven shots on frame. Hunter Ehlers denied all for the Mustangs’ shot on … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Spanish Springs sweeps Wooster, Reed swept
The Alex Cirac tenure at Spanish Springs started with a comfortable sweep at Wooster on Tuesday night. The Cougars rolled 25-7, 25-18, 25-21 in their season opener. The Colts dropped to 0-3, 0-2. “It feels good,” said Cirac, who took over for Frank Sandomenico after he spent nine years on the Cougs’ bench. “We knew this team had a lot of great leadership and a couple … [Read more...]