Spanish Springs rolled to a pair of mercy-rule-shortened home wins over Carson on Saturday afternoon. The Cougars, who have won their last three contests by an aggregate score of 40-3, now sit at 6-2, 3-0 just one week into 4A North play. The Senators sunk to 2-6, 1-2 after besting Reno in their 4A North opener. Now riding a five-game winning streak, Spanish Springs hosts … [Read more...]
Thursday Baseball
Spanish Springs handles Wooster The Cougars improved to 6-1, 2-0 on Thursday afternoon with their sixth-straight win, a decisive 11-3 decision at Wooster (3-4, 0-2). Despite the lopsided final score, Spanish Springs only outhit Wooster, 10-9. Marlin Brucato (2-for-3, double, three RBIs, run scored) was the only Coug with more than one hit. His two-run double in the top … [Read more...]
Thursday Softball
Jensen leads Reed over Damonte Ranch in 4A North opener By Brian Walther, reporting intern Julia Jensen dominated in Thursday’s 4A North opener against Damonte Ranch, leading the Raiders to a 6-1 home win. The senior Nevada commit allowed just one run on four hits and struck out 12 in the complete game victory as the Raiders improved to 5-0-1, 1-0. The Mustangs sunk to … [Read more...]
Boys Golf: Reed takes second in season’s first tourney
Reno carded a team score of 409 to win the first High Desert League boys golf tournament of the season on Wednesday afternoon at Wildcreek Golf Course. Defending HDL champ, Reed, finished second with a team score of 435. Spanish Springs (448) finished third in front of McQueen (486) and North Valleys (541). Hug did not have enough golfers to turn in a team score. KC … [Read more...]
Tuesday Baseball
Ten-run fifth inning lifts Reed over Damonte Ranch For the second time in four days, Reed found itself in a close home game against Damonte Ranch. Last Friday, the Raiders ended up falling 8-6 in a non-league contest. In the 4A North opener on Tuesday afternoon, they exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth to break open a 5-5 game and walk off with a 15-5 … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Reno’s raucous weekend, Ozoude chooses Colorado State
Reno needs to catch its breath, maybe let the resting heart beat come back down. It endured a marathon this weekend. I’m not convinced you can make argument it wasn’t one of the busiest in Northern Nevada sports history. For the second straight year, the Big Sky played its men’s and women’s conference tournaments at the Reno Events Center. Regular-season champion … [Read more...]
Saturday Softball: Reed, Spanish Springs end Sacramento trip strong
Julia Jensen struck out 12 in a complete-game effort to lead the Raiders to a 7-2 win over Christian Brothers (Sacramento, Calif.) in Saturday’s Sacramento trip finale. The Raiders improved to 4-0-1, 0-0. Both runs charged to Jensen were unearned. She gave up four hits and walked to batters. Jensed did it with the bat, too. She went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs. … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball: Spanish Springs escapes Reed, Sparks splits two one-run games
Spanish Springs won both of its games on Saturday, wrapping up its stint in the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament. The Cougars (4-1, 0-0) go to Wooster on Tuesday for the 4A North opener. First pitch is at 3:45 p.m. Spanish Springs 4, Reed 3 Connor Culp did not allow a run in the final 1.2 innings on Saturday night at Reed and picked up the save in a narrow 4-3 … [Read more...]