The Raiders bounced back from Saturday’s lopsided loss to Carson with a resilient effort on Tuesday at home against Douglas, last year’s regional runner up. Unfortunately for Reed, it just didn’t result in any points. The Raiders dropped to 1-2-1, 1-2-1 with a 1-0 defeat. Peri Buck score the Tigers’ lone goal in the 50th minute on a header. Reed goes to Wooster on … [Read more...]
Girls Golf: Cougars win second straight league tournament
The Cougars have now won two straight High Desert League tournaments since finishing second in the first tourney of the year. Spanish Springs finished with a team score of 349 on Tuesday at Washoe Golf Course, 31 strokes in front of runner-up McQueen. Reno (430) took third. Hug, North Valleys and Reed did not have enough golfers to compete in the team tournament. Emma … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Is Reed still 4A North favorite? Nevada offense off to sluggish start, telling matchup looms for Spanish Springs volleyball
Reed didn’t leave the rest of the 4A North downtrodden on Friday night. If anything, the contenders (Carson, Reno, Damonte Ranch, Galena) got a boost of confidence with Reed’s 47-41 escape act. The offense will remain a puzzle that Northern Nevada defenses will struggle to solve. The defense, however, revealed some holes, albeit against the potential 4A North Player of … [Read more...]
Saturday Soccer Summary
The Cougars (1-2, 2-2) shut out the Tigers at home on Saturday, 2-0, to pick up their first win of the season. Both of the Cougs’ goals came in the second half. Court Diesner and Austin Fullmer were the responsible parties. Spanish Springs will try to make it two straight on Wednesday at home against Galena. Carson 6, Reed 1 The Raiders were not match for the … [Read more...]
Spanish Springs routs Douglas, 51-27, in home opener
For the second straight week, Spanish Springs jumped out to a lead. This time, the Cougars hung on to it. Spanish Springs (1-1, 0-0) scored 35 first quarter points in Friday night’s home opener against Douglas (1-2, 0-0) and went on to roll, 51-27. “It was all around a pretty solid team effort by us,” Spanish Springs coach Eric Borja said. Gabby Ordaz got things … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Cougs win thriller to remain unbeaten, Reed swept
After two sets on Thursday night, it appeared Spanish Springs was going to roll over the Senators. Carson then changed setters and the Cougars found themselves in a game. The Senators rattled off the next two sets to even the match and took an 8-2 lead in the deciding fifth set. The senior-laden Cougs were not phased. They rallied to claim the final set, and the match, … [Read more...]
Wednesday Roundup
The Sparks boys soccer team sent a message on Wednesday night. The two-time defending 3A North champs went to perennially tough Truckee, and rolled 4-0. With the win in the league opener, the Railroaders improved to 5-0, 1-0. “It was a full team effort. We seemed to have different guys step up,” said first-year coach Jose Espana. “That’s what I’m most happy about.” … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Cougs sweep Colts, Raiders swept
Spanish Springs improved to 15-3, 2-0 in 4A North play with a 25-9, 25-5, 25-14 home sweep of Wooster on Tuesday night. The Cougars served 27 aces as a team, 12 from senior outside hitter Emily Moore. Ireland Bennett and Jordyn Boswell shared the team lead with five kills each. Mackenzie O’Connell finished with five aces, 25 assists and three digs. The … [Read more...]