4A Boys Before the Reed and Spanish Springs boys met in their first basketball contest of the season Monday night, both teams continued to pad their conference records. The Cougs picked up two more wins last week to improve to 3-0 in the High Desert League after a 53-40 win at Reno on Friday and a 62-24 win at Hug last Tuesday. Leo Grass led the way with 16 points in … [Read more...]
High Desert League play begins
Sparks Tribune John Byrne photos/Tribune Reed senior Tori Baer (left) and Spanish Springs junior Mason Whittaker will be key players for their respective teams during the conference season that begins this week. Conference play began for Northern Nevada basketball teams this week and there is a case to be made that the best boys team in the area could be in … [Read more...]
League play begins next week
Sparks Tribune Spanish Springs Boys: Spanish Springs’ boys basketball team rebounded from its first two losses of the season with a 55-34 win over visiting Lincoln, Calif. Friday night in Sparks. Ten Cougars got into the scoring column, led by 10 from senior Michael Jefferson, in a game that was all but decided at halftime. Spanish Springs led 33-11 at the … [Read more...]
Unbeaten streaks come to an end for Reed and Spanish Springs
Sparks Tribune Reed Reed’s undefeated season came to an end last week at the Rail City Classic, but the Raiders still had a successful tournament after finishing 3-1. The boys won their 10 straight game when they opened the tourney last Wednesday with a 73-31 win over Yerington, but the streak came to an end the next day. After trailing by nine at the end of three … [Read more...]
Spanish Springs Wins 3 in Home Tournament
Spanish Springs’ girls basketball team opened the season last week, returning to the floor for the first time since getting upset as the No. 1 seed in February’s regional playoffs. The Cougs played four games in the High Sierra Winter Challenge on their home floor, and won its first three games before falling on Saturday. They knocked off Lowry 68-52 on Thursday and won … [Read more...]
Cougs Open Season with Wild West Shootout Title
In late February, the Spanish Springs High boys basketball team took eventual state champions Bishop Gorman to the limit before falling 75-68 in the state semifinals. The 2017-18 team won a regional title just a week before after winning a school-high 24 games and finishing nearly perfect in conference play at 15-1. Nine months later, they are picking back up right where … [Read more...]
Coronado Edges Spanish Springs
One player, Coronado’s Javier Estrada, scored both goals, including the game winner in the final minute, to lift Coronado of Las Vegas to a 2-1 win over Spanish Springs in the 4A boys state soccer semifinals Nov. 9 at Bettye Wilson Park in Las Vegas. Coronado led 1-0 for much of the game, but Allen Somera’s goal for Spanish Springs in the 66th minute tied the score at 2 … [Read more...]
Raiders, Cougs sent home early from regionals
Sparks Tribune Spanish Springs won its quarterfinal game of the 4A Northern Regional volleyball tournament but was eliminated in the semifinals to end their season. The Cougs beat Galena 3-0 last Tuesday after three close matches. They beat the Grizzlies 25-23, 25-16 and 25-22 to advance to Thursday where they fell to Bishop Manogue 3-0. Scores in that match were 33-31, … [Read more...]