The Cougars grinded out a 1-1 home draw against the Huskies on Saturday afternoon to maintain their first-place lead in the High Desert League. Spanish Springs (11-3-2, 8-3-2) leads Reno (10-6-2, 7-4-2) by three points with three games left to play in the regular season. After a scoreless first half, Ashley Pittard spotted the Cougs a 1-0 lead with 10 minutes left only … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Cougs roll, Sparks ties
The Cougars improved to 5-4-4, 5-4-4 with a 3-0 home win over Reno (3-9-3, 2-8-3) on Saturday. Court Diesner found the net five minutes in and Daniel Vazquez pushed Spanish Springs’ first-half lead to 2-0 with a goal in the 30th. Jalen Townsell scored the second half’s only goal in the 50th. Spanish Springs hosts McQueen on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Sparks settles for … [Read more...]
Sparks girls sneak past Elko
By Jasmine Gutierrez, reporting intern Sparks pushed its winning streak to five games on Friday night with a 3-2 home win over Elko. Sparks moved to 8-5-2, 8-3-0 while Elko dropped to 7-12-1, 4-6-1. “I feel real good,” Sparks coach Art Hurtado said. “It’s great to have another win at home.” The Railroaders were down 2-1 at the half but scored two goals in the … [Read more...]
Sparks shuts down Lowry in 44-14 rout
Last week, Sparks took a 27-7 lead over Truckee early in third quarter. Truckee scored the final 21 points and stole a 28-27 win. On Friday night, Sparks took another comfortable lead, 31-0, early in the third quarter at home against Lowry. A second-straight let down wasn’t in the works. Sparks kept its foot on the gas and improved to 3-5, 2-5 in the DI-A North with a … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Sparks blanks Fernley, Raiders pick up non-league win
Sparks protected its first-place lead in the DI-A North on Monday with a 4-0 win at Fernley. The Railroaders improved to 13-1-1, 9-0-1 while the Vaqueros fell to 1-10-0, 1-8-0. Four different Sparks players contributed in the road win. Eric Cervantes (assist from Genaro Vazquez), Alexis Medina (unassisted), Bryan Munoz (assist from Matthew Garcia) and Bernardo Siemental … [Read more...]
Fallon handles Sparks, 48-0
By Michael Sciandra, Lahontan Valley News Sports Editor Sparks wasn't a match at Fallon on Friday night. And it showed early. Connor Nelson took the opening kickoff 90 yards and it was all Greenwave the rest of the way. Fallon scored 48 first-half points and turned it down in the second half to remain perfect in DI-A North play at 6-1, 6-0 with a 48-0 rout. Sparks … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Spanish Springs routs Reed, builds on first-place lead
By Shyene Joubert, reporting intern Spanish Springs built on its first-place lead on Saturday afternoon with a dominant 5-0 win at Reed. The Cougars (10-3-1, 7-3-1) now own a four-point lead atop the High Desert League standings over the Raiders (8-7-1, 5-5-1) who suffered their second loss of the week. Halley Morgan scored back-to-back goals in the first half, … [Read more...]
Sparks girls stun first-place Truckee
Angie Hurtado scored twice on Wednesday night at Truckee to help Sparks stun the first-place Wolverines, 3-2. She scored the game winner with three minutes in left in regulation. Sparks improved to 6-3-0, 6-5-2 to strengthen its playoffs hopes. Truckee (10-6-0, 8-1-0) suffered its first league loss of the season. “I can’t express how proud I am of their hard work,” … [Read more...]