The Railroaders improved to 2-1-2, 2-1-0 Friday night with a 2-1 road win at Elko. The Indians dropped to 4-7, 1-2 in DI-A North play. “The girls played great,” Sparks coach Art Hurtado said. Angie Hurtado scored what proved to be the game-winner with an assist from Zahori Toledo in the 51st minute, two minutes after Elko tied the DI-A North meeting at 1-1. Hurtado … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Sparks downs Hug in four
The Railroaders improved to 5-6, 0-1 with a 25-17, 25-23, 15-25, 25-18 non-league home win over Hug Wednesday night. Marisa Coleman led the way for the Railroaders with 12 kills and nine digs. Michelle Santos passed out 16 assists. Sparks will try to even both its overall and DI-A North record Friday when it travels to Elko. First serve is at 6 p.m. … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Sparks picks up first win
The Railroaders picked up their first win of the season in dominant fashion Monday night, rolling 6-0 in the middle of heavy wind gusts at Fernley. Sparks improved to 1-1-2, 1-1-0 in DI-A North play with the win. Fernley dropped to 0-4-0, 0-2-0. Sparks junior Lizeth Garcia and sophomore Angie Hurtado both had monster nights, accounting for five of the six goals. Garcia … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Sparks, Reed cruise, Spanish Springs defeated
By Jasmine Gutierrez, reporting intern The Sparks boys’ soccer team defeated Fernley 10-1 on the Railroaders home field Saturday afternoon. Captain Genaro Vazquez put Sparks in an early lead, scoring three goals within the first twenty minutes of the game. The Railroaders showed their strength throughout the contest, scoring goals No. 4 and 5 a minute apart. Eric … [Read more...]
Sparks shut out by Elko in home opener
By Kiley Diesner, reporting intern The Railroaders fell 30-0 to Elko on Friday night in their home opener. It was a huge contrast to the team’s 48-0 win over Dayton in the previous week. Elko scored twice in the first quarter, once in the second, another in the third and a final time in the fourth quarter along with a field goal. Elko senior quarterback Alex Puentes ran … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Truckee edges Sparks, 4-3
By Jasmine Gutierrez, reporting intern Truckee’s girls soccer team beat the Railroaders 4-3 on their home field Wednesday afternoon in both team’s D-A North opener. Zerali Villa put the Wolverines in front early, minutes into the game and also scored Truckee’s winning goal during the 74th minute. “We played well. We have to finish shooting,” Sparks coach Arturo Hurtado … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Sparks swept at home
The Sparks volleyball team was swept at home by Truckee in Wednesday’s DI-A North opener. The Railroaders fell to 4-6, 0-1 with the 25-6, 25-21, 25-23 loss. The Wolverines improved to 4-5, 1-0 with the road win. Marisa Coleman got up 11 digs and put down three down kills in the loss. The Railroaders will try to even their league record on Saturday when they host … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Second half decides outcome for all three local squads
By Shyene Joubert, reporting intern The Cougars boys soccer team triumphed 2-0 at home over the Miners Wednesday night. After several shots from both teams, the scoreboard still loomed with two zeros well into the second half. Daniel Vazquez finally scored the first goal of the night in the 64th minute. Six minutes later, his teammate, David Trujillo, secured … [Read more...]