Wins continue to pile up for Aces Reno scored five times in the top of the eighth on Sunday in Sacramento to continue their early winning ways with a 6-5 victory. It was the Arizona Triple-A affiliate’s second win of the season when trailing through seven innings, compared with 10 defeats. The Aces have won five of seven to start May and 15 of their last 21. However, the … [Read more...]
Sellers walk off gives Raiders league title
Reed completes first sweep Spanish Springs since 2013, takes No. 1 seed into regional tournament If the final game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon was a film, it would have been difficult to script it any better. Two cross-town rivals (Reed and Spanish Springs). Turbulent weather (persistent wind and rain starting to fall). High stakes (the league title was … [Read more...]
Muss completes ’17 recruiting class
Nevada’s third-year coach continues to corner transfer market Eric Musselman has a plan. He’s not straying from it. After taking Nevada to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade and flirting with Cal, eventually agreeing to an extension, Musselman completed the 2017 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon. All three of the classes Musselman has put together … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Report (4/24 – 4/30)
Aces clinch another series, sit one back of PCL-leading Tacoma Ildemaro Vargas’ bases-loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday afternoon at Greater Nevada Field not only secured a wild 11-10 comeback win over Fresno, but locked Reno into another winning week. The Aces won four of six games and have now claimed three of the last five series with a … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Cougs’ league title aspirations dry up First-year Spanish Springs coach Matt Ortiz knows that to make a move in the 4A North, you must first get past Galena and Reno. His Cougars have excelled in league play this spring, except for against the Grizzlies and Huskies. They’ve won 15 of 16 in games not against those two programs. But on Saturday, they dropped to … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball/Softball
Softball Reed sweeps Reno, Jensen reaches milestone RENO – One win was easy. The other was not. Reed will take both. The Raiders stretched their winning streak to 18 games on Saturday with a pair of contrasting road wins at Reno – a 14-0 five-inning rout in game one followed by a 3-2 victory in nine innings. “You can never take anybody for granted,” Reed coach Jon … [Read more...]
Thursday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Raiders blank North Valleys, win fourth straight By Brian Walther, reporting intern Behind the strong pitching of senior Cameron Beard, and the 10 runs of support his offense provided, Reed rolled North Valleys 10-0 at home in five innings on Thursday afternoon. Beard scattered four hits and struck out four without issuing a walk in five shutout innings as the … [Read more...]
Two hotels coming to the Outlets at Sparks
The idea of building two hotel properties at the Sparks Marina that has been floating around for years is finally coming to fruition as partners Olympia Companies and Tharaldson Hospitality Management recently broke ground on the 104-room Residence Inn by Marriott and the 102-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton last week. Within walking distance to shopping, dining, and … [Read more...]