RENO—Vanessa Hernandez banked home a triple with 5:27 left in the first quarter to give Reed a quick 5-2 lead at Reno on Tuesday night. The next 31:27 went the way many expected. The Huskies responded to the Hernandez three with 19 straight points and never looked back in an 83-33 rout that featured running clock the final 11 minutes. “They’re tough,” Reed coach … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Playoff outlook for local hoops squads
It may feel like the season just started, but the prep hoops regular season comes to a close this week. So ready or not, the postseason starts next week. Here’s how the playoff picture looks for the local squads: Spanish Springs boys The Cougars are in. The question just becomes where will they finish? After Friday’s loss at McQueen, Spanish Springs will likely need … [Read more...]
Reed lets early lead slip to North Valleys
By Mike Bradley, reporting intern Reed held North Valleys to four first-quarter points on Friday night but allowed a big run late and was stuck with a 48-44 home loss. With the defeat, Reed (9-8, 8-6) fell into fourth place behind North Valleys, which is also 8-6 in DI North meetings. The Panthers own the tiebreaker over the Raiders by virtue of the regular-season sweep … [Read more...]
Girls hoops: Reno rolls past Spanish Springs
Spanish Springs’ slim playoff chances took another blow on Tuesday night with a lopsided 66-29 home loss to Reno The Cougars (7-17, 4-9) remained three games behind North Valleys for the High Desert League’s fourth and final playoff spot with just three games remaining. The first-place Huskies (22-2, 12-1) maintained a two-game lead over second-place McQueen. Spanish … [Read more...]
Girls hoops: Reed upsets McQueen
Reed coach Sara Schopper-Ramirez has had an image in her head all season. On Friday night, that image finally became a reality. Serene Townsell-Williams led the fast break, Vanessa Hernandez took over when necessary and posts Zoe Scott and Tori Baer combined for 18 points as the Raiders put together their best effort of the season, a 59-53 home upset of McQueen. … [Read more...]
Hernandez, Raiders pull away from Cougs
Reed all but secured a playoff spot with a 53-45 win at Spanish Springs on Tuesday night. The Raiders, who improved to 8-6, 6-5, opened up a three-game lead over the Cougars (6-16, 3-8) for the High Desert League’s fourth and final playoff spot with the win. Both teams have just five regular season games remaining. “It was a big one. We needed to get a W,” Reed coach … [Read more...]
Girls hoops: All three local squads fall
After eight minutes of play, the Sparks girls found themselves trailing just 11-10 at home against Truckee on Friday night. As it has been all season, that’s as good as it got for the Railroaders. They scored just 13 points the rest of the way in a 61-24 loss. The defeat extended the Railroaders’ winless start to the season to 11 games. The Wolverines improved to 10-9, … [Read more...]
Girls hoops: Cougs’ upset bid falls short
One. It was the number of field goals Spanish Springs scored in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s 45-32 home loss to McQueen. The frustrating eight minutes for the Cougs saw a five-point halftime hole grow as deep as 14, an insurmountable difference. “That was the story of the game. We missed a lot of layups,” Spanish Springs coach Art Cardenas said. “We executed the … [Read more...]