John Byrne photos/Tribune Picture 1. Spanish Springs senior Alex Van Dyne delivers a pitch during a season-ending 6-3 loss to Bishop Manogue Thursday in the regional playoffs. Picture 2. Reed catcher Greg Oltman bunts a pitch during a regional tournament loss to McQueen last Wednesday. A pair of familiar opponents met up in the 4A Northern Region baseball tournament … [Read more...]
Regional Track
Spanish Springs athlete Dante Craig finished fifth in the long jump event Saturday. 2. Spanish Springs’ Daniel Horner was the winner of the boys 1600 meter run with a time of 4:30.45. The Cougs finished fourth overall as a team on Saturday with 90 points while Reed took second with 101.5 in the boys division. The Reed girls finished third overall with 94.5 points and … [Read more...]
Raiders, Cougs look to make noise in regional playoffs this week
The 4A Northern Regional playoffs are underway and a pair of schools familiar with each other met up for a third time this season in the first round. Spanish Springs and Reed faced off on Tuesday (after press time) after the Cougs beat the Raiders 8-3 and 13-3 in a pair of games they played last week. The wins gave Spanish Springs (14-4) the No. 3 seed and Reed (8-10) the … [Read more...]
Streaking Raiders, Cougs to meet in final games of regular season
Reed Reed responded after a pair of shutout losses to Douglas last Saturday and won all three games they played last week. The Raiders blanked Wooster 11-0 Thursday when freshman Danyelle Leone tossed a no-hitter in the circle with 13 strikeouts. Shelby Marquardt led the way with three hits and two RBIs. Reed then went on to sweep a doubleheader on Saturday from Reno … [Read more...]
Playoff seeds to be decided this week
Reed The Raiders potential playoff seeding took a hit last week after they took losses in all three games they played. Reed entered the week winners of six straight before dropping conference games to Reno, Galena and McQueen. The Huskies downed the Raiders 8-1 last Tuesday after striking for four runs in the second and third innings in a game that saw Reed register just … [Read more...]
Raiders extend win streak to 6; Cougs move into second place
Reed Baseball: The Raiders have climbed right into the playoff hunt after winning three games last week to extend their win streak to six in-a-row. Noah Roth smacked a solo home run on Saturday and Scott Cameron went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in a 9-3 win over Carson. Cameron picked up where left off after picking up three hits and coming up just a home run shy of … [Read more...]
Cougar boys, girls continue rise in 4A Northern standings
Sparks Tribune Spanish Springs Baseball: The Spanish Springs baseball team won two of its three games it played last week to improve to 7-3 in the 4A Northern Conference. The Cougs are 13-4 overall and sit in third place in the conference behind Galena (9-1) and Reno (10-0). Spanish Springs had a chance to knock the Huskies from the unbeaten ranks on Saturday but … [Read more...]
Spanish Springs, Reed return to league play after break
Reed Baseball: The Raiders returned from Spring break with three games in five days and came up short in all three. Reed fell to Carson 3-2 in eight innings last Tuesday before losing to Reno 5-2 on Thursday. Scott Cameron had two hits and three RBIs for Reed on Saturday but his team came up short in an 8-4 loss to Galena. The Raiders (8-10, 2-5) have a busy week … [Read more...]