All four local squads boast postseason promise of varying degrees If you are tuning in late, you won’t be judged. You’re getting here just in time. As the 4A North races near culmination (baseball season has four games left per team, softball has six), we get our cameras ready. On the baseball side, six teams separated by two games are darting for four playoff spots … [Read more...]
Thursday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Big inning dooms Raiders, blurs playoff picture Avoiding the dreaded big inning is a mantra preached across all spectrums of baseball, particularly at the prep level. Reed was unable to avoid the sizeable frame on Thursday at McQueen and saw its playoff aspirations take a blow with a 7-4 loss. The Raiders (12-17, 8-10) entered in a four-way tie for the … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Jensen strikes history books
It didn’t feel out of the ordinary. That’s almost unfair to say. Julia Jensen’s ordinary is atypical. As a sophomore, Jensen was the ace for one of the best softball teams in the nation that broke through for its first state title in nearly two decades. She’s the do-it-all softballer who will throw a complete-game shutout and hit a couple home runs (she ranks … [Read more...]
Scheels Athlete of the Week (April 17-22): Julia Jensen
Julia Jensen, Reed softball Reed’s senior ace became the third pitcher in Nevada history to reach 1,000 career strikeouts. The Nevada commit reached the milestone in Saturday’s 3-2 nine-inning win at Reno when she threw all nine innings, scattering three hits, and did not allow an earned run. She fanned 15. In total for the week, Jensen went 3-0 and gave up a lone earned run … [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...]
Saturday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Raiders complete sweep of Grizzlies Reed wrapped up an unlikely regular-season sweep of Galena on Saturday afternoon with a dominating five-inning 10-0 home win over the Grizzlies. The victory came two days after the Raiders (8-14, 5-7) erased a three-run deficit to steal a 6-4 win at Galena, ending a seven-game losing streak. The Grizzlies dropped to 11-10, … [Read more...]
Friday Baseball/Softball
Softball Raiders win 13th straight Julia Jensen struck out 11 and allowed just two hits in a complete-game effort as Reed ballooned its winnings streak to 13 games with a 3-1 victory at Damonte Ranch on Friday afternoon. The game was scheduled to be played Thursday but was pushed back 24 hours due to Thursday’s snow. Reed (18-2-1, 8-2) remained just one game behind … [Read more...]