Reed didn’t leave the rest of the 4A North downtrodden on Friday night. If anything, the contenders (Carson, Reno, Damonte Ranch, Galena) got a boost of confidence with Reed’s 47-41 escape act. The offense will remain a puzzle that Northern Nevada defenses will struggle to solve. The defense, however, revealed some holes, albeit against the potential 4A North Player of … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Is this the year Gorman goes down? Reed-Carson feels different this year, Spanish Springs volleyball hype train has left the station
Two weeks ago, Bishop Gorman embarrassed a top-5 national team from Texas on ESPN. That’s not news. It happens every year and it will continue to happen every year, until something drastic happens. That’s another story for another column that is sure to come by season’s end. A different Las Vegas school, a public school, a school that relies on players who are … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Measuring stick week for Spanish Springs volleyball, Fralick third on Nevada depth chart, Jones dealing in Rays organization
There’s a pretty big game under Friday night lights this week. And I’m not talking about football. A lot is being made about the potential for the 2016 Spanish Springs volleyball team, which just went 8-0 in the Yerington Memorial Tournament. It was the first regular-season tournament win in program history. That tournament featured countless smaller schools that … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Three premature prep football predictions 3.0
So, I cheated this year. The two previous years I wrote this column in July. This year, I waited until the week before the season started. Oops. A couple factors dictated why I wrote this piece so early in the past. One, I was confident (well, kind of) in the predictions. And two, I was new to the glamorous life as the Sparks Tribune Sports Editor and occasionally … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: It’s not just football season
Football is grabbing all the headlines. And justifiably so. Long gone are the days when baseball was America’s game. Football has kicked the feet up and made itself comfortable in that throne. In just 10 days, Reed and Sparks will kick off the 2016 season (Spanish Springs could not find a week one opponent after original opponent backed out) and then all will be right … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Telling stretch looms for Aces, Nevada football camp underway
Much has been made of the Aces post-all-star-break play. However, it didn't do much for the Aces' postseason aspirations. Tacoma was able to keep pace and maintain respectable distance atop the Pacific Northern Division. The Aces finally shifted down last week and dropped six of eight, including three of five at Salt Lake. They now sit 5.5 games back to Tacoma and 3 back of … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Prendergast in U.S. Women’s Amateur, Anderson finishing strong first season in West Coast League, Football practices starting this week
Just one year removed from Spanish Springs, where she won two large-school individual state titles, Katrina Prendergast is golfing in arguably the largest golf tournament of her life. And she played in the NCAA Tournament this spring for Colorado State. Prendergast is golfing in the 116th U.S. Women’s Amateur at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pa. this … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Mulder is the man – again, Football season a month away, Aces can’t catch a break
Mark Mulder is turning Tahoe into a personal ATM. The former pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland A’s won his second straight American Century Championship on Sunday, using a dominant final afternoon at Edgewood to pull away from Mardy Fish, Jack Wagner and Jeremy Roenick. He’s now won a quarter million dollars the last two years, becoming the first repeat … [Read more...]