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...]
Tuesday Baseball
Raiders handle Lancers, sit in middle of crowded race to postseason By Brian Walther, reporting intern Reed built a big lead early and hung on late to get past McQueen, 9-5, at home on Tuesday afternoon. The Raiders (11-16, 8-9) won for the fifth time in seven games and pulled into a four-way tie for seventh place, one game behind McQueen (12-15, 9-8) and Damonte Ranch, … [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...]
Tuesday Baseball: Raiders, Cougars extend winning streaks
White wipes out Panthers’ bats at Greater Nevada Field RENO – When Reed ace Jake White took the mound Tuesday afternoon, he wasn't comfortable. He was, after all, toeing the rubber in arguably the nicest ballpark in the state – Greater Nevada Field, home of the Reno Aces. “This place is intimidating,” first-year Reed coach Levi Matherly said. Spotted with an abrupt … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Reed/Spanish Springs baseball squads sweep contenders, Nevada baseball back on track?, Reno 1868 FC showing expansion colors
After falling at home to Galena, 14-4, in five innings on April 6, Spanish Springs first-year coach Matt Ortiz said he didn’t know where his team stood. He felt okay about his squad’s place following a narrow 7-4 loss at Galena three days prior, but the lack of competitiveness displayed gave him reason for concern. Instead of meeting down the left-field line and talking … [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...]
Thursday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Prizina, pitching powers Spanish Springs past Bishop Manogue in extras By Brian Walther, reporting intern Spanish Springs snuck out a one-run win at Bishop Manogue on Thursday afternoon with big help for the long ball and a stellar pitching performance. The Cougars won their third straight, 5-4, in eight innings to move to 12-4, 8-3 in 4A North play. The Miners … [Read more...]