Ozoude, Miller headed to Mountain West A whopping total of 10 Spanish Springs student athletes inked national letters of intent at a signing ceremony held outside the school’s gym on Wednesday afternoon. Two of the 10 will compete at the Div. I level in the Mountain West. Sprinter Jessica Ozoude signed with Colorado State after verbally committing last month. Ozoude is … [Read more...]
Tuesday Baseball
Cougs sneak past Mustangs for second time in 24 hours Neither win was convincing, but Spanish Springs completed the regular-season sweep of Damonte Ranch on Tuesday afternoon with a 5-2 home victory. The win came 24 hours after the Cougs (11-4, 7-3) scored three times in the top of the seventh to steal a 4-1 road win over Mustangs (7-11, 4-6). Jordan Santos worked around … [Read more...]
Monday Baseball/Softball
Softball Raiders sweep Grizzlies The Raiders stretched their winning streak to 12 games on Monday with a convincing home doubleheader sweep of Galena. Reed now sits at 17-2-1, 7-2 in the 4A North while Galena sunk to 3-8, 0-7. The games were rescheduled from Saturday after the weekend’s rain and snow. Reed goes to Damonte Ranch on Thursday afternoon. Reed 10, … [Read more...]
Thursday Baseball/Softball
Softball Cougs walk off on Mustangs The Cougars and Mustangs were so evenly matched on Thursday afternoon at Spanish Springs the two teams needed nine innings to decide an outcome. After Damonte Ranch pushed one across in the top of the inning, Spanish Springs answered with two in the bottom half to walk off with a 3-2 victory. The Cougars improved to 16-4, 7-1 one … [Read more...]
Behind the dish
Spanish Springs senior catcher Josh Prizina is comfortable three feet behind home plate, but he's at the forefront of the Cougars' regional title push It’s the first official day of practice for the Spanish Springs baseball team, but spring is hardly in the air. It’s cold. Snow piles from a historic winter persist in the parking lot. And per the stingy Northern Nevada … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball, Softball
Baseball Spanish Springs 10, Douglas 9 (9 innings) Two days after suffering a walk-off loss at Douglas, Spanish Springs returned the favor on its home field Saturday afternoon.s Colton Forman sent everyone home in the bottom of the ninth when he stepped to the dish with one out and the bases loaded and delivered a game-winning RBI single. The Cougars improved to … [Read more...]
Scheels Athlete of the Weeks (March 13-18): Jordan Santos
Jordan Santos, Spanish Springs baseball The Cougars’ senior did it with his bat and his shoulder last week, helping Spanish Springs to three wins. Santos threw 6.1 innings on Saturday at Carson, allowing just two runs on five hits in the 4-2 victory. In last Tuesday’s 5-4 comeback victory at Wooster, he entered the game in the top of the fifth and immediately reached on a … [Read more...]
Monday Baseball: Raiders return the pain, Cougs win eighth straight
What a difference two days and a change of venue can make. After getting thumped 12-2 in five innings at home by Bishop Manogue on Saturday, Reed got even on Monday. The Raiders (4-4, 2-2) scored seven times in the top of the fourth and rolled 12-0 (five innings) at the Miners’ yard. Bishop Manogue (4-5, 3-1) wore its first 4A North loss of the season. Leadoff man … [Read more...]