Before the first pitch of the 2019 softball season was delivered, Spanish Springs coach Jeff Davidson told his team they would have the same goal they have entering every year – play in the season’s last game. That goal become much more of a reality on Saturday as the Cougars captured their second straight regional title by knocking off McQueen 6-5 in the championship game … [Read more...]
Cougs, Raiders sent home early
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...]
Cougs capture conference title, top playoff seed
One year after the Spanish Springs softball team captured its first state title, the girls are in a great position to repeat as champions. The Cougs won their eighth and ninth straight games Saturday after beating Reed 6-1 and 11-1, and finished the season 17-3 in conference play to finish one game ahead of Bishop Manogue and Carson in the final regular season standings. … [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...]
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...]