Clary, Cougars roll Huskies RENO – Freshman Tyra Clary did it in the circle and at the plate on Tuesday afternoon at Reno, leading Spanish Springs to a commanding 12-1 victory. The Cougars (25, 5, 17-2), who won for the eighth straight game – including a pair of forfeits from Hug on Saturday – are tied with Reed for first with three games to play. Bishop Manogue was also … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Fun rivalry week awaits, Silver and Blue takeaways, Pack softball surging
This is it. The 4A North baseball and softball regular season end this week. Baseball wraps up Thursday and softball Saturday. The regional baseball tourney begins next Tuesday at host hosts sites. Bishop Manogue will once again host the softball regional tournament, starting two days later. Programs across the region will play their rivals this week with plenty on … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball/Softball
Baseball Cougs’ league title aspirations dry up First-year Spanish Springs coach Matt Ortiz knows that to make a move in the 4A North, you must first get past Galena and Reno. His Cougars have excelled in league play this spring, except for against the Grizzlies and Huskies. They’ve won 15 of 16 in games not against those two programs. But on Saturday, they dropped to … [Read more...]
Playoff outlook for Reed, Spanish Springs diamond dwellers
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...]
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...]