Reed entered Saturday’s home doubleheader against McQueen just one game back of second place. Now the Raiders (16-7, 9-7) find themselves in seventh place in a bunched up DI North. They mustered just two runs all day and were swept by the Lancers (9-13-1, 7-8), who are surging at the right time of the year. Joel Seth and Nathan Knowles both threw complete game victories … [Read more...]
Baseball: Raiders, Cougs fall short in important matchups; Sparks snaps skid
Reed dropped out of a five-way tie for third place in the DI North with a 10-9 loss at Damonte Ranch on Tuesday afternoon. Following the one-run defeat, the Raiders sit at 15-5, 8-5. The Mustangs improved to 10-10, 9-4. Reed lost the game in the fourth and fifth innings. The game was knotted at 3-3 with three complete before the Mustangs scored three times in the fourth … [Read more...]
Baseball: Cougars fall at Carson, Houston lifts Raiders over Tigers
Momentum only goes as far as the next day’s starting pitching. Or hitting. After walking off 1-0 winners over Carson on Friday, Spanish Springs went to the state’s capital on Saturday and was blanked 8-0 by the Senators. It was a missed opportunity for the Cougars (15-5, 10-2) who would have taken sole possession of first place in the DI North with a win. Instead, they … [Read more...]
Baseball: O’Connell, Cougs walk off on Carson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPzP9_3Zi4 RENO—Friday’s DI North contest between Spanish Springs and Carson at Greater Nevada Field lived up to the billing. The Cougars threw their ace, Ryan Anderson. The Senators threw theirs, Bryce Moyle. Both are Pitcher of the Year candidates. And both threw like it. So it was only fitting that the first run of the game, was the … [Read more...]
Baseball: Cougs’ bats go ballistic, Reed handles Hug, Sparks drops two
RENO—Hitting a round ball with a round bat is hard. Anyone who’s played the game will admit that. That’s what made Spanish Springs’ 18-9 comeback win at McQueen on Saturday afternoon so ludicrous, so unpredictable. Trailing 9-3 going to the top of the sixth, the Cougars’ bats warmed up, then they were blistering. The guests banged out 11 hits over the next two … [Read more...]
Sparks softball handles Elko, baseball not as fortunate
The Sparks softball team scored 11 runs in the first three innings on Friday at Elko and went on to roll, 15-6. With the victory, the Railroaders moved to 4-8, 4-8 in the DI-A North. The Indians fell to 6-9, 4-7. Sparks raked out nine hits compared to Elko’s six. Angie Ruiz went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs and a run. Riley Nelson went 2-for-4 with 2 doubles, an RBI and a run … [Read more...]
Baseball: Raiders upended, Cougs roll, Sparks drops marathon
Reed entered Tuesday’s home contest against Galena relatively untested. It owned a shiny 12-1 overall record and a 5-1 mark in DI North, but the five league wins came over teams that entered Tuesday with a combined 5-13 league record. So the Raiders’ showdown with the Grizzlies, who came in at 8-3-1, 5-1, was their first real chance to see how they measured up with the … [Read more...]
Baseball: Sparks swept at South Tahoe
The Sparks baseball team’s slow start to DI-A North play continued on Saturday. The Railroaders (3-7, 0-6) dropped both ends of a doubleheader at South Tahoe (3-11, 3-6), which picked up its first win of the season 24 hours prior, against Sparks. Now losers of six straight, Sparks will attempt to pick up its first DI-A North win of the season on Tuesday at home against … [Read more...]