After eight minutes of play, the Sparks girls found themselves trailing just 11-10 at home against Truckee on Friday night. As it has been all season, that’s as good as it got for the Railroaders. They scored just 13 points the rest of the way in a 61-24 loss. The defeat extended the Railroaders’ winless start to the season to 11 games. The Wolverines improved to 10-9, … [Read more...]
Sparks boys, girls swept by South Tahoe
The Sparks boys were on the wrong end of a 77-63 decision on Wednesday night at home against South Tahoe. The Railroaders, who opened DI-A North play 3-1, dropped to 4-11, 3-5 with their fourth-straight loss. The Vikings improved to 7-9, 4-2. Sparks was done in by a slow start to both halves. The Railroaders trailed 25-15 after the first quarter but snuck within 38-35 at … [Read more...]
Girls hoops: Reed falls in overtime at McQueen
RENO—Reed girls hoops coach Sara Schopper-Ramirez is tired of using youth as an excuse. There isn’t a single senior on this year’s roster. But after her squad failed to hit a field goal in overtime of Tuesday night’s 60-56 loss at McQueen, she didn’t know what else to blame. “It’s like okay guys, I can’t keep using the excuse that we’re young,” Schopper-Ramirez said. … [Read more...]
Sparks boys, girls swept by Lowry
John Anguiano hit a runner in the lane to give Sparks an early 2-0 lead at home over Lowry on Saturday afternoon. From that point on, it was all Buckaroos. Lowry went on to humble Sparks’ torrid start to DI-A North play with a 60-37 road win. The Railroaders dropped to 4-8, 3-2 in the DI-A North. The Buckaroos improved to 8-7, 4-1. Following Anguiano’s early … [Read more...]
Girls hoops: Spanish Springs, Reed on good end, Sparks struggles
RENO—The Spanish Springs girls went on the road Friday night and handed Galena its 10th straight loss with a 50-43 win. The Cougars improved to 5-12, 2-4 in the DI North while the Grizzlies dropped to 2-10, 1-5. “It was good. It was good for us,” Spanish Springs coach Art Cardenas said. “We’ve played in a lot of close games and right now, it’s about learning how to … [Read more...]
Sparks boys, girls suffer varying defeats
The Sparks boys fell to 1-3 on the season with a brutal loss on Friday afternoon in the Rail City Classic at Wooster High. Sparks led Damonte Ranch all afternoon but lost that lead in the final 40 seconds, due largely to missing its last 10 free throws, and fell 40-38. It was Damonte’s first win in eight tries. Ricky Guadron led the Railroaders with nine points. Aaron … [Read more...]
Speed will be name of game for Sparks girls
Sparks struggled to a three-win campaign last winter. And it's not going to be a whole lot easier this winter. The team's best player, Marisa Coleman, would've been a senior this season but opted for forgo her final prep basketball season to play softball. Her 12 points per game last year were six more than the team's second-leading scorer. To help make up for the void, … [Read more...]