One more win. Sparks boys soccer team downed Dayton 6-2 at home on Tuesday night and is now a win at Lowry (7-7-3, 6-5-3) on Friday away from clinching the DI-A North league title. The Railroaders improved to 15-1-4, 11-0-4 and maintained their one-point lead over Elko for first place. The Dust Devils dropped to 4-11-4, 2-9-3 with the loss. First touch on Friday is … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Sparks ties, Reed rolls, Spanish Springs falls
The Railroaders went on the road Saturday and played South Tahoe to a 1-1 tie—their third draw in their last four games. Sparks moved to 14-1-4, 10-0-4 and now sits just one point ahead of Elko for first place in the DI-A North with two games to play. South Tahoe, which is in third place, moved to 7-1-6, 7-1-6. “The boys played very hard,” Sparks coach Frank Avilla said. … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Reed-Spanish Springs to decide league title, Sparks blanked
By Shyene Joubert, reporting intern The Raiders kept their High Desert League title hopes alive on Saturday with a 2-0 home win over Reno. With the win, Reed improved to 11-5-0, 10-5-0 and remained just two points behind league-leading Spanish Springs. Reed goes to Spanish Springs on Tuesday in the regular-season finale and can win the league title with a win. The Cougars … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Sparks rolls, Lancers down Cougs, Raiders blanked
The league-leading Railroaders improved to 14-1-3, 10-0-3 with a 4-0 shutout home win over winless Fallon on Wednesday. Gernaro Vazquez scored twice in the victory. He started the afternoon’s scoring in the ninth minute (Alex Cabrera assist) and ended it in the 77th (Eric Cervantes assist). Omar Vasquez gave the Railroaders a 2-0 halftime lead with a tally in the 32nd … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Spanish Springs earns draw with Reno, Sparks’ winning streak snapped
The Cougars grinded out a 1-1 home draw against the Huskies on Saturday afternoon to maintain their first-place lead in the High Desert League. Spanish Springs (11-3-2, 8-3-2) leads Reno (10-6-2, 7-4-2) by three points with three games left to play in the regular season. After a scoreless first half, Ashley Pittard spotted the Cougs a 1-0 lead with 10 minutes left only … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Cougs roll, Sparks ties
The Cougars improved to 5-4-4, 5-4-4 with a 3-0 home win over Reno (3-9-3, 2-8-3) on Saturday. Court Diesner found the net five minutes in and Daniel Vazquez pushed Spanish Springs’ first-half lead to 2-0 with a goal in the 30th. Jalen Townsell scored the second half’s only goal in the 50th. Spanish Springs hosts McQueen on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Sparks settles for … [Read more...]
Sparks girls sneak past Elko
By Jasmine Gutierrez, reporting intern Sparks pushed its winning streak to five games on Friday night with a 3-2 home win over Elko. Sparks moved to 8-5-2, 8-3-0 while Elko dropped to 7-12-1, 4-6-1. “I feel real good,” Sparks coach Art Hurtado said. “It’s great to have another win at home.” The Railroaders were down 2-1 at the half but scored two goals in the … [Read more...]
Boys Soccer: Sparks blanks Fernley, Raiders pick up non-league win
Sparks protected its first-place lead in the DI-A North on Monday with a 4-0 win at Fernley. The Railroaders improved to 13-1-1, 9-0-1 while the Vaqueros fell to 1-10-0, 1-8-0. Four different Sparks players contributed in the road win. Eric Cervantes (assist from Genaro Vazquez), Alexis Medina (unassisted), Bryan Munoz (assist from Matthew Garcia) and Bernardo Siemental … [Read more...]