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...]
Sparks softball finds win column
Sparks built an early 10-3 lead at Spring Creek on Friday afternoon and hung on for a 12-9 win, snapping a seven-game losing streak. Despite struggles this season, the Railroaders (6-16-1, 3-15) are just 2.5 games out of the 3A North’s sixth and final playoff spot with six games left. The Sparks tumbled to 6-14, 4-12. Sparks outhit Spring Creek 18-9 and saw their lead … [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...]
Tuesday Baseball/Softball
Baseball: Slow start downs Raiders In its first 4A North contest since dropping four of five during a spring break trip to Anaheim, Reed fell at home, 8-6, to Douglas on Tuesday afternoon. The Raiders dropped to 6-11, 3-4 in the 4A North despite outhitting the Tigers (7-5, 4-3) by a tally of 8-4. Two walks, two wild pitches, a hit by pitch, and an error helped Douglas … [Read more...]
Saturday Baseball, Softball
Baseball Spanish Springs 10, Douglas 9 (9 innings) Two days after suffering a walk-off loss at Douglas, Spanish Springs returned the favor on its home field Saturday afternoon.s Colton Forman sent everyone home in the bottom of the ninth when he stepped to the dish with one out and the bases loaded and delivered a game-winning RBI single. The Cougars improved to … [Read more...]
Sparks baseball, softball split series openers with Lowry
Baseball: Nobbs walk-off slam slides Sparks past Lowry in 3A North opener It took five games for the Railroaders to match last year’s win total. Hunter Nobbs blasted a walk-off home run in Friday’s 3A North opener to give the Railroaders an 8-6 home victory over Lowry. Sparks improved to 4-1, 1-0. Lowry dipped to 0-9, 0-4. Nobbs finished 2-for-4 with the grand … [Read more...]
Sparks Softball Preview: Railroaders headed in new direction
First-year coach Rob Nelson says outfield play needs to improve First-year coach Rob Nelson is taking over team that won six games last year and lost its best player to graduation. Sparks is 25-63-1 in the three years since its last winning campaign, when it went 14-13 in 2013. Nelson is not deterred. “I’m optimistic,” he said. “I think we have some good kids, some … [Read more...]
Softball: Cougs, Raiders end regular season with split; Sparks swept
Reed and Spanish Springs waved goodbye to the regular season on Monday with a doubleheader at Reed. The Raiders and Cougars were locked into their seeds (No. 1 and No. 2 respectively) going in so the outcome, a split, had no impact on either team’s positioning in Thursday’s regional tournament at Bishop Manogue. The Raiders, who fell 1-0 in the first game before … [Read more...]