The Sparks softball team picked up its second win of the season on Tuesday afternoon at home in convincing fashion. The Railroaders (2-8, 2-8) steamrolled Truckee (3-8, 0-7) in five innings, 15-5. Marisa Coleman pitched two scoreless innings, surrendering just one hit, before handing the ball to Riley Nelson who threw the final three innings. At the plate, Coleman … [Read more...]
Softball: Reed, Spanish Springs roll; Sparks swept
By Mike Bradley, reporting intern Spanish Springs swept North Valleys in a home doubleheader on Saturday with the help of senior Hayley Fein’s pitching. The Cougars are now 7-3, 4-1 in the DI North. The Panthers (0-9, 0-6) are still searching for their first win of the year. Spanish Springs will now go on the road for a pivotal early matchup at Reno on Thursday. First … [Read more...]
Softball: Railroaders pick up first win
The Railroaders fell at home to Spring Creek on Friday morning before heading up to South Tahoe and picking up their first win of the season, 11-4. Sparks, which snapped a season-opening six-game losing streak with the win over South Tahoe, now sits at 1-6, 1-6 in the DI North. It will now try to piece together its first winning streak of the season with a doubleheader at … [Read more...]
Softball: Jensen keeps Raiders perfect, Railroaders swept
RENO—The Reed softball team is capable of scoring runs in bunches. It didn’t do that Thursday afternoon at Damonte Ranch. It didn’t need to. It has Julia Jensen. The junior Nevada commit threw a complete game, allowing just one run on three hits while striking out 10 as the Raiders won 4-1 on the road. “She’s Julia. She’s gotten some games under her belt. She’s in a … [Read more...]
Lowry sweeps Sparks squads, again
The Sparks softball team was outscored 23-8 in a pair of losses on Saturday at Lowry. The Railroaders dropped to 0-3, 0-3 on the season after falling 12-1 to the Buckaroos (6-2, 6-0) on Friday. After getting swept in its first series of the season, Sparks will look to pick up its first win on Wednesday when it hosts Spring Creek (5-5, 3-3). First pitch is at 3 … [Read more...]
Sparks baseball, softball swept at Lowry
The Sparks baseball team was six outs from stealing its league opener at Lowry on Friday afternoon. Two weeks after losing a non-league contest to Lowry, 12-0, the Railroaders (3-2, 0-1) led the Buckaroos 5-3 going to the bottom of the sixth. They say the final outs are the toughest to get. Lowry (4-4, 1-3) scored four times in the bottom of the sixth and went on to … [Read more...]
Sparks enters season with expectations
Expectations aren’t entirely new to the Sparks softball program. However, legitimate preseason hope has avoided the Railroaders in recent years. That is not the case heading into the 2016 season. Sparks brings back seven starters from last year’s team that missed out on the postseason by four games and has realistic aspirations of qualifying for the dance this … [Read more...]