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Reno gets by Carson 10-11s

Reno American used a four run inning to top the Carson City 10-11s Little League All-Stars, 5-3, Saturday night at Governors Field in a winner's bracket game.Carson took a 2-0 lead in the fourth...

Bullets in semis

RENO - Scott Greene picked an opportune time to throw his best game of the summer.Greene, the former Wooster High star and a member of the Chico State baseball team, tossed a three-hitter as the Ne...

Carson 9-10s drop to 0-2 in District 1

After being no-hit by Washoe on Thursday night, Carson City's 9-10 all-star team came out swinging Friday night.Carson scored seven runs in the first three innings, but Reno National tied the game ...

Bullets win two games

RENO - When Nevada Bullets manager Jim Blueberg sent assistant coach Jeremiah Libke out to start Friday's Sertoma Baseball Classic opener against RBI Baseball, he had an ulterior motive.He wanted t...

MOTORSPORTS: Busch having a great season

Kurt Busch's string of poles was broken at Infineon last weekend, but I'm pretty sure Kurt didn't mind when he saw the checkered flag on Sunday.Busch became the 11th winner in 16 races this season....

Carson 10-11s pound Reno Continental

Dom Mariani, Carson City Little League 10-11 all-star coach, couldn't have asked for a better opening game from his team.Led by the hitting Brandon Gagnon and Abel Carter, and the pitching of Gagno...

FODDER: New format for Sertoma needed

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . The annual Sertoma all-star high school football game every June has definitely seen better days. A fight once again tarnished last week's game and, well, i...

First inning dooms Carson Blue Jays again

For the second straight game, a big first inning forced the Carson Blue Jays to play catch-up, and for the second straight game they couldn't do it.The Reno Knights scored three first-inning runs o...

Carson drops 10th straight; Banfield shines

It was, without question, Charlie Banfield's best game of the summer. No, make that the year.Banfield threw five solid innings, made a nice defensive play at third base in the last three innings of...

COMMUNITY SPORTS ROUNDUP: CHS football boosters announce dinner date

The Carson High football boosters are gearing up for their annual Senator Football Kickoff Dinner on Aug.13.Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. and hosted by Mo & Sluggos on Curry St. between Telegraph a...

McQueen sweeps doubleheader from Carson

Cody Farnworth, Carson Blue Jays coach, wants Drew Moreland to take on a bigger role next spring during the high school season.Farnworth wants Moreland to be one of his main starters, not just a sp...

An embarrassing night of football

The Sertoma Football Classic should go away forever, and the closing minutes of Friday's brutal football game makes my point for me.A few games in recent years have ended early because of fighting ...

Bighorns Baseball splits DH with the S.L. Ports

CARSON CITY- The Nevada Bighorns baseball has seen a split season and Saturday afternoon was no different. The visiting S.L. Ports (from San Leandro, CA) were able to salvage a split with the Bighorns on the Saturday double-header at Governor's Field. Game 1 belonged to the Bighorns winning 7-2. Three home runs sailed over the fence for Nevada, hit by: Corey Metoyer, Cam Young, and Chad Schryer.

ON RACING: Road racers take center stage

As a road-racing fan, this is one of my favorite NASCAR weekends, with the Sprint Cup series at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma and the Nationwide series running at Road America in Wisconsin. However, h...

SERTOMA: Silver stars grab 14-3 win

RENO - Trying to put in a real offense in three days of practice for an all-star game is virtually impossible, and Spanish Springs' Scott Hare knows that.Hare chose to keep things simple for his Si...

Blue Jays fall to 0-3 in tourney

RENO - The attitudes were better, but the results didn't change for the Carson Blue Jays.The Blue Jays lost both of their games at the High Sierra Classic, losing 14-4 to the Sacramento Vipers and ...

SERTOMA: Six Carson players suit up for last high school game

Tonight's annual Sertoma Football Classic means different things to the six Carson High players selected to the game.For guard Matt Cooper, running back Connor Beattie and cornerback Gabe Pongasi, ...

FODDER: Another black eye for Wolf Pack

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Head football coach Chris Ault and the Nevada Wolf Pack athletic department have done nothing wrong in relation to the shooting incident involving wide rece...

Blue Jays 1-hit in tourney opener

RENO - Simply put, Thursday's loss to the Greater Nevada Badgers was one of the most disappointing efforts put forth by the Carson Blue Jays this summer.Carson's offense managed just one unearned r...

Bullets swept by Atwater

The Nevada Bullets suffered through two horrific days on the baseball field. There are plenty of ways to deal with the adversity of three straight losses.You can stew over it, forget about it and m...

COMMUNITY SPORTS

U-12 Wolfpack win tourney in RenoThe Carson Futbol Club U-12 Carson Wolfpack went 3-0-1 en route to winning the Nevada Cup title over the weekend in Reno.The Wolfpack didn't allow a goal during its...

Atwater makes quick work of Bullets

The Nevada Bullets proved that a good start doesn't translate into a win.The Bullets jumped to a 2-0 lead, but the Atwater Aviators scored the next 10 runs and grabbed an 11-3 Far West League win T...

ON RACING: Carson City teen has eyes on pro career

A couple of months ago I wrote about 76 year old Midget racer J.R. Williams. At the other end of the age spectrum is Carson City native Conner Ford, who is working his way up the racing ladder at t...

FODDER: Thanks Dallas for beating Miami

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . OK, yes, I have to admit it. I was thrilled to see the Miami Heat and LeBron James lose the NBA Finals. I didn't care who won it as long as the Heat and LeB...

Carson City LL chooses all-star players

Carson City Little League has chosen its all-star rosters for post-season play which begins later this month.The 11-12-year-old team will be coached by Kinkade DeJoseph, Bill Gall and Kevin Krebs. ...

Pearl tops Nevada Bullets

ALAMEDA - The Neptune Pearl scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to wipe out a 2-1 deficit and beat the Nevada Bulllets 6-3 in a Far West Collegiate League baseball game Thursday night at ...

Crason Blue Jays drop DH to Damonte

One of the big experiments for Carson High's summer baseball team has been using wood bats in preparation for the less lively bats that will be used next spring.There have been some good games and ...

COMMUNITY SPORTS: Tahoe Rim Trail seeks volunteers to build trails

The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is looking for volunteers for its trail building workdays at Stateline for the Daggett Summit Trail Project.Workdays are Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....

Moreland pitches Carson past Douglas

Drew Moreland enjoyed probably the best game of his high school varsity career Tuesday night.Moreland, a senior-to-be, allowed just two first-inning singles, struck out four and went 3-for-3 at the...

Lodi scores late, tops Bullets

The Lodi Glory scored once in the seventh and once in the eighth innings to pick up a league victory over the Nevada Bullets on Sunday in Lodi, Calif.Darin Wiltgen started for the Bullets working t...

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