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Here is a video of the firework during halftime of the homecoming game between Carson Senators and Damonte Ranch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4L2Z8A-qAE

Top, Ali Thompson and Shea Bondi are crowned Carson High School homecoming queen and king during halftime.

Carson High Senators ran over the Damonte Ranch Mustangs in the first half, racking up 52 points on eight possessions, winning the game 52-20. Click here for the full game story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh4RKjqBKdY

Video: Trey Jensen scores a touchdown for Carson. You can read the full recap of the game on CarsonSports.com.

You can get live updates from the Carson High School Senators football game tonight here on Carson Now, and via Twitter @carsonnow.

Coming off its closest call of the season to date, the undefeated Carson High football team will be looking to continue the momentum into homecoming tonight.

Carson (5-0 overall, 4-0 Northern 4A conference) will host Damonte Ranch (0-5, 0-4) in a 7:30 p.m. conference contest. The Senators picked off a dramatic 16-13 overtime win over arch rival Douglas last week in Minden and have carried that momentum over to this week, according to coach Blair Roman.

Here's the Carson City road construction report for Monday Oct. 4 through Sunday Oct. 10.
Before we get into the list, a shout-out is in order to all the motorists out there who've kept their cool over the past few months. Bottlenecks and delays are never any fun. If anything, the local road projects, including the Roop Street quagmire, may have taught us to get up a little earlier and exercise some patience, which is a good thing. Mindfulness can never do a person wrong.

With that, here's what's lined up for this week:

A 24-yard final field goal by Carson Senator Austin Pacheco in overtime, his third one of the night, brought home yet another victory for the Carson City high school football team, reports Carsonsports.com.
Pacheco's winning kick was the difference as the Carson High football team kept its undefeated season record intact with a thrilling 16-13 victory against arch rival Douglas on Friday night.

Practice, tenacity and an emphasis on passing earlier in the week helped the Carson Senators soar past the Hug Hawks on Friday night, www.CarsonSports.com reports. Meanwhile, the JV football team kept the same pace as their varsity brothers, with a 35-0 victory earlier in the evening. Click here to read all the action.

Even though Carson is 2-0 going into Friday night's football game against the 0-3 Hug Hawks, the Senators have braced themselves for a tough matchup even with home field advantage. Sports Editor Dave Price previews this and more at www.carsonsports.com.

Carsonsports.com reports how Carson High Junior Arran Rumbaugh delivered the only goal in the 78th minute on Tuesday night to win over Douglas. Meanwhile the girls tennis team also fared well Tuesday with Carson besting Bishop Manogue.

Running behind a dominant line, Dylan Sawyers and Connor Beattie combined to help the Carson Senators rush for 489 yards as a team in their 45-26 Northern 4A conference football victory on Friday night. Click here to read the story and go to www.carsonsports.com for the very latest in all-things Carson City athletics.

Carsonsports.com reports Thursday's JV football victory over North Valleys. Meanwhile, the Carson Senators varsity team will try to match the freshmen win when it goes up against North Valleys tonight in Reno.

An early goal by a Carson High School freshman set up Wednesday's win against the Reno Huskies, reports carsonports.com.

Carsonsports.com reports a successful season start for the Carson High School Senators volleyball team. The girls won five of six matches and finished fifth overall at the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

It didn't matter to the Carson High football team that the opposition was one of the Sacramento area's top teams. The Senators had an answer — on more than one occasion — and came away with an impressive 31-10 season opening victory at home against Del Campo on Friday night.

Carsonsports.com's Dave Price provides this excellent, comprehensive piece about tonight's Carson High School Senators season football opener against the Fair Oaks Del Campo team. Kickoff is at 7. JV game begins at 5 p.m.

CARSON CITY – Several Nevada lawmakers serving on a panel gearing up for the critical task of redrawing the state’s political boundaries in 2011 said today they support expanding the size of the Legislature to provide better representation.

CARSON CITY – In the fight for control of the Republican Party in the state Senate in the Tuesday primary it was an even split, with conservative candidates taking two of four contested seats and two others going to more moderate candidates backed by Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio.

CARSON CITY – Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said he is confident a qualified candidate will be found to serve as secretary to the Senate for the 2011 session and that the upper house will continue to be run in a way that serves both the 21 senators and the people of Nevada.

CARSON CITY – In what took many members of the Nevada state Senate by surprise today, Majority Leader Steven Horsford accepted the resignation of the body’s top staff member, Secretary of the Senate Claire Clift.
Word of Clift’s departure, which occurred today while Horsford was in the capital attending a meeting of the Interim Finance Committee’s Subcommittee for Federal Stimulus Oversight, circulated quickly among members of the Senate.

Part 2 of a Series on Key GOP State Senate Primary Races
CARSON CITY – While Republican voters have a rare chance to chart the course of the GOP Senate caucus in the upcoming primary, the candidates described by some political observers as the establishment choice say they too are true fiscal conservatives who believe in core party values.

RENO — Now that the Carson High softball team has come close to doing something really special, CHS coach Scott Vickrey wants his squad to build on its momentum for possibly even a better finish next year.
 
Carson's season came to an end on Saturday at Bishop Manogue in the Northern 4A playoffs as the Senators were eliminated by Damonte Ranch 11-1 in five innings. But Carson's third place finish at zone should serve as a springboard for his young team, Vickrey said, which is losing just three seniors in Daria Leid, Megan Hein and Natalie Morrow.

RENO -- A long time has passed since the Carson High softball program reigned as a state champion in 1994 and won four successive zone tournament championships between 1995 and '98. And while the Senators still have a way to go before they return to that level, they are at least knocking on the door after splitting two games at the Northern 4A Regional Tournament on Friday afternoon.

RENO -- Sure, the Carson High softball team had its share of heroes on Thursday afternoon. When all was said and done, however, an all-around performance by "Team" Carson was the difference in an 8-5 victory against Reed at the Northern 4A Regional Softball Tournament at Bishop Manogue High School.

The road to the NIAA 4A State Championships is always difficult, but the Carson High softball team seems to have received as favorable path as possible. Two Northern 4A teams will advance to state and it figures that High Desert League champion Spanish Springs is the heavy favorite to earn one of those berths. And since Carson isn't in the Cougars' bracket, the Senators could be one of the darkhorses to grab that second spot to state.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- Call it redemption, a harbinger of things to come, a catharsis. Whatever it was, the young Carson High baseball team made a resounding statement to end its season on Friday afternoon.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- The Carson High softball team likes the position it's in heading into the Northern 4A playoffs.

CHS officially clinched a berth in the postseason with a 10-2 win over South Tahoe in the opener of a doubleheader on Friday and went on to win the second game as well, 5-0. Carson knew it would have third-place in the Sierra League locked up with a win in the opener after losses by Bishop Manogue and Fallon on Thursday.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- After one inning, it looked like the Carson High softball team might have a real battle on its hands Thursday afternoon.

But after watching South Tahoe pitcher Mel Smith strike out the side in the top of the first, Lauren Knorzer supplied a welcome boost with a two-run inside-the-park home run in the second inning that put the Senators on track to an important 11-4 Sierra League victory on the South Tahoe Middle School diamond.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- When Austin Pacheco launched an RBI double to straightaway center field, the Carson High baseball team made a statement that it wasn't intimidated by South Tahoe ace pitcher Max De Lallo.
De Lallo got in his licks, but so did CHS as it rolled to its second straight victory over South Tahoe in an 11-6 win on Thursday. Adam Whitt started on the mound and pitched four solid innings and Cameron Mayville added four RBI for Carson.
 

This time, the Carson High J.V. baseball team didn't need any drama to get past South Tahoe.
After coming from behind to win 12-7 in nine innings the day before, Carson started fast and rolled to an 11-0 win at home against South Tahoe on Thursday afternoon.

Luke Maher and Rafe King combined to bang out six hits and Carson scored five runs in the second inning to take charge en route to a win that improved its Sierra League record to 11-6 in league (18-10 overall).

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- David Charles wasn't a wash with sentimentality after his final start on the mound of his baseball career at Carson High. That frame of mind was a big reason why Charles wasn't caught up in any uncontrolled emotions and threw five shutout innings. And why Charles will be moving on to the next level.