PREPS: Carson wrestler go 2-3 at Placer; CHS girls lose

AUBURN, Calif. - Carson High's wrestling team compiled a 2-3 record at the Placer Duals on Saturday.

Carson lost 39-33 to Woodcreek and followed that up with a 55-19 loss to Chico, one of the top teams in California. Carson blew out Rosemont 51-24 and then lost a 40-36 thriller to Rocklin. The Senators closed out the day with a 54-23 win over Nevada Union.

Carson had to take forfeits at 152, 215 and heavyweight throughout the day, which was costly against Woodcreek and Rocklin.

"Against Woodcreek we wrestled well," coach Tim McCarthy said. "We should have win the Rocklin match. If we wrestled them 10 times, we'd win nine. The kids were fired up against Nevada Union and wrestled well.

"Our lower weights were solid. The other kids in the program are getting better."

Kyle Sharp (103), Patrick Craugh (112) and Niko Garcia (160) all went 5-0 on the day. Cole McCarthy (125) went 4-1, his only loss was a second-round pin against the defending state champ from California. Nick Lani (119) also went 4-1. Ty Welch (130) and Jordan Luhrs (140) both went 3-2.

Cody Cunningham (145) went 2-3, while Andrew Cunningham (130), Aaron Lopez (171) and Jon Ampudia (189) all went 1-4.

Carson visits Douglas at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

2 CHS JV WRESTLERS WIN

RENO - Adan Ortega and Sammy Mercado won their respective weight classes at the 4A JV zone meet Saturday at McQueen High School.

Ortega won the 119-pound title, while Mercado grabbed the top spot at 112 pounds.

Sean Robles (125), Cody Tucker (189) an Jesse Knight (heavyweight) all took third place.

VARSITY BASKETBALL

CHS GIRLS LOSE

RENO - After wins over Hug and Douglas, Carson entered Saturday's game against Damonte Ranch looking for its third win in five days.

The Mustangs didn't cooperate, handing Carson a 49-44 loss Saturday at the Reno Event Center.

"After last night (against Douglas) we had no energy," Carson coach Todd Ackerman. "We were going through the motions for 2 1/2 quarters. We were down by 13 after three and got it down to four, but couldn't get any closer."

Damonte led 11-10 after the first quarter, but outscored Carson 28-16 in the middle two quarters for a 39-26 lead.

"We played pretty well; played up to our potential which is really nice," said Debby Hellen, Damonte head coach. "We played pretty good defense (in the second and third quarters. We also were able to run and get some easy baskets."

Emily Byrne led Damonte with 14 and Ciara O'Driscoll added 11. Whitney Nash led Carson with 15.

FROSH BASKETBALL

TIGERS TIP SENATORS

Douglas knocked off Carson in a defensive struggle Friday night at Morse Burley Gym.

Chace Baker led Carson with five points and five rebounds.

DAYTON GIRLS SPLIT

TRUCKEE - Dayton High split two Northern 3A gams at Truckee on Saturday afternoon.

Dayton opened with a 51-17 win over Sparks thanks to 16 pints by Lettie Lynch, 10 by Sierra Ingham and eight by Miranda Fowler.

Truckee beat Dayton 33-20 despite seven points and four rebounds by Ashley Sandy.

Dayton is now 7-1.