MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) - Europe sure didn't look like a team trailing by four points in the Ryder Cup.
MINDEN - After a hard-fought, physical and surprisingly high-scoring 4-4 draw Saturday afternoon, it was no surprise that coaches for both the Douglas and Carson boys soccer teams were left saying similar things.
MINDEN — It was a tale of two markedly different halves Saturday afternoon.
RENO - Carson High's JV football team rolled to an easy 58-29 win over Damonte Ranch Friday night.
There are two things that have become evident through the first five weeks of the Division I football season.
SAN MARCO, Texas - Nevada scored 14 unanswered points in the second half to wipe out a 21-20 deficit and beat Texas State, 34-21, Saturday afternoon at Bobcat Stadium in a non-league game.
Offense: Carson piled up more than 300 yards again, but had a couple of hiccups inside Damonte's 30 that cost it dearly.
Carson High didn't have to travel far to replace Todd Ackerman - 18 inches to be exact.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Josh Donaldson hit a tying two-run home run in the ninth inning and Brandon Moss hit a game-ending three-run homer in the 10th, and the Oakland Athletics gained ground on the first-place Texas Rangers with a stunning 7-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - One of the last decisions San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has to make is his starting rotation for the playoffs.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Stephen Drew hit a two-run homer, Coco Crisp had a leadoff shot and the Oakland Athletics gained ground on the first-place Texas Rangers in the AL West with an 8-2 win against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With the playoffs fast approaching, the last thing the San Francisco Giants wanted to see was star catcher Buster Posey hunched over on his knees behind home plate
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) - The Ryder Cup might be golf's most pressure-packed stage, but it hardly frightened this bunch.
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) - Keegan Bradley's only regret was there weren't more holes to play.
DAYTON - Dayton High's football team has its collective back to the wall for the last five weeks of the season.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning ...
Through five weeks of the football season, Carson High linebacker Austin Shaffer sits atop the Division I tackling stats with 52.
For the second time in three days, Carson High's volleyball team recorded a sweep.
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) - The question used to come up every other year when the Americans began looking ahead to the Ryder Cup.
CARSON (4-1,0-0) AT DAMONTE RANCH (2-3, 0-1) FRIDAY, 7:30 P.M.
Q: What are your favorite sports and why?
You can sense the frustration within the Carson High boys soccer team, and with good reason.
NEW YORK (AP) - So long, replacement refs. The NFL's regular crews will be back on the field starting Thursday night.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers were in quick trouble against the Oakland Athletics.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Cain pitched seven innings and had two hits and an RBI to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer and a pair of sacrifice flies for a career-high five RBIs
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - All it took was one big swing from George Kottaras to give the Oakland Athletics a much-needed victory against the team they're chasing in the AL West.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL put its stamp of approval on the still-smoldering outcome of the Green Bay-Seattle game:
RENO - Carson High's volleyball team moved one step closer to a .500 record with a four-set win over Wooster Tuesday night in a Sierra League match.
Western Nevada College’s softball team has scheduled a 5K fund-raising run for Oct. 14 at the Edmonds Sports Complex.The softball team is financed through private fund-raising.
Congratulations to all the class champions at Fernley 95A Speedway.
DAYTON - Dayton needed five games to get a win over Spring Creek Friday in Dayton. Game scores were 25-20, 21-25, 25-16, 20-25 and 18-16.
Nobody has to remind Chris Ault of the struggles his Nevada Wolf Pack football has experienced at Hawaii.
Matt Nolan was sore. He got banged in the head and the ribs, but in the end, he and the Carson Senators had the last laugh.
Joey Thurman got his feet wet as a sophomore last year, and that experience has helped him grow immensely into his first season as a full-time starter.
Mistakes, whether it be penalties or turnovers, have plagued the Dayton High football team in recent weeks.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning .
A few more matches like the last two, and Carson High volleyball coach Robert Maw may start pulling out his hair.
NEW YORK (AP) - The numbers say there isn't much difference in the NFL with replacement officials. Comments from players and coaches say otherwise.
REED (2-2,0-0) AT CARSON (3-1, 0-0) Friday, 7 p.m.
Ties are getting to commonplace for the Carson High boys soccer squad these days.
Muranda Fowler, Dayton High Soccer
TRUCKEE - Competing without injured starter Madison Foley, Dayton fell in straight sets in a Division I-A volleyball match at Truckee on Wednesday, 25-16, 25-13 and 25-17.
NEW YORK (AP) - An efficient Alex Smith and a rock-solid defense have the San Francisco 49ers on top of the AP Pro32 power rankings.
RENO - McQueen knocked off Carson in straight sets - 25-18, 25-22, 25-20 -in a Division I crossover volleyball match.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada will be holding a sidewalk ski and snowboard sale Friday from noon to 6 p.m. at their clubhouse.
Put Damonte Ranch and Carson on the same soccer field, and you will get one physical game.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The San Francisco 49ers are benefiting from the stellar start of running backs Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter.
Andy Reid looks at John Harbaugh and sees exactly what he should be seeing.
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Jimmie Johnson took an immediate step toward another Sprint Cup title - but the five-time champion is well aware it was a small one.
Two weeks into the Division I soccer season, and schools have already had to move two straight weekends of Saturday games.
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - Carson High's varsity cross country teams finished seventh at the Nevada Union Invitational Saturday morning.
RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack didn’t know whether to laugh or cry on Saturday.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The last thing Buck Showalter wants to be at this stage of the season is "Captain Obvious," as he puts it.
PHOENIX (AP) - Hunter Pence has the most RBIs on the San Francisco Giants since he was acquired in a deadline deal with Philadelphia.
RENO - The Nevada Wolf Pack football team's focus this week wasn't exactly on the Northwestern State Demons.
RENO — Carson’s Colby Brown is proving he’s
Kenzie Tillitt scored two goals to lead the Carson girls soccer team to a 4-1 win at McQueen Friday night. Carson added goals from Lorena Gomez and Kiahna Pimental.
Jeff Gordon fans, rejoice! Your hero did what he had to do at Richmond last Saturday night, and snagged the final Chase wild card spot in a nail-biter.
Carson High's boys tennis team dropped a 10-8 decision to Wooster in a Sierra League match Thursday at Carson.
One thing Sage Smth isn't is a self promoter.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . .
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - David Akers' mouth fell open and his eyes popped as he threw his arms into the air in both celebration and disbelief. Somehow, a field goal from 63 yards out had gone in - after bouncing off the crossbar.
DENVER (AP) - No question, Tim Lincecum is getting better. Especially away from San Francisco.
RENO - Carson High's volleyball squad, coming off an emotional win over Galena on Tuesday, was swept by Bishop Manogue in three games on Wednesday night.
Q: What are your favorite sports and why?
RENO — Carson High soccer coach Mehdi Samii didn’t mince words.“I think we truly got wronged,”
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Leonard Davis is one of the NFL's biggest men today because his parents, both of whom had lost spouses, found each other in small-town Texas and decided to add one more child to their already enormous blended family.
DENVER (AP) - Madison Bumgarner had all sorts of trouble throwing his fastball. He had no problems hitting one.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Jerry Blevins has been near the back of the Oakland bullpen for most of his six seasons with the Athletics, rarely shining and sometimes struggling.
RENO — Kenzie Tillitt snapped a 1-all tie with a goal in the 64th minute to give Carson High girls soccer team a 2-1 win over Bishop Manogue Tuesday night.
The night started with Kenzie Price being asked and accepting a prom invitation over the public address system, and ended with Carson High's volleyball team jumping for joy.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hanley Ramirez hit a go-ahead RBI double in the top of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers trimmed a game off their division deficit with a 3-2 win against the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Green Bay is Exhibit A in an NFL trend that emphasizes mesmerizing passing games above all else, and Aaron Rodgers nearly passed the Packers to an undefeated season in 2011.
CARMEL, Ind. (AP) - The best in golf returned to Indiana for the first time in more than 20 years, and based on the All-Star performance that broke out Saturday in the BMW Championship, this show might leave these golf-hungry fans even more mesmerized.
RENO - Carson High's boys team finished ninth at the Nature's Bakery Nevada Twilight Classic Saturday night.
The times they are a changing.
RENO - The Nevada Wolf Pack's home opener Saturday afternoon at Mackay Stadium was a simple case of give and take.
RENO - On the first offensive snap of the game, Garrett Schafer completed a 9-yard pass to Logan Krupp, who fumbled the ball away.
DAYTON - In a game marked by turnovers and special teams miscues, Truckee steamrolled Dayton, 51-14, Friday night. The win pushed Truckee's winning streak to 38 games.
The Carson boys soccer team dropped a hard-fought game to Galena, 2-1, on Friday. All three goals were scored on penalty kicks.
RENO - The Nevada Wolf Pack knows as well as anyone that a victory over the California Golden Bears can only carry you so far.
SEATTLE (AP) - Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy remained in a "life-threatening" situation in a Bay Area hospital two days after being hit in the head by a line drive.
Congratulations to Carl Barlow of Silver Springs, who won his fifth consecutive Hobby Stock main at Fernley 95A Speedway last weekend.
Dayton High football coach Rob Turner doesn't sugarcoat it.
Well, one out of three isn't bad.
Casey Wolfe has a lot on his plate these days; maybe more than any of his Carson High teammates.
RENO - Stefphon Jefferson had more to worry about Saturday afternoon than just the California Golden Bears defense.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning ..
CARSON (0-0, 2-0) at McQueen (0-0, 0-2) Friday, 7:30 p.m.
SPARKS — Dayton High’s volleyball team continued its impressive early season start with a 25-11, 25-13 and 25-17 victory over Sparks in a Division 1A match Wednesday night
Two games and two exceptional efforts by Carson High's defense.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Zack Greinke is settling in as a key member of the Angels' rotation, just as Los Angeles is making a serious push in the playoff chase.
NEW YORK (AP) - Andy Roddick's fourth-round match against Juan Martin del Potro at the U.S. Open has been suspended because of rain and is scheduled to resume Wednesday.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - A good start is what is on the line this time when the New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Clark Haggans joined the San Francisco 49ers at practice Tuesday pledging to hit the ground running with a team that fits the rugged style he has established throughout a 13-year NFL career.
NEW YORK (AP) — Brandt Snedeker had nothing more than big hopes and another strong finish when he left the TPC Boston,
For Carson High, it was more like an intersquad scrimmage than a real game.
RENO - Reno High's volleyball team knocked off Carson, 3-0, in a Division I match Tuesday nght.
School: Carson High Year: Senior Sport: Volleyball
CHICAGO (AP) - While Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants are fighting for the NL West title, Anthony Rizzo and the Chicago Cubs have their own magic number.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Alabama coach Nick Saban believes his latest talented and tenacious team took a step toward creating its own identity.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Stefphon Jefferson ran for 141 yards and scored his third touchdown with 36 seconds remaining as Nevada spoiled the reopening of Memorial Stadium by beating California 31-24 on Saturday.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Stefphon Jefferson ran for 141 yards and scored his third touchdown with 36 seconds remaining as Nevada spoiled the reopening of Memorial Stadium by beating California 31-24 on Saturday.
FALLON - Missed chances was the theme for the Dayton boys soccer team.
Believe it or not, Carson High's 99-yard game-winning drive wasn't the first of that length that I've witnessed.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - On what should have been the most joyous night of the year for the Oakland Athletics, the team's season-high eighth straight win ended with a swift and stunning loss.
For much of Friday's game, Carson High quarterback Garrett Schafer was up and down. In the last two minutes, with the game on the line he was money.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Brandon Moss had career highs of four hits, four RBIs and four runs, Josh Reddick hit his first career grand slam, and the Oakland Athletics routed the Boston Red Sox 20-2 on Friday night to match their best winning streak of the season at seven.
FALLON - Lessons learned and victories were earned.
