Tiger cross country opens season with home race

The Douglas Class Races at Lampe Park once again served as opening day for the cross country season for Northern Nevada area schools.

Each race was scored based on class year with Tiger senior Luke Davis taking third in his class in 12:53.

Junior Lucy Nord took second in her race in 15:08, finishing one second behind the first-place finisher.

The sophomore races featured top finishers from Douglas’ in Amy Van Wagenen, who won the event in 15:51 and Kyndall McGuire (16:28), who took fifth place.

In the freshman race, Douglas’ Krystle Dixon took second in 16:29 while Colin Hatcher was fifth in freshman boys race in 14:57 for the Tigers.

UP NEXT: The Douglas cross country team will get nearly two weeks off before competing again in North Tahoe on Sept. 7. 

DOUGLAS FOOTBALL FALLS AT ELKO

Douglas High School football won't finish the year with a perfect record on the road this season after losing to Elko Friday night, 18-16.

Just about every time the Tigers put up points on the board, Elko was able to march back down the field and return the favor.

"When you go out to Elko it's always going to be tough," said Douglas head coach Kyle Mays. "It just kind of went in their favor."

Douglas' opening drive went 80 yards on 10 plays for a score, methodically moving the ball down the field before capitalizing on a fade pass from Jackson Ovard to Brenton Weston to the corner of the end zone.

Elko needed only a few plays to pull out a 65-yard quarterback draw that went for a touchdown. The Tigers blocked the extra point, maintaining a 7-6 lead. Douglas blocked two extra points in the loss.

The Tigers led 10-6 at the half after a 27-yard field goal and started with possession, but Elko had other ideas.

Elko intercepted the Tigers' opening possession of the second half, setting up inside of midfield.

A 48-yard drive resulted in six points as Elko took its first lead of the game, 12-10, early in the third quarter.

After a pair of punts, Douglas began driving toward the end of the third quarter, starting the fourth quarter with a first-and-goal at the Elko 3.

The Tigers scored on the first play out of the changeover, but Douglas didn't convert a 2-point conversion, making it 16-12 Tigers.

However, Elko responded in kind.

The host school took advantage of a long kickoff return and went 68 yards, finishing the drive on a short pass for six.

Douglas' final possession saw the Tigers move the ball into Elko territory, but a failed fourth down conversion gave Elko the ball back at its own 39.

Elko was able to run out the rest of the clock to secure the victory.

Douglas was able to move the ball for most of the night, but several drives ended in turnovers or fourth down stops.

"We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot, in a lot of aspects," said Mays. "Mental errors, coaching and playing."

Nathan Priou recorded an interception for Douglas in the end zone, which stopped Elko's opening drive of the game.

TIGER VOLLEYBALL .500 IN VEGAS TOURNAMENT

Douglas High School volleyball went down to Las Vegas this past weekend, putting up a .500 record over six matches.

Douglas beat Pacheco (2-0), Basic (2-1) and Elko (2-1) while losing to Desert Hills (2-0), Virgin Valley (2-1) and Immanuel (2-1).

UP NEXT: Douglas (4-3, 1-1 in Class 5A North league play) hosted Reno (1-1, 1-1) Tuesday before traveling to take on Bishop Manogue (1-1, 1-1) Thursday evening.