Douglas High’s Diego Diaz goes into the air for a header against Carson High on Saturday in Carson.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson boys soccer bested Douglas, 8-0, Saturday.
Douglas had a couple of quality chances on net in the opening half with a pair of free kicks, but were either saved or sailed just high.
Tiger goalkeeper Efrain Telles Robles made a number of tough saves in the loss.
UP NEXT: Douglas (1-12, 0-6 in Class 5A North league play) will be back in action Thursday in a makeup game at Bishop Manogue (6-7-1, 1-3).
TIGER GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY 2ND, BOYS 9TH AT REED INVITE
Douglas girls cross country finished in front of the two-time state champs this past weekend at the Reed Invitational.
As a team, the Douglas girls were second overall with 62 team points, finishing in front of the Carson girls (75), who were third.
Junior Lucy Nord was third as an individual with a time of 20:49 out of the 80-person field.
Freshman Krystle Dixon took ninth in 22:01 for the Tigers while sophomore Amy Van Wagenen was 16th in 22:50.
Junior Logan Axtell was 19th overall for Douglas in 23:02.
Freshman Taylor Chase crossed the line in 27th for the Tigers in 23:55 while senior Ayla Nelson was the next Tiger across the line in 24:38.
Kira Northcutt was the final Douglas runner to finish, taking 68th in 27:35.
On the boys side, Douglas completed the event in ninth place.
Senior Luke Davis was 11th overall in 18:29 while senior Sage Spencer was 49th in 20:36.
Freshman Colin Hatcher (63rd) and sophomore Nathaniel Blair (72nd) finished their races in 21:17 and 21:51, respectively.
Kyndall McGuire (22:42), Gabriel Barrington (23:25) and Wyatt Ervin (23:30) were the final Tigers to cross the line.
UP NEXT: Douglas returns to action Oct. 18 in the Chase Race put on by North Valleys High School.
TIGER VOLLEYBALL SPLITS WEEKEND SLATE
Douglas volleyball bested Bear Creek, 2-0, over the weekend while falling to Elk Grove, 2-0.
UP NEXT: Douglas (8-12, 4-8 in Class 5A North league play) took part in another non-league game against Fallon (14-8) Tuesday.
GALENA POWERS AROUND DOUGLAS GIRLS SOCCER
The Douglas girls soccer team suffered its second loss to Galena this season, falling 6-1 on Saturday in Minden.
UP NEXT: Douglas (3-9, 1-8 in Class 4A North) hosts Bishop Manogue (12-3-2, 6-1-2) on Saturday.
