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Jordan Grove gets some air as he heads for the amateur victory in Sunday s Diamond Back 100 race for the MRANN series. Underwood tops MRANN
DRY VALLEY — Those that race in the MRANN series spent Mother's Day up at Dry Valley, Nevada — just across the state line from Susanville, Calif. The Lassen Motorcycle Club staged the race and had ...
May 11, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribune/Chris Ellis - Spanish Springs shortstop Dani Ming makes a throw on the run during the Cougars  11-0 win over Reed in Saturday s 4A Northern Region softball championship. Cougars down Raiders for regional softball three-peat
Not many of Nevada's prep programs can boast of winning three straight regional titles. However, the Spanish Springs softball team can count itself among that elite group.
May 10, 2008 | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local tracksters earn way to state meet
Spanish Springs and Reed weren't vying for regional team championships at the 2008 NIAA 4A Northern Region Track and Field Championships but did succeed in qualifying several student-athletes for...
May 10, 2008 | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Truckee ends Sparks' baseball season
Sparks won its first league baseball series of the year against Truckee, but the Wolverines were not about to let their playoff series go all three games.
May 10, 2008 | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cougars to play for 4A North crown
by Dan Eckles
May 09, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Mallary Darby may be human after all. There have certainly been plenty of times in her standout prep career at Spanish Springs that opposing hitters probably thought she was not.
Reed keeps state tourney hopes alive
by Dan Eckles
May 09, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Reed High softball didn’t exactly take the easiest route to a state tournament berth, but none the less, the local school still has a chance to capture a regional crown and keep its season alive.
Sparks baseball falls in opener of playoff series
by Kayla Dubchansky
May 09, 2008 | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
TRUCKEE — The Sparks Railroaders could not hold on to a one-run lead in the sixth inning and fell, 12-6, to Truckee in the first game of a best-of-three 3A Northern Region baseball playoff series F...
Spanish Springs softball wins tourney opener, Reed splits on first day
by Aaron Retherford
May 08, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Not many Northern Nevada prep softball fans thought Wooster had much of a chance against the defending state and regional champs on the first day of the 2008 4A Northern Region softball tournament ...
Reed dumps Douglas, falls hard to Manogue to conclude campaign
by Kayla Dubchansky
May 08, 2008 | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Reed High baseball team managed to knock two teams out of the 4A Northern Region Tournament this week.
Spanish Springs' season ends with loss to Galena
by Dan Eckles
May 08, 2008 | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
RENO — Some early missed opportunities proved costly for the Spanish Springs baseball team Thursday afternoon.
national sports news
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday, and the league then began releasing the tapes from the Spygate scandal that shook football....
By RACHEL COHEN
Tue May 13 08:45:28 -0700 2008
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Back to even, and back to Boston - with authority. LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenseless Kevin Garnett in the final two minutes, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the homesick Celtics 88-77 in Game 4 on Monday night to tie the best-of-seven series at 2-2....
By TOM WITHERS
Tue May 13 04:37:08 -0700 2008
DALLAS (AP) -- This is how ridiculously good the Detroit Red Wings are playing: They lose the NHL's top scorer this postseason and their regular-season scoring leader steps up with the first hat trick of his entire career while one of his linemates scores a demoralizing short-handed goal....
By JAIME ARON
Mon May 12 21:11:46 -0700 2008
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Kobe Bryant met the media Monday with a new companion - an electronic stimulation device hooked up to his sore lower back. Plans call for the two to spend a lot of time together for the next couple of days, or longer....
By JOHN NADEL
Mon May 12 17:11:00 -0700 2008
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- The Buffalo Bills released Kevin Everett on Tuesday, clearing the way for the former tight end to receive disability benefits for the spinal cord injury that ended his career....
Tue May 13 07:02:51 -0700 2008