Nevada Appeal Staff Report
Just when things looked like they might be looking up for the Fallon baseball team Saturday afternoon, the Greenwave suffered a tough break.
Junior pitcher Teryn Smith had keep Fallon in game two of a doubleheader at Douglas through four innings, but some extra effort while trying to avoid a tag on the base paths actually ended his afternoon prematurely.
Fallon had cut the score to 6-4 in the top of the fifth when Smith, who had four strikeouts in as many innings pitching, grounded back to Douglas pitcher Kameron VanWinkle and turned his ankle while trying to avoid the tag at first.
He came out of the game immediately and Douglas proceeded to score six runs over the final two innings to take a 12-4 win and complete a three-game series sweep of the Greenwave. The Tigers claimed a 12-1 win in five innings earlier in the day and beat Fallon 13-0 in Fallon on Thursday.
"We played a much better game in game two today," Fallon coach Robbie Wickware said. "We still have things to work on, but we stayed more consistent.
"A lot of credit goes to Douglas, they played well for three games. Teryn was throwing a pretty good game. Douglas hits the ball very, very well but he was throwing a lot of strikes and more than one pitch for a strike. That's what allowed him to keep us in the game for a bit."
Fallon got out to an early 1-0 lead in the game when Smith doubled Colton Oney home in the top of the first.
Douglas answered in the bottom of the inning when Tyler May scored on a two-out passed ball from third and took the lead in the bottom of the third when May hit a solo home run and VanWinkle hit a two-run single to set the score at 4-1.
Oney hit a leadoff home run to left in the top of the fourth, cutting the score to 4-2, but Douglas came back again with a two-run bottom half.
Van Winkle (2-0) took the win for the Tigers, striking out six and walking two in six innings of work while Smith took the loss.
Van Winkle and Tyler Hoelzen each drove in a pair of runs while May and Jeff Crozier had one RBI a piece for Douglas.
Oney finished 2-for-2 with three RBIs in the game to lead the Greenwave.
Softball
Douglas sweeps Fallon on road
Stephanie Harper allowed just three hits over 14 innings to lead Douglas High's softball team to a sweep of Fallon in a Sierra League softball double-header Saturday afternoon.
Harper pitched a 1-hitter in the opener which Douglas won 3-2. She fanned seven and walked four. In the second game, Douglas won 6-0. Harper fanned nine and allowed only two hits.
Douglas scored all of its runs in the first two innings, as Katrina Morgan and Harper had run-scoring hits, and Marinza Diaz walked to force in a run. Harper finished with two hits.
In the second game, Harper doubled home a run and hot a solo homer. Maddy Gilbert had a two-run single while Morgan and Emily Weaver had run-scoring hits. Weaver, Morgan, Harper and Mia Townsell contributed two hits each in the second game.
Douglas improved to 4-5 overall and 2-1 in league.
Dayton swept by Lowry Buckaroos
Hits were hard to come by, as Dayton's softball team lost 3-2 and 7-0 to Lowry in a Northern Nevada 3A doubleheader.
Dayton managed only three hits in the first game " Mariah Collins, Melissa Coyle and Lindsie Cross collected a hit each.
Dayton trailed 2-0 entering the fifth inning, but Cross singled in two runs. Lowry pushed across the game-winning run in the sixth.
Dayton managed just three hits in the second game. Collins, Melissa Goetz and Cross all had one hit.
Dayton (2-5, 0-3) hosts Tillamook Tuesday at 2 p.m. and Truckee Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Carson grabs two league wins
The Carson junior varsity softball team picked up two wins against Galena on Saturday, 15-1 and 23-2.
Christa McGahuey picked up the win in the first game in a five-strikeout, complete game.
She added to her cause with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate with three runs scored and an RBI.
Danielle Morrow went 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
In the second game, Allison Vondrak got the start, also pitching a complete game and striking out eight.
The Senators had five players with three runs batted in: Morgan McEwan, Taya Raines, Chrsitina Gallegos, Catlain Sinclair and Vondrak.
Additionally, Christa Lei Wolfe went 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs and Nicole Strickland went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.
track
Douglas girls dominate meet
The Douglas girls track team dominated a conference meet at Reed High with 120 points, 53 more than second-place Hug.
Among the eight winners was Jessica Waggoner in both the shot put (39-0) and discus (131-3). The team also won the 3200-meter relay, 1600-meter and the 800-meter.
The boys finished third at the same meet with 60 points. Reed won with 108.
SWIMMING
Carson girls sweep Fallon
The Carson boys and girls swim teams rolled to easy wins over Fallon on Saturday afternoon.
The boys won 172-91 while the girls rolled 163-62.
Paul Chang won the 50 free (22.91) and the 100 free (51.04). Jacob Cornwell won the 200 free (1:55.66) and the 100 back (1:02.55). Kevin Dyer won the 500 free (5:13.01) and the 100 fly (1:00.12).
Tatum Boehnke won the 200 IM (2:23.87) and the 500 free (5:30.84). Jamie Showalter won the 200 free (2:06.64) and the 100 free (58.01).