SPARKS - Arran Rumbaugh scored twice and Kaitlyn Holmes and Josie Daggs added a goal apiece to lead Carson High's girls soccer team to a 4-1 win over Spanish Springs Saturday afternoon in a Northern 4A crossover match.
Carson improved to 11-0-2 with three matches left in the regular season.
"I thought we passed really well," Carson coach Randy Roser said. "We came out a little flat. Nine of the girls had PSAT's today. Some of our decision making was slow (early)."
Holmes, off a pass from Ali Cowan, got the Senators on the board in the 20th minute, and Josie Daggs added a goal 15 minutes later to make it 2-0.
The score remained there until the 56th minute when there was a miscommunication among Carson defenders. Emmy Heller got a hand on the shot, but it deflected off the crossbar and a Spanish Springs player followed in the shot to make it 2-1.
Rumbaugh scored Carson's last two goals, the second coming in the 75th minute.
Carson returns to action Tuesday at 7 p.m. when it hosts Wooster. It is the Senators' final home game of the season.
CARSON BOYS TIE AGAIN
SPARKS - The Senators and Spanish Springs fought to a scoreless tie Saturday afternoon.
The tie gives Carson a 9-1-3 record.
"They (Spanish Springs) are a good side," Carson coach Eric Masters said. "It's like I said before, teams have figured out who they are. We had some opportunities (today) and they had some opportunities."
The game ended with Carson goalie Marco Magallon making a nice stop on a direct kick. Carson's best opportunity came late when Luis Camacho cross the ball to Sam Hutchinson, but a nice tackle by a Spanish Springs defender thwarted the threat.
Masters praised the play of Magallon and Michael Samii.
SPARKS TIPS DAYTON GIRLS
SPARKS - Sparks scored with four minutes left in the game to snap a 1-all tie and grab a 2-1 win over Dayton Friday afternoon.
Maribel Ledezma scored Dayton's only goal, that coming in the 15th minute.
Natasha Wells had 10 saves for the Dust devils.
Dayton dropped to 4-8-1 overall and 2-6 in Northern 3A play.
DAYTON BOYS POUNDED
SPARKS - Sparks scored five times in the first half en route to a 10-1 win over Dayton Friday afternoon. Dayton's only goal came in the 39th minute by Miguel Salcedo.
DOUGLAS TIES RENO
RENO - Jaden Mustacchio scored in the second half to help Douglas garner a 1-1 tie with the Huskies Saturday afternoon in a 4A crossover match.
Jonathan Gomez, recently called up from the JV squad, had several crucial saves for the Tigers, who are 1-10-2. Tristan Cohee, another player called up from the JV, also played well at outside midfield. Eric Kleiner, Ray Dornbrook, Gavin Fitzhugh and Cody Logan also were praised for their play by coach Milko Vasquez.
TENNIS
DOUGLAS STARS WIN TITLES
RENO - James TenBroeck and Amelia Ritger won 4A singles titles at the Caughlin Club Saturday afternoon.
TenBroeck beat Kenny Stark of Reno, 6-3 and 6-0. Ritger topped Reno's McCall Board 6-2, 6-0.
It was all Reno in doubles, both the boys and girls championship matches involved Reno players on both sides of the net.
Conner Board and Marcy Garcia beat Haley Medeiros and Shelly Zansler 6-2 and 6-2. On the boys side, Chris and Nick Sexton topped Alec Clark and Kai Mars 6-1 and 6-4.
CROSS COUNTRY
GIRLS 7TH, BOYS 9TH
at BRONCO INVITE
FOLSOM, Calif. - The Carson High girls finished seventh and the boys took ninth at the Bronco Invitational Saturday morning.
April Shonnard finished 18th overall, clocking a 20:15 over the hilly 3.1-mile course. Alex Drozdoff was 20th in 20:22 while Cindy Juchtzer took 31st in 21:35. Amanda Gordon was the fourth Carson finisher, placing 54th in 22 minutes. Ashley Salcedo was 83rd in 23:35.
Erika Sosa and Mallory Wilson didn't attend the meet because of college testing.
"Overall, the girls ran a good race," coach Pete Sinnott said. "The times weren't great, but it was a hilly course. We had pretty good spacing."
The boys team was missing Evan Richards (ROTC) and Nick Greene (testing). The boys were ninth out of 30 teams.
Joshua VanSickle led the Senators for the first time this year. He clocked a 17:54 in finishing 37th overall. Logan Philippi was 44th in 18:02 and Brandon Buonacorsi was 51st in 18:15 and Taylor Bradshaw was 55th in 18:19. Brent Moyle was 85th in 18:51.
The JV boys finished 10th. Chris Merriner was 12th in 19:30 and Dominic Kinder was 15th in 19:47.
VOLLEYBALL
DAYTON wins IN 5
DAYTON - Dayton topped Lovelock 15-12 in the deciding fifth game to win the match Friday night.
Dayton won the first two games 25-14 and 25-20, but lost the next two 25-22 and 25-12, which forced the fifth game.
"We came out overconfident in the third game," coach Monica Halverson said. "They were more consistent and we lost our focus."
Madison Foley had three aces, two blocks and 11 digs, while Kathie Arias added five ace, three blocks, six kills and 11 digs. Brittney McArthur had 12 digs and McKenzie Kielty finished with five blocks, two digs and 21 assists. Cassie DePew had two kills, eight blocks and a dig and Jamie Darragh added seven kills, five digs, two assists and two aces. Erin Edison contributed five blocks.