PREPS: Carson cross country squads win dual-meet titles

Nevada Appeal Staff Report

The Carson High cross country teams finished the regular season undefeated on Wednesday winning meets against Damonte Ranch and Wooster at Washoe State Park.

On the boys side, Taylor Bradshaw won for the first time running the course in 17:58. Josh VanSickle was third in 18:19; Nick Greene was fourth in 18:29; Logan Philippi was fifth in 18:33; Brent Moyle was seventh at 18:46; Brandon Buonacorsi was ninth in 18:54; Evan Richards was 12th in 19:08.

For the boys JV squad, Chris Merriner led in 20:30; Following Merriner was: Tylar Chester at 21:06; Tony Xie at 21:26; Craig Smith at 21:42; Rhett Petrenko at 22:19; Joe Ward 22:33; Scott Galloway 25:33; Micah Davis at 29:13.

All the boys improved on their times, with some running up to two minutes faster than the last time the Senators had a home meet.

On the girls side, April Shonnard set what is believed to be a course record winning in 20:08. Alex Drozdoff was second in 20:23; Cindy Juchtzer was fifth in 21:04; Amanda Gordon was eighth in 21:45; Mallory Wilson was 11th in 22:26; Erika Sosa was 13th in 22:35; and Ashley Salcedo was 16th in 23:06.

All the girls improved their times from a 1-2.5 minutes from earlier this year.

For the girls JV team, Chelsea Gordon finished in 24:45; Avery Hudak ran in 25:01; Alexandra Theiss ran in 25:25; Haley Toups ran in 27:14; McKennah Tackett ran in 29:07 and Emily Toups ran in 30:16.

BOYS SOCCER

DOUGLAS TIES MANOGUE

MINDEN - The Douglas boys' soccer team settled for a 1-1 tie with Manogue Wednesday afternoon, despite dominating nearly every facet of the match.

Douglas outshot the Miners 22-5 in the match and had at least four solid scoring chances outside of the Tigers actual goal.

Manogue took a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute when a direct kick bounced off the crossbar and an unchecked Miner slipped in behind the defense and scored on the rebound.

Douglas had what appeared to be the equalizer late in the first half when Luis Sillas got behind the Manogue defense on a breakaway and hammered it to the high near post, but the goal was wiped off the board after Sillas had been ruled offside on the play.

The Tigers tied the game up for real in the 42 minute when Jaden Mustacchio made a nice play to head in a corner kick that had been looped in front by Daniel Calderon.

Douglas dominated possession throughout the game and controlled the ball for nearly the entire second half.

Jake Passas had a header carom off the goal post, the Tigers had a shot off a direct kick roll just wide and Kegan Rahe bounced a shot off the crossbar that had beaten Manogue's keeper late in the game.

Douglas was mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with the tie.

VOLLEYBALL

SIERRA LUTHERAN VOLLEYBALL

The Sierra Lutheran volleyball team picked up three league wins to improve to 14-1 this year.

On Tuesday, Sierra Lutheran beat Virginia City 20-25, 25-14, 26-24 and 25-17.

The Falcons beat Excel Christian and Sage Ridge last week to clinch a spot in the upcoming 1A playoffs in Elko.

Against Virginia City, Mariah West had 13 digs, two kills and a block. Tiffany Patrick had 12 assists, 10 aces and 11 kills. Hannah Ediss had 12 assists, five aces and five kills. McKinze Tynes had two blocks and five kills

Against Sage Ridge, Patrick had 22 assists, 11 kills and 12 aces. Ediss had 15 assists, seven kills and three aces.

Senior Mandy May and Tynes each had six kills.

West and Hannah Rutherford had five and six digs respectively to lead the defense.

Sierra Lutheran closes out the regular season Wednesday against Coleville at Capital City Volleyball Club. Coleville is the only team the Falcons have lost to all season.

YERINGTON KEEPS ROLLING

Yerington swept Silver Stage 25-4, 25-13 and 25-9 on Wednesday night to improve to 29-1 overall and 11-0 in league.

Alexandra Roberts led the team with eight kills, a block and a dig. Brooke Aiazzi had six kills, two aces and three digs. Makenna Lommori had 13 assists, seven aces, five kills, three digs and two blocks; Liz Rogers had 10 assists, four aces and two digs; Katie Nicholas had two kills and two aces; Kelsey Soukup added two blocks and three aces; Cierra Gamez added four aces along with Amber Veil.