Carson High's Quentin Beck dives head first into home plate against Spanish Springs Tuesday.
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With a dominant performance, the Carson High softball team rolled right past the Miners of Bishop Manogue Thursday, 13-1, in five innings.
In the circle, Caydee Farnworth struck out 11 batters over the course of five innings while allowing one earned run on four hits.
At the dish, Kayce Johnston hit her fourth home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning, a three-run blast to right field.
In the fifth inning, Isabella Reyes thumped a two-run homer over the center field wall to put the Senators up 9-1.
Farnworth doubled and drove in two more runs for Carson while Shannen von Duering knocked in an RBI of her own.
UP NEXT: Carson (4-5, 1-0) will play two at Reno (8-6-1) Saturday with the opening pitch of game one expected around 11 a.m.
Carson baseball falls to McQueen, Spanish Springs
It was a tough week for Carson High baseball in suffering two double-digit losses to McQueen, 11-0, and Spanish Springs, 13-2 this past week.
LSU commit Robby Snelling threw all five innings for the Lancers, keeping Carson hitless until the fifth inning.
Against Spanish Springs, the Senators let their own mistakes come back to get them after walking 11 batters and committing six defensive errors.
Tanner Hunt drove in both runs for Carson on a line drive single to left field where an error allowed a second runner to come across.
In the bottom of the third inning, the home plate umpire ejected Carson head coach Bryan Manoukian.
“We need to do all three phases of the game and we didn’t field well Tuesday and we didn’t pitch well tonight,” said Manoukian after Thursday’s loss. “We put too much pressure on our hitters trying to come-from-behind all the time.”
UP NEXT: Carson (2-9-1, 0-7 in Class 5A league play) travels to Reed (2-14, 0-5) Saturday in search of its first win.
Reno ends Douglas baseball 11-game win streak
The top team in Northern Nevada and No. 5 team in the country, per Baseball America, ended the Tigers win streak Thursday evening with an 11-3 win.
The Huskies jumped out to an early 6-0 lead through two innings behind a grand slam before the Tigers tallied a run each in the fourth, fifth and sixth.
Gabe Natividad drove in Douglas’ first run on an RBI groundout before James Hubbard went deep in the fifth to left field, marking third home run this season.
Carter Bleeker knocked in the Tigers’ final run in the sixth on an RBI single.
UP NEXT: Douglas (12-3, 6-1) will get another shot at the Huskies (16-1, 4-0) Saturday in Minden at 11 a.m.
Douglas softball falters late against Spanish Springs
The Tiger softball team had a two-run lead twice going into the final frame of Thursday night’s game with Spanish Springs, but couldn’t hold on.
Up 3-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Cougars tallied two runs to force extra innings.
Douglas started the eighth inning with a pair of runs to take a 5-3 advantage. However, Spanish Springs rallied back again with three runs in the bottom of the eighth to win it, 6-5, in walk-off fashion.
Mackenzie Willis struck out 15 batters in seven innings of work and also drove in two RBIs.
Talia Tretton and Evan McNinch were each credited with an RBI apiece in the loss as well.
UP NEXT: Douglas (10-5-1, 0-1) travels to Bishop Manogue Saturday for a doubleheader that is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
