Saywer Macy broke Carson High’s 5K record Saturday at the Flat SAC Invitational with a time of 15:36, besting the previous record by 22 seconds. Macy and the Senators will be running at the Class 5A Northern Regional meet Friday.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson High’s Sawyer Macy, a junior, took second overall out of 173 runners at Saturday’s Flat SAC Invitational in Elverta, Calif., in a time of 15:36.75.
Macy’s time shatters a 15-year-old school record in the 5K set in 2008 by Richard Shroy — 15:58.
It was a blistering meet for the team, too, as sophomore Sean Thornton and junior Alex Miner broke into the school’s top 15 times in the 5K.
Thornton was 24th overall in 16:18.4, which sits eighth in the Carson 5K school record books.
Miner crossed the line in 52nd at 16:58.89, which is the 14th best time in program history.
Sophomore Nate Freed was 61st in 17:17.55 and freshman Quinn Kuchnicki crossed the line in 18:04.71 for 98th.
Mark Walther put together a time of 19:09.85 as the Senators took eighth (230 points) as a team.
Spanish Springs (fifth, 170) and Galena (sixth, 178) were the only Nevada schools to finish in front of Carson. Jesuit won the meet with 54 points.
UP NEXT: Saturday will be the Class 5A North regional meet at Rancho San Rafael in Reno. The Class 5A North boys race is scheduled to start at 1:45 p.m. and will be the final race of the day.
Senator girls harriers second at Flat SAC
Five Carson High girls cross country runners finished 21st or better at Saturday’s Flat SAC Invitational.
Hannah Budd was seventh overall in 18:52.23 while Vea Miner was 11th in 19:08.98.
Madison Hager stopped the watch at 19:15.25, which was good for 12th.
Brianna Rodriguez-Nunez (19:34.95) and Jinnie Ponczoch (19:44.91) were 19th and 21st, respectively.
Budd’s time ranks her second all-time in the 5K for the Senators.
Freshman Anna Shane finished in 37th of the 137 competitors in 20:23.17 and Eleanor Romeo 44th in 20:39.14.
The Senators as a unit were second of 18 teams with 65 total points, finishing in front of four other 5A programs in Galena, Reno, Douglas and Spanish Springs.
UP NEXT: Saturday will be the Class 5A North regional meet at Rancho San Rafael in Reno. The Class 5A North girls race is scheduled to start at 11:20 a.m. and will be the final girls race.
Carson girls soccer bests Reno
The Senator girls soccer team snapped a losing skid with a 3-2 win over Reno on Saturday behind a pair of goals from Vanessa Quezado Lara.
Monse Isa had the other goal for Carson while Addy Morgan and Grace Turner were each credited with an assist.
In total, the Senators tallied 12 shots to Reno’s two.
UP NEXT: The Senators faced Galena (6-8-4) on Tuesday before wrapping up the regular season Thursday at home against Bishop Manogue (11-5-2) at 3:45 p.m.
Douglas football takes back The Rivalry trophy
Carson High football left Minden without The Rivalry Trophy on Friday after falling, 35-0, to Douglas.
The Senators were able to hang with the Tigers early, forcing a pair of fumbles, which kept the two squads scoreless until 2:55 remained in the opening half.
Douglas’ Connor Jackson scored twice before the half to give Douglas a 14-0 lead.
Jackson went on to score two more times, tying a Douglas school record for touchdowns in a season with 27.
“They’re good. We knew that coming in. We made mistakes,” said Carson coach Ryan Boshard. “If we would’ve executed the way we needed to execute, we would’ve had a little bit more to say.”
Carson ended the night with around 176 yards of offense with 121 of those coming through the air.
The Senators found a nice connection between quarterback Drake Hardcastle and tight end Justin Moore, putting together three catches for 53 yards. Ethan Hendee snagged four receptions for 56 yards as well.
The Senators also got about 100 additional yards courtesy of Douglas penalties.
“Now we have a home playoff game for the first time in a while,” said Boshard.
When it comes to moving on from Friday night’s loss to Douglas, “Oh, right now. We’re done. We’ve moved on. They’re a great team and they earned that win,” added Boshard postgame.
UP NEXT: Carson (3-7, 2-3 in Class 5A Division III league play) will host No. 5 North Valleys in the first round of the postseason.
It’ll be the second meeting in three weeks after Carson bested NV, 25-24, in OT in Carson.
The winner of that playoff game will travel to No. 1 Douglas the following week.
Falcons host Dave Marson Trail Race
The Third Annual Dave Marson Trail Race took place Friday at Sierra Lutheran High School. There were 10 schools participating in the meet, with a total of sixty-five athletes.
South Lake Tahoe won the girls team championship while Wooster won the boys’ side.
Sierra Lutheran’s boys had 26 points, seven points behind Wooster.
The Falcons’ finishers were: Aidan Cocannon 19:50 in fourth place; Noah Sever 20:40 in fifth place; Chandler Ricks 21:32 in 10th place; Elias Woelfel 23:30 in 16th place; Josiah Maschke 24:28 in 20th place; Daniel Poole 28:15 in 36th place; Cameron Bourne 28:22 in 37th place; and Carter Redford 29:54 in 39th place.
Next up for the Falcons is the North Region meet at Rancho San Rafael in Reno on Friday.
The Class 2A girls race will start at 10 a.m. while the 2A boys race is scheduled for 12:35 p.m.
Class 3A girls will run at 10:40 a.m. while the Class 3A boys will compete at 1:10 p.m.
Sierra Lutheran volleyball beats Oasis Academy
The Falcon volleyball team had a light slip in the second set before putting away Oasis Academy on Saturday – 25-12, 21-25, 25-10, 25-13.
The victory moves Sierra Lutheran to 7-13 this season with a 5-11 clip in Class 2A North regional play, per the NIAA.
UP NEXT: With one regular season game remaining on the road at Silver Stage on Wednesday, the Falcons sit one game back of Coral Academy (7-13, 6-10) for the final postseason spot, according to the NIAA.
The two teams split their two regular season meetings, likely leading to a tiebreaker if they end the season knotted up.
Coral Academy plays Pershing County (13-9, 9-5) Thursday.
Falcon football moves to 3-5
Sierra Lutheran football picked up a win after a long road trip Saturday in a 20-8 victory over McDermitt.
UP NEXT: The Falcons will finish their season at home Saturday at 1 p.m. against Loyalton (5-4).
Dayton football loses to Coral Academy, wraps up winning season
Coral Academy was able to get the better of Dayton, 23-0, Saturday.
It was the season-ending contest for Dayton, which is playing as an independent in class 2A this season and is not eligible for the postseason.
The Dust Devils finished with a 5-4 record, their best since 2014 when the program went 5-5. The Dust Devils had not finished above .500 since 2009, when they were 6-4.