Fallon senior Sofia Basurto and her teammates outscored their opponents, 27-0, last week to improve to 7-1 – first place in the 3A East.
The Greenwave girls soccer team is off to its hottest start in a decade.
After falling to Elko in its home opener two weeks ago, Fallon has posted shutouts in five-consecutive wins, outscoring the opposition 34-0, to improve to 7-1 on the season. Including its first two wins of the season, Fallon has a 50-0 scoring advantage.
Fallon hasn’t started this strong since the 2013 season when the Wave finished 15-4-3 overall before falling to Truckee in the playoffs.
All four wins last week came on the road with the Wave blanking Pershing County, 11-0, on Tuesday before shutting down Battle Mountain, 10-0, the next day. Fallon completed the sweep by taking down a pair of Lyon County schools, Fernley, 2-0, and Dayton, 5-0.
Because of the recent realignment, 2A schools Pershing County, Battle Mountain, White Pine and West Wendover were moved to the 3A East.
Fallon, despite the loss to Elko, which is 6-0 and has 18 points, leads the standings with 21 points. Lowry is tied with Elko for second, followed by Fernley in fourth with 15 points. Fallon leads the Northern 3A region as Truckee is 6-0 with 18 points in the 3A West.
The top four teams from each of the East and West leagues advance to the regional tournament, which begins Oct. 28 in Elko. The tournament winner and runner-up advance to state.
Fallon travels to Lowry on Saturday.
Eight players scored goals in the win over Pershing County with freshman Karlie Simper, sophomore Jada Anatastio and junior Yasmien Laceste each scoring twice. Seniors Kira Johnston, Madison Lewis and Zoey Jarrett, and freshmen Kaylee Craig and Kylee Simper each scored one.
Junior Payton Oceuera led the team in assists with two and seniors Sofia Basurto and Natalie Jaques, juniors Kaitlin Goings and Ambreea Snodgrass, Kourtnie Simper, Jarrett, Johnston and Craig each recorded an assist. Fallon recorded 100 steals as four players recorded double digits. Goings led the team with 15 steals, followed by Craig and Johnston each with 12 and Jaques had 11.
In Wednesday's win over Battle Mountain, Jarrett led the team with three goals and Laceste had two. Kourtnie and Karlie Simper, Lewis, Kratz and Oceuera each scored once.
Craig led in assists with three and Laceste added two. Johnston and Anatastio each had one assist. Anatastio led the team in steals with 12 followed by Basurto with 11, and Karlie and Kylee Simper, and Jarret each with eight.
In its closest win of the week, Fallon scored both of its goals in the second half to break a 0-0 halftime tie.
Karlie and Kourtnie Simper provided Fallon’s scoring with a goal apiece, while Basurto and Craig each had an assist.
The defense was strong as Fallon tallied 148 steals and eight players each had 10 or more. Basurto led the team in steals with 24, followed by Johnston, 19; Oceuera, 15; Jarret, 14, Anatastio and Goings, 13 each; and Kylee Simper, 10.
Goalkeeper and senior Jaques recorded four saves.
Unlike Friday’s game when Fallon didn’t score until the second half, the Lady Wave opened with two goals over Dayton in the opening frame before adding three in the second.
Karlie Simper and Laceste each had two goals, and Goings added one. Kylee Simper led the team with two assists, and Anatastio, Jarret and Karlie Simper each had one.
Ten players recorded at least 10 steals as Fallon tallied 153.
Anatastio and Oceuera each had 16 steals, Snodgrass, Jarret and Laceste each added 15, Johnston finished with 14, Karlie Simper had 13, Craig added 11, and Kylee Simper and Goings each finished with 10.
Jaques recorded one save as she split time with Kylie Simper, who didn’t see any shots on goal.
Boys Soccer
Fallon’s boys soccer team snapped a two-game losing streak by sweeping a pair of Lyon County foes.
The Greenwave defeated Fernley, 2-0, on Friday before blanking Dayton, 8-0, on Saturday in Dayton to improve to 3-2-1.
No individual results were available at press time.
Fallon sits in a third-place tie with West Wendover in the 3A East as each school has 10 points and identical records. Elko and Spring Creek are both 6-0 and have 18 points in a tie for first. Lowry is in fifth with a 3-3 record and nine points.
Fallon hosts Lowry on Saturday.
In the 3A West, South Tahoe (4-2) leads North Tahoe (3-0-1) in points, 12-10.
The top four teams from each of the East and West leagues advance to the regional tournament, which begins Oct. 28 in Elko. The tournament winner and runner-up advance to state.
Cross Country
In Thursday’s 14th annual Fernley Roadhill Invitational, Fallon finished fifth out of eight teams with a final score of 114 points as Bishop Manogue won the event with 42 points.
Freshmen Jackson Barbee and Takoda Pacheco finished 8 seconds apart as Barbee led the Greenwave with a 16th-place finish and time of 22 minutes, 3 seconds. Freshman Leojro Chavez finished the course in 22:29 followed by freshman Alexander Sorensen in 23:44. Sophomore William McNeill rounded out the team with a time of 26:06.
Fernley junior Kael Paz won the race in 18:19.
For the girls, lone runner and freshman Abigail Lacow finished 15th in 32:03. Fernley senior Kori Scott won the race in 25:12.
Tennis
One point was the difference in Fallon’s boys tennis team winning its third match of the season.
After defeating Hug, 10-8, on Sept. 7 in Reno, the Greenwave fell at North Tahoe last Thursday, 10-9.
The Lady Wave lost to Truckee, 14-4, on the road last Tuesday but defeated North Tahoe, 12-1, in Fallon Thursday to improve to 3-3.
No individual results were available at press time.