Spring sports kick off the final season of the school year beginning this weekend even though Mother Nature has different plans in mind.
With temperatures forecast to be in the 30s with a chance of rain and snow, the Greenwave baseball team opens the season with the Mike Bearman Tournament in Reno while the track and field team will host a small meet Friday at the Edward Arciniega Athletic Complex. The swim team travels to North Tahoe on Friday for its first meet.
The Greenwave softball team will begin its season next week with a doubleheader at South Tahoe while the boys golf team doesn’t have its first tournament until March 25 in Dayton.
For Oasis Academy, which is competing in its first season in the 2A, the softball team is competing in a Hawthorne tournament Friday and Saturday while the baseball team will open with Incline next weekend. The girls lacrosse team hosts Spanish Springs next week.
The following schedule is for Churchill County and Oasis Academy sports from Feb. 29 to March 6. Home CCHS baseball and softball games are at the Edward Arciniega Athletic Complex. Home Oasis Academy baseball and lacrosse games are at the county fields, and softball games are at the East Richards Street field.
FEB. 29
CCHS: Baseball at tournaments (Reno/Sparks); JV and varsity
MARCH 1
CCHS: Baseball at tournaments (Reno/Sparks); JV and varsity
CCHS: Track vs. TBD, home
CCHS: Swimming at North Tahoe, noon
OACP: Softball at Hawthorne tournament, all day
MARCH 2
CCHS: Baseball at tournaments (Reno/Sparks); JV and varsity
OACP: Softball at Hawthorne tournament, all day
MARCH 5
OACP: Baseball vs. Incline, 3 p.m.
OACP: Softball vs. Incline, 3 p.m.
MARCH 6
OACP: Girls lacrosse vs. Spanish Springs, 4 p.m.