Carson High’s Jaden Gomez gets around a Douglas defender on his way to one of his five goals Saturday.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson High boys soccer saw a historic performance from one of its senior midfielders Saturday in an 8-0 win over Douglas.
Jaden Gomez scored five goals, cementing his place in the Nevada state record books.
Five goals in a game is tied for the 12th most in NIAA history. Western’s Andy Rodriguez holds the single game record with nine goals in a single contest set in 2019.
“I set a goal for myself saying I was going to score a hat trick since (head coach Pedro Chavez) took over,” said Gomez. “It felt great with the fans. I saw the record books and that pushed me to score that fifth goal.”
Along with Gomez’s record-setting afternoon, Carson also saw goals from Jonathan Araiza, Nickolas Lopez-Meraz and Diego Chevez.
UP NEXT: Carson (6-5-3, 3-2-2 in Class 5A North league play) will get a little more than a week off, stepping onto the pitch next against Damonte Ranch (5-4-3, 4-2) Oct. 16.
CARSON BOYS CROSS COUNTRY 2ND, GIRLS 3RD AT REED
Carson boys cross country took second place at the Reed Invitational last weekend.
The Senators’ 63 team points were only outdone by Somerset Academy, who won with 34 points.
Sean Thornton and Sawyer Macy were fourth and fifth, respectively, finishing within one second of each other in 17:29 and 17:30.
Senior Alex Miner was 13th overall out of 130 runners with a time of 18:43.
Sophomore Quinn Kuchnicki took 17th in 18:54 while Seth Chalmers, also a sophomore, was 28th in 19:40.
Nate Freed (33rd; 19:52), Tegun Borrowman (35th, 19:59), Ivan Romeo (38th, 20:09) and Clayton Bowman (42nd, 20:14) were the next group of Senator harriers to cross the line.
On the girls side, the Senators were third as a team with 75 points, finishing behind rival Douglas (62).
Vea Miner (12th), Jinnie Ponczoch (14th), Madison Hager (15th) and Brianna Rodriguez-Nunez (17th) all finished within 18 seconds of one another.
Sophomore Anna Shane was 30th overall in 24:08 for the Senators while Eleanor Romeo was 32nd in 24:16 out of the field of 80 runners.
UP NEXT: Carson will travel to the Clovis Invite on Saturday.
DAMONTE RANCH SNEAKS OUT WIN OVER CARSON
The Carson girls soccer team fell to Damonte Ranch over the weekend, 1-0.
Addison Morgan led the Senators with three shots while Alondra Carillo, Elayna Quintero, Lillian Turner and Gracie Turner tallied a shot each.
UP NEXT: Carson (6-7-3, 2-6-1 in Class 4A North league play) will be home Saturday against Reno (4-3-5, 3-3-3).
SENATOR VOLLEYBALL BEATS DAMONTE
Carson volleyball dropped the first set against Damonte Ranch last week, but bounced back for a four-set win – 19-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-11.
UP NEXT: Carson (14-6, 7-5 in Class 5A North league play) will return to action Oct. 15 at home against Reed (10-16, 2-11).
ROBERTS WRAPS UP REGIONAL GOLF RUN
Carson girls golf had one representative at the 2024 Class 4A North regional golf tournament late last week.
Charlotte Roberts put together a two-day score of 115-98–213 to finish 23rd overall as an individual.
Roberts’ 98 was tied for the 13th best round of the second day.