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Tribune photo by Tony Contini - Brandon Hill gets in some practice on the pommel horse during his workout Wednesday afternoon at local club, Gymnastics Nevada. Rail City produces junior Olympic caliber gymnasts
Jake Dalton is used to being one of the best. At the age of 16 years old, Dalton has traveled to Japan, has friends across the nation and is ranked second in the United States in gymnastics.
May 15, 2008 | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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SSHS junior Taelor Marchbanks dribbles by an opponent last winter. Marchbanks to play in summer hoop festival
Spanish Springs junior Taelor Marchbanks has been given the honor of participating in the 2008 USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival, which will be held in Columbus, Ohio from July 21-...
May 15, 2008 | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spanish Springs seniors (left to right) Jaci Carlsen, Mallary Darby and Jen Martensen have led the Cougars to three straight Northern Region softball titles. The trio and their teammates are gearing up for the upcoming state tournament. Local schools both earn state tournament invitations
Spanish Springs, Reed face Las Vegas-area schools in first-round tourney tilts Friday.
May 14, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribune/Chris Ellis - Reed senior Adrienne Hill will be gunning for gold in the shot put and discus at this weekend s track and field state championships. Hill on quest to defend shot title
Last year, Adrienne Hill was the only Rail City track star to take home a regional crown. She did one better this time around.
May 13, 2008 | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Foss steps down at Reed
by Aaron Retherford
May 12, 2008 | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Over Jon Foss's five-year tenure as the Reed baseball coach, there were many ups and downs - maybe more than most programs.
Underwood tops MRANN
by Dan McGee
May 11, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
DRY VALLEY — Those that race in the MRANN series spent Mother's Day up at Dry Valley, Nevada — just across the state line from Susanville, Calif. The Lassen Motorcycle Club staged the race and had ...
Cougars down Raiders for regional softball three-peat
by Dan Eckles
May 10, 2008 | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Not many of Nevada's prep programs can boast of winning three straight regional titles. However, the Spanish Springs softball team can count itself among that elite group.
Local tracksters earn way to state meet
by Kayla Dubchansky
May 10, 2008 | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Spanish Springs and Reed weren't vying for regional team championships at the 2008 NIAA 4A Northern Region Track and Field Championships but did succeed in qualifying several student-athletes for...
Truckee ends Sparks' baseball season
by Aaron Retherford
May 10, 2008 | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Sparks won its first league baseball series of the year against Truckee, but the Wolverines were not about to let their playoff series go all three games.
Cougars to play for 4A North crown
by Dan Eckles
May 09, 2008 | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Mallary Darby may be human after all. There have certainly been plenty of times in her standout prep career at Spanish Springs that opposing hitters probably thought she was not.
national sports news
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years....
By DOUG ALDEN
Sat May 17 03:51:51 -0700 2008
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown - not a few weeks on Cape Cod. They've got at least one more game left, and in the NBA, it's as big as they ever get. Game 7. On Sunday. In Boston....
By TOM WITHERS
Sat May 17 03:48:52 -0700 2008
BOSTON (AP) -- New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick lashed out at the team's former video assistant Friday, saying in a televised interview that Matt Walsh was a low-level staffer who was fired for "poor job performance." "There's not a lot of credibility," Belichick said in an interview broadcast on "CBS Evening News."...
Sat May 17 03:55:35 -0700 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants....
By JANIE McCAULEY
Sat May 17 03:56:42 -0700 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday....
By DAVE GOLDBERG
Sat May 17 03:57:23 -0700 2008