Elko Daily Free Press from Elko, Nevada • B2

B2 Wednesday, OctOber 11, 2017 Elko Daily FrEE PrEss 1 SPORTS ANTHONY MORI TRUCKEE, California The Elko boys soccer team embarked on its most difficult road trip of the season Friday and Saturday, drop- ping both con- tests by scores of 2-1 and 4-2. The Indians fell 2-1 to Friday to the defending state champion Railroaders in Sparks, losing 4-2 Saturday against the Wolverines in Truckee. Versus Sparks The first half of the contest was a defensive struggle, neither team managing to mount any offense. After 40 minutes of play, the game advanced to halftime as a scoreless tie. The Railroaders poured in the first goal of the game in the second half, taking a 1-0 lead.

Elko answered and tied the con- test on what head coach Jim Nis- bet called a play in the ball was bouncing around and got deflected back to Kevin Villegas. He took a shot and will say the ball was going in anyway, but sophomore Lupe Flores cleaned it Nisbet said. With only three minutes re- maining in regulation, Sparks found the game-changer. The Railroaders took lead at 2-1, the eventual final score, but Nisbet thought the goal should have been disallowed. kid has his arms away from his body and the ball hit his arms before he could settle it to the Nisbet said.

think a handball should have been called, because his arms made his body The goal stood and the Railroad- ers gained a 2-1 victory. Versus Truckee The second contest of the sea- son between the Indians and the Wolverines provided a much more competitive affair than the 8-1 beat-down Truckee handed Elko on Sept. 9 at Adobe Middle School. Truckee still managed to come away with a 4-2 victory Satur- day, but Elko played a tough game against one of the best teams in the Division 3A North. created some chances against a very good team, but we had a couple goals taken away Nisbet said.

had one goal called off on a free kick because the ball was struck before the referee blew the whistle. It was the correct call but it was a beautiful shot. We lost another goal on an offside The goals that counted for the Indians came from Villegas and senior Joe Telleria, who notched one score apiece. Villegas tied the game 1-1 in the 12th minute, and poke deadlocked the score once again at 2-2 in the first minute of the second half. Unfortunately for Elko, Nisbet said Truckee senior forward Joel Garcia went for a hat trick on the Indians.

Garcia leads the league with 25 goals and is second in the 3A North with seven assists, tallying a league-high 57 points. is a lot like Lucas (Tardelli) was for us. He is very fast and ex- tremely Nisbet said. is very physical but it hurt them if he picks up a foul on the offensive side of the field. a great three goals played a vital role in 4-2 victory.

The Indians (4-6) will return home for a major test in their next contest, hosting No. 1 and unbeaten North Tahoe (10-0) at 4 p.m. Friday at Adobe Middle School. Elko will close the home stand at noon Saturday against Incline (3-7). Indians go 0-2 on difficult road trip Carlson and Criss each won four events during the season, creating a tie for the MVP award.

When the tiebreaker for lowest average came into play? Gridlocked once again. Criss needed every stroke of her 11-stroke lead Tuesday, as she and Carlson each averaged 82.8 strokes for the season finishing the year with an identical amount of swings, fittingly earning Co-MVP honors. Elko sophomore Caresse Basaraba cracked into the 80s and finished with a career-best 89 for third place. She was named a 1st-Team All- League golfer, finishing the season with an average of 99.9 strokes per round. Angelina Martinez took fourth with a round of 92, and Elko freshman Gabby Bement broke her personal record for the second straight day with a 94 and tied Hannah Havens for fifth and sixth.

Bement was named a 2nd-Team All-North golfer, finishing the year with an average score of 104.7. She was joined on the 2nd-Team by Martinez, who closed the year with a 108.1 average. Lady Indian senior Bridgette Elquist notched a 96 tying her personal record and placed sev- enth, followed by a personal re- cord of 98 by Spring Creek junior Aintzane Alt in eighth. Elquist earned a spot on the 1st- Team All-League squad with an av- erage of 102.4 strokes per tourna- ment, as was Havens with a 100.6 average. really came to life and played extremely said Spring Creek coach Don Smales.

had a team meeting Monday night and agreed that we were playing with too much focus on our swings. We decided to just play golf and have fun. The girls had their heads up and everyone played with smiles on our faces. We played a lot bet- ter Alt earned 2nd-Team All-North honors with an average round of 110.8 strokes. amazing team score was posted without the personal-best round of 99 by senior Riley Harris, who took ninth individually with the Lady fifth-best card.

Allie Lister rounded out the top-10 and closed the day with 100-even. For the Lady Spartans, junior Elise Thiesen closed the day with a 101, besting junior teammate Courtney score of 102 by one stroke. Thiesen was named a 1st-Team All-League performer at 104.5 strokes per round, Tournahu fin- ishing with 2nd-Team All-League recognition with an average round of 109 strokes. Spring Creek sophomore Emalee Ingram carded the final qualifying score for the Lady Spartans with a 104. She finished on the 1st-Team All-League unit with a 104.4 av- erage score, Spring best per-tournament total for the sea- son.

Elko junior Gloria MacNevin closed out roster with a 105, setting a new personal record. Junior Candace Halcrow rounded out Spring roster Tuesday with a score of 105. Every member of team either set a personal record or equaled it, five setting new prece- dents and one matching a previous best. The Lady Indians went gang- busters and shot their season-low team score without junior Sarah Sarbacker, who was a mined to give her injured knee time to heal for the state tourna- ment. Despite the absence, Sarbacker earned 1st-Team All-League hon- ors, posting the third-best average of the season at 91.8 strokes per round.

The Lady Indians placed senior Kinnady Lostra on the 2nd-Team All-League unit with an average round of 105 strokes. The other 2nd-Team All-League selection went to Annika Thayer, who closed the season with a 105.1 average round. was a remarkable way to finish the season. The last two days, I told the girls to be comfort- able, confident and composed. Their play was reflective of how well Sarbacker said.

have a few things to tweak in practice but hopefully we can carry the momentum over to the state going to focus on hitting our drivers and how we get off the tee boxes. Everyone has been hit- ting the ball well from the fairways, so we going to worry as much about our middle Smales said. focus on our drives and our short games, chipping and putting. If we can be solid in those areas, it would be a good recipe to take to The five individuals from non-qualifying teams represent- ing the North at the 3A state tour- nament will be Thayer of Truckee, Jenna Kollar (107.8 aver- age), Lister of Fallon (109.5), Fal- Kaitlyn Hunter (110.5) and McKenna Montgomery (112.2). quest for consecutive state titles will get underway in the Di- vision 3A Nevada State Girls Golf Championship, tee times set for 10 a.m.

Oct. 18-19 at Mountain Falls Golf Club in Pahrump. Congratulations to the Lady In- dians for winning back-to-back league championships, Spring Creek for qualifying for another trip to state and to all teams and individual members for a fantastic 3A North season, and best of luck to all in the state tourney. Golf From B1 following score, Mc- Leod setting up Child with an assist. McLeod dished another assist, her second of the half, to junior Kayla Jones, who drove a ball into the Sparks net for Spring third goal in 13 minutes to start the second half.

The offensive onslaught came to a close in the 55th minute with a hat-trick finish. Child tallied her third goal of the game and the Lady fourth score in a 15-minute span, giving Spring Creek a 6-1 advan- tage. Crowe cleared her bench and gave the younger players some varsity experience, and the Lady Spartans cruised to a 6-1 victory. think the difference in the game compared to the first time we played them was our she said. got it figured out and scored five-unanswered goals, four in the first half of the second half.

We finished a lot better to- day. We had a lot of opportunities when we played in Sparks, but we could not capitalize on The Lady Spartans improved to 6-4-1 in league play of the Divi- sion 3A North, dropping Sparks to 1-8-1. Spring Creek avenged one of its most unwanted outcomes with a lopsided victory. Looking forward, Crowe hopes her team can turn the tables on another set of some of Spring down moments during the first half of the year. The Lady Spartans will host In- cline (5-3-2) at 2 p.m.

Friday, clos- ing their home stand at 10 a.m. Saturday against North Tahoe (8-1-1). The Lady Highlanders defeated Spring Creek 4-0 on Sept. 15, North Tahoe blanking the Lady Spartans by a 3-0 final on Sept. 16.

had a lot of mental break- downs defensively during those games. Incline scored all four goals in the first Crowe said. Tahoe has a really good forward (sophomore Maile Markham), so we know that we have to focus on stopping her. expecting a lot better games than the first times we played Soccer From B1 NL Cy Young Award winner got hurt during a loss at Pittsburgh on Sept. 4.

He returned late last month and made a couple starts down the stretch, but lasted just three innings in a loss at St. Louis on Sept. 26. The Cubs skipped last turn in the rotation in the regular season and then pushed him back to Game 4 for the playoffs, giving the right-hander ample time to rest. really primed for this Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.

done a great job of rehabbing his leg. He feels very good arm- and leg-wise right now. real eager to watch him The 31-year-old Arrieta was a key factor in turnaround in the last part of the season, going 6-3 with a 2.28 ERA in his final 12 outings. Arrieta, who is eligible for free agency after the season, could be making his last start in a Cubs uniform. next few days are go- ing to be extremely special, and if fortunate enough to get past these guys, like I feel we are, going to do everything I can to enjoy the last few Arrieta said Monday.

Roark is from Wilmington, Illi- nois, about 60 miles south of Chi- cago, and grew up rooting for the Cubs. Baker praised rior on Monday, but the decision to go with the righty over Strasburg and the circumstances surrounding the move likely will be hotly debated ahead of Game 4. With Max Scherzer nursing his own right hamstring injury, Stras- burg started the series opener on Friday and turned in a dominant performance. The right-hander was working on a no-hitter before Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo hit consecutive RBI singles with two outs in the sixth inning. Baseball From B1 Tonopah sophomore quarter- back threw a nine-yard touch- down to junior Kevin Pope with 10:36 remaining in the first quar- ter, sophomore Brandon Scobee running for the two-point con- version and an 8-0 lead for the Muckers.

The Leopards wasted little time to fire a response, exactly 35 sec- onds. Sophomore QB Jared Martinez hooked up with junior running back Enrique Aguilar for a 51-yard strike at the 10:01 mark. Freshman Riley Stewart knotted the score with a catch from Martinez on the conversion. The Muckers gained a 16-8 lead with 3:41 on the clock, Otteson once again hitting Pope for a 10- yard touchdown, the duo also connecting for the conversion. Wells went back to its bread and butter, Martinez to Aguilar.

The 37-yard touchdown pass pulled the Leopards to within two with 2:27 remaining in the open- ing frame, but conversion was unsuccessful. duo went for a trio. Otteson hooked up with Pope for a touchdown for the third time in the first quarter, Pope catching the pass from 13 yards and open- ing a 22-14 lead, capping a crazy 12 minutes to start the game. The Leopards began their comeback with 10:12 remaining in the half on a seven-yard touch- down run by Martinez. He found senior Corbin Mad- ison on the conversion, tying the game at 22-all.

With 5:34 on the clock, Wells snagged its first lead. Madison punched home for a two-yard rush, giving the Leop- ards a 28-22 lead. Give-and-take, bend-and- break. Tonopah was not finished yet. Unbelievably, the fourth TD came in identical fash- ion as their first three an Otteson pass finding the hands of Pope in the end zone with 2:51 on the clock.

At 1:29 before the break, Wells took the lead for good. Martinez scored on a two-yard carry then passed to Aguilar for the conversion, giving the Leop- ards a 36-28 halftime advantage. Martinez opened the third quarter with a one-yard plunge and converted the two by himself for a 44-28 lead. With 5:31 remaining in the third period, Stewart turned defense into offense, recovering a fumble for a score. Martinez ran in the conversion and the Leopards be- gan to run away, 52-28.

Senior Levi Talbert hauled in a 66-yard pass from Martinez for a game-clinching, 30-point lead at 58-28 with 3:05 remaining in the frame. To start the fourth quarter, Aguilar provided the capping blow with a five-yard TD on the ground. Martinez rushed for the con- version, giving Wells a 66-28 ad- vantage, the Leopards rattling off 38-unsanswered points. With a new quarterback, Pope found the same result notching his fifth touchdown reception of the game on a 22-yard toss from sophomore Vance Day with 1:34 on the clock. Day found Pope for the conversion, bringing the scor- ing to a close.

The Leopards lit up the score- board for a 66-36 victory, a game in which Wells and Tonopah com- bined for 102 points. Of the 36 points, Pope scored 34 by himself. He snagged five touchdown re- ceptions and two two-point con- versions, closing the game with eight catches for 96 yards. Martinez also accounted for five total scores. He tossed three touchdowns throwing for 242 yards on a 15- for-28 performance rushing for 81 yards on 19 carries with two TDs on the ground.

Otteson finished 7-for-16 for 96 yards and threw four touch- downs for Tonopah. Aguilar led the Leopards with 148 yards receiving on nine catches with two TD receptions, rushing for another touchdown. Scobee rushed for 167 yards on 21 carries to lead the Muck- running attack, and Madison led Wells with 142 yards on the ground on 22 attempts for two scores. The Leopards were extremely balanced in their offensive attack of 487 yards (245 rushing, 242 passing). Defensively, the Leopards had three players finish with dou- ble-digit tackles, led by senior Luke 15 stops, three coming in the backfield.

Senior Oscar Casas notched 14 tackles and Aguilar tallied 10 stops. Sophomore Charles Marti- nez and Stewart each recovered a fumble for the Leopards, and freshman Quinlin Jackson made an interception. Wells (1-1 in league play) will return to Division 1A North- ern-East action at 1 p.m. MST Saturday against the Braves (0-3) in Owyhee. Football From B1 SUBMITTED Pictured are the division 3a north 2nd-team all-League honorees.

From left: annika thayer, elko freshman Gabby bement, spring creek junior courtney tournahu, spring creek junior aintzane alt and angelina Martinez..