Prep roundup: Dayton falls on road to Lowry

The thought of a No. 2 seed and a home playoff game quickly vanished for the Dayton Dust Devils on Friday night as errors and an inconsistent offense lead them to a 19-13 loss at Lowry.

Dayton's defense held the Buckaroos to 13 offensive points, but quarterback Connor Conroy threw three interceptions in the game including one that was returned for a touchdown. Added to their woes, the Dust Devils had two fumbles and couldn't capitalize on four red-zone possessions in the second half.

The loss drops Dayton to 3-2 in the Northern 3A and 6-2 overall, while Lowry jumped ahead of it in league with a 3-2 record and the head-to-head tiebreaker. Dayton is looking at a possible four seed now, which would put it in Truckee to face a Wolverine team that easily dispatched the Dust Devils 55-6 two weeks ago.

"I've got a lot of work to do," Dayton coach Rick Walker said. "It's (the playoff seed) probably not what I wanted."

Statistics were not immediately available.

Dayton will play at Fernley (4-1, 5-3) on Thursday.

Cross-Country

Carson JV team wins

Carson High's junior varsity cross-country team won the Spanish Springs Invitational Friday afternoon.

The boys finished with 58 points. Reno was second with 66 and Galena was third with 79. The win capped an unbeaten season for the JV squad.

South Tahoe won the girls' event with 17 points and McQueen was second with 63.

David McMasters won the boys race, clocking a 19:49. Noel Lopez was fifth in 19:50, Nick Greene was 12th in 20:34, Joe Ward was 25th in 20:42 and Ricky Ugarte was 28th in 21:13.

The JV girls fielded an incomplete team.

Caroline Montiel placed fifth in 24:04, Ashley Salcedo was seventh in 24:40, Alexandra Theiss was 17th in 25:01 and Haley Toups was 41st in 27:43.

Carson will compete in Friday's 4A zone meet at Rancho San Rafael Park starting at 3 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

DAYTON SWEEPS SPARKS

DAYTON - Dayton improved to 7-3 in the Northern 3A with a 25-13, 25-17 and 25-13 win over Sparks Friday afternoon.

Matia Spencer led the Dust Devils with 11 kills and four aces. Alissa Vickers, Taylor Hill and Jamie Darragh all had four blocks. McKenzie Kielty had 15 assists for Dayton.

Dayton is 12-4 overall.

MANOGUE TOPS DOUGLAS

MINDEN - Douglas topped first-place Manogue in the first two games, but the Miners roared back to win the next three and the match, 18-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-15 and 15--11.

The loss dropped Douglas to 20-5 overall and 8-4 in Sierra League.

Shannon Dugan and Jourdan Burke led Douglas with 20 and 14 kills, respectively. Emily Garcia was a tower of strength up front wit 14 blocks, while Dugan added seven. Mysta Townsell finished with 20 digs and Mia Townsell added 15. Jackie Harper finished with 39 assists.