Roundup: Fallon opens with sweeps of 3A West foes

The Greenwave baseball and softball teams picked up a pair of doubleheader sweeps to open 3A play.

Fallon’s baseball team defeated North Valleys, 13-4 and 13-1, on Saturday at the Edward Arciniega Athletic Complex after ending the Panthers’ season last May in the regional tournament.

Playing as the visitors at home due to North Valleys’ field not being playable from the previous week’s snowstorm, Fallon rode on the arms of a pair of southpaws. Junior James Kelsey struck out five in four innings to pick up the win in the first game before senior Bryce Adams took the win in the nightcap with a six-strikeout performance in four innings.

In the 13-4 win, Fallon scored the first eight runs as the offense finished with eight hits, including four extra-base hits.

Kelsey led the team at the plate with a triple, double and three runs batted in, while junior Trevor Hyde singled twice and drove in a run. Senior Baylor Sandberg tripled and drove in three.

Junior Anthony Juarez finished the game on the hill, striking out three in three innings.

In the second game, North Valleys scored the first run before Fallon scored its runs in the middle innings.

Senior Aiden Gonzales led the team at the plate with three hits, including a double, and two RBIs. Senior Brady Alves and junior Evan Giovanetti each drove in three, and juniors Chase Carnahan and Nathaniel Zackery each had two RBIs.

Sandberg closed the door with two innings on the hill, recording every out by strikeout and his fastball topping at 93 mph.

Fallon was on the road this week at a local tournament and hosts Truckee on Saturday for a doubleheader.

SOFTBALL SWEEPS VIKINGS

The Greenwave softball team scored 38 runs in its doubleheader sweep over South Tahoe on Saturday at Lampe Park in Minden.

Fallon won the opening game, 19-1, before posting a shutout in the second game.

The Wave collected 12 hits while taking advantage of 11 South Tahoe errors.

Junior Dana Buckmaster led the team with three hits and four RBIs while junior Taralynn Vershum drove in three runs on two hits. Seniors Reese Hutchings and Kiley Wallace each finished with two hits. Hutchings also had two RBIs.

Sophomore Janessa Bettencourt struck out six Vikings in three innings, while allowing two hits and issuing three walks.

SWIMMING OPENS IN FERNLEY

The Fallon swimming team ran unopposed in its season-opening meet two weeks ago due to the weather.

In a scheduled dual against North Tahoe, Fallon was able to take advantage of the meet in Fernley by breaking several personal records.

For the girls, the 200-meter medley relay team of Evelyn Lott, Katelen Helton, Gracie Cosman and Jocylyn Miller finished with a time of 2 minutes, 20.28 seconds. Helton swam the 200 free in 2:34.96, Lott finished the 200 individual medley in 2:49.95 and Cosman ended with a 7:09.65 in the 500 free.

Miller swam the 50 free in 30.84 followed by Miranda Reeder in 32.70. Cosman also swam the 100 fly in 1:20.66 and Helton finished 1:19.51 in the 100 backstroke. The team of Reeder, Miller, Helton and Lott finished the 200 relay in 2:10.32.

Lott finished ahead of Miller and Reeder in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:30.13. Miller followed in 1:43.89 and Reeder’s time was 1:44.34.

For the boys, a trio of swimmers competed in three events.

Brody Reynolds swam a 26.96 in the 50 free followed by Michael Liston in 27.40 and Joshua Enriquez in 30.85. Liston finished the 100 free in 1:02.75, while Reynolds finished the 100 breaststroke in 1:17.95 followed by Enriquez in 1:31.00.

BOYS TRACK SECOND

After hosting a small meet to open the season, Fallon traveled to Fernley on Saturday for a nine-team meet.

Fernley won both the boys and girls divisions with 203.25 and 143.5 points, while Fallon finished second in the boys with 133.5. The girls finished fifth with 44.5 points.

The following are top-10 results:

Sprints

Sophomore Bransyn Wright won the 100-meter race in 11.82 seconds, a personal record, while senior Braden Hendrix finished seventh in 12.52 followed by freshman Nathaniel Bianchi in ninth in 12.57. Junior Edwin Ugalde finished third in the 400 in 55.13, a personal best.

For the girls, senior Sofia Basurto finished seventh in the 100 at 14.63, and freshman Tommie Fitzer was fifth in the 400 at 1:13.12. Sophomore Jeana Lee finished 10 in the 400 at 1:18.65.

Distance 

Ugalde won the 800 in 2:10.40, a personal best, and freshman Jarret Ugalde Torres was seventh in 2:29.68, a personal best. Freshman Jackson Barbee and Leojro Chavez ran personal bests of 5:30.31 and 5:32.69 to finish sixth and seventh. Junior Uriel Romero-Montes had a season-best 5:33.34 to take eighth followed by Ugalde Torress in ninth at 5:34.43, a personal best.

Senior Brody Allyn won the 3200 with a time of 12:20.14, followed by Barbee, second, 12:38.60; freshman Leo Arcoraci, third, 12:42.25; Tyler Huckaby, fifth, 13:13.05; and freshman Zander Lewis, seventh, 15:23.90. All 3200 times were personal or season bests.

Hurdles

Freshman Avery DeAloia finished seventh in the 110 hurdles in 21.01.

For the girls, Basurto placed third in the 300 in 57.40 and 10th in the 100 in 22.20. Freshman Karmen Alcantar finished eighth in the 100 hurdles in 21.51.

Relays

The 4x100 relay team of sophomores Joseph Romero and Justin McArthur, and seniors Hendrix and Cesar Gonzalez Ledesma finished fourth in 48.21. The 4x800 team of Huckaby, Lewis, Arcoraci and junior Manuel DeSantiago finished fifth in 10:35.04. The 4x400 team of freshman William James Lofthouse, DeAloia, sophomore Joe Dahl and junior Brody Huges finished eighth in 4:13.24.

Throws

Senior Jacob Sorensen finished second in the shot put with a throw of 36 feet, 11 inches, and third in the discus with a mark of 106-7. Junior Alec Lecker took sixth in the shot put at 34-2.5 and seventh in the discus at 97-4.

Sophomore Katelyn Glinka finished fifth in the discus with a season-best throw of 64-7 and 10th in the shot put with a season-best mark of 22-8. Senior Brienna McArthur finished sixth in the shot put at 25-2.5 followed by senior Madison Lewis in seventh with a personal-best 25-2.

Jumps

Wright won the high jump with a leap of 6-1, a personal best, and senior Kaeden Simpson took sixth at 5-6, a personal best. Wright finished second in the triple at 40-8, a personal best, and freshman Jaeshon Pearson was fifth at 35-8.

Bianchi finished fifth in the long jump at 17-7, a personal record, and junior Tyson Wilson had a season-best 17-4 for seventh. Simpson finished ninth at 16-3.

Senior Jessalyn Lewis finished second in the triple jump at 31-10. Freshman Lillian Souza finished sixth in the long jump at 13-1, and Basurto was seventh in the high jump at 3-8.

Pole Vault

Allyn finished third in the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 10 feet. Dahl finished seventh at 8-6 and Lofthouse was ninth at 7 feet, both marks being personal records.