Douglas High’s Jackson Ovard approaches home plate after hitting a go-ahead grand slam against Galena on Tuesday.
Photo by Ron Harpin.
Douglas High School baseball only had four hits Tuesday in a 7-4 win over Galena, but they made them count.
The Tigers were hitless going into the fifth inning – and trailing 4-0 – but consecutive singles from Jake Hoover, Brock Tholen and Luke Main loaded the bases for Aiden Tarlo.
The sophomore walked to make it 4-1, bringing senior Jackson Ovard to the plate.
Ovard turned on the second pitch around the letters and deposited it over the left field fence.
The Tigers added two insurance runs in the sixth on an error and a Tarlo RBI sac fly.
Ovard is hitting .275 with 13 RBIs and three doubles in 40 at-bats.
Starting pitcher Duncan DeLange got the win, allowing four hits and two earned runs in five innings with six strikeouts.
Peter Ziegler picked up the save with a two-inning outing, posting two strikeouts.
UP NEXT: Douglas (5-6, 2-0 in Class 5A North league play) took on Damonte Ranch (1-7, 0-3) Thursday. The Tigers host North Valleys (9-3) in a doubleheader today. Douglas will be inducting its 2025 Hall of Fame class after game one.
PANTHER BASEBALL BESTS DAYTON
North Valleys beat Dayton High baseball, 9-3, on Tuesday.
Seven of the nine runs for North Valleys were unearned with six Dayton fielding errors.
Dayton’s Ivor Evans was 2-for-4; his average is .500 (18-for-36). Sophomore Duke Evans was 1-for-1 with three runs scored.
Ryan Frank and Viliami Tulimafua-Curran both recorded an RBI. Tulimafua-Curran pitched three innings in relief.
Tuesday’s contest was a non-league game, according to MaxPreps.
UP NEXT: Dayton (8-5, 1-2 in Class 3A league play) plays three games at Fallon (9-4-1, 3-0) this weekend.
SIERRA LUTHERAN, DAYTON TRACK AT ELKO
The Falcon girls track and field team was seventh of 20 teams with 25 points at the 50th annual Elks Invitational last weekend.
Kayla Carpenter took fourth place in the 200 in 27.99 and fifth place in the 400 (1:04.76).
Junior Sydney Sufka cleared nine feet in the pole vault for a personal record and a second place finish.
The Falcon boys were 13th of 22 teams with 18 points.
Chandler Ricks took third in the 3,200 with a PR of 11:16.33.
Senior Michael Miles was fourth in the shot put at 44 feet, 6.25 inches, a personal record. Miles was seventh in the discus with a throw of 123 feet.
The Dayton boys finished in eighth place (28 points) while the girls were 10th (18 points).
Rhys Evans won the pole vault with a height of 13 feet.
Evans took sixth in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a 17.02, and fourth in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.57.
Tanner Logan was sixth in the high jump at 5-4.
On the girls side, senior Macy Lieb was third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.33.
The girls 4x100 relay team of Justice Martell-Artiaga, Fiona Keith, Gwyneth Binkier and Lieb was fourth in 55.28.
RENO TOPS CARSON BASEBALL
Reno High baseball beat Carson, 15-0, in five innings Tuesday.
Chase Grundy and Ethan Cook had a hit for the Senators with Cook recording a double.
UP NEXT: Carson (2-9, 0-3 in Class 5A North league play) was at home Thursday against McQueen (6-8-1, 1-2) and hosts Reed (7-6, 2-1) today. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.
(Carson High’s Will Raggett delivers a pitch earlier this season. Raggett got the start for the Senators against Reno on Tuesday. / Jeff Mulvihill, Jr. | InstaImage)