Carson High’s Eli Locatelli delivers against Douglas last week.
Photo by Ron Harpin.
The Carson High School baseball team (8-22, 2-14 in Class 5A North league play) is locked into the No. 9 seed for the upcoming Class 5A North regional tournament after falling to Galena and Bishop Manogue this week.
Tuesday, the Senators lost to the Grizzlies (14-10, 9-7) by a final of 10-4 after Galena scored seven runs in the first inning.
Carson senior Tyler LaFollette drove in three RBIs and had a triple in the contest while Ethan Cook and Cruz Gonzalez each recorded a hit.
Chase Grundy was credited with the Senators’ other RBI.
Wednesday, Carson fell against the best team in the Class 5A North in Bishop Manogue, 9-0.
Cook, Grundy and Kodie Campbell each had a hit as Carson recorded three hits in the loss.
Carson's season came to a close Friday afternoon in a 9-3 loss to Damonte Ranch in the 8-9 Class 5A North regional play-in game.
MANOGUE BEATS CARSON SOFTBALL
Carson High softball (9-13-1, 4-9 in Class 5A North league play) fell to Bishop Manogue (20-8-1, 10-5) Tuesday, 10-0, in five innings.
Rhys Branham, Kiele Franco and Lillian Barker each had a hit.
The Miners scored one run in the third, four in the fourth and five in the fifth.
UP NEXT: Carson will finish its regular season today at home against Douglas (19-7, 10-3) in a doubleheader.
TIGER BASEBALL DROPS TWO
Douglas High baseball (10-16, 6-10 in Class 5A North league play) concluded its regular season with losses to Reed (15-14, 7-9) and Spanish Springs (19-10, 10-6) Tuesday and Wednesday.
The loss to the Raiders moved the Tigers to the No. 7 seed in the upcoming Class 5A North regional tournament.
Tuesday, Douglas fell to Reed, 5-3.
Jared Peters drove in a pair of RBIs while Titus Gocke knocked in Douglas’ third RBI of the game. On the hill, Gocke recorded a pair of strikeouts before Blaine Bilderback tossed two innings of relief and struck out a pair as well.
Wednesday, Spanish Springs bested Douglas, 9-4.
Grayson Kamper, Bilderback, Peters and JT Lopez all had two hits.
Tyler Sentell had a double and two RBIs for the Tigers while Peters also knocked in a run.
UP NEXT: No. 7 Douglas will open the Class 5A North regional Tuesday at No. 2 Reno (21-11, 12-4). The regional tournament is double-elimination.
(Douglas High School baseball seniors pose for a photo Wednesday. Left to right are Jackson Ovard, Duncan DeLange, Jeffrey Peters, Luke Main, Josh Haller, Colt Cummins, Tyler Sentell, Brent Faiss, Blake Faiss and Jake Hoover. / Ron Harpin)