Wildcats

It's a no-brainer. Drudge through another intrasquad scrimmage or play one of Northern Nevada's top baseball teams.
With one of its games rained out early in the season, the Western Nevada College baseball team has always had one contest it could make up and when the chance came to play the Reno Astros semipro baseball team, the Wildcats jumped at the chance.
 
WNC will host the Astros at 3 p.m. Tuesday at John L. Harvey Field. The game will help the Wildcats prepare for a crucial series against Colorado Northwestern Community College.

If you ask Sam Herceg or Tim Kniffen, there is simply no better sight than that of young ballplayers hitting, pitching and fielding on a diamond. Now, the shared vision of father and son has led to the organization of the Carson WildCats Softball program to provide opportunities for young players in Carson City and the surrounding area.

The thrilling four-game sweep of College of Southern Nevada to put the Western Nevada College baseball team in first place seems like an eternity ago.
 
Since that series, the Wildcats have lost six of eight games, with the slump continuing on Sunday when WNC was swept in a doubleheader at Salt Lake Community College. Salt Lake won the opener 3-2 in nine innings and the nightcap 5-1. The four-run loss was the largest margin of defeat this season for the Wildcats.

A chance at winning the Scenic West Athletic Conference regular season title seems to be slipping away, but Western Nevada College baseball coach D.J. Whittemore isn't giving up hope, yet.
 
"It's not over until it's over," said Whittemore about his team split of a doubleheader at Salt Lake Community College on Saturday. "Stranger things have happened."

While the Western Nevada College softball team couldn't pull off another upset against one of the nation's top teams, the Wildcats came away from this weekend's series against College of Southern Idaho knowing it could compete with one of the Scenic West Athletic Conference's elite clubs.

CSI swept a doubleheader against WNC on Saturday in Twin Falls, Idaho, winning the opener 6-3 and the nightcap 14-7. WNC was tied with CSI 3-3 going into the bottom of the fifth inning in the opener and led 7-5 in the nightcap.

It's been a long time in coming for the Western Nevada College softball program and a marquee win on Friday demonstrated how far the Wildcats have come.

WNC picked up the biggest win in the program's two-year history with a 6-5 victory at College of Southern Idaho in the second game of a doubleheader in Twin Falls, Idaho. CSI won the opener 8-0.
 

The Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball series between Western Nevada College and Salt Lake Community College has been rescheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

Former Western Nevada College star Lance Ray has been putting up big numbers throughout his college career and his performance has earned him a spot in the country's most prestigious summer amateur baseball league.
Ray, a junior at the University of Kentucky, has signed to play this summer with the Yarmouth Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League. Ray had a huge series this past weekend at Auburn to solidify his spot in the lineup for the Wildcats.

This time, it was no dream.
 

Ashley Hall hit a walkoff grand slam, her third home run of the game, to give the Western Nevada College softball team a 9-6 come-from-behind victory in its series finale against College of Southern Nevada on Saturday afternoon.

Twin Falls, Idaho, has always been a difficult place to play for the Western Nevada College baseball team.
Saturday was no exception, as the Wildcats had to settle for a split against College of Southern Idaho during their Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader. CSI won the opener 3-1 before the Wildcats came back to take the nightcap 2-1 at Skip Walker Field.

It won't show up in the box score or the Scenic West Athletic Conference standings, however, the Western Nevada College softball team possibly turned in its best performance of the season on Friday despite losing both ends of a doubleheader against College of Southern Nevada.

The Western Nevada College baseball team sustained a crash that will be tough to recover from on this day in the Scenic West Athletic Conference race after being swept at College of Southern Idaho, losing the opener 2-1 and the nightcap 3-0.
WNC (34-11) fell to 22-8 in the SWAC and if College of Southern Nevada swept Colorado Northwestern Community College as expected on Friday, also fell out of first place in the conference, one game behind the Coyotes.

WNC set for final home series this weekend against instate rival Southern Nevada
Statistics don't always paint an accurate picture.

There's still plenty of buzz over what happened this past weekend at John L. Harvey Field when the Western Nevada College baseball team pulled off a four-game sweep of College of Southern Nevada.

It's been a long road back, but the Western Nevada College baseball team has now gained an inside track to the Scenic West Athletic Conference regular season championship with three weeks to go.

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How else to explain the Western Nevada College baseball team's four-game sweep of College of Southern Nevada this weekend. After two improbable comebacks in which WNC beat CSN in its final at bat both times 5-3 and 6-5 in 11 innings on Friday, the Wildcats did it again.

It was a repeat of Friday as the Western Nevada College softball team struggled in the opener of a doubleheader, but came back to give itself a chance to win the nightcap.
 

Saturday: Game 1Bottom of the 4th

To beat any conference leader, a team needs to bring its "A" Game to the field. Make that "A-plus" if you want to beat a team that is ranked No. 2 in the nation, and even then, it still doesn't hurt to have a little luck on your side.
The Western Nevada College baseball team was successful on both of those counts Friday afternoon to beat College of Southern Nevada twice on the last pitch of the game during a Scenic West Athletic Conference showdown.

The Western Nevada College softball team has had its share of close calls when it comes to breakthrough wins this season. But the Wildcats just haven't been able to pull off that big win and the trend continued on Friday.
 

Friday: Game 1Bottom of the 4th

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A daunting task awaits the Western Nevada College baseball team when instate rival College of Southern Nevada comes to John L. Harvey Field this weekend.
CSN is the nation's No. 1 ranked team and has a three-game lead over the Wildcats in the race for the Scenic West Athletic Conference regular season title. The first place Coyotes are 21-3 in the SWAC while WNC (30-9) is 18-6.
 

Winning baseball games away from home in the Scenic West Athletic Conference is never an easy chore. And nothing came easy for Western Nevada College while taking both ends of its doubleheader against the College of Eastern Utah on Saturday.

Once again, Western Nevada College was one inning away from an important Scenic West Athletic Conference softball win. However, the Wildcats were unable to slam the door shut as North Idaho College rallied to score twice in the top of the seventh inning to pull out a 7-6 victory on Saturday afternoon. 

Wee Willie Keeler would have been pround of the Western Nevada College baseball team on Friday.

The North Idaho College softball team was downright offensive against Western Nevada College on Friday afternoon at Edmonds Sports Complex.

Losing three of four games last weekend was obviously not what Western Nevada College softball coach Leah Wentworth wanted to see. However, the coach hopes lessons learned from those losses against Colorado Northwestern Community College will come back to provide a silver lining for the rest of the season.The Wildcats (4-24, 5-29) gained experience in close games, losing three straight Rangely, Colo., that were decided by a total of six runs -- 3-1, 7-5 (on a walkoff home run in the seventh inning) and 4-2 -- before securing a 4-3 win in the finale on Saturday.
 

Now that the Western Nevada College baseball team has taken over second place in the Scenic West Athleitc Conference, one could say that the Wildcats find themselves in a pennant race.
But WNC coach D.J. Whittemore isn' ready to declare his team is in a pennant race, yet. "It kind of feels like were chasing a ghost," said Whittemore about College of Southern Nevada.

Now that the Western Nevada College baseball team has taken over second place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, one could say that the Wildcats find themselves in a pennant race.
But WNC coach D.J. Whittemore isn't ready to declare his team is in a pennant race, yet. "It kind of feels like were chasing a ghost," said Whittemore about College of Southern Nevada.