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YOUR COMMUNITY SPARKS NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 Tribune politics SPARKS 2016 Sparks primary election candidate bios Page 4 TribuneYOURYOUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERNEWSPAPER SINCE SINCE 1910 1910 Volume 108, Number 23 Tuesday, June 7, 2016 95 cents spoRTS coVER stoRy Sparks Tribune Male Athlete of the Year: Ryan Anderson Cougars Morris named senior new Reed shined on volleyball coach Page 15 the bump, hardwood By Nathan Shoup Sparks Tribune Spanish Springs se- nior Ryan Anderson is the Sparks Tribune Male Ath- lete of the Year for the 2015- 16 athletic year. Standing 6-6, Anderson was a first-team all-league selection for the basketball Surging Aces team in the winter. He av- eraged 8.1 points and 6.5 winners in last rebounds per game for the 10 of 14 Cougars (16-9, 12-4), who Page 16 finished second in the High John Byrne/Tribune Desert League. Spanish Springs’ Ryan Anderson is the 2015-16 Sparks Tribune Male Athlete of the Year. This spring, he was named Anderson was a first-team all-league basketball selection in the winter and was named the DI North Pitcher of the iNsiDE the DI North Pitcher of the Year this spring. He will play baseball at Nevada next year, Year. The Nevada commit unless a Major League team drafts him this weekend and offers a deal to good to deny. compiled a 6-2 record with Weather..............................2 a 1.09 ERA over 70.1 in- State Briefs........................ 2 nings. He struck out 99 bat- Manogue), I was like, ‘I don’t our wins,” Anderson said. “I son, however. There is also a Graduate Pages............8-14 ters compared with just 20 need those expectations.’ … think a lot of it I can attribute possibility his named will be Opinion............................18 walks. I just took that and ran with to coach (Kyle) Penney be- called in the Major League Puzzles..............................20 He even earned a two-out it.” cause he kind of pushed me Baseball Draft. The Toronto Advice..............................21 save in the DI North regional His basketball success to play as hard as I could. He Blue Jays, Los Angeles An- Health...............................22 tournament against Bishop was more unpredictable, at got the most out of me that I gels of Anaheim, San Diego Classified Ads..................23 Manogue, sending the Cou- least to Anderson. He did think anyone could have.” Padres, Boston Red Sox and Legals................................24 gars to the semifinals. not play basketball in the off- After graduating from others have been in contact His dominance was some- seasons and given the choice Spanish Springs on Sat- with the lanky lefty. thing many in purple ex- between throwing a bullpen urday, Anderson will pre- As to where he could be Follow us on pected going into the spring. and shooting jumpers in an pare to head up to Walla taken, if he is taken at all, Twitter: “There was a little bit of empty gym, basketball lost Walla, Wash. to play for the Anderson is unsure. @SparksTribune expectations I felt I had to more times than not. Walla Walla Sweets in the “I really don’t know,” An- meet,” Anderson said. “But “I kind of surprised my- West Coast League – one of derson said. “I just think it’s after that first start, I almost self a little with basketball. I the best summer baseball really an honor to be to be in threw that no-hitter (one out didn’t think I’d play as big a leagues in the country. the talk to maybe be a draft away from no-no in league role as I did. But I think that Saturday may not be just opener against Bishop I helped contribute to a lot of gradation day for Ander- See ANDERSON, Page 17 Visit our website at www.sparkstrib.com 2 June 7, 2016 youR sEVEN-Day foREcast toDay WEDNEsDAY tHuRsDAY fRiDAY SATURDAY suNDAY MoNDAY 94/57 92/58 87/56 81/52 75/47 79/52 87/55 Mostly sunny and Very warm with Intervals of A full day of Mostly sunny A thundertsorm Partly sunny and hot clouds and sun clouds and sun sunshine possible warm battlE boRN statE NEWs Associated Press says the 15-year-old driver of a 1995 when he was struck by an SUV. off its annual California Trail Days Jeep Grand Cherokee, Gregorio Mar- Police say the driver of the RTC weekend. tinez-Reyes, was pronounced dead bus was standing in the street as- Helen Hankins, foundation presi- Rock climbeR Rescued at the scene along State Route 267 sessing damage to the bus caused by dent, says several non-profits and the afteR fall in noRtheRn shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday. a minor collision with a small pas- federal Bureau of Land Management sieRRa nevadas The patrol said in a statement Mon- senger car in Stead Friday evening helped create the library and catalog TRUCKEE, Calif. — A rock climber day the SUV left the road and flipped when he was hit by a third oncom- its collection about the California has been rescued after falling in the an unknown number of times before ing vehicle. Trail. northern Sierra Nevada mountains it came to rest in a field near North- The bus driver was taken to Re- The interpretive center is off Inter- near Donner Summit. star ski resort southwest of Truckee, nown hospital, where he later died. state 80 between Elko and Carlin. It The 33-year-old from Truckee fell California. His name has not been released. tells the history of Eastern U.S. set- Friday on Snowshed Wall, sustaining A 16-year-old passenger, Miguel RTC officials say no bus passengers tlers trekking some 2,000 miles to major injuries. California Highway Ramos-Carillo, was taken to a Reno were injured. California during the gold rush era Patrol officials say they were able to hospital where he later died. Anyone with information about the between 1841 and 1869. extract the climber with help from Two other 16-year-olds remained crash should call Reno police at 775- The library includes more than 600 Truckee Fire personnel. hospitalized Monday with serious 657-4662 or Secret Witness at 775-322- books, diaries, maps and journals, The woman was the lead rock injuries. 4900. including some rare copies not avail- climber while climbing the Nova Ex- The accident remains under inves- able online or at other libraries. press on the Snowshed Wall, which tigation, but the patrol says neither nevadans voting eaRly at The research library will be avail- is rated a 5.9/6.0 for difficulty. alcohol nor drugs appeared to play a quickeR cliP than in Recent able to the public on a limited basis. cycles After her extraction she was flown role in the crash. to the parking lot of the Sugarbowl LAS VEGAS — Almost 5 percent of stateline man aRRested in ski resort and then taken by helicop- taRget shooteRs staRted Nevada’s 1.3 million active registered Road Rage incident neaR lake tahoe ter to a hospital. 240-acRe wildfiRe neaR voters have cast a ballot in the first PyRamid lake week of Nevada’s two-week early vot- STATELINE — A 31-year-old man RecoRd 109 degRees in las RENO — Fire investigators are ing period. Nevada man has been arrested in an vegas undeR excessive heat blaming target shooters for starting Statistics released by the Nevada alleged road rage incident near Lake waRning a wildland blaze that continues to Secretary of State’s Office show Tahoe after he allegedly pointed a LAS VEGAS — The high tempera- burn northeast of Reno near Pyra- more than 50,000 people statewide gun at another motorist on the Kings- ture hit 109 degrees in Las Vegas for mid Lake. have showed up in-person to vote bury Grade. the second day in a row on Sunday, The fire has burned about 240 acres early in the primary, while nearly Douglas County sheriff’s officials setting a record for the date as much of grass and brush, but no structures 14,000 mail-in ballots have been re- said Thursday that Jared Kaiser of of southern Nevada remained under are threatened. ceived. Stateline was arrested for suspicion an excessive heat warning. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Of the more than 64,000 ballots of assault with a deadly weapon, The National Weather Service said officials said about 90 firefighters had cast, 44 percent came from Republi- driving under the influence, reckless the high temperature Sunday broke the blaze about 90 percent contained cans and 41 percent came from Dem- driving and possession of a firearm the old record of 108 degrees set at by noon Sunday. ocrats. while intoxicated. McCarran International Airport for They confirmed the fire was started Early voting turnout this year is at The sheriff’s office said both -Kai the date in 1996. by target shooters who fled the scene a quicker pace than in the 2014 and ser and the other unidentified driver The 109 on Saturday tied the record at about 2 p.m. Friday in the Painted 2012 primaries. called 911 to complain about the for that date set in 1957, and equaled Hills Range north of Mullen Pass. The early voting period began May other’s aggressive and possibly in- in 1990 and 1996. Anyone with information about 28 and ends June 10. Election Day is toxicated driving as they traveled this fire or the individuals who may June 14. down State Route 207 the night of 2 Reno teens killed, 2 huRt in be responsible should call the BLM at May 30.

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