Sports in brief
Published 12:00 am Saturday, September 6, 2014
Football
Washington State falls to Nevada — Don Jackson ran for two touchdowns and Nevada’s defense allowed a lone field goal in the second half Friday night as the Wolf Pack beat Washington State 24-13 in Reno, Nevada. Cody Fajardo passed for 110 yards and ran for another 100 to join Colin Kaepernick as one of only three players in school history to surpass 10,000 career total offense yards for Nevada (2-0). Connor Halliday passed for 389 yards but only one touchdown and was intercepted twice for the Cougars (0-2). Nevada never trailed after freshman Kendall Jackson returned an interception 45 yards to set up Jackson’s 1-yard score late in the first quarter.
Cycling
Navarro wins 13th Spanish Vuelta stage — Daniel Navarro of Spain surged forward and hung on to win the 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta in Obregon, Spain, while countryman Alberto Contador kept the overall leader’s red jersey on Friday. Navarro finished the 189-kilometer (117-mile) mountainous ride from Belorado to Obregon two seconds ahead of Daniel Moreno and Wilco Kelderman.
— From wire reports