Diamond Notes

Ryan Casillas cranked 3 homers and Tim Fowler added 2 as the Hamilton bats broke out with a 15-6 win at Mesquite. Cory Bernard got the win on the hill, and was 4-5 with a homer of his own and a double. Casillas was 4-5 with 5 RBIs and Fowler 3-5 with 4 RBIs.

Desert Mountain defeated St. Mary's 16-6 on Friday, to sweep the season series. Ross Prejean started on the hill for the Wolves and picked up the win-with relief help from Kyle Tokasey and Carson Edmunds. Matt Petello had a 3-4 day with 2 doubles and 5 rbi's. Taylor Lindsey was 3-3 with 2 doubles and his 18th home run of the season. Cam Teich was 3-4. Lance Harper hit his 5th home run of the season. Ryan Santana led St. Mary's with 2-3 and 2 rbi.

Highland rallied late to defeat Gilbert 7-6 in 8 innings. The Hawks scored twice in the seventh to send the game into the extra frame. Cody Moffett earned the win in relief of James Farris. Jaime Garrido homered for Highland. DJ Peterson was 2-2 with a pair of homers and 5 RBIs and Tyler Kamtz was 4-4 for the Tigers.

Casey Upperman did it all Friday for Notre Dame in an 11-1, five-inning run-rule victory over Chaparral in a non-region game at Chaparral. Upperman helped further legitimize the Saints' credentials as the best team in Arizona by hitting an opposite-field grand slam in a five-run first inning and then taking the mound and limiting the Firebirds to four hits. The senior righthander was throwing comfortably throughout the day to lead Notre Dame to its 23rd victory in 24 games. Chaparral, winner of eight of nine coming into the contest, fell to 13-12.
Upperman also had a single to center and in his only other at bat hit a hard-liner directly to Chaparral right-fielder Aaron Levy. Andy Wilder also homered for Notre Dame, hitting a ball off the batter's eye 390 feet away to drive in a pair of runs and extend the lead to 8-1 in the fifth. Nick Barber then doubled to the gap in right center to bring in Upperman and Eric Knight, both of home had singled, to make it 10-1. Jordan Luvisi walked with the bases loaded to bring in the clinching run after another walk to Matt Ozanne and an infield hit by Tony Piazza, leaving it to Upperman to finish things in the bottom of the seventh. He did it in short order with when, after a leadoff walk to Jordan Weymouth, he got a strikeout and induced a ground ball that Barber, Piazza and Luvisi turned into a game-ending double play.
Notre Dame ended the suspense from the start. Matt Ozanne led off with a double, Taylor Scott was hit by a pitch and Luvisi walked before Drew Ozanne
singled to right to bring in the first run. After a strike out for the second out of the inning, Upperman then came up and launched his homer.
Knight, with a pair of doubles, and Matt Ozanne joined Upperman with two hits apiece to lead the 10-hit Notre Dame attack.
Chaparral nicked Upperman for a run in the third inning on consecutive hits by James McDonald and Trey Ford. The Firebirds threatened in the fourth with
a hard line by Matt Harjung that was snagged by Ozanne at third, a line-drive single by Levy to right center, and a sharp line by Joel Hayden that looked like it might go for extra bases. But Barber leapt high to make the catch for one out and threw to first to double off Levy (who was the only Chaparral player with two hits).

Senior Ryan Retz homered again and had a key RBI single to lead CDO over rival Catalina Foothills 5-1 on Friday. CDO pitchers Vicente Teran, Eric Gutierrez, and David Metz, all juniors, kept Foothills off balance and induced 13 ground ball outs. The Dorados benefitted from 3 clutch double plays to get out of jams and outhit Foothills 9-4. It was the third time CDO has beaten the Falcons this year, but most likely they will meet again in two weeks in the Sonoran region tourney and could face off yet again the 4A playoffs.

Cactus Shadows defeats Saguaro by the score of 9-2. Jackson Goulder's record is now 8 and 0 for Shadows. Jackson Goulder, Anthony Pena, and Steffen Miner each hit homeruns for Cactus Shadows. Steffen Miner and Nick Francis had 3 for 3 days for the Falcons. Cactus Shadows is now 17 and 6 on the season.

Cactus completed the sweep of Copper Canyon by hitting 4 home runs during the 12-2 victory. Colton Vaughn, Ryan Wescott, Tate Headley, and Eric Goetz all went deep for the Cobras. James Fajardo scattered 8 hits to earn his 7th win. Cactus is now 19-5, 7-1 in region.

O'Connor defeated Prescott 11-8, Bryce Keffeller was the winning pitcher going 4 innings and giving up 3 runs. Tyler Doolittle threw a perfect 5th inning, Ryan Silva threw to one batter in the 6th inning giving up a run and then Doolittle returned to the hill to retire the next 3 hitters, 2 on strikeouts. Kyle Myoshsi threw the 7th inning. O'Connor was led offensively by Aaron Copfer and Bryce Keffeller who each had 3 hits, Ruben Torres and Brad King each had two hits. Taylor Bolton made a web gem of a catch to end the game.

Mingus faced Coconino's Sr. lefty Bryor Nittmann. Mingus routed for 9 runs off Nittmann. The relief pitcher came in and gave up back to back homeruns from Trevor Sanderlin and CJ Taylor. Hunter Zwart also hit a tape measure homer in the third inning. Mingus hit 4 homeruns in route to a 16-0 win. Zwart went 2 for 3 with a Dbl , HR and 3 RBI's.Tony Vocca went 3 for 3 with a Trpl,Dbl and a single. Trevor Sanderlin went 2 for 3 with a homerun and 4 RBI's. CJ Taylor went 2 for 3 with a couple of homers and 3 RBI's. Sanderlin and Vocca split the game on the mound. The win going to Sanderlin. Mingus has one more game against Bradshaw to close out the Grand Canyon Region. Mingus is now 9-0 in their Region.

Tanner Tripp and Brock Abbadini combined to allow only 4 hits as Corona Del Sol defeated Mountain Pointe 10-4. Trever Allen was 3-4 with with a homer and 3 RBIs. Greg Ryan added a long ball as well. Josh Alexander went deep for Pointe. Both teams scored early with CDS putting up a 5 spot in the first, courtesy of a 3 run blast by Allen, chasing starter Jake Dzubczynski. Alexander answered with a 2 run shot in the bottom half.

Marcos de Niza defeated Skyline 8 - 5 in a back and forth affair Friday afternoon at Hohokam Stadium. MdN opened the scoring in the top of the 1st on a single by Jeff Anderson and a double by Zach Schirra.
Skyline scored 2 in the home half on a single by Darian Johnson and a home run by Trever Benjamin. The Padres came back with 2 of their own in the first ½ of the 3rd on a double by Anderson and a home run by Casey Maloney. Skyline answered back with 3 in the bottom of the 3rd on a triple by Mike Wesolowski, a home run by Darian Johnson, a walk to Trey Lang, and a deep shot by Kyle Pietryga which was caught but not held in LCF at the track for a 2 base error. The Padres then put up 3 in the top of the 6th on Singles by John Botelho, Andy Swan, a fielders choice by Kyle Becerra, & a single by Kendall Konopka loaded the bases. Anderson hit a sac fly to right scoring Swan; Maloney hit a single scoring Becerra; Max Sankey plated Konopka with a single, and Maloney scored on a pickle between 1st and 2nd. The scoring concluded in the top ½ of the 7th on a triple by Schirra and a sac fly by Mike Kenneth.
Johnson was 4 for 4 for Skyline, while Anderson, Konopka, Maloney, and Schirra had multi-hit games for the Padres.
Darian Johnson went the distance for the Coyotes. Bias Alvarez started for the Padres, giving up 4 earned runs. John Botelho pitched a solid 4 innings, giving up 2 hits and no runs.

Matt Potter tossed a complete game, allowing only 4 hits as Basha dropped Desert Vista 15-3. Two of the hits were homers by DV's Ryan Box who knocked in all 3 runs. The Bears played long ball as well, with Josh Melendez, Tony Asta, David Miczek and Jared McLaughlin all dropping bombs. Basha cranekd out 15 hits on the day. DV kicked it around with 4 errors.

Jake Barrett continued his mastery of the Pinnacle lineup as the big dog tossed 6 innings, allowing only 1 run as Desert Ridge took a 10-1 victory. Barrett also went 3-3 at the dish. The Jags led 6-0 after 4 and cruised in from there. Jerry Kleman was 3-5.

Tolleson beats Centennial 5-4 in 10 innings in a very well played game with good pitching and defense for both teams. Tolleson got good pitching from Austin Trujillo, Oscar Gonzales, and Javier Loya to hold Centennial to 4 runs, all coming from Zach Hoffpauir's 2 home runs. Centennial got good pitching from Matt Perkins, Chad Deardoff, and Mike Pomeroy. Tolleson had an early 2 run lead on a rbi double from Eddie Villa then Centennial's Hoffpauir homered to tied the score at 2. The middle innings stayed tied at 2 and were full of good defense and pitching from both teams until Hoffpauir's second home run gave Centennial a 2 run lead in the top of the 9th. Tolleson tied the score in the bottom of the 9th with a 2 out 2 run home run from Gonzales . Tolleson then got 2 walks and a hit by pitch to load the bases in the bottom of the 10th when Villa worked a bases loaded 2 out walk off of Pomeroy to force in the winning run.

Austin Trujillo on the hill for Tolleson (L) Austin Arias gets the sign from the Centennial dugout

North defeated Carl Hayden 22-1.Darey Gomez was 5-5 with 3 doubles and 4 rbi's. Jonathan Cuellar was 3-4 with 4 rbi's. Preston Van Buren hit a 3 run pinch homer. The Mustangs had 18 hits. Roberto Alejo pitched 5 strong innings giving up 3 hits and striking out 10 for his 5th win of the season.

Notre Dame 8
Greenway 1

Jordan Luvisi continues to damage the opposition with both his arm and his bat. Luvisi (7-1) pitched 5 shut out innings allowing only 1 hit while striking out 10 and helped his own cause at the plate launching his 9th home run of the year over the centerfield fence at Greenway. The Saints finished with 7 hits with Casey Upperman adding a double and a single to help lead the way. Tayler Scott pitched the final 2 innings for the Saints allowing only 1 run and 3 hits. Notre Dame's record improves to 22-1 on the year.

O'Connor defeated Sunny slope 10-0. Aaron Copfer continued his dominance on the mound allowing only two hits. Brad King led the way with a bases clearing triple and a RBI single, he had four RBI's on the day. Colton Avery and Tyler Doolittle also had multiple hits for SDO.

Mtn Ridge beat Desert Mtn yesterday by the score of 11-10. The Mtn Lions had to battle back twice, down 4 runs. Aaron Hines and Tanner Murphy went back to back home runs to bring it to within in one. Then three more hits in a row from Tanner Murphy, Mikey Reynolds and Travis Hutchinson gave the Lions the lead. But Adam Sonabend hit a two run bomb, his second of the game, to straight away center to put Desert Mtn back on top . The Wolves added one more run in the inning. In the bottom of the 6th the Mtn Lions had 5 hits from Travis Hutchinson, Ryan Skube, Ryan Freberg and the game winning RBI came from Brett Wilkey. Sophmore Dan Will came in to close the game three up three down in the bottom of the seventh.

On Wednesday, Boulder Creek scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th to tie the score vs. Kingman at 7-7. Neither team scored in the 7th inning and then Nathan Tellez hit a walk of grand slam in the bottom of the 8th for the win. Tellez finished the day 3 for 4 with 7 RBI and a walk. Cody Jones pitched 2 innings of shutout relief for the win.

Central beat South Mountain 16-6 in 5 innings yesterday. The Bobcats scored 9 runs in the 1st inning. Jay Mireles was 3-4 with 2 HR's and 7 RBI's. Jay hit a
3-run and a grand slam in the game.

Chaparral used outstanding pitching and strong defense Thursday to win, 9-6, in an important Desert Sky Region game at Chaparral. Junior righthander
Preston Hill went six innings for the Firebirds to pick up the victory, the eighth in ninth games for Chaparral. The Firebirds are now 13-11 overall and 5-3 in the region. (They play an interesting non-region game at 4 p.m. today at home against nationally ranked Notre Dame). Hill struck out five and scattered five hits, allowing one run. (The score was 9-1 after six innings). He benefitted from three double plays by his infield defense of Jordan Weymouth, Trey Ford, James McDonald and Joey Bielek.
After Hill exited, McClintock demonstrated why it has been near the top of the region standings all season, scoring five runs on five hits in the seventh on the strength of a three-run triple by Chris Contreras and a two run homer to left by Brent Davis. But it was too little, too late.
Chaparral, with 12 hits total, took command with three runs and five hits in the second inning. Aaron Levy singled hard to center. Joel Hayden, who was
perfect on the day with two singles, two walks and two runs, followed with a line drive to center. Nate Sherman loaded the base with an infield hit. Runs
then scored on hits by Jordan Weymouth and James McDonald and an errant pickoff play to first. Sherman, who had three hits and a pair of RBIs, drove
in runs in the third and fifth.
In the fourth, the Firebirds made it 6-1 with an RBI single by Trey Ford to bring in McDonald, and a triple to right-center by Jack Diamond. Chaparral struck for three more in the fifth on a walk to Hayden, Sherman's run-scoring single, a walk to Weymouth and a high-chopper over an infield playing in by McDonald.
Weymouth and McDonald also had two hits for the Firebirds. Weymouth, who will be playing next year at the University of Texas, was cheered on by a large contingent of Longhorns from the University of Texas alumni group in Arizona.
For McClintock, Davis and Xavier Carrillo each had two hits.

Tyler Gianonatti tossed a complete game 1 hit shutout to give Corona Del Sol a 2-0 win over Basha at Phoenix Muni. The lone hit was an infield dribbler that Trevor Plautz beat out. Greg Ryan had 3 hits for the Aztecs. Colby Keicher threw very well in a losing effort for the Bears.

Pinnacle took care of Marcos 11-1 in 5 innings. Steve Casey only allowed 3 hits in the complete game win. Pinnacles offense exploded for 6 in the 3rd to break the game open, the inning was highlighted by a 3 run opposite field shot by Alex Real his 7th of the year. Ash McCoy and Tyler Kraus had multi hit games. With the win Pinnacle move to 5-1 in the Pima region and sets up a big Friday matchup vs Desert Ridge at Pinnacle for control of the region.

Deer Valley beat Willow Canyon on Wednesday 1 to 0 in a great pitchers duel. Senior Chris Capper from Deer Valley pitched a complete game shutout giving up
4 hits, walking none, and striking out 12. Taylor Irwin pitched a complete game, giving up the only run in the 6th when Soph Darian Ramage led off with a single, went to third off a miscue on a steal and Junior Jacob Doyle hit a sac fly to center for the only score.

CDO took over the lead in the tight Sonoran Region race with a 6-inning 10-0 victory over Pueblo Tuesday evening at CDO. Senior Ryan Retz pitched the shutout yielding only 3 hits while striking out 6 with only 1 walk.
Retz helped his cause with a 2-run homer and Eric Guttierez was 2-2 with a double and home run to pace the Dorado offense that had 6 extra base hits and 9 total.
CDO will meet Catalina Foothills on Friday evening in their next contest with a chance to lock up the region.

Desert Ridge batted around and scored 6 times in the first inning en route to a 7-1 win over Horizon. Chris Ashby walked the tightrope a couple of times early, but tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings before giving way to Jerry Kleman. The two combined to allow only 5 hits Travis Flores was 3-4 and Alex Villar 2-4 to lead the way for Ridge.

Gilbert and Chandler battled in a nail biter pitcher's duel on Wednesday, with lefties Colton Thompson (Gilbert) and Jason Kalber Chandler battling to a 1-1 tie through seven. The 2 teams traded runs in the 8th. In the ninth Kalber gave way to the bullpen. Gilbert's Drew Stankiewicz led off the bottom of the inning and reached on an error by the second baseman. Tyler Kamtz then shot a ball inside the bag at third and down in the corner, scoring Stankiewicz from first witht eh winning run. Thompson went 9 innings for the win. Kamtz was 30-5 and Natahniel Causey homered for the Tigers.

Mesa Mountain View added to Hamilton's misery with an 8-5 win on the road. Brian Williams earned the win on the mound. Matt Helm made his first start on the mound and took the loss. Anthony Reda was 2-2 with a homer for MVT.

Marcos de Niza defeated Horizon at MDN on Tuesday 3 - 0. Brian King threw the complete game shutout, giving up 4 hits and striking out 8. Dillon Everett was the only Horizon batter to drive King all game when he stroked a double to right center in the 3rd, but that was as far as he or any other runner got.
For the Padres, Jeff Anderson led off the first with a single up the middle, followed by a double from Max Sankey and was driven in on a Sac Fly to center by Casey Maloney. In the 2nd, Mike Kenneth drove a home run over the right field fence. The Padres finished the scoring in the 3rd on a single and a steal of 2nd by Sankey, who scored on an error off the bat of Zach Schira. Joey danner was the tough luck loser for Horizon.

In a matchup between the two of the West Valley Regions top teams yesterday, Copper Canyon and Cactus HS both relied on the arms of their aces. Senior Andrew Walter of Cactus and junior Rudy Gutierrez of Copper Canyon faced off, with both pitchers dominating early. The game ended with a score of 8-3 with Cactus coming away victorious.. Both teams were continuously shut down until the 5th inning when Copper Canyon scored on a base hit by junior catcher Ruben Hernandez. In the bottom half of the 5th after a few drawn walks, the Cobra offense awoke. Copper Canyon scored 2 more in the 7th but it wasn’t enough for a comeback. Both teams meet again on Thursday at Copper Canyon. Both Cactus (6-1) and Copper Canyon (7-4) sit atop the West Valley Region.

Mesa High took 5 years of frustration out in one game, exploding for 18 hits and 22 runs for a 22-5 run rule over rival Mountain View. The Jackrabbits had not beaten Mtn. View since '04 and did it in a 5 inning run rule game. To say Chris Wert has been on fire does not do it justice, 16 for last 17, 16 RBI's, and he continued on Tuesday going 4 for 4 with a Grand Slam, a double and 7 RBI's. Ryan Vigil getting the start due to injury made the most of his opportunity in a big way going 3 for 4 with a Grand Slam of his own and 6 RBI's. Wert and Vigil hit there Grand Slams in the same inning. Other offensive contributors were Michael Horton 3 for 4 and 2 RBI's, Jessie Feininger 2 for 3, 2B RBI, Bryant King 2 for 3, 2B RBI, Jordan Adair 2 for 4 and an RBI. On the bump Ryan Downs was once again very solid getting the complete game win and striking out 4.

Deer Valley beat Goldwater Tuesday afternoon 8 to 1, Junior Kyle Herrington pitched 6 shutout innings, giving up 3 hits while striking out 9. Deer Valley had several players with multiple hits including Senior Daniel Schneider with 2 hits, including a triple, Senior Chris Capper with 2 hits and an rbi and Kyle Herrington went 3 for 4 with 4 rbi's.

Luis Gamboa pitched 6.1/3 to pick up his 4th win, and Jonathan Cuellar struck out the last 2 to pick up the save. Steven Monteith hit a 2 run homer( his 11th) and Roberto Alejo doubled twice and had 2 rbi's. Andrew Romo had a pinch hit single to put the mustangs up for good. North's record is 15-8

North Canyon took control of the Metro Region with a 15-5, 5-inning victory over Trevor Browne on Tuesday. Junior LHP Kevin Baumgartner improved to 4-0 in the region (5-1 overall) in a complete game effort.

The Rattlers pounded out 12 hits and took advantage of 9 Trevor Browne walks in the victory. Miles Moeller, Dillon Moeller, Dominic Portocarrero, and Jake Jantzen all had multi-hit games. Jason Walker went deep for the sixth time this season.

For the Bruins, Sergio Burruel hit a 3 run shot - his 12th of the season.

Notre Dame 11
Cortez 0

The Saints improved their record to 21-1 as Austin Edwards and Jonathan Cohn combined to throw a 5 inning 1 hit shutout.
Jordan Luvisi and Drew Ozanne led the Saints offense. Luvisi hit his team leading 8th home run going 2 for 3 with 3 rbi's . Ozanne added a single, triple and 1 RBI.

Queen Creek broke its 5 game losing skid with a 6-4 win over region foe, Perry, @ the QC on Tuesday. Despite surrendering 5 walks, the Dogs got a solid outing from Matt Schmit who went 5 1/3 innings. Schmitty struck out only 3, but battled and held the Pumas to 3 hits and 2 runs (one earned). Travis Eggert smoked two triples and drove in 3 runs in 3 at bats. Alonzo Martin went ya-ya for QC despite the wind blowing straight in from left. Martin finished 2-2 with a walk. Pierce Arnett scraped together a pair of knocks to help the cause, as well. Perry was led by Taggart, who went 2-3 with a 2B and a 3B and J.T. Jobusch who was 2-4.

Mingus won over Sinagua 11-4. Shawn McCarty pitched a complete game. Striking out 9 with 2 walks and giving up 2 earned runs. Mingus clinches the Grand Canyon Region. Mingus is 8-0 in their Region with two games to go. Trevor Sanderlin went 2 for 4, McCarty went 2 for 4 , Hunter Zwart went 2 for 4 with 2 Dbl's. Logan Stewart went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI's and Tony Vocca continues his streak with 3 for 4 a Dbl ,Trpl and 3 RBI's

Pinnacle kept pace for the pima region lead with a 16 to 6 victory over skyline. Pinnacle broke open a close game with 8 runs in the top of the 7th led by a 3 run bomb by TC Mark. Pinnacles hitting attack was led by Mark with 3 hits, Ash McCoy 3 hits including a triple, Justin Winters 2 hits, and Alex Real with a 3 run homerun. Justin Walker threw 6 quality innings to get the win and move his record to 6-1. Mike Wesolowski and Darian Johnson had multiiple hits for Skyline. Trey Lang took the loss.

Desert Vista remained atop the Central Region with a 12-8 win over Mountain Pointe. Jaycob Brugman was 4-4 with a pair of homers.

Chaparral used 17 hits, including four home runs (two right-handed and two left-handed) and another outstanding pitching performance from senior Oliver
Craig to roll past first-place McClintock, 15-3, Tuesday in a Desert Sky Region game at McClintock. The victory lifted the Firebirds, 12-11 overall and 4-3 in the region, over .500 for the first time this season. The two teams play again on Thursday at Chaparral.
Craig pitched four and a third innings, striking out eight and limiting the Chargers to four hits. Konner Wade finished for the Firebirds, picking up the save with a dominant seventh-inning. Seniors Jack Diamond and Trey Ford, right handers, and juniors James McDonald and Will Dyer, switch-hitters batting from the left side, all homered for Chaparral to account for nine runs.
The Firebirds got things going right away as McDonald reached on an error, Ford doubled deep to right and Blake Spiekerman singled sharply to left to bring in McDonald. Diamond than followed with a three-run homer to left, providing all the runs Chaparral would need.
McClintock added some fireworks of its own in the bottom of the first on a single by Chaz Conteras and a two-run homer by Tyler Messer to right center, but after a walk to Brent Davis, the Chargers came up nearly empty against Craig the rest of the way. It was the fourth straight standout performance for Craig, who was injured earlier in the season. He is a major reason Chaparral has now won seven of eight.
The Firebirds added three more runs in the second when Ford homered to left after singles by Joey Bielek and Jordan Weymouth. McDonald's home run, a
two-run shot to deep right, came in the fifth, and Dyer followed up to right in the sixth.
Ford led the Firebirds with three hits, including a double to go along with the home run, and three RBIs. He also scored three times. Weymouth had three
hits and three runs. Diamond had two hits and four RBIs. Spiekerman, with a double and three RBIs, also had two hits along with McDonald and Bielek.
Matt Harjung, with a line-drive single to left in the sixth, notched his fifth consecutive pinch hit.
McClintock's final run came in the fifth on a single by Davis to score Eric Urry, who had led off with a double to right.

Corona Del Sol took a 9-8 extra inning decision over Basha. With 2 outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th, on a ground ball the Bears attempted to force the runner out at the plate and the throw wasn't handled by the catcher, allowing the winning run to score.
Kirby Pellant was 3-4 with 2 RBIs, Mike Felton chipped in a pair of hits and 2 RBIs. Josh Melendez homered and went 3-3 for the Bears.

Desert Mountain laid the wood to Brophy 13-2 in a Desert Valley region battle last night under the lights. The Wolves led 2-1 and loaded the bases in the 4th. Taylor Lindsey then stroked a line drive missile to center field for the grand slam off starter Trent Stevenson. In the 5th, the Wolves would have a pair on and Lindsey up again. This time Brophy reliever Trevor Fassero elected to do the quasi intentional walk to Lindsey, loading the bases for Adam Sonabend. Sonabend then made the Broncs pay with a rocket deep into the canal past left field for another grand slam. Jamie Young tossed another gem for the Wolves with a perfect inning of relief help from Brian Foster. Lindsey was 3-3 with a double and the slam, Sonabend was 2-3 with a double and salami with 5 RBIs. AJ Steimel homered for Brophy and was 2-2.

North Canyon scored 6 times in the 4th inning en route to a 14-4 six inning victory over Maryvale on Friday. For the Rattlers, Dillon Moeller went 3 for 4 at the plate, with 3 runs scored and 4 RBI. Peyton Deiters went 2 for 4 with a double and a 3 run bomb.

Junior Eric Wise improved to 3-1 on the season allowing only 1 earned run in 5 innings.

For Maryvale, Elisio Martinez, Luis Caraveo and David Badilla each had multi-hit games.

Notre Dame AZ 11
Notre Dame CA 6

The Notre Dame Saints (19-1) flexed their long ball muscles again rallying from behind to defeat Notre Dame Sherman Oaks California at the Anderson National Bat Tournament in Anaheim California.
Matt Ozanne hit a 3 run homer while Jordan Luvisi and Eric Hopkins belted 2 run homers to lead the Saints offense. Tony Piazza and Nick Barber also
each added 2 hits.
Eric Knight picked up the win allowing 6 runs in 6 innings on the mound.
Jordan Luvisi and Tony Piazza both earned spots on the All Tournament team that was announced at the end of the championship game. Luvisi finished the
4 game tournament with 3 homers and 9 RBI's. Piazza finished the tournament with a .583 batting average.
The Saints completed the tournament with a strong showing winning 3 out of the 4 games they played. Their only loss was to Mater Dei (CA) who went undefeated and won the highly regarded tournament.

Notre Dame 14
Moon Valley 2

Matt Ozanne went 4-5 with 2 homers including a run rule game ending grand slam to improve the Saints record to 20-1.Ozanne had 7 rbi's for the night.
Tony Piazza,Andy Wilder,and Tayler Scott added 3 hits a piece to the Saints offense with Piazza picking up 4 rbi's. Jordan Luvisi improved his record to 6-1 working on only 2 days rest, striking out 8 in 4 innings while allowing 2 unearned runs on only 1 hit. Jonathon Cohn threw 2 scoreless innings in relief allowing only a pair of hits.

Deer Valley beat Kingman Friday 7 to 1 with senior Steven Sakata pitching a complete game for the SkyHawks striking out 6 giving up 5 hits in 7 innings. Deer Valley got started in the first inning when catcher Blaine Schmidt hit a homerun. Daniel Schneider had a rbi in the 3rd and then Deer Valley scored 5 in the 5th inning with Schmidt driving in 2 with a single, followed by Kyle Herrington's rbi single, Chris Capper had a rbi on a sac fly,and Schneider also had a rbi in the 5th. Jacob Doyle and Darian Ramage had several key defensive plays throughout the game as Deer Valley played a solid complete game.

Junior Cam Teich of Desert Mountain shut down Brophy with a complete game 5 hitter-striking out 8. Teich gave up an RBI double to Casey Coffman in the first inning, and shutout the Broncos the rest of the way. Tyler Pretzlaff led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on Adam Sonabend's 2 out double-tying the score. Jake Williams threw a scoreless 2nd and 3rd, but Desert Mountain broke through in the 4th with 2 unearned runs. Lance Harper was aboard on an error, stole 2nd and moved to third on a long flyout by Hunter Thompson. Harper scored on Teich's 2 out double. Jeremy McNeely singled home Teich with the 2nd run of the inning. The Wolves sealed the game in the 5th inning. Taylor Lindsey singled, and Sonabend drew a walk. Harper then hit a bomb off of the batter's eye in center field to score 3 runs. DM added an insurance run in the 6th on a Teich single, stolen base, and a Matt Petello RBI single. Lindsey and Teich had two hits each for DM. Brandon Bayardi and Coffman had two hits each for Brophy. The two teams square off again at Brophy on Tuesday night at 7pm.

McHS 4-1-0-0-1-0-1-1 = 8 R / 10 H / 2 E
SHS 1-3-0-1-1-0-1-2 = 9 R / 11 H / 3 E

Continuation game from 3/26/09 - Eight Inning

McClintock opened the top of the inning with Chaz Contreras singled to left, followed by an RBI, 2-B to Right Center off the bat of Justin Goal. Kurt Jahnke for Saguaro settled in and closed out the next three batters, two with a called third strike. Saguaro with a lead off single to left by Kyle Frazier who stole second with one out. Gibbons battled 0-2 and connected for a single up the middle, and error by the Davis allows Frazier to score and moved Zach Gibbons to third with one out. Kyle Young faced Chris Fruenberg with a 1 out 1-2 count, infield in outfield playing short to prevent the sac fly RBI. Young flew out to short left field an off line throw from the left fielder, cut by Fruedenberg and relayed to Brent Davis allowed Gibbons to score the winning run for Saguaro on a close play at the plate.

It was a disappointing loss for Mesa who played an exciting back and forth battle with Red Mountain. The ending score was 16-12. Chris Wert started the first inning with a home run to put the Jackrabbits out to an early lead 1-0. But he would find himself struggling at the mound in the bottom of the first and allowed 2 runs. The Lions pitcher Cole Gleason did a good job at keeping Mesa off balance with no runs in the second through 4th innings. Wert continued to struggle and along with a fielding error that loaded the bases, the Lions scored 4 runs from a base clearing grand slam by
Gleason. The Lions would score 2 more runs in the 4th off of no hits and 3 walks to bring the game to a score of 8-1. Jonathon Hoops came in to pitch for Mesa in the 5th and shut the Lions down with just 5 pitches to get out of the inning. After 4 scoreless innings and a solid outing for Gleason, it looked like this game was going south for
Mesa - until the 6th inning- that's when the game got exciting. After taking a line drive off his ankle in the 5th, Gleason struggled and the Rabbits took advantage. Junior Michael Horton started the inning getting on with a walk. Wert, who may have had a hard time on the mound, shined at the plate and got his second single of the game
on his third at bat. Jordan Adair would also walk, then Ryan Downs hit his second double of the game to clear the bases for Mesa and got the momentum going! The Jackrabbits continued to battle with hits from Dallin Parker, Ryan Vigil and a double from Michael Horton. The Jackrabbits had 10 runs score on 5 hits and a couple of errors, giving them the lead 11-8. Heading into the bottom of the 6th, it looked
like the game had turned, but the Lions answered back with 8 runs of
their own off Bryant King. Derek Mendoza got on from a fielders choice, then Cole had a screaming double down the left line to put two men on.
Craig Frum also hit a gap and got a double to drive those two runs in. After a couple of walks and another throwing error, 4 more runs scored. TJ Bennett came up and knocked one over center for a 2 run HR. The Rabbits attempted another streak after King started off the 7th with a hit and Parker got on after a fielding error. But pitcher
Blake Dunham came back to shut Mesa down and the game ended 16 -12.

Top Hitters for Red Mtn:
Cole Gleason- 2-2 HR, DBL, and 2 BB
Craig Frum2-3, DBL and 1 BB
TJ Bennett 1-3, HR

Top hitters for Mesa:
Chris Wert 3-3, HR
Ryan Downs 2-4, 2 DBL's
Matt Delgado 2-4

Horizon scored 6 times in the bottom of the 7th to defeat Jake Barrett and Desert Ridge 6-5. Barrett had dominated the Horizon lineup through 6, allowing no runs and only one hit. After the first two hitters walked to start the seventh, a Colby Everett knock loaded the bases. The Huskies then got RBI hits from Brandon Snyder, Dylan Scott and a bases loaded HBP to Dillon Everett. Tommy Joseph, who had been corralled by the big dog all night, then laced a bases clearing double to send Huskyland into a frenzy. DR had jumped out to a 5-0 lead led by Steven Bier's 12th homer with a man on and a two RBI triple by Jerry Kleman. Horizon used Johnny Wholestaff on the mound...with 5 guys toeing the rubber.

In what turned out to be a pitchers duel McClintock beat Cactus Shadows 2-1 in 10 innings yesterday with Eric Urry getting the win(4 IP) in relief of Parker Marshall(6 IP) who did an outstanding job. Jackson Goulder started for C.S. pitching very well and was relieved by Mike Basco who took the loss. The game was highlighted by Chaz Contreras driving in Justin Boshears, who started the inning with an infield single, with a double over the drawn in center fielders head. Both Mike Ratzken (McClintock) and Jackson Goulder (Cactus Shadows) gunned a man out from left field to keep the score tied at 1.

Desert Mountain defeated St. Mary's 16-3 in five innings on Thursday night at Phoenix College. Taylor Lindsey tied the DM single season home run record (15) with a grand slam in the third inning. Lindsey finished 3-3 with a triple, homer and 6 RBI's. Matt Petello had a perfect 4 for 4 game with 3 RBI's. Tyler Pretzlaf was 3 for 3 and Micheal Janikis was 3 for 3 with 4 RBI's. Pretzlaff was flawless in the field-turning two double plays. Lance Harper added two hits for the Wolves. Starter Carson Edmunds pitched a solid 4 innings, scattering 6 hits. Sophomore Taylor Carroll made his first Varsity appearence with a perfect 5th inning. Third Baseman Jose Bueno had an RBI single for the Knights. Number 2 Desert Mountain takes on Number 3 Brophy in a battle of 5AI powerhouses Friday afternoon at DM.

Chaparral used a classic combination of pitching, defense and hitting to defeat Shadow Mountain, 8-1, Thursday in a Desert Sky Region game at Shadow
Mountain. With the victory, Chaparral, which had defeated Shadow Mountain 11-0 on Tuesday, advanced to 11-11 overall and 3-3 in the region. The Firebirds have now won six out of their last seven.
Junior right-hander Preston Hill kept Shadow Mountain off balance throughout and set the tone for the Firebirds by retiring 10 of the first 11 hitters he faced. In all, he went six shutout innings to record the victory, striking out five, allowing only two hits and walking one. Freshman Nick Diamond pitched the seventh.

The Firebirds set the tone early on defense when Jordan Weymouth, Trey Ford and Joey Bielek combined to turn a double play after Cody Davis had singled
to center to lead off the inning for the Matadors. Weymouth turned three more nifty plays at second and was joined in the slick fielding category by Ford and James McDonald, who both turned hard-hit balls into outs at shortstop and third base.
Offensively, Chaparral got things going in the third. Joel Hayden started things off with a lead off single to left. After Weymouth reached base, McDonald brought both runners home with a triple off the high wall in right-center. He came home when Ford followed with a sharp single to left.
The Firebirds struck again with two more runs in the fifth when Jack Diamond led off with a double to deep right and Hayden walked. Bielek followed with a line-drive double off the left field wall to bring in Diamond and send Hayden to third. Weymouth then made it 5-0 with a sacrifice to deep left.
Chaparral closed out the scoring in the seventh on a single to center by McDonald, who then stole second and scored on a pair of throwing errors. Ford then walked and Matt Harjung followed with a pinch-hit single to center. (It was his third consecutive pinch-hit). Both runners scored on a line-drive single to right by Nate Sherman.
McDonald led the nine-hit Firebird attack with two hits, two runs and two RBIs to go along with a stolen base. Ford, who contributed an RBI and drew a walk, also had two hits for Chaparral. Before he flew out to center in the fifth, he had reached base six consecutive times over three games.
Davis, with a triple and single and a run, had two of Shadow Mountain's three hits. He scored in the seventh on an RBI ground ball to second by Trevor Weimer, who had the only hit for the Matadors in Tuesday's game. Dan Snyder, with a double in the fourth, had the other Shadow Mountain hit.

In 30 degree temperatures, lefty Will Thomas from Page was matched up against Trevor Sanderlin from Mingus. After 7 it was all tied 1-1. In top of the 8th Hunter Zwart drew a two out walk . Zwart stole second . With two outs in the inning Shawn Mc Carty delivered an RBI triple scoring Zwart to go ahead for good. Sanderlin completed the game by striking out the last batter, stranding runners on first and third for Page. Sanderlin went 8 inn. struck out 13, gave up only two hits and walked 4 in a 2-1 thriller. Sanderlin is now 6-1 with an ERA still at 1.03 or below . Mingus is now 5-0 in region play. The only earned run given up by Sanderlin was a laser home run down left field line by Aaron Keisling in the 4th inn. Thomas pitched a great game also, going the distance for Page striking out 2 with 3 walks.

Basha defeated Mountain Pointe 10-3 Mike Benjamin went 4-4, Brenden Merrell had a pinch hit triple w/3rbi's and Jeff Uhlorn was 2-4 with 3 rbi's. Matt Potter pitched a complete game not allowing a hit until the 5th he allowed a total of 2 earned runs both in the sixth.

Adam Frank tossed a complete game allowing only 2 hits as Williams Field dropped Queen Creek 11-2.

Normally when 2 of the state's top senior arms face off, you look for a crisp, quick pitchers duel with runs coming at a premium. However, this is 2009 Arizona high school baseball, where anything can happen.

With Brophy's Trent Stevenson and Mountain Ridge's Parker Markel toeing the rubber, the two teams' offenses showed little respect. Both teams laced line drives to all fields before Brophy eventually held on for an 18-15 win.

Copper Canyon- 7
Peoria- 4

Yesterday Copper Canyon hosted the Peoria Panthers and came away victorious by the score of 7-4. Sophomore Alex Gutierrez got the start and threw 5 innings, allowing 1 hit, and striking out 4. Senior Ramon Del Sol came in relief in the 6th, and junior Rudy Gutierrez got the save in the 7th. Alex now sits at 5-2 on the year. Rudy earned his 2nd save. At the plate the Aztecs were led by senior Ramon Del Sol who went 2-3 with an RBI, walk and 2 runs scored. Junior Marcos Gomez went 1-1 with 2 walks and an RBI. Copper Canyon is now 7-3 in region play and are set to play Glendale Cactus next week

DJ Peterson homered twice and knocked in 5 runs as Gilbert topped Mesquite 12-5. Colton Thompson got the win on the mound. Erick Gonzalez pounded out 4 hits and had 3 RBIs for the Tigers. For Mesquite, Jake Bamrick had a pair of bombs.

Notre Dame 9
Norco Calif 8

At the Anderson Bat Tournament in Anaheim California

Notre Dame (17-0) rallied from 2-0, 3-1 and 8-6 deficits to defeat Norco Calif 9-8.

Norco jumped in front 2-0 with a 2 run homer off starting pitcher Casey Upperman.

Jordan Luvisi hit a towering home run to left center field to put the Saints on the board in the top of the 4th. Norco added an unearned run in the bottom of the 4th to take a 3-1 lead.

The 5th inning proved to be an explosive inning for both ball clubs as both starting pitchers were unable to finish their respective innings. Notre Dame scored 5 times with the big hits coming from Drew Ozanne and Tony Piazza who each doubled home a run and Jordan Luvisi who singled and collected his 2nd RBI of the game. The Saints 6-3 lead was short lived as Norco scored 5 runs of their own in the bottom half of the 5th inning. Reliever Kevin Ryan replaced Upperman with the Saints now trailing 8-6 and inheriting 2 runners on base but retired the next 2 hitters to escape any more damage.

Notre Dame wasn't finished though as Eric Knight led off the Saints 6th inning with a double. After a walk, (sophomore) Joe Luvisi layed down a sacrifice bunt to move the tieing runs into scoring position. After a strike out and a walk loaded the bases Tony Piazza delivered a game tieing 2 out single driving in his 2nd and 3rd runs of the game to knot the score at 8-8 after 6 innings.

The Saints won it in the 7th when Tayler Scott delivered a huge 2 out run scoring single. Kevin Ryan shut Norco down again in the bottom of the 7th inning and picked up his 2nd win of the season with 2 2/3 innings of shutout baseball allowing only 1 hit.

Notre Dame 12
Archbishop Calif 11 ( 8 innings )

Notre Dame (18-1) used late inning long ball to rally past #8 ranked in nation Archbishop Mitty, San Jose California.

With the Saints 2 outs from defeat Jordan Luvisi belted a 3 run homer to give Notre Dame the lead 11-10 in the top of the 7th inning. Archbishop then rallied to tie it in the bottom of the 7th inning before (sophomore) Joey Greco crushed a solo homerun shot to give Notre Dame the lead for good in this extra inning victory.

Casey Upperman pitching on only 1 days rest gutted out 2 scoreless innings of relief and picked up the victory. Nick Barber, Kevin Ryan and Austin Edwards also contributed on the mound for the Saints.

Notre Dame's offense was led by the following 4 players:
Jordan Luvisi (2 - 4, 1 run, 1 homerun, 5 RBI's)
Joey Greco (2 - 4, 1 run, 1 homerun, 1 RBI)
Tony Piazza (2 - 2, 4 runs, 2 RBI's)
Matt Ozanne (4 - 5, 3 runs, 1 RBI)

Mesa got a dominant performance out of Ryan Downs who went the distance, only giving up 2 hits and striking out 12. Downs had his A game on, going through the Warrior lineup with ease. He helped his own cause at the plate going 2 for 4. Chris Wert continued his blazing hot hitting going 4 for 4 with a triple and
scoring 3 of Mesa's runs. Jordan Adair came up big with a bases loaded double down the line to plate 2 runners, he finished 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's, Jessie Feininger also was big for the Jackrabbits going 2 for 3 and driving 3 RBI's of his own. Quinton Perry and Bryant King pitched in 2 hits and an RBI a piece.

Ryan Downs (L) and Chris Wert led the way for Mesa at Hohokam

Deer Valley beat Boulder Creek 9 to 5 Wednesday afternoon behind a complete game pitched by senior Chis Capper. Senior Daniel Schneider had a big day with3 RBIs on two hits, senior Steven Sakata had 3 RBIs while getting 3 hits on the day. Junior Jacob Hernandez had 2 hits including an RBI double, junior Kyle Herrington had 2 hits including a double and homerun, junior Michael Cowan and soph. Darian Ramage had outstanding days up the middle on defense to assist Capper. Bryce Eisenbart homered for BC.

Todd Orta's grand slam in the top of the 7th inning put the icing on the cake as Centennial defeated arch rival Sunrise Mountain 11-6. AJ Robinson had tied the score at 5 for SM with a 2 run oppo bomb in the bottom of the 6th. After Centennial loaded the bases with none out in the 7th, the Coyotes scratched out the lead run before Orta ended the suspense. Michael Pomeroy (Cent) and Tyler Crawford (SM) both stared and threw a solid 5 innings considering the hurricane-like conditions. Sunrise hurt themselves with 5 errors on the day. Austin Byler also went deep for Sunrise. Austin Arias was 3-4 with 4 RBIs for Cent.

Tyler Crawford (L) and Michael Pomeroy faced off on Wednesday

Austin Arias uncoils (L) Vince Gillies throws across for Sunrise

Tucson Salpointe exploded for 16 runs over the last 4 innings to rally to an 18-11 victory at Desert Vista. Jacob Hunter had 3 hits for the Lancers. Dan Slania homered and had 4 RBIs. Cole Pembroke went deep and had 3 RBIs for DV.

Skyline----11
Maryvale---1

Skyline pounded out 15 hits in 4 innings of offense to run-rule Maryvale. Darian Johnson and Trever Benjamin had back-to-back jacks in the first. Will Bassler improved his record to 3-1 on the year, allowing only 4 hits and one unearned run.
The Panthers were led offensively by Caraveo (1-2, RBI) and Martinez (1-3, run scored).

McClintock beat Cactus Shadows yesterday by a score if 7 to 3. another great performance from soph. lhp Chris Fruedenberg, with a complete game effort giving up only 3. On the offensive side Parker Marshall hit a monster shot along with teammate Tyler Messer who added a long homerun of his own. Taking the loss for Cactus Shadows was Ismael Castro. Jackson Goulder went deep for CS. Multi hit games were Eric Urry, Mike Ratzken and Nick Garcia. The game ended with two runners on and Goulder crushing a ball to left. With the wind pulling it back, Ratzken caught it at the fence for the final out of the game.

Copper Canyon- 9
Peoria- 1
The Aztecs of Copper Canyon came away with another region victory yesterday. Copper Canyon defeated the Peoria Panthers 9-1 in 7 innings. Junior Rudy Gutierrez threw a complete game, allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits, striking out 14. Rudy is now 5-2 on the year. The Aztecs brought some much needed enthusiasm to the plate early and got on top. Senior Danny Ramirez who was moved to the lead off spot went 3-4 with a double and 3 runs scored. Marcos Gomez, Cory Deskins, and Alex Gutierrez each added a double for the Aztecs. With the win, Copper Canyon moves to 6-3 in region play. Both teams square off again at Copper Canyon on Thursday.

The Chaparral Firebirds, looking for an ace all season, seem to have found one in Oliver Craig. The senior right hander won his third straight start Tuesday, 11-0, in a five-inning victory over Shadow Mountain in a Desert Sky Region game at Chaparral. Craig went four innings, striking out seven and holding the Matadors hitless. After walking lead off hitter Mike Ciesla to open the game, Craig retired 11 straight hitters.

Paul Stockfish finished for the Firebirds, striking out two. With two outs, pinch hitter Trevor Weimer singled to right for Shadow Mountain’s only hit.

On the other side, Chaparral struck early and often. The Firebirds collected eight of their 14 hits in an eight-run first. Blake Spiekerman put Chaparral on the board first with a two-run, line-drive double to left-center that brought in hot-hitting Trey Ford, who had singled, and Aaron Levy who had walked. Nate Sherman, Joel Hayden, Joey Bielek, James McDonald, Jordan Weymouth and Ford followed with six consecutive hits for six more runs. Ford’s second hit of the inning was a two-run triple to deep center that brought in Weymouth and McDonald, who is hitting the ball hard after a torn hamstring kept him out of the Chaparral lineup for two weeks and hobbled for another week. He has hit safely in five straight games and finished with two hits, two RBIs and two runs against the Matadors.

Bielek also came through for the Firebirds with a pair of hits, including a double to deep right, a pair of runs and an RBI. Weymouth, with a double and single, was the fourth Firebird with a pair of hits.

Chaparral scored its final three runs in the fourth on consecutive singles by Bielek, McDonald and Weymouth, a walk to Ford, and another single – this one a hard liner to left – by Levy.

The victory was the fifth in sixth games for the Firebirds and improved their record to 10-11 overall and 2-3 in the region. They travel to Shadow Mountain on Thursday.

With Tuesday's 10-0 victory over Perry, the Coronado Dons extended their current winning streak to five games and improved their East Sky Region-leading record to 7 and 2. Senior Bryan Dunlavey shut down the Pumas from the mound, while Sophomore Alex Buya delivered a bases loaded-clearing triple.

Desert Mountain erupted for 19 runs and 17 hits and defeated St. Mary's 19-6 on Tuesday. Michael Janikis, Taylor Lindsey and Adam Sonabend went back-to-back-to-back jacks in the second inning.
Lindsey and Tyler Pretzlaff had 3 hits each. Janikis, Sonabend and Matt Pettelo had 2 hits each. Starting pitcher Jaime Young and 3 relievers benefited from the run support. The two teams play again Thursday night under the lights. St. Mary's Santana went 3 for 3 with two doubles and a home run.

Pinnacle and Gilbert ended up tied 3-3 after nine innings with dark setting in. Both starters pitched well, Cody Repenning for Gilbert and Steve Casey for Pinnacle. Pinnacle outfielders Jake Peevyhouse and Tyler Krause both caught balls high off the wall during the game. Gilbert’s Tyler Kamtz and Richie McEachran both had multiple hits. For Pinnacle Ashton McCoy, Alex Real and Ryan Plantier had multiple hits as well.

Trent Wilson lined a grand slam onto the left field berm at Diablo in the bottom of the 7th to give Desert Vista an 8-5 win over Corona Del Sol. DV had loaded the bases in the 7th with no outs when Wilson connected. He was 2-4 with 5 RBIs on the day. Cole Pembroke was also 2-4 and was absolutely robbed on a long drive to the wall in straightaway center that Ryan Moore flagged down with a leaping catch at the wall. Sean Smedley had a pair of hits as well for DV. Jaycob Brugman got the win in relief of Ryan Box. Brugman held the Aztecs scoreless over the final 2 innings. For the Aztecs, Tyler Giannonatti, Marshall Gottlieb, Mike Fleton and Moore had 2 hit games. Trever Allen threw well for CDS, not allowing a hit through the first 3 innings.

David Miczek's 4th inning 3 run blast gave Basha the lead for good as the Bears rallied to defeat Mountain Pointe 8-4. Miczek also earned the win in relief. Trevor Plautz had a pair of knocks for the Bears. Josh Alexander was 2-4 with a double for MP.

Highland's Max Rossiter cranked a walk off homer in the bottom of the 7th to give the Hawks an 11-10 win over Hamilton. Highland had trailed 6-3 in the bottom of the 5th when the Hawks erupted for 7 runs. Hamilton answered with a 4 spot in the top of the 7th, with Tyler Kem launching a 3 run scud and Aaron Hardenburg following with a solo shot to knot the score, setting up Rossiter's heroics.

Mtn Ridge beat Brophy last night by the score of 4-3, they were led on the mound by Austin Buelow. He earned his 5th win of the year against the Broncos. Cody Gray earned the save and also had a clutch 2 RBI double in the 6th inning to tie the score. Cameron Paschke followed the double with a RBI single of his own to give the MTN Lions the lead. Later in the inning Aaron Hines had a RBI single. This moves the MTN Lions to 2-1 in the conference.Travis Hutchinson had 3 hits in the game.

O'Connor battled through 40 mile an hour wind to defeat Prescott 14-7 in Prescott. Kyle Myoshi threw the first two innings he was relieved by Tyler Doolittle throwing the next 4 innings and Aaron Copfer closed it out in the seventh. Bryce Kefeller had four hits, Tyler Doolittle, Aaron Copfer, and Brad King each had 3 hits.

Two big games in So. AZ 4A-I last night.

In the Kino Region, Cienega defeated Sahuaro 5-2. Cienega pounded out 10 hits and received great pitching from Ricky Casl er. After giving up an RBI single to Sahuaro's Jake Cole in the first and then botching a pick-off throw that led to another run , Cienega's Casler settled down and shut down the Cougars until he gave up only his 3rd hit of the game with 2 outs in the 6th. Mario Sanchez then came in and closed it out for the Bobcats. With the win and Nogales getting upset by Flowing Wells 4-3, Cienega takes over sole possesion of 1st place in the Kino with a Region mark of 3-0.

In a battle of Sonoran Region powers, host CDO defeated Catalina Foothills 3-2 in nine innings. With the game tied 2-2, CDO's Griffin Ronstadt tripled with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but was tagged out at the plate on a botched squeeze and a fine play by Foothills' 3rd baseman Reid Hunter who flipped the ball to catcher Matt Riley for the tag on Ronsatdt and out number 2. But CDO had the right batter at the plate as Senior Ryan Retz doubled in the gap in right center to score Ryan Gerber from first for the victory. Retz finished 4 for 5 on the day and pitched 8 innings before yielding to Junior Vicente Teran who pitched the 9th for the win. Foothills starter Sterling North also pitched well before yielding to Tommy West in the 6th. West suffered the tough loss.

With Pueblo's 8-7 win over Marana last night the Sonoran Region will be a battle with Cat. Foothills, CDO, and Pueblo all with one region loss and all 3 ranked in the top 10 of the 4A Power Rankings.

Saguaro traveled to Apache Junction for the first of their two region games this week and came away with an 8-2 win. Dylan Beam pitched 3 innings giving up 2 hits, 1 run, to earn the win. Kurt Jahnke hit a 2 run HR, his first of the year. Jahnke also doubled to drive in 2 more runs in the seventh. Ryan Comford and Tucker Frazier were both 2-4, each with a double and RBI. Chris Salazar relieved in the 4th, pitching 2 solid innings, giving up 2 hits, 1 run, and 5 Ks. Brian Faucher turned in a strong performance closing out the last 2 innings giving up 1 hit and fanning 5.

Senior Jonathan Hoopes threw a very nice 2 hit complete game shut out of South Mountain to give Mesa a 15-0 victory. Hoopes got his first start of the season and was extremely solid striking out 4. At the plate Chris Wert had a monster game driving in 7 RBI's with a double and a HR. Also producing offensively for the Jackrabbits was Jordan Adair 3-3 with double and an RBI, Michael Horton 2-2 with a double and an RBI and Bryant King 1-1 with double and an RBI.

Corona Del Sol jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and cruised to a 5-2 win over North Canyon. Tyler Giannonatti got the win on the bump. Evan Ritchie went deep for the Aztecs.

Trevor Sanderlin pitched a no hitter against Coconino on Thursday the 9th. He faced 16 batters with 10 ks and 0 walks. Mingus prevailed 10-0.

Deer Valley beat Goldwater Friday 6 to 1. Junior Tyler Cohen pitched 5 1/3 giving up only 1 run to get the win. Senior Chris Capper had 2 hits , senior Steve Sakata had a big triple with 2 rbis, junior Kyle Herrington had 2 rbi's with a single and sac fly.

The Coronado Dons continued to sizzle through the mid-season on Thursday, defeating Arcadia 9-3 for their fourth straight victory over top-ten competition, and seizing sole possession of first place in the 4A II East Sky Region.
Sophomore lefty Harlan Gatewood scattered three hits over six innings and collected the win. Coronado's Chet Barret homered, while Dons David Alfaro, Brian Dunlavey and Tim Stempkowski turned in multiple hit performances.
Since the return of junior Justin Rodriguez from a preseason injury, the Dons have enjoyed a resurgence. It's been a collective effort by a team that will return twelve varsity-proven players in 2010.

Cactus Shadows moves their record to 16 and 3 after defeating Apollo by the score of 5-4. Cactus Shadows tied the game in the 5th and took the lead in the 6th off of Gutierrez. Jackson Goulder moved his record to 7 and 0 for Cactus Shadows and Mike Basco came on in the 7th to get his 2nd save of the season. The hitting stars for Cactus Shadows were Connor Sabanosh - 3 for 3 and Austin Edwards - 3 for 3. Gutierrez went 2 for 4 with a homerun for Apollo.

Miles Moeller's single with bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th inning drove home the decisive run in North Canyon's 2-1 victory over Trevor Browne on Thursday. The defensive play of the game came in the top of the 7th after Trevor Browne had loaded the bases with one out and the score knotted at 1. Jason Walker fielded a fly ball in right field and threw a seed to nail Browne's Isidro Carrizoza at the plate to end the threat.

Junior LHP Kevin Baumgartner moved to 3-1 on the year, going the distance, allowing just 4 hits and striking out 5. Miles Moeller ended the night 2 for 3 with a run scored and the winning RBI. For Browne, Carrizoza went 2 for 2 including a solo home run.

Two days after losing a run-rule game to Chaparral, the Saguaro Sabrecats turned the table on Chaparral, taking advantage of a complete-game effort by
pitcher Kurt Jahnke and outlasting the Firebirds, 8-5, in a Desert Sky Region game at Chaparral. Jahnke held Chaparral in check for five innings before the Firebirds threatened with three runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.

The decisive hit for Saguaro came in the fourth when cleanup hitter Josh Chapman launched a fastball deep over the left-field fence for a three-run homer that put the Sabrecats ahead 7-1. Saguaro, now 14-8-1, totaled 13 hits after collecting only two in Tuesday's 11-1, five-inning loss. Ryan Comford had three singles and an RBI for the Sabrecats, who also had multiple hits from Chapman (two and four RBIs), Wes Smith (two hits and two RBIs) and Chris Vasquez (two hits, one RBI).
Jack Diamond, with a single and a two-run double, was the only Firebird with more than one hit. Diamond's double came in the sixth after a walk to Jordan
Weymouth and a double by Trey Ford. He scored when Matt Harjung delivered a pinch-hit double to left center. Chaparral, which had won four straight, fell to 9-11.

O`Connor beat Thunderbird 8-1 at O`Connor, to stay atop the pack in region play. Aaron Copfer pitched 6 strong innings, holding Thunderbird scoreless until the 6th, where he gave up 1 un-earned run. Thunderbird started of the 6th inning with a hit up the middle. Then another base hit to left, where the ball rolled under the left fielders glove, allowing the runner from 1st to score, giving T-Bird their only run. Tyler Doolittle had multiple hits with a double, and Devon Turner had multiple hits with a triple, also Wes Sutton had multiple hits with a triple.

Hamilton finally got the sticks rolling as the Huskies dropped Gilbert 10-5 in Fiesta region play. Justin Rosales cranked a pair of homers, a double, and knocked in 4 runs. Cory Bernard had a homer and a double, and Tim Fowler added a long ball.

Kirby Pellant went 5-5 with a homer and 3 RBIs as Corona hammered Mountain Pointe 13-4. Mike Felton, Tyler Gianonatti and Greg Ryan all had multi hit games. Kevin CRon went yard for Pointe.

Mesa got a complete game out of Chris Wert and a victory over region foe Dobson 5-4. Wert also was 2-3 with an RBI, Michael Horton was 2-3 with a double and Ryan Downs was 2-3 with 2 RBI's.

A five run fifth inning proved to be the difference as McClintock outlasted Paradise Valley 9-8 on Thursday. Eric Urry and Chaz Contreras both had multi hit games for the Chargers. Johnny Glavez had a pair of doubles and Malcolm Purdy launched a 2 run homer for PV. Each team used 3 pitchers in the game.

Willie Baldenko gets the sign for McClintock (L) Malcolm Purdy cranks one out

Desert Ridge beat Pinnacle 6-0 in what turned out to be a pitchers duel for most of the game. Ridge’s Jake Barrett picks up the win while Pinnacle’s Steve Casey (sophomore) takes the loss. Going into the bottom of the 6^th there had been only three hits total between the two teams as Ridge lead 1-0 after picking up an unearned run in the 2^nd. In the bottom of the 6^th a tiring Casey gave up a bloop single, walked the next hitter and then Steven Bier hit a three run jack off the center field batters eye. Ridge picked up another single and then Travis Flores went yard before Casey was lifted. Pinnacle could not answer in the 7^th as Barrett pitched an absolute gem shutting out Pinnacle for the first time this year. Barrett struck out 14 and allowed only 3 singles, none after the 2nd inning.

Hats off to DR on the very touching pre-game ceremony honoring CJ and Nolan Smith, the youngsters who tragically died at the hands of a drunk driver…there were very few dry eyes at the field and it certainly put a sobering perspective on the big game.

Valley Vista defeated Deer Valley 12 - 8 in their first Region matchup of the season. The Monsoon jumped out to a 4 - 0 lead in the top of the 1st off of Skyhawks starting pitcher Josh Dahl. Monsoon starting pitcher Chris Welch held the Skyhawks scoreless 4 out 7 innings inducing their hitters into 4 groundball double plays. Welch took a 12 to 4 lead into the bottom of the 7th before giving up 4 runs on a double, single and a two out home run by Skyhawks Josh Dahl. V V freshman Matt Garringer came on in relief of Welch and retired the final Skyhawk batter. Top hitter for the Monsoon was Alex Gartner who had two doubles and a home run accounting for 6 RBIs. The win gives the monsoon a 3 - 1 Region record and puts Chris Welch at 4 wins against 1 loss. Next up for the Monsoon is a home game on friday against Willow Canyon. Winner will take control of 1st place in their Region.

Cactus Shadows keeps rolling on with a 10 run rule victory over Raymond Kellis by the score of 19-9. Cactus Shadows moves their record to 15 and 3. Ismael Castro got the win for the Falcons and now has a record of 4 and 0. The hitting stars for Cactus Shadows were: Jackson Goulder - 3 for 4 with a HR, Chris Sabanosh 4 for 4 with a HR, Ismael Castro - 4 for 5 with a HR, and Connor Sabanosh - 2 for 3 with 2 doubles.

Basha edged Desert Vista 2-1. The game at Chase went 8 innings Trent Wilson pitched for Desert Vista and Matt Potter for Basha. Both pitchers threw complete games. DV got off in the top of the first with hits by Matt Wehrli (1b) and Cole Pembroke (rbi 2b), after a passed ball advanced Pembroke he scored on a sac fly by Sean Smedley. In the bottom of the 1st Trever Plautz scored after 2 throwing errors as he was stealing second. Potter battled through a couple innings with runners in scoring position and Wilson was not touched until the bottom of the 7th when Plautz singled and advanced to second on Mike Benjamin's sac bunt. Josh Melendez's single knocked in the run sending the game into extra innings. In the 8th Brandon Merrell led off the bottom of the inning with a pinch hit single and advanced to second on a sac bunt by Tony Asta. After Jared McLaughlin walked Merrell scored the game winner on a single by Potter.

Both Pitchers threw great games:
Wilson 8 ip 4 hits 4k's and 2er
Potter 8 ip 6 hits 4k's and 1 er

Notre Dame 6
Greenway 0

Tayler Scott and Eric Knight combined to throw a 3 hit shutout as Notre Dame improved to 15-0 on the season. Drew Ozanne and Tony Piazza led the offense with 2 hits a piece.

Mtn Ridge defeated South Mtn by the score of 24-1 on wednesday. Sophmore Daniel Will earned his second varsity win allowing one hit while striking out 5. Parker Markel had his first hit of year hitting a grand slam, followed by a ground rule double. Ryan Freberg added his 4th home run of the year, while Cody Gray hit his third. Mikey Reynolds hit another triple to start off the game and went 3-3 on the day . Ryan Skube was 1 for 1 on the day with a walk and was hit by a pitch. Cameron Paschke had two hits on the day both of which were 3 baggers. He also relieved Dan Will on the mound allowing no hits in two innings. Paschke has not given up a run this season. Tanner Murphy was 3 for 3 on the day with two doubles. Aaron Hines also had 2 doubles on the day.

When Gilbert and Highland tee it up you can expect a wild affair, and yesterday's 15-14 Tiger win certainly fit the bill. With Highland ace James Pazos and Gilbert's Hunter Herdt toeing the rubber, each team scored four times in the first inning. Max Rossiter's homer in the top half set the tone. He went deep again in a four run third inning, and the Hawks held a 10-7 advantage entering the 6th. After Highland added a pair of runs in the top half of the 6th, Gilbert scraped a pair across and trailed 12-9. The Tigers then loaded the bases and Tyler Kamtz cranked a grand slam to take a 13-12 lead. DJ Peterson immediately followed with a scud of his own and the Tigers led by a pair. In the top half of the 7th, Highland tied things up, then Gilbert's Rickie McEachran scored the walk off game winner on a throwing error on a bunt by Erick Gonzalez.

James Pazos delivers for Highland (L) Hit and run gone bad as Drew Stankiewicz gets doubled off by Michael Greening

Skyline----------------2--8--0
Marcos De Niza----1--6--2

The Skyline Coyotes traveled to face the Padres of Marcos De Niza in a Pima Region, 5A-2 match-up.
This game was well pitched, well played, and completed in just under an hour and a half.

The Padres lead off hitter, Jeff Anderson, singled to start the bottom of the first. A single and two outs later, the Padre catcher, Zach Schira, doubled to left for the games first (and the Padres only) run.
The Skyline pitcher, Darian Johnson (7-1) settled in and was lights out after that. Johnson allowed only three hits the rest of the way---striking out 5 and walking one.
The Padres pitcher, Brian King, was equally impressive. Giving up only two runs while striking out six and walking none through 6. Alvarez came on for Marcos and pitched an uneventful 7th.
For the Coyotes offensively, Trey Lang opened the fourth with a solid single to center. One out later, he was chased home on a Kyle Lewis double into the gap in left-center knotting the score at 1. Lang then led off the Coyotes sixth with a long no doubter to left----his ninth jack of the year.
On the defensive side, the Padres center fielder, Kendall Konopka, had a diving web-gem in the gap in right center robbing a Coyote of an extra base hit.
On the game's final play, Skyline's shortstop, Trever Benjamin went deeeep into the hole at short---stabbed, wheeled, and fired a strike that barely nipped the runner.

Skyline:
Wesolowski 3-4
Lewis 2-3, 2B, 1 RBI
Lang 2-3, HR(9), 2 runs, 1RBI

Marcos De Niza:
Schira 2-3, 2 2B, 1 RBI
Botelko 1-3, 2B

Sunnyslope defeated Thunderbird 13-9 at Thunderbird. WP: Heath LP: Starkweather
Sunnyslope is 11-7, 2-1 in Region.

Deer Valley beat Red Mountain Tuesday 9 to 0 behind a complete game pitched by senior Chris Capper who spread out 5 hits and struck out 7. Daniel Schneider started DV’sscoring with a 2 run blast in the 2nd inning, followed by
Josh Dahl's 2 run blast in the 3rd, and then in the 6th Schneider hit his second
homerun of the game, a grand slam to put DV up by 8.

Mesa pounded out 19 hits for a 20-1 win over Carl Hayden. Michael Alexander picked up the complete game victory only giving up 4 hits. There were plenty of good offensive numbers for the Jackrabbits: Jessie Feininger 3-5, HR, 3 RBI's, Michael Horton 3-3, 2 2B, RBI, Bryant King 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI's Robert McDowell 2-4, RBI, Quinton Perry 1-1, HR, RBI, Jordan Adair with his 2nd Grand Slam in as many games.

Cody Gray recieved his third win of the season against region opponent Desert Mtn.Cody struck out 4 and walked one, this win now makes Cody Gray 3-0, and Mtn Ridge 1-0 in region play. Mike Reynolds and Travis Hutchinson both had two hits. Mike led the game off with a triple, Cameron Paschke hit a towering three run home run. This is Cameron's third home run of the year. Mtn Ridge takes on South Mtn Wednesday then back to region play on Thursday against Desert Mtn.

Chaparral has very few seniors (five) on its roster this season. Four of them came through in a big way on Tuesday to lead the Firebirds to an 11-0, five-inning victory over Saguaro in a Desert Sky Region game at Saguaro. The Firebirds, 9-10, won for a fourth straight time. The two teams play again Thursday at Chaparral. Saguaro, 13-8-1, came into the game ranked third in Class 4A, Division 1 Power Points.
Jordan Weymouth, Jack Diamond and Trey Ford combined for six of Chaparral's 11 hits, six RBI's and four runs to lead the offensive charge for Chaparral,
while Oliver Craig turned in his strongest pitching performance, allowing just one hit and striking out two while pitching into the fourth. Craig, who was limited by a tender shoulder earlier in the year, had command of all his pitches and mixed sharp-breaking curve balls, deceptive change-ups and hard fastballs to keep Saguaro's hitter's at bay to get the win for a second straight outing. Junior Will Abram was just as effective over the final two innings, retiring all five hitters he faced. The final out came on a diving catch in center by Weymouth, who went 3 for 4 at the plate with a pair of RBIs and runs. He hit the ball sharply each time up.
Diamond did his part with just one hit, but it was a big one. With one out and Weymouth on second after a Saguaro error, Ford, as hot at any hitter in the state, was walked intentionally with first base open. Diamond responded with a two-run double to deep right center that would have been a home run had it gone two feet farther. That gave the Firebirds a 3-0 lead, which would be more than enough. Ford, who walked in his first two at bats, doubled in the fourth before giving Chaparral the margin necessary to run-rule the Sabrecats with a three-run homer to center in the fifth that scored Weymouth and James McDonald.
Chaparral scored the winning run in the first when Weymouth came in from third on a throwing error at second base on a ball hit by Aaron Levy. Blake Spiekerman followed Diamond's double in the third with a run-scoring single to left. Two more runs scored in the fourth one run-scoring singles by McDonald and Weymouth. Chaparral first two runs in the five-run fifth came in on hits by Spiekerman and Joel Hayden, who had a pair of singles, and a sacrifice to left by Joey Bielek.
Ryan Comford, in the first, and Chris Akmon, in the fourth, accounted for the Saguaro hits, both singles. Dylan Beam, Chris Salazar and Chase Watts
pitched for the Sabrecats.

Tim Fowler's 7 th inning 2 run shot proved to be the difference as Hamilton topped Gilbert 9-8. Matt Helm returned to action and was 2-3 with a double and homer. Cory Bernard also went deep and was 3-4.

Cactus Shadows moved their record to 14 and 3 with a victory over Sandra Day O'Connor by the score of 7-4. Cactus Shadows Mike Basco pitched a complete game 4 hitter, while striking out 9. Mike moves his record to 2 and 1 and also collected 2 hits for the Falcons.

Jaycob Brugman homered twice and was 3-4 to lead Desert Vista to a 10-6 win over Basha. Cole Pembroke was 3-4 with 3 doubles and 3 RBIs. Ryan Box worked 4 innings to get the win. Matt Potter was 2-4 with a bomb for Basha.

Corona played long ball in a 13-3 5 inning win at Mountain Pointe. Tyler Giannonatti, Even Ritchey and Andy Nist all went deep for the Aztecs. Trever Allen tossed a ll 5, allowing 7 hits. Ryan Moore was 4-5 for CDS. Kevin Cron had a pair of doubles for Pointe.

North defeated Willow Canyon 6-5. Freshman pitcher Jose Pereyda pitched 5.1 to pick up the win, Jonathan Cuellar picked up the save. Steven Monteith, Darey Gomez, Jonathan Cuellar and Jose Pereyda each collected 2 hits. The Mustangs are 11-8.

Skyline------6
Alhambra---5

Will Bassler (sky) and Victor Rodriguez (al) were pitted against each other in a non-region match up.
Other than the third inning, when each pitcher was tagged for three runs on four hits, it was nothing but goose eggs until the sixth.
Kyle Lewis was hit by a pitch to lead off the Coyotes sixth, advanced to second on a Bassler single, and scored on a Mike Wesolowski single.
The Coyotes tacked on two insurance runs in the top of the seventh on Trey Lang's double to the gap in left center.
Alhambra's Alex Emerson singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh. He scored on a one-out double by Danny Carreon. After a walk and a wild pitch, Carreon came home on a Rodriguez sacrifice fly to left.
Pablo Mendoza was called upon with two on and two outs to end the game on a four pitch strikeout.

Skyline:
Mike Weolowski---2-4, 2 RBI
Darian Johnson---2-4, 3B, RBI
Trever Benjamin---2-4, 2B

Alhambra:
Danny Carreon---3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 runs
Julio Angulo---1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Charles Burnham---1-2, run, 2 BB

Notre Dame 9
Prescott 1

The Saints,now 14-0, played this game on the big stage at Chase Field immediately after the Dbacks had won their home opener against Colorado.
Jordan Luvisi got the start and improved his record to 5-0 allowing no hits and no runs while striking out 8 in 4 innings of work. Luvisi has now gone 10
straight innings without allowing a hit. Casey Upperman pitched the games last 3 innings striking out 5 in the process.
Matt Ozanne was 3 for 4 and drilled a lead off homer down the left field line deep into the seats at Chase field to ignite the Saints offense.

Desert Mountain traveled to Corona Del Sol and came away with a 5-3 win. Jamie Young continues to impress, tossing 5 strong innings and allowing only 2 runs.
Brian Foster earned the save in relief. Corona threatened in the 7th. After a homer by Evan Ritchie, the Aztecs had the tying runs on base but failed to capitalize. Hunter Thompson homered for DM.

Kirby Pellant and Mike Felton look for the throw (L) Zach Sanich retires Brian Kent

The offensive struggles continue for Hamilton as Chandler defeated the Huskies 2-1 on Saturday at Chase Field. Jason Kalber went the distance for Chandler. He was matched by sophomore Zach Johnson for Hamilton who also tossed a complete game.

Skyline ripped Mesa 21-10, Trey Lang had a fantastic day hitting for the cycle! Michael Wesolowski added 2 bombs of his own. Also going deep for Skyline was Kyle Pietryga and Darian Johnson who also got the complete game win. Jordan Adair hit 2 HR's for Mesa including a grand slam for 6 rbi's and Bryant King added a 3 run shot.

On Thursday, O'Connor improved to 3-1 in region play, with a 6-0 victory over Apollo. Aaron Copfer pitched a 2 hit shutout complete game. Tyler Doolittle got the Eagles on the board with double to right center, driving in Dexter Bethers for our 1st run. Devon Turner also joined in with his 4th homerun of the season off of Gutierrez, driving in 3 runs. Wes Sutton
continues his hot bat with a double off the right center fence, and Draye Turner added a triple to right center as well.

The last time Chaparral and Sandra Day O'Connor met - in the final game of the 2008 season - the state championship was on the line. Chaparral came away with the victory in a game that was in doubt until the very end. Friday, when the two teams squared off again at O'Connor, pride was all that
mattered, and Chaparral again came out on top. This time it was not nearly so dramatic. The Firebirds used 22 hits, including five alone from Trey Ford, to run away from the Eagles 20-8 in six innings.
It was the third win in a row for the Firebirds, who appear to be getting on track for the heart of their Desert Sky Region schedule. They will go into next week's games against Saguaro with an 8-10 record and plenty of confidence at the plate. O'Connor, which had won five of six, fell to 9-7-1.

For Chaparral, Ford came close to tying the school record for hits in a game (set by Ryan Hubele in 1998). In his last at bat, he hit perhaps his hardest
ball - a rising line drive over shortstop - that was stopped on its journey to the fence only by an unlikely leaping catch by Dexter Bethers. Ford finished with a triple, double, three singles and three RBIs and had plenty of help. Jordan Weymouth, hitting just in front of Ford, lashed out four hits, including two doubles, and drove in a pair of runs while scoring three times. Blake Spiekerman and James McDonald each had three hits and two RBIs, with McDonald adding a towering home run to right and scoring three times.
Joel Hayden, who had two hits (as did Jack Diamond and Aaron Levy), homered to deep left and doubled to right center, driving in four runs. Diamond drove in three.
For O'Connor, Bryce Keffeler had a big day with three hits and a walk, including a shot high off the batter's eye in center field. Bethers and Brad King both had two hits and two RBIs for the Eagles, who rapped our 13 hits of their own.
The outcome was in doubt through the fourth. Chaparral had gone up 7-3 with five runs in their half of the fourth. Hayden led off with his homer and was
followed by hits from McDonald, Weymouth, Ford, Diamond, Spiekerman and Sherman. It might have continued had Keffeler not turned a double play by
himself at second base (his second of the game). O'Connor came right back with five runs in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead, 8-7. Draye Turner singled and came in on a hit by Keffeler. Devin Turner and Aaron Kopfer followed with a run-scoring single and double before King doubled and Bethers singled to complete the scoring for the Eagles in the inning and in the game.
While Preston Hill and Jack Diamond shut down O'Connor the rest of the way, Chaparral followed with seven runs in the fifth and six more in the sixth.
Oliver Craig, back from an injury, pitched two strong innings to start the game for Chaparral.

Valley Vista sophmore pitcher Scott Squires allowed only 1 hit in 5 innings as the Monsoon defeated the Bulldogs of Boulder Creek 12 to 0 in a game which was shortened via the 10 run rule. Valley Vista's Chris welch knocked in 3 runs with a two out bases loaded double. Monsoon freshman Caleb Wood hit a solo home run over left field. Vista's Junior Damon Antillion picked up 2 rbi's with a single to right to provide most of the scoring for the Monsoon. The win puts Valley Vista at 2 -1 in Region play.

On Thursday, McClintock got the best of Shadow Mountain in a see saw battle 6-4. Parker Marshall worked 5 solid innings with 9 Ks, and left with the score tied 2-2. A throwing error on a bunt play in the sixth allowed Shadow to plate a pair of runs and take a 4-2 lead. In the top of the 7th, Xavier Carrillo led off with a triple and then scored on a long fly out by Eric Urry. The next 3 batters (Chaz Contreras, Tyler Messer and Justin Goal) all hit clean base hits and scored another 2 runs to regain the lead. Marshall knocked Goal in for insurance and the Chargers were able to hold off the Matadors in the bottom of the inning to hang onto the 6-4 win. McClintock's catcher Brent Davis #12 blasted a solo half way up the netting in left center to put the first run on the board.

Mountain Pointe continued its hot week at the plate, cranking 4 homers en route to a 15-5 run rule win against Mountain Ridge.
Mountain Ridge took an early 3 run lead on hits by Ryan Skube and Cameron Paschke, Skube with an RBI single and Paschke with a 2 RBI double. Josh Alexander hit a 3 run jack in the 3rd giving MP the lead 5-3. Ryan Klem settled in to k 6 in three innings. In the 4th the MP bats exploded sending 15 batters to the plate, Cron, Rocha, and Mancuso all had homers contributing to 8 of the 10 runs scored in the inning. Jordan Kipper relieved Klem in the 4th and was credited with the win in relief.

Horizon played long ball at Corona Del Sol and came away with a 16-6 win in 5 innings. The Huskies got big flies from Dillon Everett, Nick Stein, Dillon Englehart, and Colby Everett, pounding out 17 hits along the way. Englehart was 3-4 with 4 RBIs. Dillon Everett was also 3-4. Zach Picciotti got the win on the mound.

Mtn Ridge improved took on Tolleson Thursday and got a strong outing from Parker Markel who earned his 3 win of the season, allowing no hits, and five strike outs in 4 innings. The Mountain Lions had a big day at the plate Travis Hutchinson, Ryan Freberg and Cody Gray all had two hits in the game. While Ryan Skube had 3 hits including a his 4th home run of the year. Mountain Ridge takes on Mountain Pointe Friday.

Notre Dame 4
Libertyville Illinois 3

In an incredible storybook finish-- Drew Ozanne hit a 7th inning 2 out 2 run walk off homer to keep the Baseball America 6th ranked team in the country undefeated at 12-0. It was a tremendous pitchers duel featuring a couple of very good righties- Notre Dame's Casey Upperman vs. Libertyville's 6'5 Troy Barton. Upperman pitched 6 innings of 1 hit ball allowing 2 unearned runs while striking out 10.Nick Barber earned the win in relief pitching a strong hitless 7th inning. Barton went the distance for Libertyville striking
out 7 while giving up only 3 hits but suffered the heartbreaking loss that put the team's record at 5-2 on the season.

Pinnacle beat Horizon 11-1 in five innings. Matt McAllister picks up the win for Pinnacle going the distance while striking out eight. Dillon Scott takes the loss for Horizon. Pinnacle added another 5 jacks in the game to bring their team total to 38 on the season. Offensively for Pinnacle Ashton McCoy, Alex Real and Marcus Jensen all had multiple hits. The following five players all left the yard for Pinnacle - Ashton McCoy, TC Mark, Alex Real, Tyler Krause and Marcus Jensen.. Dillon Scott had two hits for Horizon and Tommy Joseph added another bomb to his already impressive resume.

SHS 8-0-0-0-0-1-0 = 9R / 10H / 1E
PVHS 0-0-1-0-3-1-0 = 5R / 10H / 1E

The Saguaro bats were connecting early and often again Sam Schuster and Paradise Valley. The Sabercats raced out to a 8 run inning to open the game, with 5 hits, including two hits off the bat of Ryan Comford. Kurt Jahnke worked in out of trouble scattering 10 hits over 6 innings, striking out 5 and allowing 5 runs. The Sabercat's defense was flashing the leather all day including two crucial double plays to shut down any potential Paradise Valley rallies. Chris Salazar closed out the game for the Sabercats with a 1-2-3 7th inning.

SHS: Comford, 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2R, SB; Smith 2-4, RBI, R; Chapman 1-3, 3 RBI, R; Lewis 1-2, 2B, RBI, R, HPB, BB
Jahnke 6 IP, 5K, 10H, 5 ; Smith caught 7 innings

PVHS: Smith, 2-3, R, BB; Spaulding 1-1, 2B, R.; Dee 1-3, 2B, 2R, BB
Schuster 2/3, IP 5H, 8R; Purdy 3 1/3 IP 2H, Spaulding 2 IP, 3H, 1R. Emmons caught 7 innings

The Coronado Dons picked up a region win on Thursday, 8-2 over Queen Creek. The Dogs were doomed from the start as 3 first inning miscues led to 5 unearned runs. The second didn't get any better as the Bulldogs handed over another freebie to the visiting Dons. Travis Eggert was the hard luck loser, while Stemkowski picked up the win for Coronado.

Phoenix North defeated Camelback 12-1. Jonathan Cuellar gave up 2 hits, 2 walks, and 12 k's in 5 innings. Steven Monteith hit 2, 2 run homers in the same inning. Fernando Gomez also homered for the Mustangs. It was Monteith's 7th and 8th homer of the year.

Marcos de Niza defeated Red Mountain in a highly competitive game 4 - 2 on Thursday afternoon. Brian King pitched 5 scoreless innings, giving up 2 hits and striking out 4 for the Padres, while Cole Gleason threw 5 2/3 innings for Red Mountain, with 6 K's and giving up only 2 earned runs. The Padres scored 2 runs in the first on hits by Jeff Anderson & Mike Kenneth, a walk to Max Sankey and an RBI fielders choice by Zack Schirra. Kenneth plated Kendall Konopka, who had singled, with a liner past the 3rd baseman. Kenneth and Konopka each had 2 hits for MdN. Gleason doubled in 2 runs in for RM in the top of the 6th to close the gap to 3 - 2, but Gordon Taggart knocked in an insurance run for the Padres in the bottom of the 6th with a single to right, scoring John Botelho, who had walked and stolen 2nd. Kenneth closed out the game for MdN, earning the save.

Three days after using a strong offense to win easily over Liberty, a revitalized Chaparral team hit through the lineup to defeat Thunderbird, 7-1, in a non-region game Thursday at Chaparral. The Firebirds will try to extend their winning streak to three today at Sandra Day O'Connor in a matchup of teams that played for the 4A Division 1 state championship last season.

Blake Spiekerman and Trey Ford led the onslaught for the Firebirds, who had 11 hits. Spiekerman had two hits, including a hard double to the left-field corner, and an RBI, while Ford reached based every time with a pair of walks, a single and a triple to deep right-center. Joel Hayden and Joey Bielek also had two hits for Chaparral. Bielek, in particular had a big day, with a single and a double and an RBI. He also pitched the first four innings to record the win, with strong relief help from Paul Stockfish who went the final three innings.

Chaparral broke open the game with four runs and five hits in the third. Ford led off with a single to left. Levy walked, and Spiekerman singled to drive in Ford. Hayden bunted for a hit to load the based, and Sherman brought in another run with a single to center that left the bases loaded again. James McDonald followed with a sacrifice to deep left before Bielek doubled to give the Firebirds a 6-1 lead.

Thunderbird scored in third on a single by Matt Hoble and a double by John Everal, who had two hits.

Cactus Shadows moves their record to 13 and 3 after sweeping Apache Junction on Thursday by the scores of 11-8 and 11-3. The first game started in the 9 inning, the finish of the suspended game from Tuesday afternoon. Cactus Shadows came up with 4 runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Apache Junction. In the regular scheduled game, Cactus Shadows won behind Jackson Goulder's 3 hitter. Jackson Goulder moves his record to 6 and 0. Mike Basco picked up the win out of the bull-pen in the first game. Chris Sabanosh was the hitting star for the Cactus Shadows in the first game, hitting a 2 run homerun, and coming up with a big rbi single in the seventh to force extra innings. Steffen Miner hit a 3 run homerun for Cactus Shadows in the 2nd game.

Strong hitting, outstanding pitching and error-free defense powered North Canyon to a 6-inning 14-0 Region victory over Cesar Chavez on Thursday, April 2. Junior LHP Kevin Baumgartner tossed a gem, allowing 4 hits and striking out 7. The Rattlers pounded out 15 hits, scoring 7 times in the 6th inning.
Jason Walker led the way with a monster grand slam, a solo shot and a double, plating 6 RBIs and scoring three times. Dillon Moeller continued his hot bat with a double and a home run, collecting 3 RBIs. Rattlers' Dominic Portocarrero and Peyton Deiters also each had multiple hits.

On Wednesday, Desert Ridge dropped Gilbert 7-5. Jake Barrett earned the win in relief of Chris Ashby with Jerry Kleman picking up the save. Steven Bier was 3-5 with 2 homers. Barrett was 2-3 with a double and homer. and Alex Villar had 3 hits. DJ Peterson went deep for Gilbert.

Corona Del Sol used their speed and timely hitting to take an 8-3 win under the lights at Brophy. Trailing 3-2 entering the 5th inning, the Aztecs tallied 4 times with aggressive base running, good at bats and some shaky Brophy defense, chasing Bronco starter Trent Stevenson. The Aztecs swiped 5 bases on the night. Starter Trever Allen tossed 4 innings and Greg Ryan the final 3, combining to allow only 4 singles on the night.

Highland's James Farris moved to 5-0 on the season as Highland defeated Hamilton 7-3 in a Fiesta region clash. Jeremy Blare worked 2 scoreless innings in relief and had a pair of hits for the Hawks.

Pinnacle beat Skyline 12-2 in five innings. Steve Casey picks up the win for Pinnacle going the distance while striking out seven. Pablo Mendoza takes the loss for Skyline. Good plate discipline resulted in Jake Peevyhouse and TC Mark being on base in every at bat. Offensively for Pinnacle Ashton McCoy, Tyler Krause and Ryan Plantier all had multiple hits. Tyler Krause and Marcus Jensen both homered for Pinnacle. Darian Johnson had two hits for Skyline. Horizon visits Pinnacle today at 4:00 which should be a great match up as both teams are playing well.

Horizon beat Kofa on Tuesday 15 to 2... Tommy Joseph went 5 for 5 with 4 singles and Hit a 3-run homer (number 12) and Brandon Snyder hit a solo shot (number 5). Joey Danner threw 6 solid innings and Brandon Snyder closed it out in the 7th.

Copper Canyon played host to Lake Havasu yesterday in a region matchup. The Aztecs entered the day at 3-1 in the region and the Knights at 0-2. Copper Canyon had ace Rudy Gutierrez on the hill in game one; Rudy went the distance as the Aztecs defeated Lake Havasu by the score of 7-3. Rudy threw a complete game, striking out 8, and allowed 2 earned runs on 6 hits. At the plate, senior Ramon Del Sol went 2-2 with 2 doubles, 2 walks and a RBI. Senior 1B Kevin Livermore aided the offensive attack with a 2-3 with 2 doubles performance. Cory Deskins helped with a two RBI day; Alex Gutierrez and Andres Cisneros each had an RBI. With the win, Copper Canyon moves to 4-1 in region play.

Deer Valley beat Kingman March 31 at Kingman 4 to 2. Senior Chris Capper pitched a 7 inning gem for the victory. Capper had only 1 tough inning, giving up 2 runs in the 7^th. Leading the Skyhawks with 2 hits each were junior Tyler Cohen, junior Jacob Doyle, and junior Kyle Herrington. next up for Deer Valley is Willow Canyon in Surprise on Friday 6pm.

One day after handling Hamilton easily on the road, Desert Mountain traveled to Mountain Pointe and were boat raced by the Pride 18-3. Jake Dziubczynski tossed a 5 inning complete game allowing only 6 hits with 5 K's. Jake Waldren was 4-4 with a grand slam and 6 RBIs, Joey Rocha was 3-4 and Ryan Klem and Josh Alexander both had 2 hits. The Pride sent 18 batters to the plate in a marathon 14 run 3rd inning. Adam Sonabend was 2-3 for DM.

Brophy defeated Trevor Browne on Tuesday 9 to 2. Brandon Bayardi homered and Jake Williams threw 6 innings for the Broncos with Kasey Coffman closing out the 7th.

Pinnacle beat Sunrise Mountain 14-4 in five innings. Justin Walker picks up another win for Pinnacle going the distance while striking out eight. Steven Kane takes the loss for Sunrise Mountain. Pinnacle broke the game open in the 3^rd with a three run jack by Ashton McCoy followed up with a back to back jack by T C Mark (Mark’s first of two on the night). Offensively for Pinnacle Jake Peevyhouse, Ashton McCoy, T C Mark, Tyler Krause, Ryan Plantier and Marcus Jensen all had multiple hits. For Sunrise Mountain A J Robinson was 3 for 3 with two bombs and scored three of their four runs.

Marcos de Niza defeated Yuma at MdN on Tuesday afternoon 4 - 2. Mike Kenneth threw a complete game 3 hitter; giving up 1 earned run. Kyle
Becerra iced the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the 6th. Becerra, Jeff Anderson, and Kendall Konopka had 2 hits for the Padres in
the victory, Casey Maloney chipped in an RBI for the Padres.

Desert Ridge beat Tolleson Tuesday 14-4 in 6 innings. Senior pitcher Zach Odom picked up the win throwing 4 innings of relief allowing 2 hits and striking out 7. Offensively Desert Ridge was lead by Alex Villar and Kyle Raidy who both were 3-4 with 2 RBI's. Catcher Russell Vaughan was 2-3 with 2 RBI's and Connor Daly was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. Jake Barrett added his 13th HR of the season.

Arcadia visited the QC on Tuesday in a region game. The Bulldogs won 14-4 to run their region record to 4-1 in a tough East Sky Region. The Dogs pounded out 15 hits (8 extra base) while the Titans had 7. Joey DeMichele went yard for Arcadia, while Eddie Malone matched him with a Grand Slam. The slam was Malone's 7th bomb for the year. Joey went 3-3 with his jack and a double to lead Titan hitters. For the Dogs, Shelton VanAllen (2-4, 2 2B), Josh Fultz (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI), Matt Schmit (2-2, 2B), Travis Eggert (2-3, 2B) and Julian Sandoval (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI) were all key contributers. Schmitty picked up his fourth win of the season to run his record to 4-0.

Desert Mountain scored 5 times in the second inning, punctuated by back to back blasts by Taylor Lindsey and Adam Sonabend, as Desert Mountain thumped Hamilton 13-6. Lindsey's shot was a real monster, soaring over the 345 sign in right center and landing on the roof of a building. He was 3-4 with 5 RBIs on the day. Jamie Young was excellent on the hill and got solid relief help from Brian Foster who tossed 2 scoreless innings. Zach Sanich also went deep for DM. Tyler Kem and Trent Hardenberg both had 2 hits for Hamilton.

Taylor Lindsey beats the throw to Connor Harris (L) Jamie Young dealin' for DM