The Eagles from O'Connor blasted Centennial 17-0 in a 5 inning mercy rule contest. Clark McCarthy went the distance for the Eagles in the win, giving up 3 hits and collecting 9 strike outs. Zac Castlebury was the loser for Centennial, surrendering 8 runs in 2 innings. Adrian Ramirez continued his unbelievable hitting going 2-3. Ramirez is hitting .815 for the season in the first 4 games. Zack MacPhee went 3-3 including a triple, Brian Carr was 2-3, and Derek Blackwell was 2-4. The Eagles collected 16 hits in the 5 inning contest. The game was highlighted by the return of Nick Carrillo who pinch hit in the 4th inning a delivered a rbi single to right in his first at bat of the season.

On Friday Feb 23, Tucson Sahuaro defeated Cholla 9-1. Pat McCoy picked up the win, going 4 innings, 11 K's, 1 BB, 1 single given up. McCoy also delivered at the plate with two hits and two RBI's. Jr. 3B Jeff Ferguson led the way with a double and a triple.

Pat McCoy dealing for Sahuaro

Tuesday Feb 27 Sahuaro 14 Salpointe 9 in a 5 inn. game due to darkness. Sr. RH Kyle Waddell went the distance scattering 11 hits and 6 earned runs. Kyle led the way at the plate going 3-3 with 4 RBI's and a double. Pat McCoy had two double and 4 RBI's. Sr. C Ryan Moser was 2-4 with 3 RBI's. Fr LF Jake Cole had a double and a homerun. Sr. 1B Mark Palenzuela delivered a solo homerun.

Pinnacle defeated Kellis 7-2. Brett Nicholas got the win on the mound striking out 11. Zach Johnson had a homerun. Derek Frisby  and Joh Jones both had 2 doubles and Justin Winters added another double.

Hamilton dropped Mesquite 11-2 as Justin Lindsey tossed 6 strong innings for the Huskies.  Justin Rosales had a pair of doubles, Brad Gruner went yard and Cory Bernard added 2 hits for Hamilton.

Grant Hauser and Sammy Vandenheuval play some D as Juston Rosales slides in with one of his 2 doubles

Basha and Central battled to a 10-10 tie. Jeff Wilson had an RBI double and a grand slam for Basha. Nathan McQueen dropped a bomb for Central.

Matt Potter (L) and Danny Gross dueled at Basha

Angel Reyes beats the tag of Basha's Josh Melendez (L). Jeff Wilson had a slam for the Bears

Corona del Sol is now 3-0 against top 5A II teams after a 12-0 whitewashing of Deer Valley. Joey Schumer picked up the win for the Aztecs. CDS has defeated Sunrise Mountain, Sandra Day O'Connor and Deer Valley .

Jimmy Patterson went 3-3 as McClintock hammered Tempe High 15-0.

Mitch Garrett  led the way for Desert Vista, banging out 3 hits in a 15-5 win over Ironwood.

Gilbert visited Chaparral yesterday and came away with a hard fought 5-1 victory in 8 innings. Devin Fuller had his second outstanding outing in as many games, tossing 5 shutout innings. He surrendered a solo run in the sixth on a Danny Coulombe RBI single. Meanwhile, Chap junior Cody Yount was matching Fuller pitch for pitch, and took a shutout into the sixth. Gilbert tied things up on a Fuller sac fly in the 7th. The Tigers broke things open in the eighth, with back to back doubles by Chris Reese and Nolan Church and a 3 run blast by Kenny Hatcher. Hatcher went 2-3 with a double, homer and 3 RBI. Nolan Church tossed two shutout innings in relief of Fuller to earn the win.

Braden Hamel awaits the pitch from Cody Yount (above)

Kenny Hatcher led the way offensively for Gilbert on Monday

Heath Nichols led the Queen Creek Bulldogs to a victory over Thunderbird High School.  Nichols looked outstanding going the distance for a complete game shutout.  Heath gave up 3 hits and struck out 10.  The victory was the first for the Bulldogs after giving up late leads in the last three games.

Horizon exploded late for an 8-1 win over Mesquite. Tim Alderson's monster blast to dead center in the sixth highlighted a 6 run inning. Evan Foreman got the win with relief help from Conner Hulse and Kevin Rhoderick.

Tucson Canyon Del Oro is off to a good start at 3-0 after last night's League victory at Marana. The Dorados started off strong with a 11-6 win over 5A power Tucson High on Feb 21. Then went on the road and defeated 5A Sunnyside 8-5 last Friday Feb 23rd. Last night the Dorados traveled to Region foe Marana and won 9-4 in an early 4A Sonoran Region League matchup.

Desert Mountain rallied for 4 runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 9-8 victory over Saguaro. Brad Douthit earned the win in relief. Ryan Thompson homered and went 2-4 and Mike Galterio had 3 RBIs.

Mesa High outlasted Gilbert Highland in a 12-11 slugfest. Devyn Rivera homered in a losing cause.

Brophy got homers from Riccio Torrez and Josh Garcia and Matt Newman and Matt Chaffee combined for the win on the bump as Brophy avenged last year's loss to Pinnacle 4-1. Justin Winters had a pair of knocks for Pinnacle.

 Area scouts got their first spring look at Tim Alderson of Horizon on Friday at Chaparral. Horizon beat Chaparral 12 to 1 in 6 innings. Alderson pitched 5 innings giving up 1 hit striking out 7. (1 unearned run) Kevin Rhoderick & Joey
Bristyan had two hits each.  Rhoderick closed things out on the mound for the Huskies.

Pinnacle is 2-2 in the Donnenfield Tournament. They beat Cibola 13-3 on Friday before a tough 13-12 last inning loss on Saturday to Ironwood Ridge. Ridge scored 7 times in the 7th for the win.They get a big test tonight at Brophy.

Notre Dame is off to a good start this season, run ruling Saguaro and Greenway in their first two games. They are also 3-0 in the McClintock Tournament, 10 run ruling Prescott and Mingus Mountain, and beating McClintock in a pitchers battle dominated by Craig Kinneberg (Senior) 2-1.  The first six batters in the lineup have all homered this year.

From Friday:

Prescott beat Casa Grande 3-2 in 9 innings at the McClintock tournament.
Rick Anton drove in the game winner in the bottom of the ninth and pitched 8
innings allowing five hits.
 

From Saturday:

Notre Dame 9  Prescott 1 Kyle Conroy gets the win Torrey Jacoby and Nick
Sanich had big games at the plate.

Cam Schiller went 2-4 at the plate for Prescott


Prescott 9 St. Marys 0

Sophomore lefty Willie Hammock went four innings for
the win Catcher Colin Gray had three hits and three RBI for Prescott and
Cam Schiller had two more hits.

In the first of two on Saturday, O'Connor defeated Westwood 9-2 behind Senior Jake Robinson. Robinson yielded 3 hits in 4 innings. He was relieved by Clark McCarthy who gave up 0 hits in 3 innings of relief.
Adrian Ramirez continued his torrid pace going 3-4 at the dish. Home runs by Bryant Burnett, Maverick Lasker and Ramirez for the Eagles.

In the second game O'Connor topped Mountain Ridge 9-2. Senior Josh Moody gave up 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, with 4 strike outs in 6 innings of work for the Eagles in the victory. Brian Carr pitched a perfect 7th inning stiking out 2 of the 3 batters he faced.
Mike Vetter was the losing pitcher for the Mountain Lions.
Adrian Ramirez continued smoking the ball going 3-3, and Brian Carr 2-3 for the Eagles in the victory. Tyler Ermish also contributed 2-4 for the Eagles.
Adrian Ramires is 9-11 for the Eagles this season.

Agua Fria completed a sweep in the Westside Tournament today with a 10-0, 5-inning win over Marcos De Niza. Senior Xavier Martinez threw a no-hitter and Sammy Solis hit a grand slam to pace the Owls. Marcos reportedly pulled their starters after the first inning.

Agua Fria outscored opponents 46-1 in their five wins in the tournament.

Desert Mountain improved to 2-0 with a win at Millenium 6-2 on Friday night. Ryan Thompson went 3-4 with 4 RBIs and gave the Wolves the cushion they needed with a 2-run homer in the 6th. Jason Butler threw five strong innings with 9 strikeouts and Brad Douthit came on to close the game against the Tigers.

Mountain Pointe won a pair of close games on Saturday at the Aztec Classic. The Pride took a 6-5 decision over Westwood with Nick Lira stroking a walk off base hit in the bottom of the 8th for the win.

Later on against Corona, it was Lira again with a game tying base knock in the bottom of the seventh that kept things alive. A Philip Konieczny double followed by a game winning RBI by David Darnell sealed the deal.

J.J. (aka Mariano) Ethel, normally the Pride's starting catcher, picked up the wins in relief in both contests.

Nick Lira strokes the game winner, scoring J.J Ethel against Westwood

C. J. Cron on the bump for Pointe

Mesa Mountain View picked up wins over Desert Vista (9-0) and Hamilton 6-5. Coltin White got the win over DV with Micah Yetter leading the way offensively with 3 hits.

In the Hamilton contest, the Toros rallied for 4 runs in the bottom of the seventh to caim the win. Sophomore Cory Bernard tossed 6 strong innings for Hamilton. Matt Helm was 2-4 with a homer for the Huskies. For the Toros, 4 pitchers combined for the win. Hunter Reynolds, Tim Willsey, and Riley Nielsen all had multi hit games.

Mountain View's Micah Yetter checks his swing (L) as Hamilton's Cory Bernard deals.

Red Mountain split a pair on Saturday, dropping Ironwood 12-3 and falling short to Hamilton 12-9.

Jim Sanchez rips one for Red Mountain

Brophy survived a scare against North Canyon on Saturday night, rallying late for a 9-6 win. The Rattlers took a 5-0 lead into the bottom of the 4th before the Broncos got untracked. Riccio Torrez homered for Brophy.

Matt Newman and Brophy survived a close call on Saturday night

Nolan Church homered 3 times and Thomas Guttierrez added a blast of his own as Gilbert routed Higley 10-0 in 5 innings. Guttierez got the win on the mound, with relief help from Mike Dibiasi.

The Marcos De Niza Padres are 4-0 in the Westside tournament. KC Boyles has hit 2 HRS' in the series and Shaun Deisler hit a game winning HR yesterday against Desert Ridge.

Hamilton survived a late scare from Tucson Salpointe and prevailed 7-6. The Lancers scored 4 times in the seventh but the rally came up a run short. Justin Lindsey worked 5 strong innings for the Huskies. Kyle Peterson was 4-4 with 4 RBI and Andy Workman, Matt Helm and Justin Rosales added a a pair of hits apiece.

Hamilton's Justin Lindsey (L) and Salpointe's Alex Radonovich dueled on Friday

Brad Gruner rips a single (above) as Mark Duarte makes the throw to first

Break up the Aztecs. Corona del Sol moved to 2-0 in the Aztec Classic after an impressive 17-7 pasting of Sandra Day O'Connor. Jesse Scoular and Alex Murrietta combined for the win. Maverick Lasker took the loss for SDO. Sophomore Tyler Giannatti went deep for the second time in as many games for CDS.

Justin Cooper cruises into third (L) Brian Carr takes a hack for O'Connor

Cactus rolled to a 12-o win over Moon Valley on Friday night. Matt Tassanari dominated with 10 Ks and allowed only 2 hits. 5 Cobras had multi hit games. Ryan Underwood had 2 hits, was HBP twice, and scored 2 runs.

In Thursday's action, Chandler handled Mesa High 11-0 behind lefty Sean Lewis, who tossed 5 innings of 1 hit ball with 5 strikeouts.  Lewis, Kevin Hennessy, Landis Ware, and Mike Handel all had 2 hits apiece in the victory.

Queen Creek lost their season opener 6-0 to Nogales in what proved to be a pitcher's duel through the first five innings. Heath Nichols took the loss for the Bulldogs despite an impressive outing through 4 1/3. Nichols gave up one earned run on 4 hits and notched 4K's against a fundamentally sound Apache team. Salcedo picked up the win for Nogales despite walking 5 hitters.

In the Adam Donnenfield tournament, North Canyon dropped an 8-2 decision to Yuma Kofa.

Brophy continued to swing it, as the Broncos hammered Marana Mountain View 16-5. Matt Chaffee got the win on the mound for Brophy. Tony Strazzara went 3-4 at the dish.

 

Corona del Sol sophomore Tyler Giannonatti cranked a walk off 3 run blast in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Aztecs a 7-4 win over visiting Sunrise Mountain. Geo also got credit for the win on the mound in his varsity debut. Joey Schumer threw 4 solid innings for the Aztecs. For Sunrise, Vince Barreda was 2-2 with a pair of doubles.

Corona sophomore Tyler Giannonatti is all smiles after a walk off 3 run homer

Gilbert started the year off right with a 10-1 win over Fiesta region rival Mesquite. Devin Fuller and Nolan Church combined for the win. Fuller tossed 4 scoreless innings and notched 10 k's. Thomas Gutierrez was 3-4 with 2 RBI for the Tigers. Mike Dibiasi added a apair of hits.

Devin Fuller brings the gas (L) as shortstop Chris Reese fires across the diamond

Horizon took a 7-4 win over Dobson with Conner Hulse and Evan Foreman combining on the win. Tim Alderson hit a 2 run shot for the Huskies.

Horizon's Brandon Snyder steals second (L) while Tim Alderson gets love after his 2 run homer

A throng of scouts showed upon the westside last night as Sammy Solis made his 2007 debut for Agua Fria. The Owls defeated Coconino 10-0 in five innings. Kenny Houser had a triple and a Home Run and drove in 4 runs. Solis pitched five innings, striking out 13 and giving up one hit. Kyle Lobstein started for Coconino and left after 2 innings with Agua Fria up 1-0.

Parents/coaches: make sure you are sending in game reports so that your players are getting their proper due. E mail to rb@azdiamondreport.com

The 2007 season gets underway for real this week, but for most of the state's programs, scrimmages this weekend  provided a dress rehearsal for the main event.

On Friday at Corona Del Sol, Hamilton did all their damage in one 4 run inning and took the exhibition 4-1 over the Aztecs. The big blow for Hamilton was a lead off solo homer to straight away center by Jake Saylor. Pitchers had their way for the most part, as starters Justin Lindsey (Hamilton ) and Joey Schumer (CDS) each tossed a pair of solid innings.

Corona features a lineup that at times will include 4 sophomores. Soph shortstop Kirby Pellant singled and scored the games first run on an RBI knock by fellow '09'er Tyler Giannanotti. Later, Sophomore Keaton Quade lined a drive off the right field fence for a double. Coach David Webb has a good looking group of youngsters at Aztec Field

Alex Murrietta delivers for Corona as Keaton Quade takes a lead

On Saturday at Desert Vista, the Brophy offense looked in mid-season form as the Broncos handled the Thunder fairly easily. The big blow for Brophy was a laser beam grand slam by Josh Garcia.

Desert Vista's Cole Pembroke (L) .Tony Strazzarra fouls one off for Brophy

Elsewhere:

*Prescott beat Gilbert 3-2 on Saturday.

* Pinnacle used Seven Pitchers to no-hit Mtn Ridge in a 9 inning 10-0 scrimmage on Saturday. Good team effort for the first outing under new head coach Rich Warnol.

* Highland handled Peoria. Devyn Rivera went the first two with 4 ks 1 hit no runs no walks. James Pazos went the next 2 no runs also. Peoria threw pitchers 1 inning each. Rivera hit a bomb to right center about 400 feet.

*O'Connor defeated Desert Ridge 10-5 in their first scrimmage vs. Desert Ridge. O'Connor belted out 13 hits, Brian Carr, Maverick Lasker, and Ryan Skube went 2-3. Zack MacPhee went 2-4 for the Eagles.
O'Connor used 6 pitchers:
Moody 1 inning, 0 earned runs
Bridgewater 1 inning 1 earned run
Carr 2 innings, 0 earned runs
McCarthy 1 inning 1 earned run
Lasker 1 inning 0 earned runs
Robinson 1 inning 2 earned runs.
Maverick Lasker had a home run for O'Connor in the win.

Many of you are aware that one of the top players in the 2008 class, Nick Carrillo of Sandra Day O'Connor, was struck by a line drive last week during a scrimmage. The following is  a note from the Carrillo family:

Most of you have heard about Nick Carrillo's
accident on the ball field last Thursday. He was pitching
and was hit in the temple with a line drive. He was
rushed to Barrow/St. Joe's for treatment. He was in
ICU for several days then moved to Neuro Acute. He
had surgery to repair a broken cheek bone. His other
fractures will heal with time. He is on the road to
recovery.

We just wanted to thank all of our baseball friends and
families for their phone calls, emails, texts and cards.
Your support, prayers and well wishes got us through
one of the most difficult experiences of our lifes.

Nick looks forward to being back on the ball field soon.
Thanks again everyone for your concern, it was much
appreciated.

See you at the ball park,
Nick, Karen and Larry Carrillo

And away we go.......

Official tryouts for AZ high schoolers began on Monday February 5 and play begins in 2 weeks (Wednesday 2-21-07)

I'm compiling the tournament list for this year so anyone who can help me here will get much love and respect.

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