Diamond Notes March 2011

March 31, 2011

Queen Creek pushed it's win streak to 6 games (10 of their last 11) with a region win over Apache Junction, 5-2. Nathan Flores went the distance for QC in a gutty performance, giving up only one earned on 6 hits (4 Ks, 2 BB). The Bulldogs' bats were held in check, but rode the hot streak of junior catcher, Chad Leonard (2-3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB). Spencer Kottcamp also picked up 2 hits for the Dogs. The win puts QC at 5-0 in region play.

Basha 4 - Highland 0


On Tuesday evening, Basha's Aaron Blair pitched a gem controlling three pitches for a complete game, four hit shutout.

Basha jumped out to a one run lead when Gary Sheffield walked and Jason Parks executed a perfect hit and run single sending Sheffield to third. He scored on a Jake Westbrook ground out to give Basha a 1-0 lead.

Things would stay that way until the 5th when Zach Toriente doubled home Sam Rector and Richard Soto who had singled and walked respectively.

Highland pitcher Nolan Whittlesey was pitching a gem of his own with the only mistake being the Toriente double, which on another day could've been caught for an out. He tired in the 7th and walked in Jason Parks, who doubled.

Noe' Mitchell might've had two hits for Highland, but the bullpen obscured a play in the 7th in the right field corner. I gave him a double, but didn't see it.

Jason Parks had two hits for Basha, but the real story was the pitching of Blair, who went the distance with 5 K's, 5 BB's and 3 or 4 hits, depending on who you ask.

Whittlesey was a tough luck loser, giving up 5 hits, striking out 3 and walking 5. He also hit a batter.

Mountain Pointe got long balls from Kevin Cron, Anthony Balderamma, Joey Curletta and Scott Kingery as the pride dropped Ahwatukee rival Desert Vista 16-8. Cron also picked up the win on the mound and went 4-5 at the dish. Shaun Chase homered for DV.

Kevin Cron connects for Mountain Pointe

Freshman Garrett Poole tossed a complete game as Corona Del Sol edged Chaparral 5-3 in the Big league Dugout INvitational. The win gave CDS the top seed in their pool and advanced them to Thursdays semis against Bishop Gorman. Josh Ethier went 3-4 and Brett Spradling had  a pair of hits for the Aztecs.

March 30, 2011

MILLENNIUM 11 WESTVIEW 2

Tatum Hendrix tossed a complete game 4-hitter in Millennium’s 11–2 win over Westview. He recorded 11 K’s and did not allow an earned run, while registering his 3rd win of the season. Tate has 3 straight complete games and in those 21 innings, he’s had 21 K’s, given up only 12 hits and allowed only 2 earned runs.

On offense against the Knights, the Tigers were paced by two big 3-run homers from Josh Rojas in the 4th and Anthony Davison in the 6th.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS:

Josh Rojas: 3-4, 2B, HR, 3RBIs, 2 runs scored

Anthony Davison: 2-4, 2B, HR, 3RBIs, 2 runs scored

AJ Diggs: 3-4, 1 run scored

Alex Gartner: 2-3, 1RBI, 2 runs scored

O'Connor 13 - Kingman 1

Josh Fogerlie dominated on the hill and OC cruised through this one.

Notre Dame 2 9 2 3 0 0 2 - 18
Maricopa 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 - 12

Notre Dame capitalized on a strong wind blowing out to left field and homered 4 times for the bulk of their offense. Brian Poupore ripped a pair of 2 run shots, Joey Greco belted a grand slam and Sam Young hit his first varsity home run for the Saints who improved their record to 6-4 on the season. Kolter Hunt homered for the Maricopa Rams in defeat.

March 28, 2011

Chaparral wasted little time Monday as they defeated the visiting Columbine Rebels 10 - 0 in five innings. The game lasted only 75 minutes in the start of the Horizon Big League Dreams Invitational Tournament.

The tournament includes top AZ teams Horizon, Hamilton, Brophy & Chaparral along with MaxPreps.com #1 ranked team in the nation Las Vegas Bishop Gorman.

The Firebirds scored three runs in the first off of a double by Jordie Hein, triple by Joey Bielek, and singles by Nick DeRegis & Nick Diamond, then two more in the second on a Bielek sacrifice fly and single by Kyle Toth. They continued the barrage with a third inning triple by Colby Targun who scored on a Diamond sacrifice fly.

Starting pitcher Adam Charnin-Aker kept the Rebels in check striking out five in the complete game shutout.

Columbine HS, the site of the deadliest high school massacre in US history back in 1999, was clearly over-matched but played with a lot of pride. Charnin-Aker held the Rebels hitless until #5 Mohr drove a single to left field in the fifth.

But Columbine never advanced past first base, as catcher AJ Schillinger erased all three base runners of the game with a throw-out to second.

Nick Diamond put an exclamation point on the afternoon with a 3-run HR in the fifth to add 5-rbi for the afternoon to his team-leading total. Jeremy Wolf walked then scored on a passed ball for the final run in the outing.

 R H E
Valley Vista     110 000 0   2 10  0
Boulder Creek 014 0000   5  7   2


Cody Jones scattered 10 hits and stranded 7 Valley Vista runners over 6 innings to pick up his 6th win on the season. Alex Real came on in relief to pitch a 1-2-3 7th inning for his 7th save as Boulder Creek improved to 19-4 on the spring. Trailing 2-1 in the 3rd inning, Jones helped himself at the plate hitting a long HR to LF after Alex Real doubled giving the Jags a 3-2 lead. Boulder Creek would push across 2 more runs in the inning to take a 5-2 lead that ended the scoring for both teams. Boulder Creek improves to 3-0 in the Northwest region.

Leading hitters for Boulder Creek
Cody Jones 1-3, HR, 2 RBI's
Alex Real 2-3, 2B

Valley Vista
Puahi 3-4, 3 singles
Stange 2-3

Hamilton got 7 strong innings from Jake Andrews and led Las Vegas Bishop Gorman in the 7th before a walk off 2 run blast spoiled the party and gave Gorman a 4-3 win in the first game of the Big League Dugout Invitational. Mitch Nay had a long homer over the batters eye in center.

March 27, 2011

 Saguaro closed out the 2011 Spring Break Invitational with an impressive showing against host Arcadia.  Alan Madsen threw a 5-inning no-hitter, striking out 12 Titans and Chris Akmon and Brandon Demerest each hit towering homeruns to lead the Sabercats, with Demerest's coming with the bases loaded.  For Saguaro, it was their 15th win in a row.  Earlier in the day, the Cats beat visiting Bradshaw Mountain 7-1.  In that game Chris Akmon went 3-3, hitting a single, double and triple and driving in 3.  

March 26, 2011

Kevin Cron homered twice, breaking the state record for career homers in the process, as Mountain Pointe hammered Westwood 15-2. For Cron, it was his 12th of the year and 45th of his high school career.

Desert Mountain 15 Desert Vista 5 (5 innings)

Desert Mountain used the long ball and solid pitching by Colton Mills to defeat Desert Vista by a score of 15-5. The Wolves started fast with a
2-run homer in the 1st inning by Dylan Cozens, a 2-run homer by Keaton Boysen in the 2nd and another 2-run bomb by David Greer with no outs
in the 3rd inning to take a 6-0 lead over the Thunder. An RBI double by Boysen and RBI singles by Cody Erickson and Austin Mill made it 9-0 DM
by the end of the frame. An RBI double by Hunter Rodriguez and RBI ground out by Tommy Myles got DV on the board before the Wolves put the
game out of reach on RBI singles by Boysen and Mill in the 5th and a long grand slam home run by Cozens. A 3-run homer by Desert Vista's
Garret Brandt provided the game's final scoring.

Perry Pumas 9 Skyline 5

Perry extended their winning streak to 4 with a 9-5 victory in eight innings over Skyline on Friday. The Pumas jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. David Walker singled but was called out on a force play at second. Will Schommer was at first base with one out when Alex Burridge hit the first of his two HRs on the day. Burridge helped Perry take the lead for good in the eighth inning. With the score tied at four, Burridge came to the plate and led off the inning with a homer to break the tie. Perry starter Daniel Valenzuela kept the ball around the plate; he collected three strike outs and walked one.

Three of Skyline runs were scored off the bat of Jewel Chavez, who went 2-4. The center fielder hit a three run homer in the sixth inning to tie the game and singled in the eighth inning.

Perry

David Walker 2-4 1R, 1BB

Alex Burridge 3-4 2 HR’s, 4 RBI, 2R

March 25, 2011

Notre Dame 6

Arcadia 3

Two of the state's top pitchers, Notre Dame's Tayler Scott and Arcadia's Andrew Naderer, faced off Thurs. at Notre Dame with Saints coming out on top.
Scott came out strong retiring theTitans in order in each of the first three innings, striking out five. Notre Dame grabbed the lead in the second inning when Joe Luvisi led off with a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Joey Greco then singled to right scoring Luvisi; however, Naderer buckled down and retired the next three Saints in order.
The Saints added a run in the third when Stratton Williams reached on a dropped third strike/passed ball, advanced to third on a single by Casey Scott, and scored when Brian Poupore grounded out to second.
Arcadia loaded the bases in the fourth on a lead off walk by Brendan Satran, a single from Michael Roberts, and a walk to Thomas Schellhardt, but Scott struck out the next two Titans and got a ground ball out to end the threat. The Titans hurt themselves in the fifth. Naderer walked the bases loaded and looked like he would get out of the jam with a couple of strikeouts, but Greco hit a high bouncer to short that tipped off the edge of Robert's glove into shallow left field scoring two runs. The Titan left fielder then tried to back-pick Greco at first and sailed the throw over Schellhardt's head, clearing the bases and giving the Saints a 6-0 lead.
Arcadia got a run back in the sixth when Drew Butler doubled to left and later scored on a single by Gary Cornish. After two consecutive walks loaded the bases, the Saints lifted Scott for their number two pitcher, Sam Napp, who struck out the next hitter to end the inning. Arcadia tried to make things interesting in the seventh. Satran led off with a walk, stole second, and scored when Roberts laced a double to left-center. Butler drew a walk and Tim Janssen lifted a sac fly to right scoring Roberts. Cornish was hit by a pitch and Colton Sanchez reached on an infield single to load the bases; however, Knapp got a ground ball to end the game.

Arcadia Top Performers: Notre Dame Top Performers:

Andrew Naderer 5IP, 8K's, 5H, 2 ER Tayler Scott 5 2/3 IP, 8K's, 4H, 1 ER
Michael Roberts 2-4, 2B, RBI, R Joey Greco 2-3, 2 RBI, R
Gary Cornish 1-3, RBI, HBP Casey Scott 2-2, BB, R
Drew Butler 1-3, 2B, BB, R Joe Luvisi 1-2, 2B, BB, R
Brendan Satran 0-1, 3 BB, 2 SB, R

                                          R   H   E
Maricopa 0 2 2 0 0 1 -         | 5   9   3
Williams Field 3 2 2 1 3 4 - | 15 17  0

WP: Martino (4-1)
LP: Seymour

WF Leading Hitters: Wahlers 3-5 HR, 4RBI, R; Fritz 3-4 2 R; Washburn 3-4 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R;

Maricopa leading hitters: Beltran 3-3 R; Seymour 2-3 2RBI, R;

Nic Martino picked up his 4th consecutive win on the mound against Maricopa yesterday. No errors were made behind Martino and the bats came back to life for the Black Hawks. Drew Wahlers hit a first inning mammoth home run to get the scoring started followed by a sac fly by Jake McDavid to put the Black Hawks up 3 after 1 inning. The scoring continued as Williams Field put up runs in each inning until getting the run rule in 6. Jordan Washburn continued his hot hitting going 3 for 4 with a homerun, Konner Fritz singled in 3 of 4 at bats, and Drew Wahlers ended up 3 for 5 with a homerun and 2 singles. Maricopa’s Beltran went 3 for 3 and Seymour went 2 for 3. East Sky Region play continues while Maricopa takes on Notre Dame and Williams Field takes on rival Higley this Tuesday.

 

The North Canyon Rattlers made it two wins in a row by beating Mountain Range HS from Colorado Thursday afternoon.

NC got out to a quick start by Scoring 3 runs in the 1st and 4 more in the 2nd.

With a 7-0 lead NC was able to put it in cruise control. Mountain Range scored one run in the 5th to make it 7-1

In the 6th the Rattlers put up 3 more runs to put that game out of reach at 10 to 1 .

NC starting Pitcher Coley Bruns cruised, throwing a complete game allowing 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 7

MR Stephen Heylinger took the loss allowing 10 runs on 16 hits

Offensively the Rattlers got contributions from:
Dominic Portocarero 2 for 4
Coley Bruns 3 for 4 with 3 RBI and a HR
Jessie Kinney 3 for 4 with 2 RBI
Alberto Higuera 2 for 3 with 2 RBI
Easton Deiters 2 for 4 with 2 RBI

Mountain range was lead by:
Anthony Malgieri had 1 hit and an RBI
Bryan Tibbitts had 1 hit
Stephen Heylinger had 1 hit
Daniel Newton had 1 hit

During its first league game and after coming from a tough loss versus the Brophy Broncos the night before, the Lancers of Salpointe Catholic hosted the Rangers of Rincon High School.

AJ Alexander started the game for the Lancers and held the Rangers scoreless for 3 innings. The Lancers plated 8 runs to lead 8-0 after 3 innings.

At the top of the 4th, Johhny Hosmer homered and Andy Fortman and Dominic King added back to back doubles to cut the lead to 8-2.

At the bottom of the 4th, Tom Shiply came in relief and held the Lancers scoreless.

At the top of the 5th, Alexander was relieved and Rincon plated 7 runs on 2 BB and 5 hits to take a 9-8 lead going to the bottom of the 5th. Sophomore Michael Hoard tied the game by lifting a solo HR over the RF fence.

At the top of the 6th, Junior Ryan Penaflor came in relief and pitched a scoreless 6th to keep the game tied. This enabled the Lancers to re-group offensively and batted 13 hitters in the bottom of the 6th to score 9 runs.

In the top of the 7th, Penaflor pitched another scoreless inning to get his first varsity win and first league win for the Lancers this season.

The Bulldogs of Queen Creek traveled to Campo Verde on Thursday for a region game in which the Dogs played spoilers.  The shortened game saw a final of 16-4 to move QC to 3-0 in Desert Sky Region play.  Julian Sandoval was perfect at the dish, going 4-4 with 4 RBI and 3 SB.  Collin Bonngard and Spencer Kottcamp both went yack for their 4th and 5th, respectively.  Marcus Still picked up his 3rd win in relief.

March 24, 2011

 O’Connor 4 Thurston 1
Josh Fogerlie kept Thurston in check and RBI’s by Austin Daus and Owen Sanborn led OC to a win.

O’Connor 4 West Linn, OR 3
Hunter Bilbrey started for OC but it would be brother Jade Bilbrey getting the win in a 9 inning affair. Wesley Sutton continued his torrid hitting with yet another bomb in as many days and also threw in a double for good measure. Freshman Greg Saenz continues to get hits at the right time and had two RBI’s in an excellent back and forth game.

On Tuesday, Saguaro won their 9th game in a row by beating region rival McClintock 5-4.  The Sabercats trailed 4-1 through 5 innings but came up with 4 in the 6th and held the Chargers in the 7th.  Alan Madsen threw 2 1/3 scoreless to earn the win in relief of Travis Steinheiser.  The Sabercats were led offensively by Brendan Demerest and Matt Morris who each had three hits.

On Wednesday, Saguaro finished their rain-shortened game Monday against the visiting Merion Catholic Team from the Chicago area, here for the Scottsdale Spring Training Invitational.  The Sabercats scored 2 in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd and 1 in the 3rd and then held off Merion by a score of 5-2. Saguaro got 3 hits from Austin Anderson and 2 from Reed Austin to pace the offense.  Kane McCaslin pitched 5 innings of relief to earn the victory.

In their 2nd game Wednesday, Saguaro beat Sandia Prep, also here for the Scottsdale Spring Training Invitational by a final of 16-6.  The Sabercats collected 11 hits, with Kyle Young and Jon Nimtz each collecting 2.  Daniel Akmon worked the final 3 innings to earn the victory for Saguaro, now 14-2-1 on the season and winners of 11 straight. 

Eddie Villa and Oscar Gonazalez knocked in 3 runs apiece as Tolleson dropped LaJolla 13-6. The Wolverines pounded out 11 hits and were helped by 5 La Jolla errors.

March 23, 2011

Liberty jumped out to an 8-0 first inning lead and cruised to a 14-3 victory at home against Shadow Ridge. Nathan Bannister got the win on the mound for the Lions.

Nathan Bannister bears down against Shadow Ridge

 Perry Pumas 12 Marcos De Niza 0

The Pumas opened league play with a spectacular pitching performance by Max Kraust. The senior right hander had a complete game, 6 inning, no hitter the first in Perry history. Kraust struck out 4 and walked 3, on the way to victory.

Chris Speltz 3-4 2B, 2 RBI

Will Schommer 3-4 1 RBI

Tyler Pitts 3-4 (2) 2B, 1 RBI

Alex Burridge 2-4 2B, 3 RBI

 Firebirds Outslug Brophy for Fourth Consecutive Win

Chaparral prevailed Tuesday against a strong Div-I opponent by outslugging top-ranked Brophy Prep 10 – 6 to secure their fourth consecutive victory.

Chaparral continued their recent offensive surge against the Broncos – over the past four games the Firebirds have scored 50 runs on 55 hits to improve their Power Ranking record to 5 – 1 and retake the 5A-II #1 position. The loss drops Brophy to third in the 5A-I rankings with a 4 – 3 record.

The Firebirds set the tone early with a leadoff double by Jordie Hein, followed by a shot past first base by Joey Bielek for a 1 - 0 lead. Hein would add two more hits to go 3-4 and extend his team-leading hitting streak to six games. Bielek continued his five-game streak with a fourth inning double, pitched three solid innings (much better than the scoreboard indicated), then made a spectacular full-extension dive in the infield worthy of an ESPN “top-play” nomination.

Brophy struck back in the second when 1B Dan Winkler hit a three-run shot off the center-field scoreboard. The Firebirds answered with seven runs in the inning off key hits by Dillon Bigcrane, Kyle Toth, Nick Diamond, Jeremy Wolf & Jordie Hein to retake the lead 8 – 3.

Brophy refused to go away as cleanup hitter Dave Graybill smacked a three-run HR in the third that closed the gap to 8 - 6. But that would be the end of the Broncos threat, as Chaparral played flawless defense including two outstanding putouts by SS Kyle Toth.

Nick Diamond was dominant in relief as he shut-down the Broncos, striking out seven batters while giving up only two hits over the final four innings. Dillon Bigcrane added an exclamation point to the victory in the sixth inning, hitting a towering two-run shot to right that cleared Gold Dust Ave and score the final runs in the 10 – 6 win.

 Pinnacle 7 Betty Fairfax 2

Pinnacle traveled west to play the Stampede on Tuesday. Kris Ayers threw 4 solid innings to pick up the win by striking out 7 walking 1. Daniel Riggs threw 2 innings of relief as Eric Melbostate closed a perfect 7. Pinnacle now is 13-1-1 on the year as they travel to Centennial on Friday.
 

 O’Connor 10      Deer Valley 0

O’Connor’s Tommy Lay surrendered a lead off base hit to pitching counterpart Darian Ramage in the first,  but after that Lay cruised to a one hit shutout in a game that was halted in the bottom of the 6th when O’Connor plated four to end the game.
Good, balanced attack by the OC bats with the highlight a bomb by Wesley Sutton.
Lay moves to 3-3 on the year, reducing his ERA 1.40.

The Basha Bears played the spoiler on Tuesday in Gilbert, beating the Gilbert Tigers by a score of 12 -10.

Justin McAllister started the game for Gilbert, who's team quickly went down 3 - 0 in the top of the first inning. Tiger catcher Austin Masterson helped the Tigers in the first, by grabbing a high foul ball, looking into the sun, while crashing into the backstop fence, for the 2nd out of the game. That was about it for defense for the Tigers the rest of the game.

The Tigers started to get the bats going in the bottom of the first, as Drew Stankiewicz ripped a double into right field, followed by a Nathaniel Causey RBI single. McAllister added a sacrifice line drive to center with bases loaded to make the game 3 - 2. Both Ty Neenan and Greg Esquibel had bases loaded RBI singles, and at the end of the inning, the Tigers were looking good, ahead 6 - 3.

The Tiger defense still looked sharp, as 3rd baseman Nathaniel Causey, laid out to catch a hot grounder, then made a heads up tag on the runner to end the 2nd inning for the hot hitting Bears.

The Tigers started things off again in the 2nd with another double by Stankiewicz to right center. Heavy hitter Dustin Peterson was beaned by the next pitch, then stole second, followed by a McAllister shot to left, scoring another run. Masterson joined in the hitting barrage, by hitting an infield base hit, that scored another run. The Tigers were up 8 - 3, and it looked like another short night for the Bears.

The Basha Bears played in the Gilbert Invitational tournament last week, losing to Skyline in the bottom of the 7th, 5 -4. They were also run ruled a few nights later by a powerful Mountain Pointe Pride team, by a score of 15 - 0.

Bears slugger, Anthony Conforti, blasted a 3 run homer to pull the game closer in the 3rd. Errors plagued the Tigers, as throwing errors and fielding errors, enabled the Bears to grab the lead by a score of 10 -8.

The Tigers scored another run in the bottom of the 3rd on a Josh Swift RBI single, but that was all the runs the Tiger team could manufacture.

Dalton England came in the 4th inning, and pitched well. Dustin Peterson banged another long homerun to tie the game at 10 - 10, but that is where the Gilbert bats stopped.

Anthony Conforti blasted a home run in the 5th, followed by a Zach Williams homer in the 6th, and the Tigers ended the game, by losing 12 -10.
 

Mountain Pointe 7 Desert Mountain 2

Jordan Kipper homered in each of the first two innings as Mountain Pointe jumped out to a 6-0 lead, and Kevin Cron allowed just 2 runs on 3 hits in 6 innings of work on the mound as the Pride held off Desert Mountain, 7-2. Mountain Pointe scored 5 runs in the first inning to give Cron all the runs he would need. After Kipper homered to start the scoring Cron doubled, Joey Curletta walked and Tony Balderrama singled to make the score 2-0. Curletta then scored on an error before Sam Kingery finished the scoring in the first with a 2-run double. After Kipper homered again in the second, Skylar Smith brought the Wolves within 6-2 with a 2-run single in the 3rd inning before MP scored an unearned run in the 5th inning to finish the scoring.

Austin Davis and Matt Lewis were outstanding in relief for the Wolves, combining to pitch 5-2/3 innings while allowing no earned runs on just 2 hits. Austin Mill had 2 hits for the Wolves. Kipper, Cron and Sam Kingery had 2 hits each for the Pride
 

Queen Creek ran their record to 2-0 in the Desert Sky Region with a 5 inning, 16-4 win over Poston Butte. The win, is now their 7th win out of their last 8 games. Every Bulldog hitter registered a hit as the Bulldogs tallied 16 hits. Spencer Kottcamp was perfect at the dish in all 4 trips, knocking in 3 runs on a triple and a jack (his 4th of the season). Julian Sandoval picked up 3 hits and chased in 4 runs. Adam Brzeczek and Chad Hinsley both had a pair of knocks to help the cause. Although Brzeczek (3 Ks and 4 BB) wasn't his sharpest on the bump, he battled and limited the damage going 4 innings and only surrendering one earned run.

Spencer Kottcamp flashes some leather

Arcadia 10
Maricopa 4

Senior ace Thomas Schellhardt (4-1) propelled the Titans by striking out 13 Rams and scattering 7 hits for the complete game East Sky Region victory. He was also perfect at the plate going 4 for 4 with two doubles and two RBI. Schellhardt put the Titans on top in the bottom of the first when he doubled to the gap in right field scoring Brendan Satran, who had reached on a dropped third strike.
Arcadia added five runs in the second as Colton Sanchez led off with a double, Christian Munoz was hit by a pitch, and Satran cleared the bases with a triple to right. Satran then scored on a passed ball, Schellhardt singled, and third baseman Drew Butler launched his first varsity home run deep to left. Maricopa closed the gap the to 6-4 in the fourth inning when AJ Beltran reached on an error, Armando Cano walked, and Kolter Hunt singled to score Beltran. Juston Warren added an RBI double, Kolter scored on a wild pitch, and Joey Sarver grounded out to short scoring Warren. The Titans put the game away in the sixth when Sanchez singled, Munoz walked, and Satran drove a 2-run double to the fence in left center. Janssen walked and Schellhardt singled, scoring Satran. Michael Roberts plated the Titans final run when he scored Janssen on a single to right.

Arcadia Top Hitters:
Thomas Schellhardt 4-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R
Brendan Satran 2-4, 3B, 2B, 4 RBI, SB, 3R
Drew Butler 1-2, HR(1), 2 RBI, 2 BB, R
Colton Sanchez 2-4, 2B, 2R

Maricopa Top Hitters:
J.C. Seymore 2-3
Kolter Hunt 1-2, RBI, BB, R
Juston Warren 1-3, 2B, RBI, R
A.J. Beltran 1-4, 2B, R

Highland 11 - Mesa 0 (5 innings)

Highland pounded out 14 hits in 5 offensive innings to win a points game at Mesa High on Tuesday afternoon. Nolan Whittlesey continued his dominance of Mesa, beating them for the fourth time in two years in a five inning, four hit shut-out.

For Highland

Weston Wiederhold was 4-4 with a HR and 4 RBI

Xavier Corrales was 2-4 with 2 2B and an RBI

Whittlesey was 3-3 with 2 2B and 2 RBI

Jordan Peterson was 2-3 with an RBI


For Mesa

Durazo was 1-1 with a BB and sacrifice

Greenway 9, North Canyon 8


In a not so well played defensive game; Greenway held on after a late charge from North Canyon on Tuesday night in the Greenway Festival tourney.

Scott Squier went 4-inn for Greenway with 4-Runs, 3-ER, 9-K’s with the usual merry band of radar guns in attendance. Charlie Wagner went the last 3 for Greenway with 4-Runs, 1-ER, 6-K’s. Bryce Bush started for North Canyon going 4-inn, 5-ER, 6-K’s. Greenway jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st. Greenway Freshman Tyler Frost with a 3-Run HR in bottom of the 5th to give Greenway a 9-4 lead. Some untimely errors from Greenway in the top of the 6th let North Canyon back in the game. North Canyon had the tying run on 2nd in the top of the 7th but couldn’t get him across. Greenway is now 10-3 on the year.

Greenway:
Jorge Ozuna – 3H, 2R
Ethan Percell – 3H, 2R, 2rbi
Tyler Frost – 2H, 2R, 3rbi, 1-HR

North Canyon:
Coley Bruns – 3H, 2R, rbi
Zach Walker – 2H, 2R, 2rbi, (1-3b)

 

March 20, 2011

Boulder Creek took a pair of games on Saturday beating Houston Christian 3-2 & downing Juneau, Alaska 15-8 in the nightcap. Andrew Parrott had 2 hits, Tony Blanford had an RBI triple and Alex Real had a double and 3 stolen bases leading the BC offense. Alex Lownes pitched 6 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits. Real pitched the 7th as BC staved off a Houston rally and held on to win 3-2. Boulder Creek turned two double plays in the game.

Game two was a sloppy affair with BC winning an error-filled game vs. Juneau, AK. Cameron Brendel started on the mound and hit his first varsity HR in the 4th inning. Garrett Osterode got the win in relief of Andrew Parrott in a game that was marred by errors by both teams. Boulder Creek improved to 13-2 on the year and continues in the Coach Bob tournament next week.

The Saguaro Sabercats won their 8th consecutive game 6-5 in come-from-behind fashion on Thursday, March 17 against the visiting Marcos de Niza Padres. Marcos had a 5-0 lead after 4 1/2 innings and Saguaro came up with 3 in the bottom of the 5th and 3 in the bottom of the 6th.  Daniel Akmon pitched a scoreless 7th to get the save in support of Chris Freudenberg who picked up his 3rd win of the season.  The Sabercats only mustered 7 hits but clustered them well and 5 of the seven went for extra bases.  Saguaro is now 11-2-1 on the season.

Nick Johnson surrendered 3 first inning runs, then tossed five straight scoreless frames to lead Blue Ridge to a 7-5 win at Fountain Hills on Saturday. Derek Simmons went 3-4 and knocked in 3 runs for Ridge and Nick Williams had 2 hits and 2 RBIs.

Mike DeGroote goes for the back pick (L) as Nick Johnson works for the Jackets

March 19, 2011

For the 2nd year in a row, CDO won the Championship of the Lancer Classic. CDO defeated Burbank, CA Burroughs H.S. 13-3 in 5 innings. The game was never close with CDO scoring 2 in the 1st and led 8-0 after 3. Burroughs finally got on the board with 3 in the top of the 4th, but the Dorados answered with 2 more in the bottom half and then added 3 in the 5th to claim the 5 inning mercy rule victory.

CDO pounded out 18 hits including doubles by Tournameet MVP Sr.Tanner Sinclair, and Sr. Ruben Rivera, and Soph. Ryan Brunson. Jr. Logan France was 4-4 with a triple.

Senior Zach Santoya went the distance on the mound yielding 8 hits but only 1 for extra bases.

CDO defeated Yucaipa (CA) 7-3 earlier to reach the finals. Burroughs defeated Seminole Ridge (FL) 16-14 to make it to the Championship game.

Nevin Wilson tossed a five inning no-hitter as Chaparral topped North Canyon 11-1. Wilson struck out 9 and walked four. Chap jumped out to an early 6-0 first inning lead and never looked back.

March 18, 2011

 Arcadia 13
Paradise Valley 0

Arcadia ace Andrew Naderer (4-0) threw a five inning no-hitter against the Trojans and was only an error away from a perfect game. The junior lefty struck out six in a 61 pitch effort allowing only three balls to leave the infield. Titan centerfielder Brendan Satran assisted his pitcher by making a diving catch in the bottom of third robbing the Trojans of a hit. Naderer also got plenty of support from his offense as the Titans posted six first inning runs on a 2-run double from Mike Scannell, RBI doubles from Thomas Schellhardt and Eddie Lyon, a Trojan error and an RBI single from Alex Reynolds.
Arcadia got two more in the third courtesy of an RBI single by Lyon and sac fly from Caleb McKinnon. In the fourth, Drew Butler doubled to the wall in left scoring Schellhardt, who had singled, and Reynolds plated Butler with a single to centerfield.
In the fifth, Mike Scannell drew a bases loaded walk and Schellhardt dumped a 2-run single into right field to close out the scoring for the Titans. Naderer struck out two of three Trojan hitters to end the game.

Arcadia Top Hitters:

Thomas Schellhardt 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2R
Mike Scannell 2-3, 2B, BB, 3 RBI, R
Eddie Lyon 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Drew Butler 2-3, 2B, RBI, 3R
Alex Reynolds 2-3, HBP, 2 RBI, 2R

(Above L to R) Andrew Naderer in control. Jordan Spaulding applies the tag. Brendan Satran bounces off first.

Perry 7 Dobson 5

The Pumas finished the Triple Crown Tournament at Highland High School 2-3 with a victory over Dobson on Thursday. Jaren Drummond went 5 innings and struck out 7 for Perry. Alex Burridge hit a 2 run home run in the top of the seventh to help the Pumas to victory.

Will Schommer 3-4 2B, 3R

Max Arredondo 2-3 2B, HR

Alex Burridge 3-4 2 HR’s (3,4), 5 RBI

Salpointe Lancers Classic Scores

Thursday, March 17

Consolation Bracket
Catalina 19, Buena 12
Mountain View 9, Cienega 8
Buena 21, Marana 8
Salpointe 18, Poudre (CO) 8
Nogales 5, Burbank (CA) 4
Sunnyside 4, Douglas 0

Rincon 7, Bartlesville (OK) 2

Championship Bracket
Seminole Ridge (FL) 10, Blanchard (OK)3
Yucaipa(CA) 8, Ironwood Ridge 7
Canyon del Oro 9, Sahuaro 6
Burroughs (CA)10, Cat. Foothills 3

Semi-Finals Friday, March 18
Seminole Ridge (FL) vs. Burroughs (CA), 4 pm
Yucaipa(CA) vs. CDO, 4 pm

Championship, 7 pm Friday March 18

March 17, 2011

 Best of West Baseball Tournament Quarterfinals

Sunrise Mtn 10 Valley Vista 0

Millennium 15 Union, OK 9

Desert Mtn 9 Liberty 0

Yukon, OK 11 Pinnacle 0



Best of West Baseball Tournament Semi finals

Yukon, OK 7 Desert Mtn 6

Sunrise Mtn 9 Millennium 6


Best of West Baseball Tournament Championship Game

Yukon, OK 4 Sunrise Mtn 0

 Yukon, Oklahoma jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, then held off several Desert Mountain rallies to defeat the Wolves, 7-6 in the semi-finals of the Best of the West Tournament at Sunrise Mountain. Yukon had just 6 hits on the day, but were able to capitalize on 7 walks and 2 hit batters to go along with some timely hitting to hold off Desert Mountain. The Wolves rallied 4 times to pull within a run, but were unable to overcome the Millers.

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Yukon, OK               2 1 2 0 2 0 0       7 6 5
Desert Mountain      1 1 2 0 2 0 0        6 9 2


Yukon loaded the bases in the 1st on a walk and 2 hit batsmen, scored their 1st run on an error and the 2nd run on an RBI single by Andraszek. DM countered in their half of the inning on an RBI ground out by Dylan Cozens, scoring Austin Mill. After Yukon scored another run in the 2nd, the Wolves pulled back within a run on a sacrifice fly by Cody Erickson, scoring Keaton Boysen after he singled to lead off the inning. After DM recorded the 1st two outs in the top of the 3rd, Yukon rallied on a walk and 2 bloop hits to take a 5-2 lead. The Wolves rallied again in the bottom of the 3rd on singles by Cozens, Skylar Smith, and Boysen before Ben Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly. Two Yukon errors also aided the Wolves in that inning. A 2-run homer by Benge stretched Yukon's lead in the top of the 5th to 7-4 before the Wolves rallied to within a run again in the home half of the 5th on an RBI ground out by Rodriguez and an error by the Yukon left fielder, but DM would not score again.

Keaton Boysen had 3 hits to lead the Wolves, while Lucas Jacobi and Dylan Cozens had 2 each. Colton Mills pitched well in 5 innings of relief for the Wolves, limiting Yukon to 4 hits while striking out four. Desert Mountain next plays Mountain Pointe at home next Tuesday, March 22nd.

Highland 6 - Perry 1

Highland beat Perry Wednesday night to secure the top seed in their pool. Gentry Kinsella opened the game with a HBP. Weston Wiederhold singled and Cody Moffett followed with another single to put Highland up 1-0. A Christian Jantze single and Kinsella triple in the second made it 2-0. Perry cut it in half in the third when Alex Burridge singled home David Walker, who had reached on a dropped fly ball. Highland halved the inning when Tyler Clancy doubled home Xavier Corrales.

Highland put it out of reach in the 5th due to sloppy Perry play. Moffett reached to lead off when his sky high pop-up dropped unimpeded between home and the mound. Corrales singled and after a fielder's choice Clancy hit a sacrifice fly to center. A Tyler Brown walk was followed by run scoring singles by Noe' Mitchell and Jordan Peterson.

Nolan Whittlesey went six strong, allowing one unearned run on 4 hits. He struck out five, walked two and hit three to pick up the win. Zach Shorts pitched a perfect 7th in relief. Max Kraust pitched the first 4 2/3 and was stuck with the loss. Tyler Pitts finished up for Perry.

The semi-final match-ups in the Triple Crown tournament at Highland are Highland vs. St. John Paul II (TX) at 9am followed by Desert Ridge vs. Mesa at noon. The losers play for third place at 3pm and the winners play this evening for the championship.

Wednesday, March 16 at the Lancer Classic

Sahuaro lost to Blanchard, 8-3
Douglas beat Burbank, 14-3
Cienega beat Buena, 7-4
CDO beat Ironwood Ridge, 9-3
Salpointe tied Burroughs, 13-13
Rincon beat Poudre, 4-2
Sunnyside beat Catalina, 11-7
Foothills lost to Yucaipa, 8-5
Marana beat Salpointe, 8-7
Mountain View lost to Seminole Ridge, 11-1
Nogales beat Bartlesville, 8-4


Bracket Play begins Today:
Top 8 Teams are
Seminole Ridge
Yucaipa
CDO
Burroughs
Cat. Foothills
Sahuaro
Ironwood Ridge
Blanchard

March 16, 2011

 BEST OF THE WEST TOURNAMENT (game 3, pool play)


MILLENNIUM 3 YUKON (OK) 1

Millennium’s Tatum Hendrix and Yukon’s (OK) Kyle Gibson both pitched outstanding games in good old-fashioned pitcher’s duel, with Hendrix walking away with his 2nd win of the year. Tatum was in total control from the first to the last pitch against a very good Yukon team. He finished with a 3-hitter, and racked up 6 strikeouts. Yukon’s 1 run was unearned - a result of a fielding error compounded by a mental error.

The Tigers scored all their runs in the first 2 innings and then Gibson settled in and was extremely tough from that point on. In the first, Hendrix led off the game with a single and eventually scored on AJ Diggs’ RBI single. Then in the second, the Tigers scored run #2 as a result of a heads-up baserunning. Geno Jacobs had reached first on a fielder’s choice and advanced to second on a passed ball. Then on another passed ball, Geno hustled to third and, noticing that both the catcher and pitcher had vacated home plate, sprinted home and slid in just before the tag. Yukon was till smarting from Geno’s hustle when the next batter, Alex Gartner, deposited a fastball over the left field fence to close out the Tiger’s scoring.

Millennium won their pool with a 3-0 record and will play their next game at 3:00 Tuesday against a yet-to-be determined opponent. The Tiger's are 8-4 on the season.

LEADING HITTERS:

Tatum Hendrix: 3-4, 1 run scored

Alex Gartner: 1-3, HR, RBI, 1 run scored

AJ Diggs: 1-3, 1 RBI

Nyles Fowler: 1-3, 3B

Geno Jacobs: 1-3, 1 run scored

Sammy Rimer: 1-3

MILLENNIUM 15 UNION (OK) 9

With a final score of 15-9 you wouldn’t expect to hear much about pitching, but Millennium’s Austin Hoffman was very impressive in his return from an injury. He pitched 5 1/3 innings, 4 of them scoreless, allowing only 6 hits and 3 earned runs, picking up his 2nd win of the season.

On offense, the Tigers scored in 6 of the 7 innings, cranking out 17 hits, 8 for extra bases. Millennium held a comfortable 4-0 going into the bottom of the third when they had one of ‘those” innings. Aided by 2 costly errors and 3 walks (and a shrinking strikezone), Union scored 6 runs on only 2 hits. Suddenly down 6-4, the Tigers immediately responded with 5 runs in the top of the fourth. The big hits in that decisive inning were Tyler Booth’s RBI triple, and a HUGE bases loaded double by Josh Rojas that cleared the bases and put Millennium back in the lead for good.

LEADING HITTERS

Tyler Booth: 4-5, double, 2 triples, 4 RBIs, 4 runs scored
Josh Rojas: 3-5, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 5 RBIs, 2 runs scored
Nyles Fowler: 3-4, 3 RBIs
Tatum Hendrix: 2-2, double, 3 runs scored, hit-by-pitch 3 times
Jake Newsome: 2-2, 2 runs scored
Tyrel King: solo HR, his first of the year

Desert Mountain scored 5 runs in the top of the first, and sophomore Will Jones pitched six shutout innings as the Wolves coasted past Stillwater, Oklahoma by a score of 9-3. Jones was outstanding in his first varsity start, limiting the Pioneers to just 2 hits while striking out 5 and walking only one in his 6 innings of work before leaving the game with a 9-0 lead. Desert Mountain scored all of its runs in the first inning after two were out, with Alec Friedman and Matt Lewis drawing bases loaded walks to start the scoring before Cody Erickson made it 4-0 on a 2-RBI single. Lewis scored on a wild pitch to give Jones all the run support he would need.

The Wolves added a run in the 3rd inning on an RBI triple by Lucas Jacobi, then put the game away in the 5th as Joey Mandros scored on a throwing error, Keaton Boysen scored on an RBI ground out by Erickson, and Austin Mill doubled home Jacobi for the final run of the game. Erickson led Desert Mountain hitters with 2 hits and 3 RBI. The Wolves showed good patience at the plate in drawing 11 walks from 3 Stillwater pitchers, and will now move on to the Best of the West Tournament quarterfinals to play the Liberty Lions.
 

March 15, 2011

Austin Davis limited Liberty to just two hits in 6 innings, and Desert Mountain pulled away from the Lions with runs in the final 3 frames as the Wolves beat Liberty, 9-0, to advance to the semi-finals of the Best of the West Tournament. Davis struck out six and allowed only a leadoff double in the first to Paul Panaccione and a single in the sixth to Ryan Benedict as the Wolves received asecond consecutive outstanding start from their pitching staff.  

Desert Mountain scored a run in the 1st as Lucas Jacobi tripled and Drew McLaughlin hit a sacrifice fly.  Liberty's Nick Morgan pitched well through 3 innings, limiting the Wolves to just 3 hits before Desert Mountain broke through in the 4th with two more runs scoring on a wild pitch and a passed ball.  RBI singles in the 5th by McLaughlin and Dylan Cozens followed by an unearned run made the score 6-0, and the Wolves finished the scoring with 3 more runs in the 6th on a 2-run homer by Austin Mill and RBI single by Cozens. 

- Highland 4 - Mesa 2

Highland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on walks to Gentry Kinsella & Weston Wiederhold. After a wild pitch, Cody  Moffett drove in Kinsella with a ground out. Xavier Corrales walked and Nolan Whittlesey followed with a single that scored Wiederhold and sent pinch runner Tyler Brown over to third. Tyler Clancy followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Brown.

 Mesa got one back in the bottom half when Eric Lenz reached on an error, Mike Ramos singled him around to third and Payson Geodagan hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Lenz.

Mesa got their second in the 4th when Lenz was hit by a pitch, Ramos singled and after a ground out, Brandon Eyring drove home Lenz.

Clancy singled home an insurance run in the top of the 7th to end the scoring.

Taylor Speth went the distance for Highland earning his second win. He gave up just 4 hits, struck out 2, walked just 1 and hit a couple in a solid performance. Jacob Berckert went six innings and although he struggled with control, he managed to keep Highland off the board after the first. He struck out 4, gave up just three hits but walked 9. Blake Moreno worked the 7th in relief for Mesa.

Mike Ramos had two hits for Mesa.

For Highland, Gentry Kinsella was 0-1 with three walks

Arcadia  11 Sierra Linda  1 

The Arcadia offense struck early for the second straight day posting  eight runs in the first inning.  After leadoff hitter Brendan Satran  was hit by a pitch, Eddie Lyon singled, and both scored when Thomas Schellhardt doubled to left-centerfield.  Mike Scannell and Drew  Butler added RBI singles and Alex Reynolds chipped in with a 2-run  single.  Satran, batting for the second time in the inning, delivered  a 2-run HR to close out the first.  The Titans got three more in the  second when Schellhardt led off with a single, Tim Janssen walked, and  Cornish singled to score Schellhardt. Janssen also scored on the play  when the relay throw ended up in the dugout.

  Scannell drove home the  Titans last run when he grounded out to second scoring Cornish.  Alan  Frank went three innings to earn the victory, allowing one hit, and  striking out two.  Eddie Lyon threw the final two innings for the  Titans.

Arcadia:

Brendan Satran  1-2, HR, HBP, 2 RBI, 2R

Thomas Schellhardt  2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2R

Drew Butler  1-2, 2B, RBI, R

Mike Scannell  1-2, 2 RBI, R

Sierra Linda:

Juan Gonzalez  1-2, 2B, BB

Rueben Palma  1-2, 2B, RBI

  The Brophy Broncos travelled to North Canyon today and the result was a hard-fought 8-6 victory. Starters were David Graybill for Brophy and Dominic Portocarrero for North Canyon. With Chaparral's team in the audience (Chap plays BOTH teams in the next few days), the game was a real back and forth battle.

 Gilbert drops Mountain Pointe

These 2 teams battled evenly until the 5th inning when the game got away enough from

Junior Zepeda to get the loss after 4 solid innings, despite 4 more homers by the

Pride. A lead off walk to Stankiewicz in the 4th and an infield error assisted

Gilbert in their effort. The walk was followed by hits from Esquibel, Causey (2B)

and Hoefert, who scored on the subsequent error. Cron struck out 4 and let up 4 hits

in relief. McCallister pitched 6 solid innings for the Tigers, scattering 5 hits

with 5 K’s and no walks. The Pride mounted a comeback in the bottom of the 7th with

Causey on the mound mixing in a lot of curve balls against the top of the order. The

first 2 batters grounded out. Cron battled, hitting a single to RF. Curletta then

hit the third consecutive breaking ball out to RC to make it a 1 run game.

Baldaramma then hit a scorching grounder to Darras at third. The ball deflected up

into the air but Darras got it back to secure the final out with a good throw.

Gilbert Hitting Leaders: Drew Stankiewicz 2-3, 2B, BB

Nathaniel Causey 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Jacob Hoefert 2-2, RBI

Gregg Esquibel 2-4, RBI

MPHS Hitting Leaders: Tony Baldaramma 2-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI

Joey Curletta 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

Sam Kingery 1-3, HR

Scott Kingery 1-1, HR

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Union jumped to an 8-2 lead on the Pioneers before Sophmore Pitcher Judson Stoddard closed the door by throwing 3 hit ball from the 2nd into the 6^th inning. Pinnacle chipped away at the lead until Senior Jordan Makis laced a bases loaded single in the 6th inning to tie the game at 8 runs each.  A wild pitch gave Pinnacle the lead 9-8 in the bottom of the 6th.  Coach John Casey turned the lead over to his bullpen (Jake Peevyhouse and Eric Melbostat) to secure the win.  Pinnacle is now 11-0-1.

Highland 9 - Apache Junction 5

AJ jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first against Highland. John Hanson Homered with one out. Nick Saatholf followed with a walk. Highland pitcher Ethan Evanko promptly picked him off, but nobody covered second and Saatholf was credited with a stolen base. DH John Lachapelle struck out, but the ball bounced. The throw went to third, but Saatholf eluded the tag, officially creating a mess. After another strike out, Danny illis hit a ground ball wide of first that was fielded, but Evanko was late getting over. The ball ended up being thrown away, scoring two runs.

Highland answered with three in the bottom of the second on a single by Tyler Clancy, who went to second on an errant pickoff throw. Troy Auelua singled home Clancy and Noe' Mitchell doubled to deep right to score Auelua. Mitchell scored on an error.

Highland took the lead in the fourth when Clancy was hit by a pitch, Auelua walked and Mitchell doubled again to score Clancy. Gentry Kinsella then tripled to score two. Weston Wiederhold hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Kinsella and make it 7-3 Highland.

AJ scored in the 6th on a leadoff Saatholf single and a Lachapelle triple setting up a potential big inning. A squeeze bunt was missed and Lachapelle was tagged out to end the threat. 

Highland got two in the 7th on doubles by Nolan Whittlesey and Xavier Corrales. Pinch runner Jordan Peterson scored later on an errant pick-off attempt.

AJ completed things in the bottom of the 7th with a leadoff single by Luke Dexter. After an out, David Sandoval bunted a pop up out in front of home plate. Evanko dove, didn't get it and Wiederhold's throw pulled Whittlesey off the bag. With two out, John Hanson singled home Dexter to end the scoring. 

Sophomore Ethan Evanko went the distance for the first of what will be many  varsity wins. He threw 89 pitches, which seemed unlikely after a 29 pitch first inning. He struck out 9, walked one and gave up 8 hits. Only two of the runs against were earned. Evanko had a stretch from the middle of the 1st through the 5th where he retired 13 of 16 batters and  picked off another. He recorded 14 outs in 43 pitches.

Arcadia  17

Combs     1

Arcadia (10-1) erupted for 15 first inning runs on 11 hits to remain  erfect in the Scottsdale Spring Training Invitational.  Caleb  McKinnon and Tim Janssen led the way in the first as each had a  single, double, and 3 RBI.  Thomas Schellhardt added a single and 2- run triple, while Michael Roberts also had multiple hits (single,  double) in the inning.  Titan starter Gary Cornish struck out six, and  only allowed an infield single, in three innings of shut out work.   Zane Storto finished off the final two innings.  Allan Frank doubled  and scored in the third, and added an RBI single in the fourth to  close out the scoring for the Titans.

Arcadia Top Hitters:

Tim Janssen  2-2, 2B, 3 RBI, 2R

Caleb McKinnon  2-2, 2B, 3 RBI, 2R

Thomas Schellhardt  2-3, 3B, BB, 2 RBI, 2R

Michael Roberts  2-2, 2B, RBI, 2R

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Lancer Baseball Classic

Pool Play

Seminole Ridge (FL) 9   Salpointe  4

Douglas 10   Blanchard (OK)    5

Yucaipa (CA) 10  Cienega 7

Cat. Foothills 19   Buena 8

Ironwood Ridge 10   Poudre (CO) 0

Burbank (CA) 13   Rincon 2

Sahuaro 17   Marana Mt. View  7

Burroughs (CA) 7   Bartlesville (OK)   3

Sunnyside 10   Nogales                7

CDO  7   Catalina                4

Highlight: Ironwood Ridge Senior Lefty Trey Higginbotham yields no hits and strikes

March 14, 2011

Desert Mountain started the Best of the West tournament on Saturday with two wins,first defeating Centennial by a score of 15-5 in 5 innings, then beating Valley

Vista 8-6 in the second game.

The Wolves scored in every inning against the Coyotes, pounding out 13 hits and drawing 7 walks in 5 innings.  A single by Dylan Cozens and sacrifice fly by Skylar

Smith gave the Wolves a 2-0 lead in the first.  Centennial responded with two of their own in the bottom half of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Cameron Nelson and

RBI single by Dylan Henricks.  Austin Mill homered in the 2nd as DM took a 3-2 lead, then the Coyotes regained the lead at 4-3 on a triple by Zach Hoffpauir and single

by Spencer Bayless.  The Wolves went ahead for good in the top of the 3rd on a two run single by Keaton Boysen, then stretched their lead in the 4th with 5 more runs

on an RBI single by Cozens, then a pair of 2-run singles by Jake McAdams and Lucas Jacobi.  DM stretched their lead in the top of the 5th to 15-4 on an RBI single by

David Greer and grand slam by Smith.  Colton Mills picked up the win for the Wolves,scattering 7 hits while striking out four for his second win of the season.

In the second game of the day the Wolves used a 7-run 4th inning to take a seemingly comfortable lead on the Monsoon, only to see Valley Vista bounce back with 4 runs in

the bottom of the 4th and one in the 5th before DM was able to stop the Valley Vista rally and win, 8-6 in a game shortened to 6 innings due to a 2 hour tournament time

limit for pool play games.  The Monsoon held a 1-0 lead before the Wolves exploded in the 4th inning, scoring 7 runs.  Cozens and Boysen walked to start the inning,

then Smith doubled to score Cozens before Ryan Sandry drove in Boysen.  Joey Mandros plated Smith with an RBI single, then Mill delivered a 2-run single to make the

score 5-1.  The final two runs of the inning scored on an error and RBI single by Cozens.  Valley Vista responded with 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th on a bases

loaded walk to Witten and a 3-run triple by Jimenez to pull within 7-5.  The Monsoon added another run in the 5th on a triple by Springer and RBI groundout by Benjamin

before Matt Lewis came on in relief for the Wolves and strike out the only two batters he faced.  DM added a run in the 6th before Austin Davis pitched the bottom

of the 6th and record the save for the Wolves.  Cody Erickson was excellent in his first start on the mound for the Wolves, pitching 3-2/3 innings and giving up just 3

hits while striking out 2 batters.  Desert Mountain is now 7-3 on the season.

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March 12, 2011

The Gilbert Spring Break Invitational Tournament started Saturday under clear blue skies and 80 degree weather. The Gilbert Tiger Booster club had worked hard to have the field and stands cleaned up, organized, and ready to host all baseball fans from Mountain Pointe, Mountain View and Skyline schools.

The first game slated Mountain Pointe Pride against the Mountain View Toros, with Mountain Pointe dominating from beginning to end, and ending up the winners of a 13 – 10 contest.

The second game of the tournament was between the Skyline Coyotes and the Gilbert Tigers. The Tigers coming off a big win Friday night against Westview, were still running on all 6 cylinders Saturday.

Jake Pettitt, the lanky left hander, started the game for the Tigers and pitched 4 innings of solid baseball. Dustin Peterson continued his hot streak at the plate, by nailing a sharp single to left in the first inning, then scoring later on Ty Neenan’s RBI single.

The second inning, Josh Moore launched one out of the park, and the score was 2 -0.

The third inning got off to a quick start, as Zach Regier lines a triple into the right field corner, and Ty Neenan hits a sky high long homerun over the left field fence, to make the score 5 -1.

The fourth inning, slugger Drew Stankiewicz hit another homer over the right center field fence. Dustin Peterson continued his hitting streak, by drilling yet another base hit.

Kyle Eyster took over in the 5th relieving Pettitt, and also pitched solid. Tiger right fielder AJ Taylor, joined the hit barrage, lacing a 2 out single in to left field, bringing in 2 more runs across the plate. The 5th inning ended up being the last for Skyline, as the Tigers loaded the bases, and DJ Hurd bashes a walk off grand slam, to run rule the game, at 12 -1.

Gilbert looked crisp defensively all game, which included numerous fly ball catches in the outfield, looking directly into the 1:00 sun. The Tigers continue to rip the cover off the ball this past week, and expect to keep the trend going next week as tournament play continues.

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In the first ever meeting of the neighborhood rivals, Sunrise Mountain Mustangs and the Liberty Lions met in front of a packed house on Saturday.  In the first game of the Best of the West Tournament, the Mustangs came away with the win 7-6.

Bummer got the start for the Mustangs and although only giving up one hit by the top of the 3rd, struggled with control. In the top of 3, a couple of walks, a SF and a passed ball had 2 runners on, and the score 3-2 Mustangs,  Liberty's R. Benedict hits a 3 run HR over the right field wall to make it a 3-6 Liberty.  T. Palacios came in, in relief of Bummer and got the final two outs of the inning.  Liberty then went to ace Nathan Bannister in the bottom of the 4th after a strikeout and a walk Sunrise Mountain's T. Fite had an RBI single for the Mustangs to bring them within 2. In the bottom of 7, with the game 4-6 Liberty, 2 singles by Sunrise (S. Kane S. Johnson) then a triple by A. Webb tied up the game. B. Paskiewicz walked, and then Liberty intentionally walked A. Byler, which set up bases loaded and 1 out for the Lions.  A pitching change brought Ryan. Benedict in, and 2 pitches later, T. Troftgruben was hit by a pitch to walk in the run to win the game for the Mustangs. 

Paskiewicz picks up the win for the Mustangs, going 2 innings, allowing 1 hit, while N. Bannister, in relief of starter N. Morgan, got the loss for the Lions

S. Johnson went 3-4, while T. Crawford and A. Webb each had 2 RBI’s for the Sunrise.

Liberty: R. Benedict 3 run HR. C. Hall, PJ Catera and C. Roose had hits for the Lions

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Arcadia  11

North       1

Arcadia downed the North High Mustangs in six innings in their first game of the Scottsdale Spring Training Invitational Saturday 3/12 at Arcadia.  Colton Sanchez allowed only two hits in four scoreless innings of work and Alan Frank surrendered only two hits in two innings of relief. The Titans scored two in the first on an RBI double by Thomas Schellhardt and RBI single by Tim Janssen.  Caleb McKinnon doubled to lead off the third and was plated on Schellhardt's second double of the game.  In the fourth, Christian Munoz took North starter Jose Pereyda deep to left for his second homer of the year and a 4-0 lead.  North rallied for a run in the fifth when Oscar Roether singled and scored on a double from Soph. Arnulfo Gutierrez.  Arcadia posted seven runs in the sixth with Michael Roberts, McKinnon, Drew Butler, and Janssen contributing RBI hits.  Frank ended the game with an RBI single scoring Schellhardt.

 Arcadia Top Hitters:

Tim Janssen 3-4, 2 RBI, R

Christian Munoz  2-3, HR, RBI, 2R

Caleb McKinnon  2-3, 2B, RBI, 3R

Thomas Schellhardt  2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2R 

North Top Hitters:

Arnulfo Gutierrez 3-3, 2 2B, RBI

Oscar Roether  1-1, BB, R

Arcadia        16

Poston Butte  0

In game two of the Spring Training Invitational, Arcadia (9-1) pounded out 16 hits and received another strong pitching performance from Andrew Naderer to defeat Poston Butte in five innings.  The Titans took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning when they exploded for 14 runs.  Michael Roberts (2 singles), Brendan Satran (single, double), Caleb McKinnon (single), Julian Conradson (triple), and Thomas Schellhardt (double, sac fly) had multiple RBIs in the inning.  Naderer went four innings, allowing two hits and striking out four.  Zane Storto came on in the fifth and struck out the side after giving up a lead off single.

Arcadia Top Hitters

Michael Roberts  3-3, 3B, 2 RBI, 3R

Thomas Schellhardt  3-3, 2B, Sac Fly, 3 RBI, R

Brendan Satran  2-3, 2B, BB, 2 RBI, 3 SB, 3R

Caleb McKinnon  2-3, BB, 3 RBI, 2R

Colton Sanchez  2-3, BB, RBI

Poston Butte Top Hitters

Shane Gereg  2-2

Eric Augustine  1-2

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-----Best of the West Tournament            (Pool play, game 1)

MILLENNIUM  10            DEER VALLEY  6

In pool play of the Best of the West tournament, Millennium used a balanced hitting attack to register a 10–6 victory over host Deer Valley.  The Tigers scored 4 times in the top of the first and never looked back, finishing with 12 hits.  Hitting leaders are shown below.     

Tyrel King was the winning pitcher, tossing 5 innings of 5-hit baseball.  He gave up 3 earned runs and recorded 3 Ks and is now 2-0 on the season, with a 2.52 ERA.                                                                  

HITTING LEADERS

Anthony Davison:           2–3, 2 RBIs, 3 runs scored

AJ Diggs:                        2–4, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored

Sammy Rimer:                2–4, 1 RBI

Josh Rojas:                      2–4, 1 run scored

Geno Jacobs:                   1–4, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored

Alex Gartner:                  1–4, 2B, 1 RBI

Nyles Fowler:                 1–3, 1 RBI

Best of the West Tournament            (Pool play, game 2)

MILLENNIUM  17            CASA GRANDE  6            (6 innings)

In pool play game #2 of the Best of the West tournament, Millennium put lots of crooked numbers up on the scoreboard en route to a 17-6 win over Casa Grande.  The Tigers scored 4 runs in the 2nd, 5 in the 3rd, and 7 in the 6th, ripping out a total of 16 hits.

Tatum Hendrix continued his incredible hot hitting as he led off the game with a solo home run and just kept pouring it on.  He homered again in his second at bat then after a single and a ground out, he smashed his 3rd HR of the game. For the game, Tatum was 4–5, with 3 HRs, driving in 5 runs and scoring 4 times.   In 11 games this season, Tatum already has 23 hits (6 HRs), has scored 23 runs and driven in 13. 

OTHER OFFENSIVE LEADERS:

Geno Jacobs:                      3–3, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored

AJ Diggs :                          2–3, 3B, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored

Anthony Davison:             2–3, 2B, 1 RBI and 3 runs scored

Alex Gartner:                     2–4, 2B, 4 RBIs, 1 run scored

Josh Rojas:                        1–3, 2B, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored

A pair of sophomores combined to limit Casa Grande to 6 hits.  Picking up the win, Logan Graves worked the first 4 innings, giving up 5 hits and 5 earned runs while striking out 4.  Seth Nash took over in the 5th and after getting a ground out, he gave up a monster home run and then a walk, but he regrouped, maintained his composure and retired the next 5 batters he faced to close out the game.

March 11, 2011

 The Gilbert Tigers took a huge step Friday going into their spring break tournament, to make their presence known, by beating a scrappy Westview Knights baseball team, by the score of 13 -10. The cardiac kids from Gilbert made it look a lot closer than the score appeared.

The Tigers started the day by having Drew Stankiewicz line a long double to in the first inning. A walk to sophomore Dustin Peterson put two people on base, before Nathaniel Causey unloaded a long line drive home run over the right center field fence in the first inning to give the Tigers a 3 – 0 lead.

The third inning was a big inning for the Tigers. After sophomore sensation Dustin Peterson nailed a hard line drive, the Tigers loaded the base on 2 walks, and Justin McCallister ripped a bases loaded single to score another run. Ty Neenan and Greg Esquibel each brought in runs, before Stankiewicz unloaded another line drive into right scoring a couple more runs. Before you knew it, Gilbert was up 9 – 0.

It looked like another typical Tiger rout until the 5th inning. Billy Darras, the Tiger starting pitcher, was relieved by Alex Urbina , and things began to unfold a bit. A couple timely base hits, a few throwing errors and a home run to Westview Dan Caraveo, took its toll on the Tigers, erasing their 9 run advantage, with the score being 10 -9 Knights. Tyler Bowling the 2nd baseman for the Knights, also was impressive with a shot that scored 2 runs. Kyle Eyster came into pitch for the Tigers to close out the inning.

Stankiewicz answered in the bottom of the 5th with a shot up the middle. Dustin Peterson, the hard hitting 2nd baseman, hit yet another shot to right field. Peterson, just a sophomore, has been playing outstanding ball the beginning of the season for the Tigers. A walk to Zach Regier loaded the bases, when Nathaniel Causey unloaded an opposite field double bringing in 2 runs to bring the game to 11 – 10. With runners on 2nd and 3rd, Tiger 1st baseman stroked a timely double scoring 2 more runs, giving the Tigers a 13-10 lead.

No one could score in the 6th inning, although Stankiewicz banged yet another base hit into center field, Peterson flew out, and the Tigers ended the inning with 2 runners left one base. The Tigers continued to leave base runners on base all game long.

In the top of the 7th, 3rd baseman Alec Merriman, had the play of the day, throwing out the first hitter from a deep play at third base. The Tigers, behind Dalton England in the 7th, ended the game, win it by a final score of 13 -10.

Brennen Piersen doubled, homered and knocked in 4 runs as Hamilton blanked Basha 10-0. Jordan Frabisilio added a 3 run blast during a 6 run Husky 3rd inning. Jake Andrews allowed only 2 hits in the 5 inning affair.

Mitch Nay dives back as Anthony Conforti awaits the throw. Brennen Piersen gets 5 from Coach Woods. Parker Osbourne slides in safely.

Freshman lefty Garrett Poole threw 6 innings 2with 7 Ks and no walks in his first varsity start as Corona Del Sol dropped Red Mountain 9-4.

March 10, 2011

 On Wednesday, Forest Chapman went 3-4 with 5 RBI and Hunter Miller cranked a 3 run bomb as Salpointe traveled to Chandler High and dropped the Wolves 13-4. AJ Alexander worked 5 strong innings for the win.

For Chandler, Erik Barriga was 3-3.

L TO R)

(L to R) AJ Alexander gets the sign. Joe Serrano connects. Brandon Hudson deals for Chandler

March 9, 2011

Brophy beat Deer Valley 17 to 7 in a sloppy game by Deer Valley. Brophy walked 12 times and had 13 hits as a team.

Chris Beal 2/3 2b
Joe Maggi 1/3
David Graybill 1/1 3 BB
Conner Messman 2/2 3b 2b

March 8, 2011

 MILLENNIUM 10 NORTH CANYON 5

The Millennium Tigers traveled to North Canyon on Tuesday and came away with a 10-5 win over the Rattlers. The game was actually much closer than the final score would indicate, as Millennium scored 4 runs in top of the 7th to extend their 1-run lead to the final 5-run margin.

The Tigers scored one run in the 2nd inning to take the early lead. Alex Gartner led off with a double and advanced and scored on singles from Josh Rojas and Nyles Fowler. In the Tiger 3rd, 6 straight batters reached base before an out was recorded. In all, there were 3 walks, 2 errors, an RBI single from Tyler Booth and a sacrifice fly from Nyles Fowler that produced 4 more runs and a seemingly comfortable 5-0 lead. North Canyon quickly answered with 3 runs in their half of the 3rd. A lead-off double from Andrew Felix and singles from Zach Walker and Ricky Hamilton were the big blows for the Rattlers. With the Tigers’ bats silent for 2 innings, North Canyon tied the game on a Ricky Hamilton’s 2-run HR in the bottom of the 5th.

The Tigers took the lead for good with a run in the 6th. Another single from Tyler Booth, a couple of walks (one intentional) and a long sacrifice fly from Anthony Davison produced that run. In the 7th, Millennium used 4 straight singles from Sammy Rimer , Tatum Hendrix, Tyler Booth and AJ Diggs to produce the 4 big insurance runs. Hendrix drove in 2 with his single and Diggs drove in the other 2 with his single, giving him a team leading 14 RBI’s on the season.

Tatum Hendrix picked up the win, tossing 6 strong innings against a good-hitting North Canyon team. He gave up 9 hits, but he also recorded 7 strikeouts, most of them at crucial times in the game.

This win was the 3rd in a row for Millennium and the 5th in the last 6 games. Their record stands at 5–3 with a big game against Mesquite coming up next, this Friday at Millennium.

 Arcadia 4 Coronado 1

The Titans (7-1) and Dons (2-4) renewed their longtime rivalry in south Scottsdale on Tuesday to kick-off East Sky Region play. Fans were treated to a great pitching duel between Arcadia Sr. Thomas Schellhardt and Coronado's crafty left-hander, Sr. Harlan Gatewood. The Titans threatened in the first when Brendan Satran led off with a double to right and then stole third; however, Gatewood got out of the jam with a strikeout, pop out, and ground out. The Titan's Gary Cornish led off the second with a single and advanced to third on a single by Mike Scannell, but Gatewood was unfazed and struck out three Titans to end the inning. The Dons jumped on top in the bottom of the second when Alex Buya drew a walk, stole second and third, and was plated on a double by Michael Burgess. Schellhardt then matched Gatewood by striking out three Dons to limit the damage. The Titans pulled even in the fifth when Scannell walked, was advanced on a sac bunt by Alex Reyonlds, and moved to third on an infield single by Andrew Naderer. Satran then smoked a line drive to right plating Scannell, but Gatewood escaped when he picked off Naderer at second and got a pop out. Arcadia finally solved Gatewood in the sixth, and took advantage of the Dons over-shifted outfield, when Drew Butler doubled, and Cornish tripled, to a wide open centerfield. Cornish then scored on a passed ball and Naderer plated Colton Sanchez (aboard on a BB) with his second infield single of the day. Schellhardt was nearly untouchable in the sixth and seventh, striking out four of the last six hitters he faced. He also benefitted from the defensive play of the game, when Cornish back-handed a grounder deep in the six hole and threw out the speedy Buya at first. Schellhardt ended the day with a complete game four-hitter and struck out 12.

Arcadia Leading Hitters:
Gary Cornish 2-3, 3B, RBI, R
Brendan Satran 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 SB
Mike Scannell 2-2, BB, R
Andrew Naderer 2-3, RBI

Coronado Leading Hitters:
Michael Burgess 1-2, 2B, RBI, BB
Alex Buya 1-3, 2 SB, R
Huston Edwards 1-3
Wyatt Richardson 1-3
 

Pinnacle 11 Valley Vista 3

Steve Casey pitched and hit the Pioneers to a perfect 8-0 start on the young season today. Casey was 3 for 3 at the dish with a 2 run homerun (5th), and threw 5 innings for Pinnacle giving up 4 hits, 3 runs -1 earned, while striking out 6. Other offense was provided by Soph. MJ Hubbs (2/3 w 3rbi), Soph. Sam Wellton (2/2 w 1rbi, 2 runs), and Jake Peevyhouse (2/4 w 2rbi). Peevyhouse pitched the 6th (2ks, 0 hits) and JR. Eric Melbostat closed the 7th for the Pioneers (1K, 0 hits).

Mountain Pointe beat Corona 7-2 today with a solid defensive and offensive outing. The team made no errors with the Kingery boys, Sam and Scott, again solid in the middle and Brandon Bell handling a lot of action at 3B. Joey Curletta sealed the deal at 1B with some great picks and off the bag tags. Curletta led the offense with a 2 run HR to right center, going 1-2 with 2 BB. Kevin Cron was 1-3 with 1 BB and pitched the whole game. The Kingery boys had 3 of the other 5 hits with an RBI apiece. Corona scattered 7 hits with Aaron Siple going 3-4 and Sean Maloney 2-4.

                                       R   H   E
Verrado          0 0 0 1 2 0 | 3   4    4
Williams Field 3 6 0 2 1 1 | 13 16  0

WP: Frank
LP: Bowen

Verrado Leading Hitters: Meadors 1-1, 2B, R, BB; Knight 1-2 RBI, BB

WF leading hitters: Frank 3-3 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R; Layton 3-4 2 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB; Gardner 3-4 3 R, RBI; Washburn 2-3 3B, BB, SB, RBI, R

Williams Field’s Adam Frank threw 4 innings, allowing only 1 hit en route to his 2nd win of the season. Frank helped himself at the plate going 3 for 3 with a home run. JD Layton and Jordan Washburn stayed hot at the plate, while the Travis Werscky and Tanner Brown closed out the game on the mound. The Vipers fell to 7-2 overall as the Black Hawks improved to 5-3 on the season and 3-0 in the power points. Williams Field will resume region play on Thursday at Seton.

March 7, 2011

                                      R H E
Williams Field 3 0 5 2 6 | 16 18 2
Casa Grande 7 4 5 4 - |    5 7 0

WP: Whillock
LP: Jaquin

WF Leading Hitters: Wahlers 3-4 4RBI, 4 R, SB; Wengert 3-3 2 RBI, SB; Martino 2-3 2B, BB; Gardner 2-2, 3 R, 2 BB, SB; Washburn 2-4 4RBI; Layton 2-3 RBI, HP, 3 R; Kobar 2-3, R

CG leading hitters: Jaquin 2-3 2B; Coronado 1-2 2B;

Sophomore Jake Whillock got his first win of the season, allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with only one BB and one HBP. After a rocky first inning, allowing 5 runs, Whillock composed himself to throw 4 shut out innings in route to a 5 inning complete game victory. The sticks were alive for the Black Hawks, belting 18 hits in 5 innings. Williams Field will host Verrado on Tuesday
 

                               R H E
Perry 3 0 4 2 0 0 2 | 11 11 3
WFHS 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 | 9 13 6

WP: Valenzuela
LP: Werscky

Perry Leading Hitters: Braithwaite 2-3 HR, 2 RBI, 2R; Walker 3-5 2B, 2 RBI, SB; Schommer 2-3 2B, 2 RBI

WF leading hitters: Fritz 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, R; McDavid 2-4 2R; Washburn 2-4 R

Perry jumped out to and early 3-0 lead after the first inning, extending it to 9-3 by the end of the 4th. Williams Field battled back in the 6th with 5 runs making the score 9-8. 2 costly errors brought the score to 11-8 going in to the bottom of the 7th. A lead off single by Jake McDavid gave the Black Hawks hope, but a solid defensive play in right field by Drummond stifled the surging Black Hawks to give Perry the win. Valenzuela had a good outing for the Pumas, keeping Williams Field to 1 earned run through 5 innings.

Saturday March 5:

March 6, 2011

 MILLENNIUM 13 CENTENNIAL 10

The Millennium Tigers jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead over rival Centennial after 2-innings and appeared to be heading towards an easy victory. The Coyotes had other ideas and after scoring 4 runs in the 3rd and then again in the 5th, Centennial took a 10-9 lead into the top of the 6th. The Tigers promptly responded with 4 runs in the top of the 6th and held on for a tough 13-10 win over scrappy Centennial.

The pitching staffs were somewhat depleted and the only real effective performance came from Millennium’s winning pitcher Tyrel King, who tossed 2 hitless innings to earn his first victory this season.

OFFENSIVE SUMMARY: (There was plenty of offense.)

CENTENNIAL

Cameron Nelson: 1-2, HR, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored
Dylan Henricks: 2-5, 3B, 3 RBIs, 1 run scored
Troy Oesterle: 2-4, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored
Brian Turczyn: 1-3, 3B, 2 runs scored
Andrew Navarro: 1-3. 1 RBI, 1 run scored
Zach Hoffpauir: 1-4, 3B, 2 runs scored

MILLENNIUM

Tyler Booth: 2-4, HR, 3RBIs, 2 runs scored
AJ Diggs: 2-5, 2B, HR, 3RBIs, 2 runs scored
Tatum Hendrix: 3-5, 3B, 3RBIs, 1 run scored
Nyles Fowler: 3-5, 1RBI, 1 run scored

March 5, 2011

 The McClintock Invitational Baseball Tournament concluded this weekend the Perry Pumas went 2-0 with wins Saturday against Williams Field and the host team McClintock. The Pumas went 5-0 over the course of this two weekend event.

Perry Pumas 15 McClintock Chargers 4

Alex Burridge 3-4 HR , 3 RBI, 3R
Marcus Bowers 2-4 3 RBI


Perry Pumas 11 Williams Field Blackhawks 9

Colin Braithwaite 2-3 HR , 2 RBI, 2R
David Walker 3-5 2B, 2 RBI, SB
Will Schommer 2-3 2B, 2 RBI
Phil Raetz 2-5 2RBI, 1R
Alex Burridge 2-5
 

 Highland won its third game in a row Saturday against Desert Mountain.

Highland jumped out in the bottom of the first with a lead-off single by Gentry Kinsella, who subsequently advanced all the way to third on an errant pick-off attempt. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Cody Moffett. Highland added another in the bottom of the second when Noe' Mitchell singled home Troy Auelua, who had doubled to start the inning.

Desert Mountain pulled to within one in the top of the fourth behind a walk, a David Greer single and an error on a nubber up the first baseline off the bat of Jake McAdams. Highland answered with a big three run inning in the bottom of the fourth. Moffett singled, Ryan Nielson, Auelua and Mitchell all walked scoring Moffett. Nielson scored on a wild pitch, Tyler Brown walked and Christian Jantze hit a sacrifice fly to left to give Highland a 5-1 lead. A key to the game was the eight walks given up by Desert Mountain pitching, four of which came in the fourth inning.

Desert Mountain got one back in the 5th when Marios Mylanas was hit by a pitch. Austin Mills sacrificed him to second and McLaughlin singled him home. Highland answered in the bottom half on a Kinsella single, a couple more walks and an Auelua sacrifice fly. A walk, wild pitch and a Jantze line drive single which hit pitcher Kaeton Boysen in the side/back area. He gamely continued and got a strike out to end the inning.

Desert Mountain scored a couple in the 7th on a Lucas Jacphi triple, which was followed by a Mylonas single. A wild pitch, sent Mylonas to second and he attempted to go all the way to third and was out by 20', but the ball was dropped for an error. An Austin Mills ground out scored Mylonas.

Tyler Speth started for Highland and went 4, giving up two hits and one unearned run while striking out three earning his first varsity win. Sophomore Ethan Evanko pitched the last three and picked up his first save, allowing two earned runs and striking out two.

Davis started for Desert Mountain and was solid through three before his control escaped him. Alex Freedman pitched part of an inning before Boysen came in for the last 2 2/3 allowing just one earned run.
 

Saguaro 101 100 1 4 7 2
Boulder 223 201 x 10 12 0

Tony Blanford picked up his first win of the spring and hit his first home run as Boulder Creek downed Saguaro 10-4 on Saturday. Blanford threw 4 innings gave up 4 hits, 3 runs 3 ER while striking out 7. Blanford used a 3 pitch mix of fastball (87-89MPH), curveball and change-up to keep the Saguaro hitters guessing. Garrett Grant and Jonny Pawling followed with scoreless innings and Alex Real pitched the 7th for Boulder Creek.

Boulder Creek improves to 4-2 on the spring as they host Brophy on Tuesday and travel to Hamilton on Wed.

Leading hitters for Boulder Creek:
Tony Blanford 3-4, HR, RBI
Riley Joyce 3-4, 3 RBI's
David Real 2-3, RBI
Tanner Zant 2-4, RBI

Austin Anderson and Zach Gibbons collected two hits each accounting for 4 of Saguaro's 7 hits.

Desert Mountain scored 5 runs in the 2nd inning, then held on to defeat a determined Ironwood team by a score of 6-4. After the Eagles scored an unearned run in the top of the 2nd the Wolves responded with an RBI single by Lucas Jacobi, scoring Ben Rodriguez after he had doubled. David Greer also had an RBI single in the inning. The Wolves' rally was aided by 3 Ironwood errors. After the Eagles responded with 2 runs in the top of the 3rd inning to close the gap to 5-3, the Wolves finished their scoring in the 5th on a triple by Greer and RBI single by Keaton Boysen. The Eagles added another unearned run in the top of the 7th. Parrish Flores had 2 hits for the Eagles while Greer and Jacobi had 2 hits each for the Wolves. Colton Mills got the win on the mound for Desert Mountain, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits in 4-2/3 innings of work. Matt Lewis earned the save, throwing the final 2-1/3 innings and allowing just 2 hits and no earned runs. Zach Rogers pitched well for the Eagles in a complete game effort, scattering 8 hits and striking out 4 batters in 6 innings while allowing just 2 earned runs.

Keaton Boysen bounces off third, Zach Rodgers deals for Ironwood and Jake McAdams fouls one off

MILLENNIUM 13 DEER VALLEY 2

Tatum Hendrix continued his torrid hitting by hitting for the cycle in Millennium’s 13-2 win over Deer Valley. With the Tigers holding a slim 4-2 lead, Hendrix led off the 7th inning with his third hit of the day, an inside the park HR into expansive centerfield at Deer Valley. All he needed was a single to complete the cycle, and with the Tigers breaking open the game with a 9-run rally, he got his chance and came through with a line drive up the middle. Over the past 3 games, Tatum is 10-12 with 1 double, 2 triples and 3 homeruns.

On the mound, Sophomore Mike Tinucci evened his record at 1-1 with 6 strong innings of work. He allowed only 1 earned run while recording 3 Ks. Closer, Tyler Booth pitched the 7th, striking out 3 around a 2-out walk.

For the first 5 innings Deer Valley's Andrew Nicholas, in his first start this year, held the potent Millennium offense to just 3 runs. He also went 3 for 3 at the plate.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS:

Tatum Hendrix, 4-4 (CYCLE), 1 RBI, 4 runs scored
Tyler Booth, 2-4, 3B, 1 RBI, 3 runs scored
Geno Jacobs, 1-2, 3B, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored
AJ Diggs (Soph) drove in 2 runs, giving him a team-leading 9, and Alex Gartner, Josh Rojas, and Nyles Fowler each added a single to the offensive cause.

March 4, 2011

Sunrise Mountain got their second win of the season at home against the Apollo Hawks, 8-2.
Steven Kane took the mound for the Mustangs and pitched 5 innings, with 2 ER, 5K's and 2BB, with Seth Martinez
closing out the game with 2 (no hit, no runs scored) innings. Offensively the Mustangs were led
by Tony Troftgruben (3-3) and Nick White (2 RBI ) to help lead the Mustangs past the Hawks.


Kane 5 IP—2 R—2 ER—5 Ks-2 BB
Martinez-2 IP—0R-0ER-0 hits

Tempe @ Williams Field

R H E
Tempe 1 0 0 0 3 | 4 7 5
WFHS  7 4 5 4 - | 20 15 0

WP: Martino
LP: Gastello

Tempe Leading Hitters: Tavizon 2-3 2B, 2RBI; Gastello 2-3 RBI
WF leading hitters: JD Layton 2-3 HR, RBI; Wengert 3-4 2B, 4 RBI; Fritz 3-4 2B, RBI; Washburn 1-3 HR, 3RBI

Nic Martino got his first win of the season with great support at the plate from his team. Scoring 20 runs on 15 basehits, the Black Hawks were able to get their 2nd power point win of the season. Jordan Washburn and JD Layton hit their first home runs of the season and Skyler Wengert and Konner Fritz each registered 3 base hits in the game. This marks the second errorless game in a row for Williams Field. The Black Hawks will take on Casa Grande and neighbor Perry High School tomorrow in the 2nd weekend of the McClintock Invitational.
 

March 3, 2011

 The Basha Bears visited Gleason Field to meet the Salpointe Catholic Lancers for their first powerpoint game of the early season. Bears LHP Aaron Blair and Lancers RHP AJ Alexander started a pitching duel. It was scoreless after 3 ½ innings highlighted by 3 double plays to end the top of the 2nd,3rd and 4th inning. ( 6UA-6-3, 5-4-3, 6-4-3 respectively from SS Joe Serrano, 3b Ryan Penaflor and 2b Tyler Kimbrough )

Bottom of 4th
Jordan Scelfo- Solo HR , Joseph Serrano – BB, Hunter Miller – 1b bringing in Serrano.
Bears 0 – Lancers 2
Top of 5th
Westbrook –BB, Z. Williams – 2b to bring Westbrook in, Z. Torriente – 2b to bring Williams in.
Bears 2 – Lancers 2

It remained tied until the dramatic 7th inning unfolded.

Top of 7th

Westbrook – ROE, Z. Williams – Sac Bunt to advance Westbrook to 2nd base, Zach Torriente hit a screaming liner down the line which was stopped by a diving 3b Penaflor to save a run. Devon Reed ROE to load the bases with 1 out. Parks singled to center bringing in Westbrook and then Lancer CF Scelfo gunned down Torriente at home on a bang-bang play. Last batter grounded out.

Bears 2 – Lancers 3

Bottom of 7th

Bears RHP Richard Soto who relieved Blair at the Bot of 5th and had shut down the Lancers began the Bot of 7th.

PH Fernando Careaga ROE, Kimbrough – sac bunt to advance Careaga, Brice – 2b to bring in Careaga to tie the game, Scelfo who has been hot with a Solo HR earlier in the game took the first pitch he saw and roped it to shallow centerfield and scored Brice!

Bears 3- Lancers 4.


WP AJ Alexander (Complete Game)

 

Seton 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1

Seton only was able to muster 3 hits on the evening but played a flawless defensive game and received 6.3 strong innings from starting pitcher Troy Ruggiero who struck out 11 while giving up only 1 run on 5 hits. Closer M.J. Villegas shut the door on a bases loaded 7th inning comeback by the Saints. Sam Napp took the loss for the Notre Dame who lost their 3rd consecutive game; all of which were tightly contested.

Austin Mill hit for the cycle, including a grand slam, and Hunter Lambert pitched a complete game one-hitter as Desert Mountain beat Mesa, 14-0 in 5 innings. Mill tripled in the 1st, doubled in the 2nd, homered in the 3rd and singled in the 4th to complete the cycle with 5 RBI's while Lambert was very efficient, throwing just 44 pitches and recording 11 ground ball outs. All Desert Mountain hitters had at least one hit, while Drew McLaughlin, David Greer and Keaton Boysen each had a hit and two walks. Lucas Jacobi and Marios Mylonas had 2 hits each for the Wolves, who recorded 14 hits and drew 7 walks in running their season record to 3-2.

Verrado 16, Independence 15

Independence jumped out to a 8-0 lead in the top of the first inning, capitalizing on a pair of Verrado miscues, and chasing SP Ryan Gray after just 2/3 of an inning of work.
The Vipers wouldn't answer until the bottom of the second when Taylor Armstrong's 2-RBI single fell harmlessly in no-man's land in shallow CF.
Sitting with an 8-3 lead, Independence scored twice in the top of the third compliments of another pair of infield errors by Verrado. The Vipers had a big bottom half of the inning however, plating six runs to pull within 10-9. The inning started with junior Tyler Boxwell's solo HR, and sophomore Wyatt Hull and junior Gian Mendoza's triples.
Three early walks and a pair of timely hits by Taylor Cromer and Shawn Hensley pushed across another four runs for Indy in the fourth inning, extending their lead back out to 14-9.
Verrado answered again in the bottom of the fifth when Hull hit a towering 3-run blast into the Buckeye desert to pull the Vipers back within two, 14-12.
Five walks in the bottom of the sixth set things up for Verrado, as Boxwell's sacrifice fly, and senior Corey Knight's 2-out, 2-RBI double gave them their first lead of the game, 15-14.
But, as the tempo of the game suggested, Independence had an answer in the top of the seventh. After a wild pitch on a swinging third strike, and a error at first base on the following hitter, junior Isaac Lopez hit an opposite field single to plate the equalizer, and after stealing second base, runners were on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. Hull, pitching his third inning of relief for Verrado, struck the next two batters out, walked the bases full, and then got Cromer to ground into a 5-3 to end the threat.
As non-dramatic as a walk-off win can get, Verrado's first two batters in the bottom of the seventh walked, pinch-hitter Cody Campbell was intentionally walked to load the bases, and with a 2-2 count, junior Gian Mendoza was hit on the elbow to force in the game-winning run.

Top Performers:

Verrado (6-1 Overall)
- SS/P Wyatt Hull (2-0): W, 5 Ks; 3-for-3, HR, 3B, 3 RBIs
- DH Tyler Boxwell: 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- LF Abraham Garcia: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI
- 3B Gian Mendoza: 1-for-4, 3B, 3 RBI, BB, GW-HBP

Independence (0-1 Overall)
- 2B Taylor Cromer: 2-for-6, 2 RBI
- SP Shawn Hensley: 3-for-5, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
- RF Isaac Lopez: 3-for-4, BB, 2 RBI
- CF Michael Jimenez: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 BB, 4 R. 2 SB

Arcadia (5-1) wrapped up play in the Skyline Tournament with a 16-4, five-inning, victory over the Washington Rams on Wed. 3/2. The story of this game was Titan sophomore outfielder Alex Reynolds. The youngster had a monster day at the plate falling a double short of the cycle, while collecting seven RBI, scoring four times, and drilling a walk-off three-run dinger in the bottom of the fifth inning. Trailing 1-0, the Titans quickly loaded the bases and put up four runs in the bottom of the first. Reynolds had a 2-run single, Thomas Schellhardt scored from third when the Rams attempted to throw out Reynolds stealing second, and Mike Scannell laced an RBI double to the gap in left field scoring Reynolds. Arcadia added two more runs in the second, highlighted by nine-hole hitter Christian Munoz's first varsity round-tripper, for a 6-1 lead. However, the Rams battled back and chased Arcadia starter Alan Frank (2 1/3 IP, 6 hits, 3 K, BB) with one out in third, posting three runs on four hits to cut the lead in half. Senior Eddie Lyon came on in relief to end the Rams rally. Lyon was solid in his varsity pitching debut allowing only two hits and striking out four in 2 2/3 innings of work. In the bottom of the third the Titans broke the game open when Colton Sanchez doubled and later scored on an error, Munoz singled plating Reynolds (HBP), and Brendan Satran doubled scoring Munoz and Michael Roberts. In the fourth, Reynolds ripped a 2-RBI triple to right-center and then scored on a fielder's choice to account for all three Titan runs. He topped that performance in the fifth launching his first home run to left-center with Schellhardt and Sanchez on base to end the game.

Arcadia Top Hitters:

Alex Reynolds 3-3, HR, 3B, 7 RBI, 4R, HBP
Christian Munoz 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2R
Colton Sanchez 3-4, 2B, 3R
Brendan Satran 1-2, 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 2 SB, 2R

Sandra Day O’Connor 7 Willow Canyon 0

Josh Fogerlie took a no hitter in the seventh only to lose it on a routine pop up to third. Miscommunication between the third baseman and the shortstop allowed the ball to fall untouched for a hit. The runner then ran into an out at 3rd and Fogerlie retired the final batter for a 1 hit 0 BB performance that saw him face one over the minimum.

The Saguaro Sabercats, led by Kyle Young's 2 home runs and 5 RBI, beat the Sunnyslope Vikings, 7-3 Wednesday afternoon at Sunnyslope,  The Cats had 10 hits in the game led by Young's 2 and Brendan Demerest's 2, one of which was a double off the wall.  Young now has 4 home runs on the season and has driven in 11 of the Cats 41 runs.  Travis Steinheiser went the distance for Saguaro, now 3-2. Steinheiser scattered 7 hits, struck out 6 and walked no one.  The Cats travel travel to Boulder Creek on Saturday for a noon game against the Jaguars.

Here is the box score:

 Saguaro 7, Sunnyslope 3
 Wednesday, March 2, 2011
 
Player               AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave
Anderson lf        4    0 1  0 0 2 2 0 0 1 .250
Gibbons cf         3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Akmon 1b          4 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 .250
Demerest c       3 2 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 .667
Young rf           3 2 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .667
Morris ss          4 0 1 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 .250
Valdez 3b         3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .333
Benson dh        3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Tingley 2b       2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 .000
Totals             29 7 10 7 4 8 20 9 0 5 .345
 
Player              AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave
Heath 2b p rf     4  1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 .250
ONeal ss            3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .333
Bowman 3b       3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .667
Belfiore p         3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Mehagian dh     2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Love 1b            3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 .000
Gleason lf         3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667
Fabricant cf      3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Olvey c            3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 .000
Totals             27 3 7 2 0 6 21 9 0 4 .259
 
                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7    R H E
Saguaro        0 1 3 0 1 0 2    7 10 0
Sunnyslope   0 1 1 0 0 0 1    3  7 0
 
 
 
 LOB- Saguaro 5, Sunnyslope 4; 2B- Demerest(1), Heath(1), Gleason(1); HR- Young
2(2);

 RBI- Young 5(5), Morris(1), Valdez(1), Bowman(1), Gleason(1); SB- Gibbons(1), Demerest(1),

 Young(1); CS- Benson(1); SH- Mehagian(1); GIDP- Akmon(1), Olvey(1); RLSP-
Anderson,

 Valdez, Tingley, Love;  
 
 DP- Saguaro 1, Sunnyslope 1; 
 
Saguaro                  IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Steinheiser(W 1-0) 7  7  3  3      0 6              3.86
Sunnyslope             IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Belfiore(L 0-1)       3 4 4 4 3 3 12.00
Lebrun                     3 4 1 1 1 3 3.00
Heath 1 2 2 2 0 2 18.00
 
 Pitches-strikes- Steinheiser 82-60, Belfiore 55-30, Lebrun 37-23, Heath 20-12;

 Batters faced- Steinheiser 28, Belfiore 15, Lebrun 13, Heath 5;

March 2, 2011

 Sunrise Mtn 6 Notre Dame 3 (10 innings)

What was slated to be a match up of two of the top teams in 4A turned out to be exactly that. As two of the top arms in the state squared off (Taylor Scott ND and Aaron Bummer SM) the pitchers duel began.
The Mustangs struck first in the 2nd inning. After a ground ball error at 2nd, Aaron Bummer helped his own cause by driving a double down the left field line to score Tyler Crawford. After a sac bunt by Nick White, courtesy runner Brick Pasciewicz scored on a passed ball to make it 2-0 Mustangs.
The score remained the same for the next 3 innings until Notre Dame finally got to Bummer with 5 consecutive hits to score 2 runs and then a balk call gave them the lead going into the top of the 6th. In the Top of the 6th things started getting more exciting as the 2nd batter of the inning Austin Byler hit a 1-1 fastball deep over the left field fence tying the game at 3. Crawford came in to relieve Bummer for the next 5 innings and Notre Dame brought in 2 other relievers as these two teams battled it out with great defensive plays.
A couple of base running miscues by Notre Dame kept the game tied until the top of the 10th when Sunrise Mtn catcher Adam Webb led the inning off with a solo shot to left to give the Mustangs the lead once again. After consecutive hits by Steven Kane and Tony Troftgruben and another intentional walk for Austin Byler, Tyler Crawford singled up the middle to score two more runs for Sunrise. But the game didn't end without more drama as Notre Dame loaded the bases after a couple of walks with two outs only to end the game on a ground out to 2nd.

Pitching:

NDP:
Taylor Scott—7 IP—3 R—2 ER—4 hits—1 BB-4 Ks

Sunrise Mtn:
Aaron Bummer—5 IP—3R—3 ER—9 hits—1 BB-8 Ks
Tyler Crawford—5 IP—0R—0ER—3 hits—5 BB—5 K

From Left above: Adam Webb gets much love, Greg Hopkins lays one down, Austin Byler connects

                                             R  H  E
Campo Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 |    0  0   3

Williams Field 2 0 2 0 2 4 | 10 12 0

WP: Frank
LP: Dotson

WF leading hitters: Wahlers 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI; Frank 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI; Layton 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI.

Adam Frank got his first win of the season with a 6 inning no hitter until Williams Field hit the run rule. Frank had 12 K’s and 2 BB’s. Leading the way at the plate was Drew Wahlers 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI; Adam Frank 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI; and JD Layton 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI. Dotson for Campo Verde registered 3 K’s and only 2 BB’s in his outing.

 Arcadia (4-1) held off a seventh inning rally to defeat Queen Creek 8-6 in a power point game at Arcadia. Queen Creek got on the board early when lead-off hitter Colin Bonngard sent the fourth pitch of the game over the centerfield fence; however, Titan starter Thomas Schellhardt (2-0) regrouped and held the Bulldogs scoreless for the next three innings with solid pitching and a strong Titan defense. The Bulldogs threatened again in the third when Daylan Garcia singled and Bonngard laced a double to deep center advancing Garcia to third. Spencer Kottcamp then flew out to Titan right fielder Andrew Naderer who cut Garcia down at the plate to save a run. Arcadia tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Drew Butler walked and was plated on a single by Gary Cornish. Schellhardt breezed through the fourth on five pitches and the Titans grabbed the lead in the bottom of the inning when sophomore Alex Reynolds doubled and eventually scored after Brendan Satran reached on an infield error. Satran stole second and raced home on another Bulldog throwing error making the score 3-1. Queen Creek closed the gap in the top of the fifth on a sacrifice bunt by Garcia, scoring Chase Beal who was aboard on a walk. The Titans added four runs in the fifth on an RBI double by DH Mike Scannell, an RBI single by Satran and a 2-run single by Caleb McKinnon. Schellhardt retired the Bulldogs in order in the sixth and Arcadia later added a run when Colton Sanchez doubled and was plated on a single by Reynolds. Queen Creek made things interesting with two outs in the seventh when Marcus Still singled, Garcia walked, and Bonngard smoked a 2-run double to left center chasing Schellhardt. Reliever Gary Cornish came in and gave up a 2-run homer to Kottcamp which cut the lead to 8-6. Julian Sandoval then doubled, but Cornish struck out Adam Brzecek to end the game.

Highland picked up their first win of the young season in their first "points game".

Highland jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Gentry Kinsella singled and Weston Wiederhold walked. After a strike out, Cody Moffett hit a hard hit ball to second that should've ended the inning. Instead it wasn't handled and Highland had the bases loaded. Nolan Whittlesey drove in Kinsella with a sacrifice fly to center. Highland then picked up a cheap one on the old first and third run down and score play.

Highland got three more in the second when Troy Auelua was hit by a pitch and stole second. With two outs, Christian Jantze hit an infield single that was thrown away allowing Auelua to score. After Jantze advanced on a wild pitch, Kinsella laid down a perfect bunt and beat it out. Kinsella stole second and Wiederhold delivered a two run single to put Highland up 5-0 after 1 1/2.

Things settled down from there with Highland starter Cody Moffett working into the 5th without giving up a hit when he hit a snag. With two outs, a ground ball was booted to start things for Chandler. Alex Hennessy followed with Chandler's first knock, a solid double into the left field corner. Eric Barriga walked and Parker Lippold followed with a two run single. The throw into the infield somehow got away allowing Barriga to score all the way from first and turn it into a 5-3 game. Moffett then walked Kevin Carr before slithering out of the jam with a ground out.

Highland threatened in the 6th when Auelua reached on an error and a Jordan Peterson single put runners at first and second. Garrett Repp showed bunt, got the Chandler defense running around and then lined a shot up the middle. Chandler second baseman A. Ramirez (I think) made a great play changing direction and catching the line drive then racing to second to double off Auelua. Jantze singled to put runners at first and third with two outs. Highland attempted the first and third "thing" again and Chandler threw out Peterson at home for a huge squander.

Chandler put the first two runners on in the bottom of the sixth when Canaan Aguilar was hit by a pitch twice, the second one was called. Chris dePriest followed with a single. Ramirez then bunted back to Moffett who went to third and got the out on a bang/bang play which officially put my heart in my throat. Two fly outs ended the rally and Moffett's day.

Highland added some insurance in the 7th when Kinsella singled, was sacrificed to second by Wiederhold and driven in by a Xavier Corrales single.

Wiederhold pitched around another error in the 7th for his first save.

Moffett got the win and Kevin Carr took a tough luck loss, despite throwing well.

Verrado 7, Copper Canyon 3

Although the final score doesn't suggest it, Tuesday afternoon saw itself a good old-fashioned pitchers duel between two solid seniors in the west valley. Verrado's Brady Bowen pitched a complete game striking out 9 with no earned runs, while Copper Canyon's Alex Gutierrez went the distance with 14 strikeouts, and only one earned run.

Copper Canyon jumped on the board first in the bottom of the 3rd scoring three runs on three singles and two Verrado fielding errors. The inning was capped off by an RBI single by senior catcher Dru Douglas who later scored in the inning.

Verrado answered right back with three runs of their own in the top of the 4th. Junior Chris Burks led off the inning reaching on a throwing error, and sophomore Logan Meadors hit a 2-run HR to bring the Vipers within a run. Nolan Rozell walked, stole second, and then scored the equalizer on Gian Mendoza's RBI single. Verrado left two runners in scoring position to end the go-ahead threat.


All square into the sixth, Rozell led the inning off with an opposite field double, and senior Corey Knight's 2-out 2-RBI single, and sophomore Wyatt Hull's 2-out 2-RBI triple capped off a four run inning that proved to be all Verrado needed to pull away.

Top Performers:

Verrado (5-1 Overall)
- P Brady Bowen (2-0): W, 7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 9 K
- 1B Corey Knight: 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI
- C Logan Meadors: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
- RF Nolan Rozell: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 BB, SB, 2 R

Copper Canyon (4-2 Overall)
- P Alex Gutierrez (1-1): L, 7 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 1 ER, 14 K; 1-for-4, RBI
- C Dru Douglas: 2-for-4, R, RBI
- RF Antonio Parra: 1-for-2, 2B, BB

Pinnacle 6 Goldwater 1

Pinnacle moved to 4-0 behind Steve Casey who gave up 1 run on 3 hits and fanned 7 in 6 innings of work to move his record to 2-0 on the year, Jake Peevyhouse retired the bulldogs in order to complete the 7th. The Pioneers offense was led by Rudy Bogojevich (3 for 3, 2 rbi, 3 runs) and Kris Ayers (2 for 3, 2 rbi). Senior Matt Gustafson pitched a strong 6 innings for Goldwater.
 

MILLENNIUM 8 WILLOW CANYON 1

Austin Hoffman picked up his first win this season with a solid 6-inning effort, allowing only 3 hits and 0 earned runs. He pitched himself out of several jams that were caused by some shoddy defense, and finished with 5 K’s.

The Tigers scored early and often en-route to a 13 hit attack that included 5 extra-base hits. Tatum Hendrix literally started things going when he blasted the 2nd pitch of the game for a long home-run to left center. Here’s a list of the offensive leaders:

LEADING HITTERS

Tatum Hendrix 3-4, 3B, HR, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI
AJ Diggs 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs
Josh Rojas 2-3, 1 run scored, 1 RBI
Anthony Davison 2-4, 2B, 1 run scored, 1 RBI
Sammy Rimer 1-2, 1 RBI
Tyler Booth 1-3, 3B, 1 run scored, 1 RBI
Nyles Fowler 1-3, Sac Fly, 1 run scored, 1 RBI

March 1, 2011

 St. Mary’s won the Laveen Classic as they went 5-0 and defeated Trevor Browne in the championship game 8-7.

Desert Mountain jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first inning, then added 3 runs in the 2nd and 4 more in the 3rd in defeating Desert Ridge, 15-2 in 5 innings. Key hits in the 1st inning for the Wolves were an RBI double by Drew McLaughlin, an RBI single by David Greer, a double by Jake McAdams, a 2-run double by Keaton Boysen and a sacrifice fly by Shane Taylor. Skylar Smith's home run in the 2nd inning, and Lucas Jacobi's 2-run double in the 3rd were the key hits as Desert Mountain extended the lead to 15-2 after 3 innings. Riley Unroe's 2-run single in the 2nd inning plated the only runs for Desert Ridge. Austin Davis scattered 4 hits and struck out 5 in his 4 innings of work to pick up the win for the Wolves. Keegan Krell allowed one hit but struck out 2 batters in the 5th inning to secure the win for Desert Mountain.

The Saguaro Sabercats evened their record at 2-2 by beating Mesquite 9-5 on Monday at Saguaro.  Brendan Demarest led the way for the Cats going 4-4 with a home run and 2 doubles while Chris Akmon and Kyle Young also homered, his second of the year.  Four Saguaro hurlers took the mound with freshman Turner Lace starting and throwing 2 scoreless innings.

Here's the summary:

 Saguaro 9, Mesquite 5
 Monday, February 28, 2011
 
Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave
Davies ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 .500
Freitheim c 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 .333
Jeffries cf 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .750
Doty 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 .250
Rosales 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 .500
Patterson rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard dh 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Summers 3b 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .667
Totals 31 5 13 4 0 2 18 8 0 6 .419
 
Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave
Anderson lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 .000
Gibbons cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250
Akmon 1b 4 3 3 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 .750
Demarest c 4 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1.000
Young rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Morris ss 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 .333
Valdez 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 .333
Benson dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333
Tingley 2b 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .500
Totals 29 9 13 9 4 5 21 7 1 6 .448
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mesquite 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 13 0
Saguaro 5 2 0 2 0 0 X 9 13 1
 
 
 FE- Valdez(1); LOB- Mesquite 6, Saguaro 6; 2B- Jeffries 2(2), Howard(1),
Summers(1),

 Demarest 2(2), Morris(1); 3B- Davies(1); HR- Akmon(1), Demarest(1), Young(1);
RBI- Davies(1),

 Jeffries(1), Doty(1), Summers(1), Akmon 2(2), Demarest 2(2), Young 3(3),
Morris(1),

 Benson(1); SB- Anderson(1); CS- Demarest(1); SH- Freitheim(1); GIDP- Doty(1),
Smith(1);

 RLSP- Freitheim, Doty 2, Rosales, Smith, Anderson 2, Benson 2;  
 
 DP- Mesquite 1, Saguaro 2; 
 
Mesquite IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Applebach(L ) 1.1 6 7 7 3 0 57.27
Pitcher2 3.2 6 2 2 0 5 5.63
Pitcher3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Saguaro IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Lace 2 3 0 0 0 1 0.00
Akmon(W) 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.00
Madsen 3 5 3 2 0 1 6.00
McCaslin 1 3 1 1 0 0 9.00
 
 Pitches-strikes- Applebach 42-23, Pitcher2 53-37, Pitcher3 8-4, Lace 23-13,
Akmon 13-9,

 Madsen 41-24, McCaslin 21-15; Batters faced- Applebach 13, Pitcher2 16,
Pitcher3 4,

 Lace 8, Akmon 5, Madsen 13, McCaslin 6; 
 

Thursday 2-24 @ McClintock Invitational

Williams Field: 1
McClintock:7


WP: Schneider
LP: Pitcher: Frank

WF Leading Hitters: Frank 1-3, RBI; Wahlers 1-3, 2B
McClintock Leading Hitters: Garcia 2-3, Renteria 1-4, 2B, RBI

Saturday 2-26 @ McClintock Invitational

Williams Field: 3
Skyline: 5

Winning Pitcher:
Losing Pitcher: Martino


WF Leading Hitters: McDavid 3-3, HR, 3RBI, Washburn 3-3
Skyline Leading Hitters: Keefer 2-3, 2B, RBI; Ketterling 2-3, 2B, RBI;

Saturday 2-26 @ McClintock Invitational

Apache Junction: 4
Williams Field: 10

WP: Werscky
LP: Pitcher: O’Brien

WF Leading Hitters: Wahlers 2-3, BB,2B,HR, 3RBI; Layton 3-4, 2 2B RBI
AJ Leading Hitters: Converse 2-2

Feb. 28 
Boulder Creek 8  Highland 6 
Alex Lownes pitched two scoreless innings and Tony Blanford had a 3 RBI double while Cody Jones blasted his 2nd HR of the season to get the Boulder Creek offense going.  Highland out-hit the Jags 12-8 but Boulder Creek stranded 9 runners in 6 innings.  5 different pitchers threw for Boulder Creek.  Trailing 8-4 in the top of the 7th, Highland mounted a comeback, scoring two runs and loading the bases off Blanford before he struck out Mitchell on a breaking ball to end the game.
 
Top hitters in the game:
Blanford 2-4 with 4 RBI's
Cody Jones 2-3, HR & an RBI
Riley Joyce 2-4, 2 2B's

Highland:
Xavier Corrales 2-4, 2B
Westin Wiederhold 3-4, 2 2B's