Coronado junior Basia Query has been named the Southeast League”s Most Valuable Player. She hit .452 with 12 doubles and 36 RBIs for the Cougars, who won the Southeast softball title. Query floated between catcher and shortstop, depending on where her team needed her.
Softball
After watching her team commit two errors in the third inning and already trailing in its Sunset Region tournament game Thursday, Palo Verde coach Kelly Glass pulled the Panthers down the right-field line for a brief tongue-lashing.
Shelbi Denman’s afternoon almost ended early Wednesday.
Kate Dennis went 3-for-3 with a double and four RBIs on Tuesday to help Shadow Ridge’s softball team outslug visiting Desert Oasis, 11-6 in the opening round of the Sunset Region tournament.
Bryce Henricksen’s double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday lifted host Arbor View’s softball team to a 6-5 win over Desert Oasis.
Dejanae Gage went 2-for-4 with a homer and five RBIs Saturday to help host Palo Verde’s softball team top Canyon View (Utah), 10-0 in five innings.
Taylor Thomas tossed a six-hitter and struck out eight Friday to lead host Arbor View’s softball team to a 3-1 win over No. 2 Centennial.
Kayla Stephens went 3-for-3 with three doubles and two RBIs to lead Arbor View’s softball team to an 8-3 home win over Durango on Monday.
The spring combine season is in full swing, and that means prep football players across the country are trying to impress college coaches without actually putting on pads and helmets.
Sarah Maddox went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs Saturday to help Foothill’s softball team rally for an 8-6 win over Arbor View in the championship game of the Desert Winds Classic in Mesquite.
Sarah Pinkston was a second-team All-Nevada selection as a freshman at Shadow Ridge, but missed her sophomore season after back surgery. Amazingly, just less than 13 months after surgery, she”s back in the circle and hoping to lead Coronado to a Southeast League title.