Basic and Bishop Gorman won their opening games in the Class 5A state baseball tournament Thursday at CSN, but did so in dramatically different ways.
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Devin Contreras scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning as Liberty’s baseball team earned a 3-2 home win over top-ranked Basic on Monday.
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Jack Wold singled off the right-field fence with one out in the bottom of the seventh to score Christian Rivero and lift Basic’s baseball team to a 3-2 home victory over Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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Ryne Nelson, wearing No. 29, singled home Gehrig Timmons with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Wolves a 3-2 win over Reno in the Division I state tournament at Bishop Manogue High.
Drake Maningo was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two RBIs and two runs as Green Valley’s baseball team edged visiting Rancho 5-4 on Tuesday.
Tanner Roundy threw four perfect innings of relief, and eighth-ranked Basic scratched out four runs in the final two frames of a 6-2 victory at fourth-ranked Liberty. Roundy struck out four and allowed only three balls out of the infield.
