For the second consecutive season, Jack Wold homered in the bottom of the first, and Basic rolled to a 16-6, five-inning victory over Galena at Las Vegas High on Saturday for the Class 4A state baseball title.
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The pressure of playing in the state tournament can be too much for some young players.
Layton Walls pitched a four-hitter and Rancho topped Bishop Gorman 9-1 in the opening round of the Class 4A state baseball tournament at Las Vegas High on Thursday.
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Rancho jumped on Centennial for nine runs in the first two innings and held on for a 9-7 victory at Las Vegas High to earn the final berth in the Class 4A state baseball tournament.
Christian Sanford pitched a two-hitter, and Christian Rivero went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI as Basic’s baseball team routed Rancho 11-1 in five innings in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Las Vegas High on Saturday.
Edarian Williams hit a line drive that ricocheted off Coronado pitcher Garett Lake and into right field for an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give Rancho a 9-8 win over the Cougars in the losers’ bracket final of the Sunrise Region tournament at Las Vegas High.
Basic scored three runs in the first inning and rode a strong performance from sophomore Trace Evans to a 7-3 home victory over Coronado on Thursday in the Sunrise Region playoffs.
Kyle Hall’s three-run homer supported an offensive outburst in Coronado’s 12-5 road upset over top-seeded Green Valley in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunrise Region baseball tournament on Wednesday.
Garett Lake drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and picked up the save after pitching two innings as the fourth-seeded Coronado baseball team held on for a 7-3 home win over No. 5 seed Liberty on Tuesday.
Garrett Lucas struck out six in 5⅔ innings on Thursday to lead Pahrump Valley’s baseball team to a 5-2 home win over Mojave.
Asher Bouldin singled home Ryan Merino with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Wednesday to lift Palo Verde’s baseball team to a 3-2 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
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Brett Brocoff and Noah Stenger combined on a no-hitter Monday as the Desert Oasis baseball team earned a 9-0 road win over Bonanza.
