Certain players are quite simply building blocks for a program’s success.
Baseball
Centennial right-hander Will Loucks had never pitched in a playoff game before Wednesday’s matchup at Arbor View.
Shadow Ridge’s baseball team scored on an error in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday to earn a 4-3 home win over Cimarron-Memorial in the opening round of the Division I Sunset Region tournament.
Jacob Skipper’s two-run double in the bottom of the sixth broke a 5-5 tie and gave Durango’s baseball team a 7-5 home win over Sierra Vista on Thursday.
Michael Spada singled home Bradley Lewis with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday, and Palo Verde’s baseball team kept its postseason hopes alive with a 4-3 victory at Sierra Vista.
Caden Spilsbury was 2-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs to lead Coronado’s baseball team to a 12-2 road win over Sierra Vista on Friday.