Check out the top performances from Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball action and look forward to Wednesday’s schedule.
Baseball
Here are the all-league baseball teams, as selected by coaches
Parker Schmidt was the final Diamondbacks’ hero, as he drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run and secure a berth in the Class 4A state tournament.
Nick Cornman went 3-for-3 to lead Arbor View’s 11-hit attack in a 13-6 home victory over Cimarron-Memorial in a winner’s bracket semifinal Tuesday.
Behind multiple clutch at-bats and the arm of reliever Garrett Maloney, the Patriots rallied for nine runs in the fifth and went on to beat Spring Valley 9-6 in the opening round of the Class 4A Desert Region tournament at Liberty.
Bryce Robison spun a four-hit shutout Thursday as Palo Verde’s baseball team clinched the No. 2 seed for the Mountain Region tournament with a 4-0 home win over Centennial.
Jacob Ortega’s two-run triple with one out in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday keyed a three-run rally that lifted Faith Lutheran’s baseball team to a 3-1 win at Las Vegas High.
Team previews (as submitted by coaches) for the 2019 prep baseball season.
Starting pitcher Nik Dobar threw a perfect game to lift Centennial’s baseball team to an 11-0 home victory over Shadow Ridge in five innings on Friday afternoon.
Freshman Elie Kligman fired a no-hitter on Tuesday to lead the Cimarron-Memorial baseball team to a 6-0 road win over Faith Lutheran.
Follow the link for postseason baseball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
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.
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.
Rancho’s Layton Walls provided a two-run single, and the Rams’ baseball team added another run on a passed ball as part of a three-run eighth inning to defeat Liberty 4-1 on the road Tuesday.
