Cimarron-Memorial senior shortstop Niko Decolati has been named the Division I Southern Nevada Player of the Year by area baseball coaches. He hit .411 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs this season for the Spartans.
Baseball
Rylee Campbell’s one-out suicide squeeze with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday brought home Sebastian Fitzgerald and gave Tech’s baseball team a 6-5 win over Chaparral at Arroyo Grande Sports Complex.
Chris Opolka walked and came around to score the go-ahead run on an error with no outs in the top of the seventh inning as Shadow Ridge’s baseball team topped host Arbor View 13-8 on Thursday.
Palo Verde’s baseball team used a 13-run fourth inning to rally for a 25-15, six-inning win at Legacy on Tuesday.
Ryan McHale smacked a two-run home run, and Nick Quintana finished with four RBIs as Arbor View routed host Liberty 16-4 in five innings Tuesday in a matchup of top-five baseball teams.
The Aggies were the Northwest League”s No. 1 playoff seed last season but went 1-2, including a 21-7 loss to Palo Verde in the Sunset Region tournament that ended their season. Led by all-state shortstop Nick Quintana, Arbor View has high hopes for this season.