Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2017 spring sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
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Follow the link for postseason baseball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
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.
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.
Hunter Martin singled to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score Trace Evans and give Basic’s baseball team a 9-8 home win over Coronado on Thursday.
Dax Fellows and Grant McCarty each doubled twice for the Silverado baseball team Saturday as the visiting Skyhawks downed Eldorado in eight innings, 7-4.
Richard Mascarenas entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh for Durango on Friday, and got a flyball and a double play to lock down the save in a 3-2 road win over Pahrump Valley.
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.
Matthew Vanderberg doubled home Kaui Kaleopaa in the top of the eighth inning Friday to lift the Sierra Vista baseball team to a 6-5 road win over Bonanza in eight innings.
Palo Verde’s Jaret Godman hit a three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday to lead the Panthers’ baseball team over Arbor View at home, 5-3.
Spring Valley starting pitcher Nick Rupp and reliever Jaxson Otis combined on a no-hitter, as the Grizzlies’ baseball team blanked host Boulder City on Thursday, 6-0.