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Softball
Coronado junior Basia Query has been named the Southeast League”s Most Valuable Player. She hit .452 with 12 doubles and 36 RBIs for the Cougars, who won the Southeast softball title. Query floated between catcher and shortstop, depending on where her team needed her.
Sonja Lawrence went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs as Centennial’s softball team secured the Northwest League title with a 17-4, six-inning win at Desert Oasis on Thursday.
Bryce Henricksen’s double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday lifted host Arbor View’s softball team to a 6-5 win over Desert Oasis.
Centennial”s Jake Portaro fought through injuries as a sophomore and junior. The senior middle infielder has become one of the top hitters in the Division I Sunset Region and recently signed a letter of intent with Utah.
Tara Hilton was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs to help Green Valley’s softball team to an 11-5 home win over Foothill on Monday.
Jaden Tate was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs on Tuesday to help host Centennial’s softball team hold off Desert Oasis, 9-7.
Taylor Thomas tossed a six-hitter and struck out eight Friday to lead host Arbor View’s softball team to a 3-1 win over No. 2 Centennial.
Cierra Davis doubled home the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth inning, and Cimarron-Memorial’s softball team rallied for a 6-4 victory over host Durango on Wednesday.
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For the first time since 2002, there will not be a Farnsworth on the sideline for Valley’s boys basketball team.
Boulder City posed for a team picture with everyone holding up her index finger after finishing the team’s last game in the Spring Jamboree softball tournament Saturday.
Durango softball coach Toni Del Toro hoped to get her young team some valuable game experience in this weekend’s Spring Jamboree tournament.
Centennial’s softball team relied heavily on the long ball in recent seasons as it rolled out one of the most formidable lineups in the area.
Kayla Stephens’ two-run double keyed a four-run rally in the top of the seventh inning Wednesday that lifted Arbor View’s softball team to a 6-4 win at Green Valley.