All four playoff teams from the Mountain League have a case to make a run in the 5A softball Southern Region playoffs. Here’s a look at how the playoffs shape up.
Softball
Liberty claimed a road victory over Foothill in a high school softball game. Here are photos from the game.
Green Valley, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s softball rankings, held off No. 2 Faith Lutheran on Tuesday in the team’s first meeting since last year’s postseason.
Coronado junior pitcher Kendall Selitzky tossed a complete game shutout with 12 strikeouts and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in a 7-0 win over Faith Lutheran on Friday.
Shadow Ridge hit 48 home runs last season in winning the state championship. The Mustangs will have to rely more on speed and versatility to win this season.
Teegan Teal’s two-run single in the top of the seventh inning lifted Spring Valley’s softball team to a 10-8 win at Tech on Thursday.
Coronado senior Tatum Spangler was named the 2017-18 Gatorade Nevada Softball Player of the Year, the company announced Monday.
Eldorado’s softball team scored four runs in the third inning and five in the fourth Friday to rally from a 6-0 deficit and beat Las Vegas 11-9 at Coronado to claim the final Sunrise Region postseason spot.
Cheyenne’s softball team forfeited all of its wins from the 2018 season on Friday due to the use of an ineligible player.
Mia Voges hit for the cycle to help Shadow Ridge’s softball team rout host Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday,15-1 in four innings on Wednesday.
Junior Harmony Dominguez allowed one hit in six innings, and host Sierra Vista topped Durango 8-1 to clinch the outright Southwest League softball title.
Shelby Basso hit an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Basic’s softball team a 3-2 home victory over Rancho on Thursday.
Sam Pochop struck out six in a complete game and also went 2-for-2 with a double, a triple and two runs to help Rancho’s softball team earn a 6-3 road win over Liberty in a rematch of last season’s Sunrise Region final.
Tyre Hilton doubled home Olivia McClain with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Green Valley’s softball team outslugged visiting Foothill 15-14 on Tuesday.