Pahranagat Valley scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with a 10-9 victory at North Valleys High School on Saturday and their sixth consecutive Class 1A state championship.
Softball
Ashlyn Wadsworth spun a two-hitter, and Pahranagat Valley capitalized on a three-base error and a passed ball in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out a 2-1 win over Wells in the winners’ bracket final of the Class 1A state tournament at North Valleys.
The Mustangs allowed three home runs and dropped a 5-1 decision to Douglas on Friday in the losers bracket final of the Class 4A state softball tournament at Bishop Manogue High School.
Basic couldn’t complete a rally and fell to Douglas, while Shadow Ridge could not stave off Spanish Springs’ rally.
Bailey Bennett-Jordan tossed an eight-hit shutout and struck out five Thursday to help Boulder City’s softball team to a 5-0 win over Lowry in the opening round of the Class 3A state softball tournament at Reno High.
Basic beat Coronado twice Saturday at Bishop Gorman, first 9-1 then 15-12, to unseat the defending region champions and claim the first region title in school history.
Shadow Ridge beat Palo Verde 3-2 in the early game at Bishop Gorman on Saturday, then took a 10-8 decision in the second game to win the Sunset Region softball team and clinch a spot in next week’s state tournament.
Marleena Mills and Jerra Hinson each homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help lead host Boulder City’s softball team to the Class 3A Southern Region championship with an 8-2 win over Pahrump Valley.
Pahrump Valley’s softball team used a 13-run second inning to storm past Moapa Valley, 15-6 on Friday at Boulder City.
Martin quieted Centennial’s bats over 5⅓ innings as the Mustangs advanced to the Sunset Region softball championship with a 7-5 victory.
After her mom passed away Monday, Sanoe Helenihi powered Basic’s rally Friday, and Hannah Barr delivered the game-winner to send the Wolves’ softball team to the Sunrise Region final.
Boulder City’s Lily Osman was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs, three runs and a home run, as the host Eagles outslugged Moapa Valley to win 12-8 and move on to the Class 3A Southern Region final.
Makall Whetten knocked a two-out, two-RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Panthers a 5-3 lead over Shadow Ridge. The Mustangs left the bases loaded in the seventh without scoring, and Palo Verde advanced to its ninth straight Sunset Region final.
Coronado senior hurler Tatum Spangler recovered from a modest first-inning jam to dominate the Patriots with a steady dose of rise-balls en route to an 11-1, five-inning home victory in the Sunrise Region tournament.
