The Palo Verde softball team rolled to a home win over Coronado on Friday for the Class 5A Southern Region title. Both teams are headed to the state tournament.
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Centennial capitalized on a two-out scoring opportunity in the sixth inning in a Class 5A Southern Region softball playoff game to qualify for the state tournament.
Covington blasted a walk-off, home run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday to give the Mustangs a 1-0 win over Centennial in the championship game.
Abbie Evans belted a three-run home run in a seven-run sixth inning Friday that helped Moapa Valley’s softball team to a 12-5 win over Chaparral in the losers’ bracket final of the Class 3A Southern Region Tournament at Pahrump.
Ward tossed a two-hit shutout over six innings as Coronado rolled to the championship with a 10-0 victory.
Shelby Basso went 2-for-3 with an RBI and tossed a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts Wednesday to lead Basic’s softball team to a 3-1 home win over Green Valley.
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.
Xheneiya LaRocke smacked a two-run double in the top of the seventh inning for the go-ahead runs, and Valley’s softball team turned a 4-6-5 triple play to finish out a 15-13 win road win over Canyon Springs on Tuesday.
Holly Severence homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Desert Oasis softball team beat Silverado 14-6 in six innings in the championship game of the Colorado River Invitational in Needles, California.
Sam Pochop launched a two-run homer to left field to give her team the lead, and Rancho never looked back en route to a 13-4 victory over host Liberty in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunrise Region softball tournament.
Kalei Watkins smashed a grand slam in the fourth inning, and host Sierra Vista claimed a 6-1 win over Shadow Ridge in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunset Region softball tournament.
Losi Brown tossed a four-inning one-hitter to help Chaparral’s softball team to a 16-1 road win over Cheyenne in a Class 3A Southern Region elimination game on Wednesday.
Shelbi Denman spun a one-hit shutout and stuck out eight as Shadow Ridge’s softball team blanked Bingham (Utah) 13-0 in four innings in the Tournament of Champions at Bullhead City, Arizona.