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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.
Sam Pochop led Rancho’s softball team throughout the regular season and through the first two games of the playoffs, so it was no surprise Thursday that she was once again the key player.
Foothill’s softball team has lost 11 games on the road this season, but in the team’s most important road game of the year, it came up big.
Rancho’s softball team didn’t hit a ball to the outfield until the third inning Tuesday.
Sunrise Mountain’s softball team took advantage of a missed tag on a grounder up the first base line and a misplayed ball at third base to score two runs with two outs in the sixth inning and held on for a 2-1 win at Chaparral on Tuesday.
For the first time since 2002, there will not be a Farnsworth on the sideline for Valley’s boys basketball team.
Sierra Martinez singled home Kalei Watkins with the winning run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to lift Sierra Vista’s softball team to a 7-6 home win over Green Valley.
Trinity Valentine tossed a no-hitter Thursday to lead host Durango’s softball team to a 5-0 win over Legacy.
Alessandra Elena’s RBI double capped an eight-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday as Coronado’s softball team stunned visiting Foothill, 9-8.
Winning pitcher Madison Hood was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double and four RBIs to lead Spring Valley’s softball team to a 13-7 win over Hunter (Utah) in the March Warm-Up in St. George, Utah.
Kristina Manthei threw a five-inning no-hitter on Wednesday to lead Valley’s softball team to a 10-0 victory over visiting Basic.
Sarah Pinkston was a second-team All-Nevada selection as a freshman at Shadow Ridge, but missed her sophomore season after back surgery. Amazingly, just less than 13 months after surgery, she”s back in the circle and hoping to lead Coronado to a Southeast League title.