Frankie Fitzgerald singled home Drake Maningo with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Green Valley a 3-2 home win over Centennial in the Lions Kick-Off Tournament on Thursday.
Baseball
Cimarron-Memorial senior shortstop Niko Decolati has been named the Division I Southern Nevada Player of the Year by area baseball coaches. He hit .411 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs this season for the Spartans.
Jacob Klein singled down the left-field line to score Preston Pavlica with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, and Liberty’s baseball team held on for a 5-4 road victory over Las Vegas.
Casey Ladeira homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to give Bonanza’s baseball team a 9-8 win over visiting Palo Verde.
The Aggies were the Northwest League”s No. 1 playoff seed last season but went 1-2, including a 21-7 loss to Palo Verde in the Sunset Region tournament that ended their season. Led by all-state shortstop Nick Quintana, Arbor View has high hopes for this season.
Certain players are quite simply building blocks for a program’s success.
Orestes Marquetti doubled home George Carmona with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Cheyenne’s baseball team a 5-4 win over visiting Valley on Tuesday.
Alexander Marco walked with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh to force home Niko Decolati and give Cimarron-Memorial’s baseball team a 5-4 home win over Faith Lutheran on Tuesday.
Jamie Yanchisin went 3-for-4 with two runs and four RBIs to help Cimarron-Memorial’s baseball team rout Skyline (Utah), 12-1 in the championship game of the Little Caesar’s Invitational in St. George, Utah on Saturday.
Adam Garcia and Dakota Humphries combined on a no-hitter Thursday as defending Division I state champion Coronado began its baseball season with an 8-0 win over visiting Legacy in the Bengal Varsity Tournament.
