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.
Baseball
Rylee Campbell’s one-out suicide squeeze with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday brought home Sebastian Fitzgerald and gave Tech’s baseball team a 6-5 win over Chaparral at Arroyo Grande Sports Complex.
Chris Opolka walked and came around to score the go-ahead run on an error with no outs in the top of the seventh inning as Shadow Ridge’s baseball team topped host Arbor View 13-8 on Thursday.
Sebastian Sotello lined a one-out double off the left-field fence to score Carlos Alcala in the top of the eighth, and the Canyon Springs baseball team held on for an 11-10 win at Valley on Tuesday.
Palo Verde’s baseball team used a 13-run fourth inning to rally for a 25-15, six-inning win at Legacy on Tuesday.
Ryan McHale smacked a two-run home run, and Nick Quintana finished with four RBIs as Arbor View routed host Liberty 16-4 in five innings Tuesday in a matchup of top-five baseball teams.
Winning pitcher Ryan Brown threw four hitless innings in the nightcap to help Arbor View’s baseball team to an 18-3, 12-1 sweep of host Legacy in the Bengal Varsity Tournament on Saturday.
Basic’s Tanner Roundy tossed a no-hitter with eight strikeouts and a walk to lead the Wolves to a 6-0 win over Sierra Vista in the Lions Kick-Off Tournament at Centennial on Thursday.
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.
The doubles teams of Elle Johnsong and Rethika Kumar, and Megan Madrid and Olivia Nhaisi each went 3-0 on Monday to help Green Valley’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 win over visiting Coronado.
Certain players are quite simply building blocks for a program’s success.
Michael Spada singled home Bradley Lewis with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday, and Palo Verde’s baseball team kept its postseason hopes alive with a 4-3 victory at Sierra Vista.
Jordan Hand went 2-for-4 with two triples, two runs and two RBIs on Wednesday as Shadow Ridge’s baseball team stayed alive in the race for the Northwest League title with a 10-3 victory over visiting Arbor View.
Spring Valley’s baseball team scored three runs in the fifth inning on Thursday to rally for a 4-3 road win over Palo Verde.
Dillon Johnson went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs and an RBI, and Silverado’s baseball team rallied for an 8-4 victory over host Canyon Springs on Tuesday.
