Matthias Blodgett allowed one earned run in six innings on Thursday as Clark’s baseball team earned a 3-2 home win over Durango.
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Coronado’s baseball team scored seven runs in the second inning on Monday and held on for an 8-7 road win over second-ranked Bishop Gorman.
Trent Bixby’s two-run triple highlighted a three-run fourth, and Basic went on to beat Galena 7-3 to move into the championship game at noon Saturday at Manogue. Basic (35-4) faces Centennial (29-10), and the Bulldogs would have to beat the Wolves twice to take the title.
Michael Morelli’s RBI double scored Zach Murphy with the go-ahead run in the sixth inning Friday to help Boulder City’s baseball team rally for a 6-4 win over Elko in the winners’ bracket final of the Division I-A state tournament at Galena High in Reno.
McClain O’Connor went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, and Nick Vincent threw a four-hitter with seven strikeouts as Lincoln County’s baseball team topped Pershing County 12-2 in six innings in the loser’s bracket final of the Division III state tournament Friday at Wooster High in Reno.
Brian Whitaker didn’t do much running last week and I’m not sure he was in the mood for sweets as his team lost to Basic 11-3, instead making lineup and pitching changes with the sort of calming stroll of a man confident in his approach. You know, because 500 wins will do that for a guy.
Nick Quintana, a 5-foot-10-inch, 190-pound shortstop, is rated 64th overall among draft-eligible players by Perfect Game USA. He is the No. 77 prospect in Baseball America’s Top 100 draft rankings,which includes college and high school players. Based on those rankings, Quintana, an Arizona commit, theoretically would be taken in the second or third round.
Matthew Thompson went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, and Clark dug itself out of an early hole to claim a 7-3 victory baseball victory over Pahrump Valley.
Blake Porter hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs, to help Palo Verde’s baseball team stun top-ranked and host Bishop Gorman, 13-7 on Wednesday.
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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.
Legacy shortstop Hayden LeCates didn’t play on a premier team this season. The Longhorns won six games and missed the playoffs.
Jake Portaro singled home Jared Drizin with no outs in the bottom of the eighth Monday to give Centennial’s baseball team a 1-0 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Coronado leadoff man Dante Glover stepped to the plate and attacked the game’s first pitch Friday, lacing a double into the right-center field gap.
Donta Williams’ two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning capped a four-run rally, and Legacy’s baseball team edged visiting Foothill 10-9 on Friday to earn its first victory of the season.
