Some pitchers look for maximum velocity on every pitch.
Centennial
Centennial’s softball team has made a living pounding opponents into submission in recent years.
The message was simple: You are not invincible. You can lose at this stage of the playoffs. It happens.
Centennial’s softball team readily admitted it squandered too many scoring opportunities in a loss to Palo Verde on Thursday.
Palo Verde reliever Kelsea Sweeney kept finding herself in sticky situations Thursday.
If the Centennial baseball team didn’t have enough motivation for Thursday’s matchup against Bishop Gorman beforehand, it certainly got it before the game’s first pitch.
Centennial right-hander Will Loucks had never pitched in a playoff game before Wednesday’s matchup at Arbor View.
Heather Bowen has played in well over 100 softball games in her Centennial High School career.
Shadow Ridge boys golfer Ben Davis thought he had no chance to win after a double bogey on the 11th hole at Wildhorse Golf Club.
Shadow Ridge’s baseball team scored on an error in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday to earn a 4-3 home win over Cimarron-Memorial in the opening round of the Division I Sunset Region tournament.
It was far from conventional wisdom.
During the regular season, Shadow Ridge’s boys volleyball team was swept by its closest Northwest Division rivals — Palo Verde and Arbor View. But it was a season-ending loss to first-place Palo Verde that instilled belief into the Mustangs, just in time for the postseason.
NIPTON, Calif. — Brandon Bauman launched his tee shot on the par-4 15th hole, and as it headed toward the hazard to the left of the fairway, the Palo Verde senior feared the worst.
Before Saturday, Green Valley already had 21 Sunrise Region champions from pole vaulting alone.
Senior Day allowed Centennial coach Charlie Cerrone to slot players into different positions on the baseball field Friday.