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.
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Foothill softball coach Tom Mayes has grown accustomed to the routine. Year after year, his teams play mediocre regular seasons, only to peak just in time to pull off several close playoff wins in the regional tournament.
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.
Samantha Pochop tossed a one-hitter and struck out 15 on Friday to lead host Rancho’s softball team to a 3-0 win over Arbor View.
Gizelle Navarro’s single down the left-field line with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday scored Janella Fiso with the winning run as Virgin Valley’s softball team rallied for a 6-5 home win over Pahranagat 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.
Jennifer Cerrone tossed a five-inning no-hitter Monday to lead Centennial’s softball team to a 14-0 win over visiting Legacy.
Gianna Carosone homered in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 1-1 tie and lift Rancho’s softball team to a 2-1 win over Faith Lutheran in the championship game of the Colorado River Invitational in Needles, Calif., on Saturday.
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.
Samantha Pochop threw a three-hitter with 15 strikeouts as the Rancho softball team beat visiting Silverado 3-0 on Monday.
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.