SPRING JAMBOREE: Masterson’s two-hitter, three-run blast carry Boulder City

Boulder City posed for a team picture with everyone holding up her index finger after finishing the team’s last game in the Spring Jamboree softball tournament Saturday.

One of the Eagles’ coaches jokingly asked if the one represented the number of wins the team had in five games in the tournament.

Wins didn’t come easily for Boulder City, but the Eagles gained valuable experience against quality competition and finished their weekend with a 3-0 win over Cheyenne at Majestic Park.

“This is what we need to see,” Boulder City coach Angelica Moorhead said. “It opens our eyes up. We have to know that we can play against these teams. We don’t see these types of teams in our league. It shows us that we have to pick up our game.”

The Eagles, who entered the tournament having won 12 of their first 14 games this season, learned valuable lessons in four games against teams from California on Thursday and Friday and came out sharp against the Desert Shields on Saturday.

Charlene Masterson tossed a two-hitter and struck out 11. She walked two and pitched out of a fourth-inning jam when Cheyenne (11-8) had runners at second and third with one out.

“She was just hitting her spots,” Moorhead said of Masterson, who effectively used her curveball and riseball to keep Cheyenne’s hitters off balance. “She’s so confident.”

The Eagles (13-6) committed only one error, a two-out fielding miscue with the bases empty in the sixth, and Masterson got a popout to end the inning. Cheyenne hit only two balls out of the infield.

Masterson also did all of the damage at the plate, belting a three-run homer to left field in the third inning to cap a rally that started with a two-out walk to Kylee Hamel. Lauren Axelson’s single put runners at first and second.

Masterson, a junior, was 2-for-3 with the three RBIs in a potential Division I-A Southern Region playoff preview. The Eagles lead the Sunrise League and have won six straight league titles. Cheyenne is tied for second in the Sunset League.

“This is a good thing for us. It shows us that we still have got work to do,” Moorhead said. “Our kids have to be ready. You never know what’s going to happen, and we can’t put all of our eggs in one basket. We have to come out and work hard, and they just have to believe in themselves.”

Lehi (Utah) 12, Green Valley 10 — Winning pitcher Stefani Zimmerman homered and doubled, and the Pioneers rallied from an 8-6 fifth-inning deficit to top the Gators in the Bronze Bracket final.

Italia Reinoehl was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs, and Jackie Smith went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs for Green Valley. Tara Hilton went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs for the Gators.

Green Valley 11, Banning (Calif.) 8 — Reinoehl was 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs and two RBIs as the Gators outlasted the Pilots in a Bronze semifinal.

Smith was 2-for-2 with two runs, and Bailey Means went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for Green Valley, which led 6-2 after three innings, but allowed five runs in the top of the fourth before battling back.

Coronado 4, Fernley 3 — Krystal Middleton’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Jillian James with the winning run as the Cougars nipped the Vaqueros in a consolation game.

Using the international tiebreaker with a runner starting the eighth inning at second base, the Vaqueros scored once in the top of the inning to take the lead.

James led off the bottom of the inning with a bunt single, and Brooke Younie followed with an RBI single to tie the game. Sophia McCann drew a walk, and Middleton followed with the game-ending hit.

Dylan Underwood was 3-for-4 with a home run, and Tatum Spangler went 2-for-4 with a home run for Coronado.

James tossed a seven-hitter and struck out 11.

Imperial (Calif.) 6, Palo Verde 3 — Makall Whetten went 2-for-4 with a home run as the Panthers fell short to the Tigers in a consolation game.

Kali Tomlinson finished 2-for-4, and Mackenzie McBride had two RBIs for Palo Verde.

Rebeka Jimenez and Cassandra Valle each had a two-run home run for Imperial.

Palo Verde 13, Fallbrook (Calif.) 1 — Tomlinson went 3-for-3 with a double and four RBIs to power the Panthers by the Warriors in four innings in a consolation game.

Jordan Menke was 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs, and Cara Beatty went 2-for-3 with a RBI. Whetten scored three runs for the Panthers, who led 6-1 after two innings.

Tatiana Arias had a double for Fallbrook.

El Camino Real (Calif.) 7, Centennial 0 — Maddie Jones struck out five and was 2-for-3 in the Bulldogs’ loss to the Conquistadors in a consolation game.

Skyler Ball had a double for Centennial, which finished with nine errors.

Zoe Shaw went 3-for-4, and Madi Gilmore was 2-for-4 for El Camino Real.

Garfield (Calif.) 4, Basic 2 — The Bulldogs did all of their scoring in the third inning and held off the Wolves in a consolation game.

Rebecca Pullen was 2-for-4 with a double, and Lexi Edmunds went 2-for-4 for Basic.

Buena (Calif.) 5, Durango 3 — Kayla Lee doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fourth inning to lead the Bulldogs by the Trailblazers in a consolation game.

Kaitlyn O’Hearn went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Mykayla Cutone was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Durango.

Liberty 8, Cimarron-Memorial 2 — Kiana Hoapili doubled twice and had two RBIs, and the Patriots scored six runs in the second inning to top the Spartans in a consolation game.

Breanna Alvarez added three RBIs for Liberty.

Rosie Del Rosario and Diona Whitley each went 2-for-4 for Cimarron.

Central Union (Calif.) 12, Lincoln County 9 — Kassandra Orozco homered, and the Spartans rallied from a 7-0 third-inning deficit to top the Lynx in a consolation game.

Josie Burgess homered for Lincoln County.

Among those named to the all-tournament team were: Durango’s O’Hearn; Boulder City’s Masterson; Coronado’s James and Spangler; Green Valley’s Hilton, Jinger Meuir and Reinoehl; Centennial’s Cheyenne Cudahy, Sonja Lawrence and Makenzie Ball; and Palo Verde’s Kiley Harrison and Dejanae Gage.