Harrisons fuel Gators’ season-opening victory

The opening day of the high school baseball season was pretty special for the Harrison family.

Senior Matt Harrison fired a no-hitter and freshman Brett Harrison homered in his first varsity at-bat to lead Green Valley to 2-0 home win over Rancho on Thursday.

Matt Harrison struck out four, walked one and hit two batters in his first no-hitter.

"I think that's actually the first time," Matt Harrison said. "It's pretty fun. I didn't even realize until I was going out for that last inning."

Harrison, who has signed to play at North Carolina, started his final season in style.

"I never really thought about being a senior until it just kind of hit me right before the game started," he said. "I was like, 'This is it, better go out and have fun.' It just goes to show you that going out and relaxing pays off."

Brett Harrison led off the bottom of the first with a solo homer to left-center.

"It was awesome," Matt Harrison said of his younger brother's homer. "It was kind of a surreal feeling. I get to play with Brett now and he walks up and hits a home run.

"That's a great way to start off a high school career."

Nick Melino added a solo home run in the fourth inning for Green Valley, which managed just four hits against Rancho ace Justin Neubauer. He struck out six and walked none.

• Sierra Vista 8, Silverado 4 -- At Silverado, Thomas Godfrey scattered four hits in six innings as the Lions turned back the Skyhawks.

Godfrey struck out seven and walked three.

Brooks Klein led the Sierra Vista offense with two hits, an RBI and two runs scored.

• Bishop Gorman 12, Western 1 -- At Western, 11 players hit safely for the Gaels, led by R.J. Santigate, who went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBIs.

Joey Rickard picked up the win for Gorman, striking out nine in four innings of one-hit ball.

• Del Sol 7, Cheyenne 4 -- At Del Sol, Matt Burge led off the sixth inning with a single and scored the winning run two batters later on a Tyler Guinta hit as the Dragons beat the Desert Shields.

Matt Lemos got the win, striking out four in four scoreless innings of relief.

• Liberty 5, Chaparral 3 -- At Liberty, Kyle Rynearson and Tyler Daniano each had two hits and an RBI to lead the Patriots past the Cowboys.

Liberty's Robert Keinan and Danny Brundage also had two hits.

• Coronado 10, Calvary Chapel 0 -- At the College of Southern Nevada, Tim Arthur had a home run, triple, double and four RBIs to lead Coronado.

Cory Ginther and Alex Watson combined on the shutout. Ginther allowed five hits and struck out 12 in six innings.

• Centennial 8, Kofa (Ariz.) 0 -- At Yuma, Ariz., the Bulldogs blew open a scoreless game with eight runs in the sixth inning.

Nate Rink pitched a shutout. Trevor Goff went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs, and Dominick Monteiro went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored.

• Palo Verde 6, El Centro (Calif.) 5 -- At Yuma, Ariz., Brandon Renteria scored the winning run from second base on Dylan Meyer's two-out infield single in the seventh inning to lift the Panthers.

Palo Verde starting pitcher Jake Capurro hit a two-run homer in the second inning.

• Las Vegas 3, Lake Havasu (Ariz.) 0 -- At Yuma, Ariz., Wes Grass tossed a three-hitter, walking none and striking out nine, to lead the Wildcats.

Bryce Harper had two singles and an RBI.

• Littlerock (Calif.) 14, Tech 6 -- At Tech, Littlerock broke open a tie game with eight runs in the seventh inning to get the victory.

Jason Pettit had two of Tech's five hits.

• Cimarron-Memorial 14, Snow Canyon (Utah) 1 -- At St. George, Utah, Taylor Doyle was 4-for-5 with a grand slam as the Spartans rolled.

• Durango 10, Wooster 6 -- At Reno, Mike Stiles was 2-for-4 with an RBI to help the Trailblazers beat the Colts in the Mike Bearman Tournament.

• Durango 3, McQueen 1 -- At Reno, Danny Reynolds pitched a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts to lead the Trailblazers over the Lancers.

Durango's John Richichi had a home run and two RBIs.

• Basic 9, Bonanza 6 -- At Basic, Marcus Romero and Josh Ross each drove in three runs to lead the Wolves.

Kris Bryant homered twice for the Bengals.

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• Centennial 14, Bonanza 0 -- At Centennial, the Bulldogs' Lauren Lynds came within one out of pitching a perfect game, walking two Bonanza batters with two outs in the fifth inning, and settled for a no-hitter.

Lynds fanned seven in retiring the first 14 batters.

Juelaine Noa was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer.

• Liberty 30, Chaparral 1 -- At Liberty, Robin Lowery hit for the cycle and drove in 10 runs as the Patriots defeated the Cowboys in five innings.

Lowery was 4-for-4 and scored five runs. Brittany McKoy added four hits.

• Palo Verde 5, Rancho 5 -- At Rancho, the season opener between the Panthers and Rams was suspended after eight innings because of darkness.

Amerissa Villamar had three hits for Rancho, which led 4-1 after one inning but had to score a run in the seventh to tie the game.

• Sandra Day O'Connor (Ariz.) 7, Sierra Vista 0 -- At Bullhead City, Ariz., Kirstin Linert spun a no-hitter against Sierra Vista in the Tournament of Champions.

• Faith Lutheran 9, White Pine 2 -- At Needles, Calif., Angie Miller was 2-for-2 with a double, three runs and two RBIs in the Crusaders' victory.

• Faith Lutheran 3, Yuma (Ariz.) 2 -- At Needles, Jessie Tracy tossed a two-hitter with six strikeouts to get the win.