Cal Poly (California) junior Erich Uelmen — a 2014 Faith Lutheran graduate — has turned himself into one of the nation’s best right-handed pitchers and is expected to be the top area player taken Monday in the Major League Baseball Draft.
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The pressure of playing in the state tournament can be too much for some young players.
Layton Walls pitched a four-hitter and Rancho topped Bishop Gorman 9-1 in the opening round of the Class 4A state baseball tournament at Las Vegas High on Thursday.
Bishop Gorman hopes Nick Israel continues to be a catalyst in the Class 4A state tournament, which begins Thursday at Las Vegas High. Gorman faces Rancho at 4 p.m., and Basic plays Galena at 1 p.m.
Twenty-nine years passed between state baseball titles for Basic High when a team led by 10 seniors won last year’s Division I crown, a magical run that united a school and its alumni in a manner only sports can.
Manny Llamas, 24, graduated from Rancho in 2011 and has the Rams poised to make a strong postseason run as they begin the Class 4A Sunrise Region tournament on Tuesday.
Palo Verde’s Dylan Orlando blasted a pair of two-run homers to untie the game Friday, and the Panthers held on to beat visiting Cimarron-Memorial, 9-8.
Spring Valley’s baseball program is coming off a disappointing 2016 postseason, and is facing a move up to the state’s top classification.
The Desert Oasis Aces will begin their quest for the American Legion World Series on Wednesday when they begin play in the Western Regional in Boulder, Colorado.
The Blue Sox are the top seed in the double-elimination tournament, which ends July 30. The team is carrying over Basic’s momentum from winning the school’s first state baseball title in 29 years in the spring.