Tucson Youth Sports

Frog & Firkin Little League Report: Sunnyside Baseball Big Winners in Senior Regional and Junior and Major State Tournaments, Oro Valley Unbeaten in 9-11 Baseball


Please note that teams from District 5, 8 and 12 are in our coverage area.

West Regional Senior Baseball
Sacramento, Calif.

Thursday
Opening round
Arizona (Sunnyside/District 12) — 21
Oregon — 0 (four innings)

READ STORY HERE ON SUNNYSIDE’S BIG WIN

Friday
Second round
Arizona (Sunnyside/District 12) vs. Washington, 1 p.m.

West Regional Intermediate Baseball
Nogales Fleischer Field

Thursday
Opening round
Arizona (Sierra Vista/District 8) — 3
Nogales (Host/District 8) –13 (five innings)

Top Nogales performers: Sergio Vasquez, 3 for 4 with two triples, a double, three runs and two RBIs; Carlos Peralta, 2 for 3 with a run and two RBIs; Raul Olvera, 2 for 3 with two runs; Eduardo Madrid, 2 for 2 with a run and two RBIs; P Salvador Valenzuela, 5 IP, five hits allowed, nine strikeouts and three walks.

Top Sierra Vista performer: D.J. Johnson, 2 for 3 with a run and RBI.

Friday
Second round
Nogales (Host/District 8) vs. Washington, 5 p.m.

Elimination bracket
Arizona (Sierra Vista/District 8) vs. Alaska, 8 p.m.

Arizona Junior State Baseball
Sierra Vista Arbenz and Cole fields

Thursday
Winners bracket final
Nogales (District 8) — 2
Sunnyside (District 12) — 13

Top Sunnyside performers: Miguel Traslavina, 2 for 3 with four runs and two RBIs; Emilio Lizarraga, 1 for 3 with three runs; Roman Basurto, 2 for 4 with a double, run and three RBIs and 3 2/3 IP allowing one hit with four strikeouts and two walks; and Diego Pinedo, 1 for 4 with a run and RBI.

Top Nogales performer: Max Somoza, 2 for 2 with an RBI.

Elimination bracket
Western (District 5) — 11
Tolleson West End (District 2) — 8

Friday
Elimination bracket
Western (District 5) vs. Paradise Valley, 6 p.m.

Saturday
Elimination bracket
Nogales (District 8) vs. TBD, 6 p.m.

Sunday
Championship round
Sunnyside (District 12) vs. TBD, 9 a.m.

Sunnyside wins again (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Pinedo)

Arizona Major State Baseball
Kingman Southside Park

Thursday
Winners bracket semifinal
Sunnyside (District 12) — 8
Tempe South (District 13) — 3

Top Sunnyside performers: Damian Lorta, 1 for 3 with two runs, HR and an RBI; Jordan Mayboca, 3 for 3 with a run, double, triple and two RBIs; and Angel Armenta, 2 for 3 with a run and two RBIs.

Elimination bracket
Sierra Vista (District 8) — 7
West Flagstaff (District 1) –0

Top Sierra Vista performer: P David Rendon, 6 IP with two hits allowed, one strikeout and three walks; Carlos Amador, 2 for 3 with a run; Nate Whitworth, 2 for 3 with a double, two runs and an RBI; Austin Cushman, 3 for 3 with a double, two runs an RBI; Branden Brown, 1 for 3 with a double, run and RBI; Kai Irlmeier, 1 for 3 with a run and three RBIs.

Friday
Elimination bracket
Sierra Vista (District 8) vs. Casa Grande (District 4), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday
Winners bracket final
Sunnyside (District 12) vs. Red Mountain (District 7), 6 p.m.

Damian Lorta (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

Arizona 9-11 State Baseball
Flagstaff Dawson Field

Thursday
Winners bracket semifinal
Oro Valley (District 5) — 7
Nogales (District 8) — 4

Top Oro Valley performers: (Note, Oro Valley rallied for four runs in the top of the sixth to pull out the win) Regen Mazura, 2 for 3 with a run; Christian Soder, 1 for 4 with double, a run and two RBIs; Peyton Carson, 3 for 4 with two doubles, triple, run and RBI and 4 1/3 IP with five hits, three strikeouts and five walks; Cole Newton, 1 for 3 with double, one run and RBI; DiAngelo Alexander, 2 for 3 with a run and RBI

Friday
Elimination bracket
Nogales (District 8) vs. TBD, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday
Winners bracket final
Oro Valley (District 5) vs. TBD, 4:30 p.m.

Oro Valley is in the 9-11 state winners bracket final (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

West Regional Juniors Softball
Arthur Pack Regional Park

Thursday
Opening round
Thornydale (Host/District 5) — 2
Washington — 23

Friday
Elimination bracket
Thornydale (Host/District 5) vs. Northern California, 5 p.m.

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(Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

West Regional Seniors Softball
Missoula, Mont.

Friday
Opening round
Arizona (Sierra Vista/District 8) vs. Hawaii, 9 a.m.

Arizona 9-11 State Softball
Sierra Vista Domingo Paiz Fields

Thursday
Elimination bracket
Sierra Vista (District 8) — 1
Flagstaff (District 1) — 17


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