Hattie Macumber won all five of her starts in the Arizona State Little League 8-10 Softball Tournament in dominating fashion, leading the Willcox All-Stars to the championship in July at Sierra Vista.
Her performance in which she struck out 71 and walked 16 in 26 innings merits her the Jet Sports Training Female Athlete of the Month honor for July. She also allowed only seven hits and two earned runs to finish with a 0.46 ERA.
She struck out 15, walked four and scattered three hits in six innings to lead her team to the state softball championship with a 4-2 win over Cave Creek Cactus Foothills.
Her batting with a triple and home run and three RBIs was also essential in the win over Cactus Foothills for the title.
Macumber’s pitching performances in the state tournament :
| Date | Opponent | Result | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| 7/15 | Goodyear | W/7-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 7/16 | Round Valley | W/17-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7/19 | Thornydale | W/12-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7/20 | Cactus Foothills | W/2-1 (7) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 7/23 | Cactus Foothills | W/4-2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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