San Xavier Little League Softball. (Courtesy Photo)

GAME TOTAL: 107

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D-12 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL

San Xavier beat Copper Hills 14-4 Thursday night at Mission Manor Park to capture the District 12 Little League Softball championship. San Xavier will join Tucson Mountain in Flagstaff for the state tournament starting Thursday, July 5.

Copper Hills beat San Xavier 4-2 in the first round of the district tournament but San Xavier batted back through the elimination bracket with a 7-6 win over Sunnyside and then back-to-back wins over Copper Hills including an 8-7 victory Thursday night to avoid elimination.

CHAMPION ROLL CALL
D-5 8-10 SOFTBALL: Thornydale
D-5 8-10 BASEBALL: Oro Valley
D-12 8-10 SOFTBALL: Copper Hills
D-5 9-11 BASEBALL: Canyon View
D-5 9-11 SOFTBALL: Marana
D-5 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: Western
D-5 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL: Tucson Mountain
D-12 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL: Sam Xavier
D-12 JUNIOR BASEBALL: Sunnyside

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

D-12 8-10 BASEBALL
Rincon 16, Santa Rita 9
San Xavier 20, Copper Hills 6

D-12 9-11 BASEBALL
Rincon 5, Copper Hills 0

D-12 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
San Xavier 14, Copper Hills 4

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

D-12 9-11 BASEBALL
Sunnyside vs. Santa Rita, Rincon 6:30 p.m.
Rincon vs. Randolph, Rincon 7 p.m.

D-12 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Freedom vs. Copper Hills, Perry 6:30 p.m.
Randolph vs. American, Perry 6:30 p.m.

MONDAY, JULY 2

D-12 8-10 BASEBALL
Freedom vs. Sunnyside, Anamax 7 p.m.
Rincon vs. San Xavier, Anamax 7 p.m.

D-12 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Santa Rita vs. Palo Verde, Perry 5:15 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Rincon, Perry 7:45 p.m.

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