Tucson Softball Invitational
Mar. 11-14: Cherry Field
Vanessa Brink picked up her fifth win of the year after the junior standout held Tucson to three hits in a 4-0 shutout Wednesday at Cherry Field. Empire (9-2-1) collected six hits in the game including two doubles in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the game away…
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 11
Empire 4, Tucson 0
Sahuaro 7, Rio Rico 2
Marana 12, Sabino 2
Tucson 7, Sahuaro 5
THURSDAY, MAR. 12
Yuma Catholic vs. Rio Rico, 2 p.m.
Vista Grande vs. Empire, 2 p.m.
Sahuaro vs. Yuma Catholic, 4 p.m.
Rio Rico vs. Vista Grande, 4 p.m.
Tucson vs. Marana, 6 p.m.
Empire vs. Sabino, 6 p.m.
Legendary baseball and softball coach Rich Alday is all set to help another legend in Bert Otero coach the Tucson High softball team once TUSD approves the hire. pic.twitter.com/JrU7m3UEsn
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) March 12, 2020
FRIDAY, MAR. 13
Sabino vs. Rio Rico, 2 p.m.
Empire vs. Sahuaro, 2 p.m.
Marana vs. Vista Grande, 4 p.m.
Yuma Catholic vs. Sabino, 4 p.m.
Tucson vs. Vista Grande, 6 p.m.
Marana vs. Yuma Catholic, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAR. 14
Bracket Play: 2– 6 p.m.
Tucson high senior Carli Scupin has 42 home runs in her high school career and counting. The @ArizonaSoftball commit is already one of the best the community has seen #azpreps365 pic.twitter.com/JfgyITochg
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) March 12, 2020
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Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017, a 2019 AZ Education News award winner and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. He was the first in Arizona to write about high school beach volleyball and high school girls wrestling. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Andy was named an Honorary Flowing Wells Caballero in 2019. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com