SUN BELT COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Kino Stadium: July 14-16
The Santa Rita Warthogs and the Aztecs are facing off in the best-of-three championship series this week to determine the top team in the Sun Belt College Baseball League. The Warthogs, coached by Josue Ortiz, have 11 wins and the Aztecs, coached Michael Odum, have 17.
Games are set for 6:30 p.m. starting Wednesday night in the main stadium of the Kino Sports Complex. Clear bag policy.
AZTECS ROSTER
Ballesteros, Romeo Pima
Bustamante, Alex New Mexico State
Campillo, Robert Arizona Christian
Castillo, Angel
Comeau, Dustin Riverside City College
Durazo, Daniel Pima
Erickson, Shane Pima
Faildo, Hunter
Garcia, Edgar
Kelch, Alex Pima
Kiraly, Trent Pima
Kliber, Jett Pima
Miklich, Chaison Pima
Minjares, Dominic
Mondeau, Braeden
O’Brien, Liam
Palmer, Hayden
Pintor, Isaiah
Ram, Ajay Pima
Schindler, Dante
Stremick, Kaden
Stucky, Andrew
Swanberg, Jaeden Pima
Trimble, III, Trey Pima
WARTHOGS ROSTER
Alaniz, Jonathan Texas A&M Texarkana
Bejarano, Diego Park University
Black, Jason
Bracamonte, Jordan
Bradford, Dylan
Buchmann, Michael
Ibarra, Roman Pima
Kroese, Kenneth
Lopez, Devin
Moreno, Raul
Newsome, Michael
Ortiz, Jacob Park College
Ortiz, Nathan
Padilla, Levi Regis University
Parker, Joseph
Richey, Nate
Rodriguez, Christian Pima
Rodriquez, Martin Minot State
Roman, Alexi
Sanders, Marcus
Talavera, Matt Texas Rio Grande Valley
Tebou, Dylan Williston State
Warren, Cameron
Wiltshire, Jacob
Wiltshire, Tyler Minot State
Wingstad, Wyatt
JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION CHAMPIONSHIP
The Post 132 Sahuarita Roughriders won the Arizona Junior American Legion championship and the Post 131 Mountain View Red Raiders were finalists:
AMERICAN LEGION STATE SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 (PARADISE VALLEY)
Post 7 Firebirds (Tucson High) vs. Paradise Valley, 5 p.m.
Post 131 Roughriders (Sahuarita) vs. Boulder Creek, 7 p.m.
CONGRATS TO OUR SENIOR AMERICAN LEGION ROUGHRIDERS BASEBALL TEAM !! FINISHING NO LESS THAN THIRD SEED ,
STILL GAMES TO PLAY ON TUESDAY NIGHT. PLAYOFFS BEGIN WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED !! GO MUSTANG/ ROUGHRIDERS !! #FAMILY pic.twitter.com/MQiZaWlmg7— Sahuarita Baseball (@SahuaritaB) July 4, 2021
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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 and he is a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com