Tucson Badger Softball Classic
Cherry Field: March 17-18
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
BRACKET PLAY
No. 4 Sunnyside 13, No. 5 Mountain View 2
No. 6 Marana 6, No. 3 Pueblo 4
No. 2 Catalina Foothills 10, No. 7 Tanque Verde 4
No. 1 Tucson 13, Sunnyside 0
No. 2 Catalina Foothills 12, No. 6 Marana 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
Tucson 7, Catalina Foothills 2
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Catalina Foothills jumped out to a 2-0 lead over Tucson in the top of the first inning of the Badger Classic Championship game Friday night at Cherry Field but the Badgers responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning and four more in the fifth for the 7-2 victory.
Lauren Sizemore doubled to score Addison Levine, who was running for Kyrie Denny, and then Nicole Lane scored Sizemore for the early 2-0 lead. Yami Villa cut the lead in half with a leadoff home run for the Badgers in the bottom of the first, Ariana Camen singled and then Camila Zepeda hit a 2-run shot for the 3-2 lead.
Villa got things going for Tucson again in the fifth with a leadoff single and then Camen picked up an RBI and Zepeda singled to put two on. Marina Chacon hit an infield RBI two outs later and Jiselle Nunez ended the scoring with an RBI double to make it 7-2.
Sizemore finished with two doubles and Molly Brunell went 2 for 3 for the Falcons. Denny got the start for the Falcons and she collected 7 strikeouts including a string of four in a row. Madison Hairgrove also saw action in the circle for Catalina Foothills.
Genesis Zazueta and Ivangelina Cota took the circle for the Badgers. Zepeda went 3-4 with a home run, double and 2 RBI, Villa went 2-3 with her home run, Camen went 2-2 with an RBI double, and Nunez went 1-2 with a double.
Tucson is 3-0 in power-ranking games and the team will host Cienega (3-2) on Monday to resume regular season play. Catalina Foothills (5-0) has a break and the Falcons will visit Ironwood Ridge (2-4) on March 29 to open up 5A Sonoran Region play.
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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, became a member of the Sunnyside Los Mezquites Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2021 and he was a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee and he earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
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