STATE CHAMPIONS: WEST REGION ASSIGNMENTS
Sunnyside 50/70 Baseball: Nogales Host Team (Nogales: July 22-28)
Nogales Juniors Baseball (Bend, Oregon: Aug. 3-11)
Nogales Seniors Baseball (Oakland: July 20-27)
Thornydale Juniors Softball: Marana Host Team (Arthur Pack: July 22-28)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
STATE 8-10 BASEBALL: MESA (D-7)
Nogales 17, Arcadia 4 (Elimination)
Nogales advances to the championship round against Four Peaks on Thursday at 7 p.m. It must beat Four Peaks to force a deciding game on Friday for the title.
Top Nogales performers:
- CF Leo Caballero, 1 for 3, run, 2 RBIs
- 1B Juan Rojas, 1 for 4, 3 runs, RBI
- SS Dendrik Mentijo, 2 for 3, 3 runs
- C Julian Lopez, 1 for 1, 3 runs, 3 RBIs
- LF Arciel Espinoza, 1 for 2, 3 RBIs, double
- 3B Cristobal Quintero, 1 for 2, run, triple
STATE 9-11 BASEBALL: PHOENIX (D-3)
Rincon 3, Cactus Foothills 2 (7)
Gilbert 7, Canyon View 3 (Elimination)
Rincon (4-0 in the tournament) advances to the championship round out of the winner’s bracket and will play Gilbert American or Cactus Foothills on Friday at 7 p.m. for the title. Rincon needs a win for the title. Their opponent will need two wins.
Rincon top performers:
- CF Justus Sipe, 2 for 4, RBI – with one out in the seventh, Sipe’s walk-off RBI single followed consecutive singles by Gage Mayfield and Nathan Ramirez.
- SS/P Nathan Ramirez, 3 for 4, run, RBI, double; 2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2Ks
- 1B Gage Mayfield, 2 for 2, run, double
- P Hudson Haner, 5 IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 3Ks
STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: LITCHFIELD (D-2)
Peoria Sidewinder 20, Douglas 4
Sunnyside 14, Marana 1 (Elimination)
Sunnyside advances to the elimination-bracket semifinal against High Desert on Thursday (7 p.m.) and the winner of that game plays Douglas on Friday (7 p.m.) in the elimination-bracket final. Peoria Sidewinder awaits the winner of the elimination bracket in the championship round that starts Saturday (5:30 p.m.).
Sunnyside has won eight straight elimination games dating to its five-game run in the District 12 tournament.
Top Sunnyside performers against Marana:
- P/C Eli Urias, 2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI
- CF Jaylee Abraham, 1 for 4, 2 runs, RBI
- C/P Dominic Thompson, 2 for 2, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 doubles; 3 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4Ks
- SS Alex Ramirez, 1 for 4, two runs, two RBIs
Top Marana performer:
- 1B/SS Jayson Veit, 2 for 3
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
Washington 12, Nogales 6
Nogales, the host team of the 50/70 West Regional, lost its opening game of the tournament to Washington. Nogales next plays Alaska in pool play Friday at 5 p.m. Sunnyside, the Arizona state champions, play Northern California on Thursday at 8 p.m.
STATE SOFTBALL 8-10: SIERRA VISTA (D-8)
Willcox 2, Cave Creek 1 (7)
Queen Creek 24, Thornydale 0 (Elimination)
Willcox advances to the championship round Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against an opponent to be determined.
Hattie Macumber continued her pitching dominance striking out 19 batters while walking one and allowing three hits in seven innings in the extra-inning win over Cave Creek.
After Cave Creek took a 1-0 lead in the top of the seventh inning, Willcox won on Jayleen Aguirre’s two-run double in the bottom of the inning that scored Stephany Aguilar and Josey Benavides.
THURSDAY, JULY 21
STATE 8-10 BASEBALL: MESA (D-7)
Nogales (Elimination) vs. Mesa Four Peaks, 7 p.m. (Championship)
STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: LITCHFIELD (D-2)
Sunnyside vs. High Desert, 7 p.m. (Elimination)
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
Sunnyside vs. N. California, 8 p.m.
SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: OAKLAND
Nogales vs. N. California, 4:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 22
STATE 9-11 BASEBALL: PHOENIX (D-3)
Rincon vs. TBD, 7 p.m. (Championship)
STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: LITCHFIELD (D-2)
Douglas vs. TBD, 7 p.m. (Elimination)
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
Nogales vs. Alaska, 5 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Washington, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 23
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
Sunnyside vs. Alaska, 10 a.m.
Nogales vs. S. California, 1 p.m.
STATE SOFTBALL 8-10: SIERRA VISTA (D-8)
Willcox vs. TBD, 6:00 p.m. (Championship)
JUNIOR SOFTBALL WEST REGION: ARTHUR PACK (D-5)
Thornydale vs. Federal Way (WA), 8 a.m.
Marana vs. La Grande (OR), 8 a.m.
SUNDAY, JULY 24
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
Sunnyside vs. S. California, 10 a.m.
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