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Nogales beat Washington 7-5 in the quarterfinal round of the Senior League West Regional tournament taking place in Oakland. Nogales (2-1) will take on Southern California (2-1) Tuesday morning in the first semifinal game of the day. A victory over So. Cal will send the Arizona champion to the championship semifinal scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
Thornydale beat Utah 15-2 Monday night at the Arthur Pack Complex in the consolation round of the Junior West Regional hosted by Arizona District 5. The victory set up a consolation final against Oregon Tuesday night. Thornydale is the Arizona Champion.
Marana will play Alaska Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. in an elimination game at the Junior West Regional. Marana won the District 5 championship and the host team is one of four teams still alive including Alaska, Washington and Nevada.
Washington (3-0) and Nevada (2-0) will play at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday and the winner of Marana (2-1) and Alaska (2-1) will play the winner of Washington and Nevada Tuesday night to set up the championship round on Wednesday.
Thornydale scored seven runs in the second inning and seven more in the top of the fifth to run-rule Utah 15-2 just as the evening monsoon blew in. Rhiannon Plunkett went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI to help lead Thornydale. Marie Hoeffner went 2-4 with a home run and 3 RBI, Elizabeth Lujan went 2-4 with 2 RBI and Kaylee Busby went 2-2. Rylee Harper, Lindsey Sanchez, Kaylee Moussette and Nayana Vandersloot collected singles. Moussette picked up the victory from the circle.
MaKenna Jolley led Utah with 2 RBI and Mylee Platt had 5 strikeouts for Utah.
Thornydale, and future Tucson High standout, Marie Hoeffner went 2-4 with home run and 3 RBI @AZDistrict5LL pic.twitter.com/oDkrqrYWoT
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) July 26, 2022
MONDAY, JULY 25
SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: OAKLAND
Nogales 7, Washington 5 (Quarterfinal)
JUNIOR SOFTBALL WEST REGION: ARTHUR PACK (D-5)
Thornydale 15, Enterprise (UT) 2 (Consolation)
TUESDAY, JULY 26
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
No. 2 Sunnyside (3-1) vs. No. 7 No. Cal (1-3), 5 p.m.
No. 6 Nogales (1-3) vs. No. 3 So. Cal (3-1), 5 p.m.
SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: OAKLAND
Nogales (2-1) vs. So. California (2-1), 2 p.m. (Semifinal)
JUNIOR SOFTBALL WEST REGION: ARTHUR PACK (D-5)
Marana vs. Nunaka (AK), 10:30 a.m. (Elimination)
Thornydale vs. La Grande (OR), 6 p.m. (Consolation)
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Named one of “Arizona’s Heart & Sol” by KOLD and Casino del Sol, Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017 and a 2019 AZ Education News recognition. He was 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 and his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is a 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. He earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater and he was recognized by City Councilman Richard Fimbres. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
