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We started the Little League All-Star season with over 150 teams in the various divisions for baseball and softball and that number was whittled down to 26 district champions (District 5, District 8 and District 12) and then seven state champions. Come Wednesday morning, the Sunnyside 50/70 team will be the last from Southern Arizona still competing in a West Region tournament.
Sunnyside (4-1) will play Southern California (4-1) in a semifinal game set for 5 p.m. in Nogales. The winner advances to the championship game slated for Thursday. There will also be a third place game so the Arizona state champion is guaranteed an extra game. Southern California beat Sunnyside 10-9 during pool play on Sunday.
Nogales fell to Southern California 13-3 to set up the semifinal with Sunnyside.
Nogales took third place at the Senior League West Regional taking place in Oakland after beating Southern California 2-0 in the afternoon on Tuesday before dropping a 4-2 decision to Hawaii a few hours later in the semifinal round. The Nogales Seniors finished 3-2.
Thornydale, the junior softball state champion, beat Oregon 13-8 Tuesday night to claim the final of the consolation bracket. Thornydale finished 2-2 at the Arthur Pack Complex with a sixth place finish.
Marana, the District 5 champion, lost to Alaska 9-2 Tuesday morning. The loss gave Marana a 2-2 record at the West Regional and a fourth place finish. Cadence Beck went 1 for 3 with an RBI and Bella Sayre went 1 for 2. Malia Mills, Aubrianna Gray, Beck and Adalaide Bradshaw saw pitching action for Marana.
In the Thornydale game, Rhiannon Plunkett went 2 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBI, Sadie Brown went 2 for 5 with a triple and an RBI, Lindsey Sanchez went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI, Kaylee Moussette went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI, and Rylee Harper and Elizabeth Lujan had 2 hits each. Moussette picked up the win with 6 strikeouts.
TUESDAY, JULY 26
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
No. 2 Sunnyside 11, No. 7 No. Cal 1 (5)
No. 3 So. Cal 13, No. 6 Nogales 3
SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: OAKLAND
Nogales 2, So. California 0
Hawaii 4, Nogales 2 (Semifinal)
JUNIOR SOFTBALL WEST REGION: ARTHUR PACK (D-5)
Nunaka (AK) 9, Marana 2 (Elimination)
Thornydale 13, La Grande (OR) 8 (Consolation Final)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
50/70 WEST REGION: NOGALES (D-8)
No. 2 Sunnyside vs. So. California, 5 p.m. (Semifinal)
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