MONDAY, JULY 17
ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
Rincon 3, Cactus Foothills 2
Arcadia 13, CDO 5
Rincon’s Dom Hainley and Zane Brinkley recorded their team’s lone hits and Calvin Williams dominated on the mound allowing only two hits with 12 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings in the 3-2 victory over Cactus Foothills.
Rincon rallied for a 2-0 lead in the top of the second After Richie Cantabrana walked and Brinkley singled with one out. Cantabrana and Brinkley later scored on wild pitches with two outs.
Rincon took a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning when Hunter Russell, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, scored on a wild pitch after moving to second and third on a passed ball.
Three errors by Rincon allowed Cactus Foothills to load the bases before a hit-by-pitch forced in a run in the bottom of the fifth.
With two outs and runner on first in the sixth for Cactus Foothills, Williams was relieved by Russell, who got the lone batter he faced to ground out to end the game.
ARIZONA STATE 9-11 BASEBALL SIERRA VISTA
Litchfield Park 4, Nogales 1 (Nogales Eliminated)
ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Sierra Vista 2, Maricopa 1
Canyon View 6, Litchfield Park 1
Lake Havasu 7, Sunnyside 6
Sierra Vista, the District 8 champions, scored both of its runs in the top of the first inning when Crue Isaacson led off with a triple and then scored when Jace Jordan followed with an infield single. Riley Shamas’ double with still no outs knocked in Jordan to put Sierra Vista ahead 2-0.
That proved to be enough run support for starting pitcher Julius Pacheco and Isaacson and Jordan, who came in on relief. Pacheco limited Maricopa to two hits in 3 1/3 innings while striking out eight. Crue pitched a hitless 1 2/3 with two strikeouts and Jordan struck out the side in the seventh to earn the save.
Canyon View, the District 5 champions, were led by Luke Newman’s two hits and two RBIs, including a home run, in its win over Litchfield Park.
Lukas Gerlach also had an RBI double and a run for Canyon View.
Ethan Burnside, Newman and Miles Anderson combined on the strong pitching performance. Burnside struck out eight with one walk in 4 2/3 innings while scattering four hits. Newman pitched a scoreless inning and Anderson finished the game by striking out the last batter.
ARIZONA STATE JUNIOR BASEBALL TEMPE
Western 10, Nogales 7
Western, the District 5 champions, tallied 11 hits, led by Xavier Silvas and Yandel Rios-Arvayo each hitting two in the second-round victory.
Silvas tripled, scored three runs and had three RBIs, and Rios-Arvayo, the starting pitcher, had two doubles, two runs and two RBIs.
Nicolas Ahumada also had a two-run single.
Rios-Arvayo struck out eight batters while scattering three hits in four innings for the victory.
TUESDAY, JULY 18
ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
Douglas vs. Casa Grande, 5:15 p.m. (Elimination)
ARIZONA STATE 9-11 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SIERRA VISTA
Rincon vs. Litchfield Park, 6 p.m. (If game Wednesday)
ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Sierra Vista vs. Red Mountain, 5 p.m.
Canyon View vs. Mt. Graham, 6:30 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Arcadia, 5 p.m. (Elimination)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
CDO vs. Prescott Valley, 6:30 p.m. (Elimination)
ARIZONA STATE JUNIOR BASEBALL TEMPE
Western vs. TBD, 5:45 p.m.
Randolph vs. Nogales, 7:45 p.m. (Elimination)
THURSDAY, JULY 20
ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
Rincon vs. Ahwatukee, 5:15 p.m.
WEST REGION 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
(Nogales, Douglas)
SATURDAY, JULY 22
WEST REGION JUNIOR SOFTBALL ARTHUR PACK
Mesa Four Peaks vs. Oregon, 8 a.m.
Marana vs. Northern California, 10 am.
WEST REGION SENIOR BASEBALL OAKLAND
(San Xavier)
SUNDAY, JULY 23
WEST REGION LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL SAN BERNARDINO
Willcox vs. Nevada/Utah winner, 9 a.m. (ESPN+)
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