Canyon View took a 7-1 lead over Cactus Foothills (Cave Creek) in the second inning Thursday night and the team from Mehl Park never really looked back in a 13-6 win to advance to the state championship series of the Arizona Little League state championship held in Flagstaff. Canyon View will play next on Tuesday night (July 25) against the winner of the Elimination Bracket.
Sunnyside and Sierra Vista are still alive in the Elimination Bracket with Sunnyside taking on Lake Havasu Friday at 5 p.m. and Sierra Vista will play Ahwatukee at 7 p.m. Cactus Foothills is also in the elimination phase and the overall winner will need to beat Canyon View twice.
Lukas Gerlach and Anderson Miles took the mound for Canyon View and the two combined for eight strikeouts. Ethan Burnside hit two home runs and Gerlach added a double. Colin Tumlinson went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Easton Altherr and Miles added an RBI each.
Rincon scored seven runs in the top of the first against Ahwatukee Thursday night at the 8-10 state championship taking place at Purple Heart Park near Vail. Rincon will take on Arcadia Friday at 5:15 p.m. in the final round of the winner’s bracket. Braxton Sapp, Dom Hainley and Grant Barnes combined for the win. Hunter Russell went 2-3 with three RBIs on a double and a triple. Barnes had two RBIs and Zane Brinkley added two more.
CDO lost to Lake Havasu in an 8-10 elimination game late Thursday night. CDO led 4-2 after two innings and that lead held up until the top of the sixth where Lake Havasu scored two earned runs and five unearned to take a 9-4 lead. The team from Kriegh Park battled back in the bottom of the sixth with Logan D’Amore coming through with a leadoff single, followed by an error to put Patrick Picton on. Eli Hammett knocked in D’Amore to cut the lead down to 9-5 and then Oliver Shawver reached on an infield bunt to load the bases.
Lake Havasu picked up two strikeouts but Boaz Chop followed that setback with a bases-clearing triple to cut the lead down to 9-8. Lake Havasu held on with one final strikeout to stay alive in the tournament.
AJ Bourland, Jake Mott, Theodore Honke III and Picton pitched for CDO. Chop went 2-3 with a triple and three RBIs, Connor O’Shea had an RBI double, Bourland had a double, Andrew Godoy had a triple, D’Amore went 2-2 with an RBI, Picton had a 2-RBI home run and Hammett had an RBI.
THURSDAY, JULY 20
ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
Rincon 13, Ahwatukee 3
Lake Havasu 9, CDO 8 (CDO eliminated)
ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Canyon View 13, Cactus Foothills 6
Sunnyside 5, Litchfield Park 4 (Elimination)
Giovanni Figueroa had two hits and a run and Carlo Rivero allowed only two hits and recorded nine strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings of relief to lead Sunnyside to its victory over Litchfield Park. Sunnyside advances to elimination-bracket quarterfinals to play Lake Havasu at 5 p.m. today. Sierra Vista plays Ahwatukee at 7:30 in another elimination-bracket quarterfinal game. If Sunnyside and Sierra Vista win, they would play each other Saturday in the elimination-bracket semifinals.
WEST REGION 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
Nogales 11, Idaho 5
FRIDAY, JULY 21
ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
Rincon vs. Arcadia, 5:15 p.m.
ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Sunnyside vs. Lake Havasu, 5 p.m. (Elimination)
Sierra Vista vs. Ahwatukee, 7:30 p.m. (Elimination)
ARIZONA STATE JUNIOR BASEBALL TEMPE
Randolph vs. TBD, 7:45 p.m. (Elimination)
WEST REGION 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
Douglas vs. Alaska, 5 p.m.
Nogales vs. Hawaii, 8 p.m.
WEST REGION SENIOR BASEBALL OAKLAND
San Xavier vs. Northern California 7 p.m.
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 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
Nogales vs. Oregon, 8 a.m.
Douglas vs. Hawaii, 8 a.m.
ARIZONA STATE JUNIOR BASEBALL TEMPE
Western vs. TBD, 6:30 p.m. (Elimination)
SUNDAY, JULY 23
WEST REGION LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL SAN BERNARDINO
Willcox vs. Nevada/Utah winner, 9 a.m. (ESPN+)
WEST REGION 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
Nogales vs. Alaska, 8 a.m.
Douglas vs. Idaho, 11 a.m.
MONDAY, JULY 24
WEST REGION 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
Douglas vs. Washington, 5 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 25
ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FLAGSTAFF
Canyon View vs. TBD, 5 p.m.
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