Copper Hills (Sahuarita) beat Randolph 12-7 on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the District 12 Little League Softball Tournament held at Manzanita Park but Randolph tied the series up 1-1 on 9-6 win Friday night and an 11-6 victory on Saturday clinched the District championship for the team from Field of Dreams.
The reward for Randolph is a trip to the State Tournament slated to start July 5 in Verde Valley, specifically the Riverfront Youth Park in Cottonwood. Thornydale (Arthur Pack) will represent District 5 and Willcox will represent District 8.
Copper Hills took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI groundout from Jolette Trujillo, scoring Zoe Zincke. Randolph went up 2-1 on back-to-back bases-loaded walks issued to Analyiah Salazar and Kayla Robles but Copper Hills took a 4-2 in the bottom half of the inning. Isla Morsell, Samiah Bright and Zincke collected RBIs.
Randolph responded with two runs in the third to go up 4-3, fueled by an RBI from Deylani Gutierrez. Randolph added another run in the fourth on an RBI walk from Mya Drow and three more in the top of the fifth on a three-run shot from Analee Allen to go up 8-4.
Robles limited Copper Hills to an unearned run in the fifth and a run in the sixth on an RBI from Trujillo but RBIs from Mellanie Beltran and Shea Owen in the top half of the sixth proved too much to overcome.
Zincke went 2-2 with an RBI to lead Copper Hills and Allen went 2-3 with a home run and three RBI. Noheli Parra and Vynessa Felix took the circle for Copper Hills.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
D12: 8-10 BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
Copper Hills 11, Randolph 1 (Elimination)
San Xavier 16, Cactus 0 (Elimination)
D12: 9-11 BASEBALL AT ANAMAX
Rincon 15, San Xavier 0 (CHAMPIONSHIP)
Cohesive & aggressive Rincon All-Stars earned the District 12 9-10-11 championship tonight. The team is a perfect example of putting Little League ahead of club ball during the summer, developing as players, getting the most out their team chemistry — all with parent buy-in. The… pic.twitter.com/prN7DLIkZ3
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) June 30, 2024
D12: LL BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
Los Ninos 11, SW Foothills 2 (Elimination)
San Xavier 12, Empire 2 (Elimination)
D12: JUNIOR BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
Sunnyside 6, San Xavier 0
D12: LL SOFTBALL AT MANZANITA
Randolph 11, Copper Hills 6 (CHAMPIONSHIP)
Randolph pitcher Kayla Robles limited Copper Hills (Sahuarita) to two runs after the second inning to help her team to an 11-6 victory in the District 12 Softball Little League championship. The team from Field of Dreams is headed to Verde Valley for state starting July 5. pic.twitter.com/nKdkaH6bgQ
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) June 30, 2024
MONDAY, JULY 1
D12: 8-10 BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
Rincon vs. Empire, 5:15 p.m.
Copper Hills vs. San Xavier, 7:45 p.m. (Elimination)
D12: LL BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
Cactus vs. Copper Hills, 5:15 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Rincon, 7:45 p.m.
D12: JUNIOR BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
San Xavier vs. Sunnyside, 6:30 p.m. (CHAMPIONSHIP)
TUESDAY, JULY 2
D12: LL BASEBALL AT MANZANITA
Los Ninos vs. TBD, 5:15 p.m. (Elimination)
San Xavier vs, TBD, 7:45 p.m. (Elimination)
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