2025 Baseball

Saturday’s Southern Arizona high school baseball playoff standouts



Nogales pitcher Denzel Montijo pitched seven innings and went 3 for 3 with an RBI in the Apaches’ 2-1 win over Desert View in eight innings in the opening round game of the 5A state tournament (Nogales photo)

SATURDAY’S SOUTHERN ARIZONA BASEBALL 1A, 4A-6A FIRST ROUND GAMES

Nine Southern Arizona teams advance.

6A

No. 1 Corona del Sol 2, No. 16 Sunnyside 1

SUNNYSIDE

3B Diego Garcia, 1-3

SS Jorge Ruiz, 1-3

LF Jordan Mayboca, 1-3

P Alfredo Encinas, 6 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 4Ks

5A

No. 2 Canyon del Oro 7, No. 15 Campo Verde 3

CANYON DEL ORO

RF Adrian Encinas, 0-1, 2 runs, 3 walks

C Francisco Rivero, 1-4, 3 RBIs, HR

3B Peyton Carson, 1-4, run

2B Brayden Hoyler, 1-3, 2 RBIs, double

P Regen Mazura, 2-3, run (batting), 7 IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 7 Ks (win)

CF Gatlin Geile, 1-2, run, walk

LF Brady Mitchell, 0-0, run, 3 walks

No. 4 Catalina Foothills 14, No. 13 Lake Havasu 4, 6 innings

CATALINA FOOTHILLS

P Ganon Dwyer, 1-4, 3 RBIs

SS Bryce Weege, 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, double

3B Nate Shoemaker, 2-3, 3 runs, RBI

1B Yaxel Ledesma, 1-3, 2 runs, RBI

2B Jacob Bergthold, 1-2, 2 runs, RBI

LF Parker Jacome, 0-1, run, RBI

CF Alec Olivas, 2-3, run, RBI, triple

No. 5 Cienega 7, No. 12 Chaparral 6

CIENEGA

P/C Lute Chavez, 1-4, run (batting), 5 1/3, 3H, 4R, 2ER, 6BB, 6Ks

RF James Linzmeyer, 2-3, run, RBI, triple, stolen base

CF Anthony Montez, 2-3, run, RBI, double

2B AB Wach, 1-3, run, RBI

1B/P Carlos Davila, 0-2, 2 runs, walk (batting), 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (win)

3B Israel Hernandez, 1-2, RBI

No. 6 Nogales 2, No. 11 Desert View 1, 8 innings

DESERT VIEW

SS Yadier Acuna, 1-2, run, 2 walks

P Cristobal Lorta, 1-4, RBI (batting), 5 2/3 IP, 6H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 6Ks

NOGALES

2B Luis Diego Jacquez, 2-4

RF Ruben Celaya, 0-3, 2 runs

P Denzel Montijo, 3-3, RBI (batting), 7 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 9Ks

No. 10 Notre Dame 5, No. 7 Buena 1

BUENA

3B Branden Brown, 1-3, run, double

P Austin Cushman, 1-3, double (batting), 6 IP, 2H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 8Ks

4A

No. 1 Salpointe 8, No. 16 St. Mary’s 7

SALPOINTE

LF Paul Saffer, 2-3, run

CF Colton Raetzman, 1-2, 2 runs, RBI, 2 walks, double

C Lucas Shannon, 1-3, 4 RBIs, double

SS Aciel Guillen, 1-2, 2 runs, 2 walks, stolen base

1B Anthony Milo, 2-4, run, 3 RBIs, double

P Christopher Gutierrez, 2 IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3Ks (win)

No. 5 Ironwood Ridge 3, No. 12 Yuma 2, 8 innings

IRONWOOD RIDGE

CF Angel Figueroa, 1-4, 2 runs

SS Keanu Bracamonte, SS, 2-3, 2 RBIs, double (game-winning RBI in eighth inning), triple

P Wyatt Charnoki, 6 1/3 IP, 10H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 3Ks

P Seve Sissac, 1 2/3 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (win)

No. 11 Deer Valley 4, No. 6 Sahuarita 2

SAHUARITA

SS Ezra Vidal, 2-3, run

1B Josue Martinez, 1-4, run

2B Vincy Garcia, 1-3, RBI

LF Robbie Garcia, 3-3

No. 2 ALA-Queen Creek 5, No. 15 Mica Mountain 4

MICA MOUNTAIN

P Evan Wheeler, 1-3, run, RBI, HR

CF Ethan Hunt, 1-3, run, 2 stolen bases

C Mike Tanori, 1-3, RBI

LF Raydon Rocha, 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, HR

3B Jackson Barlet, 1-3, stolen base

1B Maddux Rocha, 1-2, RBI

1A

No. 5 Valley Union 6, No. 12 El Capitan 3

VALLEY UNION

P Dylan Mitchell, 1-2, run, RBI, stolen base (batting), 5 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 7Ks (win)

SS Steven Delacruz, 1-4, run, double

DH Maroney Flores, 2-2, RBI

RF Marshall Larson, 1-3, run, RBI

C Yahir Luna, 1-2, 2 runs, stolen base

3B Jose Avina, 1-3, 2 RBIs

LF Angel Caperon, 1-2, run

No. 6 San Manuel 10, No. 11 Duncan 0, 5 innings

SAN MANUEL

2B Edwardo Guerrero, 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, double

P Ivan Flores, 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, double (batting), 5 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 11Ks (win)

LF Nico Chavez-Molina, 0-2, run, RBI, stolen base

No. 7 St. David 8, No. 10 Anthem Prep 5 (9 inn.)

ST. DAVID

SS Grant Haymore, 0-3, 2 runs

P Owen Judd, 0-5, 2 runs (batting), 8 2/3 IP, 9H, 5R, 2ER, 3BB, 4Ks

1B Cooper Merrill, 2-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs, triple, home run

RF Clark Wilson, 3-4, RBI

2B Vincent Cabot, 1-4, run

No. 3 Mogollon 10, No. 14 Baboquivari 0

BABOQUIVARI

3B Jesse Buendia, 1-2

LF Henry Conde, 1-2, double

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