3A QUARTERFINALS
No. 7 Tanque Verde 2, No. 2 Show Low 0
Junior Claire Achilles pitched a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts in the road win for Tanque Verde (27-5) over Show Low (28-5).
Achilles, who came two walks away from a perfect game, improved to 11-0 with a 0.38 ERA. She pitched her fourth no-hitter this season and seventh in her career.
She is 27-3 with a 0.67 ERA in 167 1/3 innings in her career. She has 317 strikeouts and 37 walks.
Tanque Verde scored its first run in the top of the second after sophomore Aubrey Cantalicio led off the game with a double. After a fly out moved Cantalicio and a player was hit by a pitchm, Cantalicio scored on a sacrifice flry by sophomore Aubrey Skaggs.
Sophomore Ella Haggard led off the fourth inning with a double and scored with one out when Mikaela Jackson lined a double to right field.
Achilles outdueled Show Low senior Addi Clark (6-2). Clark gave up two runs on nine hits, while striking out one and walking three in a complete-game effort.
NEXT: Tanque Verde (27-5) will face rival Empire (24-6) in a semifinal game at Flowing Wells on Friday at 4 p.m.
No. 3 Empire 8, No. 6 Chandler Seton Catholic 5
Empire sophomore Vanessa Grijalva went 3 for 3 with five RBIs and also was the winning pitcher for the Ravens to beat Seton Catholic (18-4).
Grijalva (12-6) scattered 10 hits in seven innings and allowed five walks with five strikeouts.
Empire held on after taking a 6-0 lead after the first two innings. Seton Catholic cut the lead to 7-5 in the top of the sixth inning.
Grijalva’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth provided insurance.
Sophomore Kapri Tiggas hit a two-run home run in the first inning that put Empire ahead 2-0. She finished with four runs.
Freshmen Cazlynn Darling and Ava Norton each finished with two hits. Darling also had an RBI double.
5A SOFTBALL ROUND TWO
No. 4 Canyon del Oro 7, No. 5 Peoria Centennial 0
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No. 3 Phoenix Pinnacle 20, No. 6 Marana 5, 4 innings
Junior Brooke Beck hit a triple and home run and had four RBIs for Marana (28-5) in the loss at Pinnacle (20-8-1).
NEXT: The Tigers will host No. 7 Gilbert Highland (21-9) in an elimination game Thursday at 4 p.m.
1A QUARTERFINALS
No. 4 St. David 9, No. 5 Mogollon 4
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