Little League

Canyon View advances in Little League action, Intermediate West Region starts Thursday in Nogales

By Andy Morales

Posted on July 19, 2023

Rincon took second place at the Arizona State 9-11 Baseball Championship that took place in Sierra Vista. The team from the Vail area lost to Litchfield Park 5-3 in the final Wednesday night. (Rincon LL Photo)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19

ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
CDO 14, Prescott Valley 2 (Elimination)
Cactus Foothills 15, Douglas 0 (Douglas eliminated)

CDO’s Drew Godoy had two hits and drove in two runs in CDO’s win in four innings over Prescott Valley and three pitchers combined to allow only three hits — Connor O’Shea, Logan D’Amore and Eli Hammett. O’Shea also scored twice and had an RBI and Hammett had two hits (including a triple) and had two runs. Other standouts for CDO: Theo Honke III had an RBI double and two runs, and Boaz Chop and Oliver Shawyer each drove in a run. CDO next plays Lake Havasu in an elimination-bracket game Thursday at 7:45 p.m.

ARIZONA STATE 9-11 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SIERRA VISTA
Litchfield Park 5, Rincon 3

ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Cactus Foothills 12, Sierra Vista 5
Canyon View 8, Lake Havasu 2
Sunnyside 12, Red Mountain 2 (Elimination)

Canyon View’s Easton Altherr allowed five hits and no earned runs in 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in his team’s win over Lake Havasu. He also hit a double and scored. Canyon View plays Cactus Foothills in the winner’s bracket final Thursday. If it wins, it advances to the championship round starting Tuesday. A loss would force Canyon View to the elimination-bracket final on Saturday. Ethan Burnside hit a two-run home in the win over Lake Havasu. Luke Newman had an RBI double and Colin Tumlinson also drove in a run.

Sunnyside earned its second win the elimination bracket with the victory over Red Mountain. David Blasi and Luis Romero each drove in two runs. Blasi had a double. Emiliano Medina had two hits and an RBI. Giovanni Figueroa, Santiago Zepeda and Ozzie Guadarrama combined to limit Red Mountain to five hits. Sunnyside next plays Litchfield Park on Thursday at 5 p.m. in an elimination-bracket game.

ARIZONA STATE JUNIOR BASEBALL TEMPE
Cactus Foothills 9, Western 2
Randolph 4, Nogales 1 (Nogales eliminated)

Andrew Hendrick scattered five hits in 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and five walks in Randolph’s win over Nogales. Marlon Sanchez earned the save allowing one hit in 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and a walk. Cesar Hernandez’s RBI single in the sixth put Randolph ahead 2-1. Milo Vasquez’s walk with the bases loaded added on to the lead. Christian Salazar, who walked in the seventh, later scored on an error for the game’s final run. Randolph next plays an elimination-bracket game Friday against an opponent to be determined.

THURSDAY, JULY 20

ARIZONA STATE 8-10 BASEBALL PURPLE HEART
Rincon vs. Ahwatukee, 5:15 p.m.
CDO vs. Lake Havasu, 7:45 p.m. (Elimination)

ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Canyon View vs. Cactus Foothills, 6 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Litchfield Park, 5 p.m. (Elimination)

WEST REGION 50/70 BASEBALL NOGALES
Nogales vs. Idaho, 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JULY 21

ARIZONA STATE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FLAGSTAFF
Sierra Vista vs. TBD, 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. TBD, 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.