Tucson Little League Baseball & Softball

Frog & Firkin Little League Report: Sunnyside Excelling with Dominating Wins for Majors and Juniors in State Tournaments and Seniors Starting Regionals


Please note that teams from District 5, 8 and 12 are in our coverage area.

West Regional Seniors Baseball
Sacramento, Calif.

Thursday
Opening round
Arizona (Sunnyside/District 12) vs. Oregon, 1 p.m.

West Regional Intermediates Baseball
Nogales Fleischer Field

Wednesday
Opening round
Arizona (Sierra Vista/District 8) vs. Nogales (Host/District 8), 6 p.m.

Arizona Juniors State Baseball
Sierra Vista Arbenz and Cole fields

Tuesday
Second round
Western (District 5) — 1
Nogales (District 8) — 3

Top Western performer: P Troy Ituralde, 1 for 3 with an RBI and 6 IP allowing two hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk.

Top Nogales performers: P Esteban Acevedo, 7 IP with five hits allowed and nine strikeouts and one walk; Alan Durazo, 1 for 2 with two runs; and Uriel Quintero, 1 for 3 with a run.

Sunnyside (District 12) — 16
Paradise Valley (District 3) — 4 (five innings)

Sunnyside’s Diego Pinedo accepting congratulations after winning the District 12 title (Javier Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

Top Sunnyside performers: Jeovanni Toledo, 2 for 3 with two runs, double, HR and three RBIs and 4 IP with six strikeouts and three walks; Roman Basurto, 1 for 3 with two runs, HR and two RBIs; Diego Pinedo, 2 for 3 with a run and RBI; and Cesar Orosco, 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs and 2 IP with two hits allowed and four strikeouts and no walks.

Wednesday
Winners bracket final
Nogales (District 8) vs. Sunnyside (District 12), 8 p.m.

Elimination bracket
Western (District 5) vs. Tolleson West End (District 2) , 5 p.m.

Arizona Majors State Baseball
Kingman Southside Park

Tuesday
Second round
Sunnyside (District 12) — 19
Sierra Vista (District 8) — 2 (five innings)

Top Sunnyside performers: C Jordan Mayboca, 3 for 4 with three runs, double, HR (grand slam) and four RBIs; P Francisco Rivero, 3 for 5 with two runs, double and two RBIs and 5 IP with three hits allowed and eight strikeouts and one walk; 3B Angel Armenta, 2 for 4 with three runs, double and RBI; SS Damian Lorta, 1 for 1 with three runs, HR and an RBI; LF Jorge Zazueta, 1 for 2, one run, HR (grand slam) and four RBIs; P Michael Muniz, 1 IP with no hits allowed and two strikeouts and no walks.

Sunnyside after winning the District 12 Little League title (Javier Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

Wednesday
Elimination bracket
Canyon View (District 5) vs. Queen Creek (District 14), 5:30 p.m.
Sierra Vista (District 8) vs. McCormick Ranch (District 6), 8 p.m.

Thursday
Winners bracket semifinal
Sunnyside (District 12) vs. Tempe South (District 13), 8 p.m.

Arizona 9-11 State Baseball
Flagstaff Dawson Field

Tuesday
Second round
Oro Valley (District 5) — 16
Mohave Valley (District 9) — 0 (three innings)

Top Oro Valley performers: LF Regen Mazura, 3 for 3 with two doubles, triple and three RBIs; 2B Cody Milne, 1 for 2, one run and one RBI; Christian Soder, 2 for 2 with three runs and three RBIs; C Peyton Carson, 1 for 3 with one run, HR (grand slam) and four RBIs; RF Cole Newton, 1 for 3 with one run and one RBI; 3B Fabian Acuna, 1 for 2 with one run and one RBI; P DiAngelo Alexander, 3 IP with no hits allowed with seven strikeouts and six walks and 1 for 3 with one run and one RBI; and Cruz Valdivia, 1 for 1, one run, triple and an RBI.

Oro Valley’s Christian Soder (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

Nogales (District 8) — 17
Arcadia (District 6) — 2 (three innings)

Top Nogales performers: Xaciel Garcia, 2 for 2 with two runs, HR and two RBIs; E.J. Mayer, 2 for 2 with a double, two runs and two RBIs; Esteban Vasquez, 1 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs; Juan Pablo Tapia, 2 for 3 with two doubles and two runs

Wednesday
Elimination bracket
Freedom (District 12) vs. Four Peaks (District 7), 7 p.m.

Thursday
Winners bracket semifinal
Oro Valley (District 5) vs. Nogales (District 8), 7 p.m.

Arizona 8-10 State Baseball
Tempe Sports Complex

Tuesday
Winners bracket semifinals
Santa Rita (District 12) — 0
Queen Creek (District 14) — 13 (four innings)

Elimination bracket
Canyon View (District 5) — 13
Red Mountain (District 7) — 18

Nogales (District 8) — 2
Chandler North (District 13) — 5

Wednesday
Elimination bracket
Santa Rita (District 12) vs. Chandler North (District 13), 6 p.m.

West Regional Juniors Softball
Arthur Pack Regional Park

Thursday
Opening round
Thornydale (Host/District 5) vs. Washington, 7:30 p.m.

West Regional Seniors Softball
Missoula, Mont.

Friday
Opening round
Arizona (Sierra Vista/District 8) vs. Hawaii, 9 a.m.

Arizona 9-11 State Softball
Sierra Vista Domingo Paiz Fields

Tuesday
Second round
Sierra Vista (District 8) — 0
Cactus Foothills (District 3) — 19

Elimination bracket
Tucson Mountain (District 5) — 3
Flagstaff (District 1) — 18

Sunnyside (District 12) — 2
Avondale (District 2) — 17

Wednesday
Elimination bracket
Sierra Vista (District 8) vs. Flagstaff (District 1), 5:30 p.m.


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