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Star debuts new weekly sports feature: The Home Team
Editor's note: Today, the Star debuts a new weekly feature on Southern Arizonans in the minor leagues. "The Home Team: Minor-Leaguers with Sou…
High school baseball: Back-and-forth title game won by Desert Christian
PHOENIX - For Desert Christian starting pitcher Andrew Edwards, it was a day to forget. The night, though, is something he and the rest of the…
State baseball: I-Ridge, Tucson battle but lose
Ironwood Ridge handed Notre Dame Prep its first playoff loss back on May 2, but it was the Saints who got the last laugh, winning 3-2 in eight…
High school baseball: Fountain Hills slips past Empire
SURPRISE - With two outs and runners on first and second base, Empire shortstop Ryan Stewart dove to his right stopping a grounder from enteri…
Baseball: Desert Christian 10, Pima 0: Shutout gives Eagles chance at 1st state title
PHOENIX - It didn't take long for No. 17 Pima High School to put a scare into fourth-seeded Desert Christian on Friday.
Baseball: Empire 13, Payson 3: Ravens roll, clinch spot in state title game
The Empire high school baseball team is headed to the Division III state championship for the second time in the school's short history after …
State baseball: Nighthawks still have life despite loss
GLENDALE - Ironwood Ridge had won 10 consecutive games coming into Thursday night's showdown with the defending state champions.
State baseball: Scottsdale Desert Mountain 5, Tucson 4: Badgers fall to losers bracket
TEMPE - The message after Tucson High lost to top-seeded Scottsdale Desert Mountain 5-4 at Tempe Diablo Stadium on Thursday night was loud and clear.
High school baseball: Sahuaro 4, Nogales 3: Cougars survive on a wing and a big hit
Verdugo strikes out 18 before Sanchez wins it in 7th with RBI single
State baseball: Tucson 6, Phoenix Mountain Pointe 3: Badgers' bats come alive; semis next
TEMPE - After compiling seven hits in the first five innings of the game, Tucson High equaled that total in the sixth inning.
State baseball: Ironwood Ridge 13, Nogales 3, 5 innings: Nighthawks just 1 win from title game
GLENDALE - With one swing of that bat, senior Devin Harrison put Ironwood Ridge one win away from a trip to the Division II state championship game.
State baseball: Malis leads Desert Christian; Pusch Ridge, Empire advance
GOODYEAR - Desert Christian lost its state tournament opener last season with freshman Zach Malis on the mound.
state Baseball: Apaches win shocker; I-Ridge earns victory
SURPRISE - It only seemed fitting in a city called Surprise that Nogales would pull off one of the biggest stunners in the Division II state b…
state Baseball: Tucson 6, Scottsdale Chaparral 1: Tucson turns up heat late, beats Chaparral
PHOENIX - Tucson High School had no hits all night. Not one. Zero through the first four innings.
Baseball: Sunnyslope 8, Sahuaro 5: Cougars can't climb out of early hole
GLENDALE - Sahuaro scored four times in the bottom of the seventh inning on Thursday, but it was too late to overcome an early seven-run defic…
High school baseball: Sahuaro's Verdugo answers call
Entering the game with the second-most strikeouts in the state, an ERA barely above 1.00 and a record of 8-0, Sahuaro's Alex Verdugo pitched a…
Greg Hansen: Sahuaro pitcher is next can't-miss kid
At a school that has won three state championships and produced major-league ballplayers Jim Olander, Sammy Khalifa, Tom Wiedenbauer and John …
High schools: Verdugo, Sahuaro thinking state title
At a school that has won three state championships and produced major-league ballplayers Jim Olander, Sammy Khalifa, Tom Wiedenbauer and John …
High school baseball state playoffs: Nuñez delivers in clutch for Sunnyside
Sunnyside junior Lazaro Nuñez had come through with two clutch hits already.
Sierra Vista Buena 6, Sunnyside 7
Sunnyside took a 7-6 walk-off victory over Sierra Vista Buena in their first-round high school playoff game.
April 27, 2013 4:05 pm PhotosPhotos
Baseball: Rio Rico shortstop sets 2 records
If you blinked, you might have missed Rio Rico senior shortstop Ben Mauseth.
Baseball: Cienega 10, Sabino 3: Bobcats stay on roll as postseason nears
Cienega left-hander Jake Repavich pitched a complete-game gem Thursday afternoon, leading the Bobcats to their fifth straight win, but he wasn…
Baseball: Matthews in demand
Jake Matthews' four years at Ironwood Ridge are almost over, but his future on the diamond is bright.
High school Baseball: Sahuaro 8, Sierra Vista Buena 0: Verdugo fans 14 to help Cougars shut out Colts
Sahuaro used timely hitting, solid defense and dominant pitching to quiet the Sierra Vista Buena bats and win 8-0 at Hal Eustice Field on Tuesday.
High school Baseball: Sahuaro 8, Sierra Vista Buena 0: Verdugo fans 14 to help Cougars shut out Colts
Sahuaro used timely hitting, solid defense and dominant pitching to quiet the Sierra Vista Buena bats and win 8-0 at Hal Eustice Field on Tuesday.
HS Baseball: Desert Christian 10, Pusch Ridge Christian 5: Pitcher flirts with no-hitter, gets complete-game victory
The last time the two Division IV high school baseball rivals met, Pusch Ridge Christian came away with a comfortable four-run victory at home.
High school baseball: Ironwood Ridge 18, Canyon del Oro 6, 5 innings: Nighthawks avenge loss with 4 homers
For the second time in less than a week bitter rivals Ironwood Ridge and Canyon del Oro got together to battle it out.
High School Baseball: Chris Moon Memorial Classic: Pitcher Robles leads Badgers to title
After walking the first batter he faced, Tucson pitcher Alex Robles settled down and tossed seven shutout innings in the championship game of …
High school baseball: Robles leads Tucson High to Chris Moon title
After walking the first batter he faced, Tucson pitcher Alex Robles settled down and tossed seven shutout innings in the championship game of …
Baseball: Tucson 14, Arvada (Colo.) 7: Badgers adjust to hard thrower, advance to final
Facing what Tucson High baseball coach Oscar Romero considers the hardest thrower his team has seen this season, the Badgers' bats were quiet …
High school baseball: Salpointe Catholic 13, Catalina Foothills 6: Early lead propels Lancers
Catalina Foothills registered two home runs Tuesday night, but visiting Salpointe Catholic used a big second inning and a strong outing from s…
High school baseball: Nogales finds Dorados to be most dangerous with 2 outs
Two-out hitting can make or break a game.
Spring training: HRs give Sunnyside grad hope
The weather tells the story perfectly.
March 19, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Boys volleyball: Kowalski on outside fitting in
At just 5 feet 11 inches, sophomore Cole Kowalski is not your prototypical outside hitter.
High school baseball: For 10-0 I-Ridge, absurd offensive stats are just the cherry on top
Ironwood Ridge’s baseball team is 10-0 and averaging more than 15 runs a game.
Spring Training: Mariner's voyage an epic one
PEORIA - The comeback story Tom Wilhelmsen most likes to talk about these days is the one about how he pitched two days after his daughter, Ha…
High School Baseball: Tucson 4, Mountain View 3: Badgers rally behind Dicochea's 10 K's
Tucson outlasted Mountain View on Friday night, thanks in large part to timely at-bats and junior pitcher Martin Dicochea.
Baseball season preview: Cougars knew from day one they had star in Verdugo, now a junior
Alex Verdugo may be the closest thing Tucson has to Roy Hobbs from "The Natural."
Gaona in the game: Former Lancer set to sport big bat for No. 1-ranked Razorbacks
Two years ago today, Joe Serrano was getting set for his senior season with the Salpointe Catholic baseball team.
Lancers put coach into semis of state playoffs for first time in career
Dennis Bene has been the head coach at Salpointe Catholic since 2001. He's won 104 regular-season games and has produced some of the best tale…
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