Photo: 20 Adrian Sanderford gave up just one earned run in six innings of work
Varsity Baseball
The Bradshaw Mountain Bears were able to put out the fire in the bats of the Prescott Badgers with a 9-3 extra inning contest.
Prescott erupted for 28 runs just two days earlier, but could not find anything close to that at the plate in the regular season finale.
Prescott ends in second place in the Grand Canyon Region with a (9-3) mark. They are sitting at #9 in the latest AIA Division 4 rankings, but that may change as all the schools wrap up their regular seasons on Monday and Tuesday.
The Bears took a 2-0 lead in the second, but the Badgers took a 3-2 lead in the third. Bradshaw Mountain was able to scratch out a run in the fifth to tie the game at three off of Prescott starter Adrian Sanderford. The game remained tied till the Bears broke the game wide open with a six run inning. The Badgers were unable to duplicate a feat they accomplished earlier in the season with a seven run comeback win over Mingus.
Ivan Schuster had three hits. Jack Burton and Luke Tobin each had RBI doubles. Sanderford had a good outing on the mound and gave up just one earned run and four hits in six innings. Travis Gates had a solid seventh but he and Matt Hepperle were dinged up for the difference in the eighth.
TJ Drape went seven for the Bears allowing the three runs on nine hits. Garison Jones closed things out, allowing just one Prescott walk in the bottom of the eighth. Rylan Osbjornsen, Mason Hunt, and Shane Lievsay each had a pair of hits, with Osbjornsen and Joshua Wright picking up two RBIs.
The Badgers will wait and see who they will face in the playoffs at the end of the week. Bradshaw Mountain had a game cancelled with Coconino in March, leaving them a half game back of Prescott in the final standings.
BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 9, PRESCOTT BADGERS 3
Innings- 123 456 78 – R H E
Bradshaw Mountain 020 010 06 – 9 9 1
Prescott 003 000 00 – 3 9 1
WP:Drape
LP:Gates
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L Streak
Flagstaff (4) 10-1 21-5 W3
Prescott (9) 9-3 16-6 L1
Bradshaw Mountain (8) 8-3 15-9 W1
Coconino 5-5 15-9 L2
Mingus 4-6 12-13 W2
Lee Williams 2-8 3-19 W2
Mohave 0-12 3-23 L5
(#)-4A Division Rank in Top 20
SCOREBOARD
Bradshaw Mountain 9, Prescott 3
Mingus 20, Coconino 15
Flagstaff 11, Cactus 1
Varsity Softball
The Prescott Badgers wrapped up their regular season with an 11-4 loss to the Bradshaw Mountain Bears in Prescott Valley.
Kennedy Carr slammed two home runs and had a double with three RBIs for Prescott. Gracie Pereira had a pair of singles and an RBI. RJ Parra had a single and scored. Parra pitched the entire game striking out seven and suffered the loss. Only five of the 11 runs allowed were earned as the Badgers committed five errors.
Kodee Statler went the distance to pick up the win, allowing two earned runs and three hits with 13 strikeouts and zero walks. Bella Bianchi had three hits with an RBI. Carmen Marquez had two hits including a double with three RBIs. Kadence Williams had a two RBI triple, and Statler knocked in a pair with a double.
The Badgers finish in fourth place in the Grand Canyon Region and will to see where and when they will play on the playoffs. The Bears finish one game up in third.
BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 11. PRESCOTT BADGERS 4
Innings- 123 456 7 – R H E
Prescott 201 001 0 – 4 3 5
Bradshaw Mountain 306 020 x – 11 10 3
WP:Statler
LP:Parra
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L Streak
Coconino (5) 10-1 20-6 L1
Flagstaff (11) 8-3 18-8 W3
Bradshaw Mountain(10) 8-4 13-8 W1
Prescott (15) 7-5 17-10 L1
Mingus 2-8 6-14 W1
Mohave 2-9 8-17 L1
Lee Williams 1-8 6-12 W2
(#)-4A Division Rank in Top 20
SCOREBOARD
Bradshaw Mountain 11, Prescott 4
Coconino 1, Barry Goldwater 0
Flagstaff 18, Mohave 2, 5 innings
Lee Williams 12, Mohave Accelerated 11
