Photo: Josh Miller applies the tag on Carson Brown, who was called safe on the play
Varsity Baseball
The Deer Valley Skyhawks scored nine runs in the fifth and six innings to beat the Prescott Badgers 11-5 at Prescott High School yesterday.
The Skyhawks took a 1-0 lead on Badgers starter Lukas Barrett. The lead was short lived as Ethan Ammerman gave the Badgers the lead in the bottom of the first. The one out single, scored Luke Carmick and Brendan Costes, both of whom also singled.
The Skyhawks would tie the score in the second, but the Badgers would regain the lead 3-2 in the fourth. Ammerman doubled and scored on a Tyson Potts single.
Barrett started, but was replaced by Adrian Sanderford in the fifth as Deer Valley had six base runners cross home plate. Hits by Rudy Gonzales, Josh Palm, Casey Parks, and Mike McDougall led the attack and an 8-3 lead.
Josh Miller and Sam Strasser scored in the fifth on singles by Carmick and Costes, to trim the deficit to 8-5.
The Skyhawks (7-6), loaded the bases in the sixth, so Ryan Orvis was brought in to relieve Sanderford. McDougall did some more damage coming up with a bases clearing double to open the lead up to 11-5.
Prescott would strand two runners in the sixth, and one more in the seventh, as Deer Valley closed out the game with the six run win. Coach Barry Tolli said, “I thought Lukas Barrett did a good job competing for us to keep us in the game. We had a let down inning defensively, dropping popups and giving away outs. We have to shorten innings.”
The Badgers (6-6) will hit the road today as they travel to Bullhead City to face the Mohave Thunderbirds. Two games are on tap, as the teams will make up the rained out game on Tuesday first.
DEER VALLEY SKYHAWKS 11, PRESCOTT BADGERS 5
Innings- 123 456 7 – R H E
Deer Valley 110 063 0 – 11 11 0
Prescott 200 120 0 – 5 10 3
WP-Parks
LP- Barrett
SCOREBOARD
Northwest Christian 10, Chino Valley 5
Mingus 8, Flagstaff 6
Apache Junction 9, Marcos de Niza 5
Shadow Mountain 6, Barry Goldwater 2
Wickenburg 12, Camp Verde 2
Varsity Softball
The Prescott Badgers slipped past the Deer Valley Skyhawks 7-6, in Glendale. RJ Parra went the distance in the circle, with 13 strikeouts to pick up the win.
The game was close throughout, but the Badgers broke a 3-3 tie, with three runs in the fifth to go ahead 6-3. Prescott added what turned out to be the winning run in the sixth to go up 7-4. The Skyhawks would close the gap with two in the bottom of the inning to get within 7-6. Neither team was able to score in their final at bat.
Ruby Tessman had three hits and two RBIs. Ava Hlavacek had a pair of hits with two RBIs. Leigha Walker and Elle Long both had a pair of hits, with Walker picking up an RBI, as did Kennedy Carr.
Prescott (7-8) will host Tempe on Friday at 4:00 pm. Deer Valley falls to (11-6).
PRESCOTT BADGERS 7, DEER VALLEY SKYHAWKS 6
Innings- 123 456 7 – R H E
Prescott 102 031 0 – 7 12 5
Deer Valley 102 012 0 – 6 5 4
WP-Parra
LP-N/A
SCOREBOARD
Coconino 5, Bradshaw Mountain 2
Northwest Christian 7, Chino Valley 2
Flagstaff 4, Mingus 3
St. Mary’s 20, Moon Valley 10
Peoria 15, Barry Goldwater 5
Wickenburg 8, Camp Verde 0
