Prep Baseball Report

Arizona Playoffs: 1st Round


Brett Thorney
State Scouting Director

The Arizona High School playoffs are off & running with the 1st round already completed. The 2nd round is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11th. We saw our fair share of big performances on Saturday. Below you will see scores with a couple of those performances highlighted from the day. Be sure to follow us on twitter & instagram throughout the duration of the state tournament as PBR will be out covering each round.

Playoff scores & highlights

6A

AWAY SCORE HOME SCORE
No. 16 Mountain Pointe 3 No. 1 Hamilton 7
No. 9 Basha 7 No. 8 Corona Del Sol 5
No. 12 Tucson 0 No. 5 Red Mountain 6
No. 13 Sunnyslope 0 No. 4 Alhambra 1
No. 14 Perry 4 No. 3 Mountain Ridge 7
No. 11 Brophy College Prep 1 No. 6 Sandra Day O'Connor 2
No. 10 Queen Creek 0 No. 7 Chaparral 3
No. 15 Chandler 3 No. 2 Liberty 4

5A

AWAY SCORE HOME SCORE
5A    
No. 16 Centennial 7 No. 1 Millennium 8
No. 9 Sunnyside 2 No. 8 Casteel 6
No. 12 Marana 1 No. 5 Sunrise Mountain 2
No. 13 Cienega 2 No. 4 Canyon View 4
No. 14 Ironwood Ridge 3 No. 3 Desert Mountain 11
No. 11 Apollo 2 No. 6 Nogales 0
No. 10 Catalina Foothills 1 No. 7 Higley 6
No. 15 Casa Grande 2 No. 2 Horizon 12

4A

AWAY SCORE HOME SCORE
4A    
No. 16 Paradise Honors 0 No. 1 Canyon Del Oro 20
No. 9 Thunderbird 2 No. 8 Notre Dame Prep 4
No. 12 St. Mary's 1 No. 5 Flagstaff 11
No. 13 Marcos de Niza 1 No. 4 Salpointe 11
No. 14 Coconino 4 No. 3 Poston Butte 14
No. 11 Bradshaw Mountain 8 No. 6 Vista Grande 13
No. 10 Seton Catholic 4 No. 7 Saguaro 3
No. 15 Buckeye Union 1 No. 2 Mesquite 11

 

2021 RHP Daniel Avitia (Alhambra)- Grand Canyon commit, throws a no hitter in the 1st round of playoffs to take the 1-run victory. Avitia struck out 7 batters in the game. 

2023 3B Tyler Clementz (Basha) hits a clutch 3-run double in the 7th inning to tie the game versus Corona Del Sol. 2021 C Tanner Smith (Oregon State commit) hit a go ahead 2-run blast in extras and also held the Aztecs on the mound to earn the 1st round win.

2021 RHP Colin Hunter (Chaparral)- Sacramento State commit, went the complete game on the mound for the Firebird where he pitched a shutout. Hunter struck out 6 batters while allowing 2 hits and 2 walks. 2022 OF Jackson Estes hit a 2-run in the 2nd inning to put the Firebirds up 3-0. 

2021 LHP Brock Selvidge (Hamilton)- LSU commit, had a big day for the Huskies starting on the mound and hitting cleanup. Struckout 12 batters in 5.1 innings while allowing a single ER on 3 hits and 5 walks. Selvidge also hit a double and 2-run HR in the game. 2023 Josh Tiedemann was also 3 for 3 with a double.

2021 RHP RJ Elmore (Red Mountain)- Grand Canyon Commit, pitches a complete game shutout for the Mountain Lions against a strong Tucson team. 

2021 RHP Alex Nieblas (Apollo)- led the Hawks on the mound to an upset victory over strong Nogales. Nieblas pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 4 batters while allowing 5 hits. 

 

Related Content