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HS Roundup: March 16th

March 17, 2021
Brett Thorney
State Scouting Director

Welcome to the Arizona Daily Roundup. 

Baseball season is finally here. As of Friday, March 12th, the AIA high school baseball season is officially off and running. Throughout the spring, PBR will be posting Daily Roundup with some scores and select performances from past games. 

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POWER 25 GAMES

Tuesday, March 16th

AWAY SCORE HOME SCORE
No. 7 Chaparral 4 No.1 Hamilton 6
No. 2 Liberty 4 Centennial 2
Cesar Chavez 0 No. 3 Corona Del Sol 11
No. 12 Basha 0 No. 4 Red Mountain 10
No. 8 Sandra Day O'Connor 5 No.14 Horizon 2
Casteel 3 No. 12 Basha 9
Verrado 3 No. 9 Shadow Ridge 4
Alhambra 5 No. 10 Brophy  2
Raymond Kellis 0 No. 11 Desert Mountain 10
No. 13 Mountain Pointe 10 North 0
No. 15 Tucson 12 Mountain View Marana 0
Skyline 0 No. 16 Queen Creek 10
No. 18 Notre Dame Prep 7 Saguaro 1
No. 20 Pinnacle 13 Valley Vista 7
Empire 0 No. 25 Sabino 10


Hamilton comes from behind with big 4-run inning

No. 1 Hamilton faced off against a strong Chaparral team to open their season on Tuesday afternoon. They found themselves down until a big 4-run 5th inning, ultimately securing a 6-4 victory. 2022 OF Ethan Hott (Stanford commit) did what he could for the Chaparral Firebirds offense as he hit a big HR in the game while going 2 for 3. 2021 RHP Colin Hunter also pitched some quality frames through the 4th inning. Hamilton Huskies had their ace on the mound in left-hander, 2021 Brock Selvidge. Selvidge, know as one of top pitchers in the state actually provided alot of offense for the Huskies. Selvidge hit two big HRs in the game. 2023 RHP Josh Tiedemann (TCU commit) closed the door, throwing the last 4 innings for Hamilton, only allowing 1 earned run. 

 

Alhambra knocks off Brophy

Currently in our P25 bubble, Alhambra starts the 2021 season with a big win vs No. 10 Brophy. Alhambra was led by senior pitcher, Daniel Avitia (GCU recruit). Avitia threw the complete game for the Lions while not allowing an earned run. He struck out 10 batters on the day while surrendering 6 hits & a walk. Everyone in the Lions lineup logged a hit in the contest. 2022 SS Erubial Ortiz helped put some runs across the board as he scored 3 runs of his own. 

Chandler walks off desert vista

Chandler came away with a nail biting victory against Desert Vista by a score of 7-4. The Wolves found themselves down 4-3 going into the bottom of the 7th inning. They tied the game after a leadoff walk and single to score a run. 2023 C Mattix Meade then hit a 3-run walk-off home run to seal the deal for the Wolves. There was some strong starting pitching on both sides from 2022 RHP Daniel Hutchison (Chandler) and 2023 RHP Bryce McKnight (Desert Vista). 2021 1B Beau Ankeney (GCU recruit) also hit his first HR of the season for the Thunder. 

OTHER PERFORMANCES:

2022 OF Ruben Villaescusa hit two HR's in Tucson Magnet's 10-0 victory vs Mountain View Marana. He has 6 RBI's on the day with 3 runs scored. 2022 LHP Mario Bejarano (Central AZ commit) started on the mound, throwing 5 shutout innings with 6 strike outs. 

2022 RHP Toby Haarer started on the hill for Desert Mountain in a 10-0 win vs Kellis. Haarer threw 6 shutout innings for the Wolves only allowing 1 hit in the contest. He struck out 12 batters while not surrendering a single walk. 

2023 RHP Derek Schaefer (Washington commit) had his first varsity start for Cactus Shadows, throwing 5 scoreless innings vs Ironwood. He fanned 11 batters in the game while giving up two walks and a single hit. 

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