Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: The game’s necessary tools are temporarily left on the field after the final out. After the game, the players listened to their coaches, prepared the infield for the next day, and left the “dream field.” Benson left his stadium on 18 March against Francis Waldorf in a 3–0 win over his region. Morenci will host his volleyball round on Wednesday, March 22nd.
The Bobcats take the lead in the early standings of the Eastern Region
Raymundo Fraschiro
Morenci – The Morenci Wildcats, coached by Christopher Aguaro, welcome the North Region Eager Round Valley Elks on Wednesday, March 22. This is the last home game during school spring break.
Morenci will be in Bisbee on Monday 20th March for the regionals this week (March 20-25). Tombstone said she will be visiting Wilcox on Tuesday, March 21st. Bisbee visits Wilcox and Tombstone visits Santa Rita. Benson will visit Wilcox on her Saturday, March 25th.
Non-regional matches include Benson at St David’s on March 20th. Thatcher’s Pima and Morenci Round Valley on March 22nd. Benson at Empire on March 23rd and Valley Union at Tombstone on March 24th. Pima at Round Valley on March 25th.
East Division Standings
Benson (5-7-1 overall, seeded 4-1, region 4-0) leads the regional standings for the match played on March 18, with Morenci (4-5-1, 4-2). , 3-1) is second, Bisbee is second. (8-5, 4-1, 2-1) 3rd, Pima (4-4, 2-2, 2-2) 4th, Tombstone (3-6, 2-3, 1-3) 5th , Wilcox (4) -8, 1-3, 0-2) 6th, Tucson Santa Lira (0-4, 0-4, 0-3) 7th.
Benson (4-0) went 7-5 in eight innings at Tombstone (3 March), 12-2 in five innings at Bisbee (7 March), 11-4 at Pima (10 March). Winning over 3-0. Morenci (18 March); Morenci (3-1) went 19-3 in five innings at Santa Rita (6 March), 15-8 at Wilcox (13 March), Tombstone (3-1). 16), winning 7-6. Bisbee (2-1) beat Santa Rita (8 March) 19-0 in five innings and Pima (14 March) 6-3. Pima (1-2) beat Tombstone (7 March) 7-3 and Wilcox (17 March) 11-7. Tombstone (1-3) 22-0 four-inning win over Santa Rita (14 March).
Bisbee Puma (8-5)
The Pumas, coached by Todd Hammett, have won 4 of their 5 seeding games and 4 of their 8 tournament games.
Bisbee defeated the San Miguel Catholic Vipers 32-0 in five innings in Tucson (February 28), defeated the Desert Christian Eagles 6-2 in Tucson (March 3), and beat the Santa Rita Eagles to five. We beat them 19-0 in an inning (March 8). Pima Roughriders 6-3 (14 March). The loss was 212 to the Bobcats in Benson (March 7).
The Pumas opened the season in a shortened game at the two-day Phoenix Brugade Catholic Tournament, beating the Arizona Lutheran Coyotes 6-3 in six innings (February 24) before losing three. Losses were 3-4 to the Lakeside Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets (February 24), 5-6 to the Payson Longhorns (February 25) and 5-7 to the Phoenix Christian Cougars (February 25).
In his second tournament in Bisbee, he went 3-1. The Pumas beat the Elfrida Valley Union Blue Devils 19-0 in the second inning (March 9) and the St. Beat San Miguel 9-2. The loss was lost to the Texas El Paso Tigers (March 11), 1-5 in the 5th inning.
In 13 games, the Pumas have a .354 batting average (108-282), 112 RBIs, 16 doubles, 4 triples and 3 home runs. They also have 41 strikeouts, 59 walks, and 10 beans.
The nine-man pitching team combined for 3.14 earned runs, 83 strikeouts, 45 walks, 40 hits, and 3 beans in 58 innings.
Round Valley Elk (2-5)
Coached by Troy Merrill, the Elks have played 8 games, 4 seeded and 4 tournament games through March 10th. A seeding game in Coconino County at Flagstaff Northland Prep preceded a trip to Greenlee County.
Round Valley went 19-2 in five innings against the White River Alchesey Falcons (27 February) and 12-1 in five innings against the Holbrook Roadrunners (8 March) in three seeding games. recorded two wins. Losing to Miami he went 1-9 to the Vandals (March 10).
The Apache County team also lost 0-4 in the three-day Florence Tournament, losing 3-4 in five innings to the Kearny Ray Bearcats (March 2) and trailing two in five innings to the Thatcher Eagles (March 3). We lost -3. -7 to Queen Creek Sun Tan Foothills Sabrecats (March 3), Coolidge Bears to 4-13 in five innings (March 4)
Morenci Wildcats (4-5-1)
After failing to win the first five games, the Wildcats, coached by Christopher Aguaro, went on to win four in a row before being defeated.
Morenci defeated the Santa Rita Eagles 19-3 in five innings in Tucson (March 6), the Redskins 6-4 in St. John’s (March 11), and the Wilcox Cowboys 15-1. 8 (March 13), defeating the Tombstone Yellow Jackets 7-1. 6 (March 16) before falling 0-3 to the Benson Bobcats (March 18).
The Wildcats opened the season with a 7-8 loss to the Vandals in Miami (February 27), losing three and drawing in a shortened game at a three-day tournament in Florence. . Losses were 2-10 to the Winkelman Hayden Lobos (March 2), 3-4 to the Shaw Low Cougars (March 3) and 4-8 to the Florence Gophers (March 4). The draw was 1–1 with the Gloves Tigers (3 March).
Through 10 games, the Wildcats went .291 (75-258) with 49 RBIs, nine doubles, three triples and a home run. They also have 72 strikeouts, 28 walks, and 4 beatings.
On defense, Morenci had a combined defensive average of .898 (229-255) and had seven double plays.
The 10-man pitching team allowed 3.56 total earned runs, allowed 61 strikeouts, 55 walks, 50 hits, and 19 beans, and faced 297 hitters in 57 innings.
Benson – 3, Morenci – 0
A total of three runs were scored by the visiting Bobcats in the undefeated regional team competition. When seven batters stepped into the plate in the fifth inning, two crossed the plate, and in the seventh, six batters crossed one. The Bobcats had four or fewer batters up in each of the previous four innings, going up three in both the second and third and downing three.
The scoreless deadlock was broken when two bean batters reached first and a one-out defensive error loaded the bases. Benson freshman lead hitter Kellen Deskins singled off junior Aiden Bowling, and junior Gabriel Montijo scored on a bases-loaded groundout by freshman Dawson Judd. Recorded the third out in a flyout.
Benson’s third run was scored on a ball passed by cautious freshman Matthew Evans.
Morenci sent six batters in the sixth inning with the bases loaded with one out, but ended the scoring threat with two strikeouts. The Wildcats sent his 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 6, and 4 during the game.
Aguaro said the Wildcats played well after the game. It didn’t end with a ‘W’ for the home team. They were faced with a situation they had never experienced before, and they used that experience for the next time.
In this match, Morenci batted .172 (5-29), left 10 runners, made 5 errors compared to .217 (5-23), had 7 runners stuck and I made 5 errors.
Senior Emilio Roybal batting .500 (2-4). Junior Austin Nelson .333 (1-3); and seniors Dalen Johnson and Gabriel Hernandez both .250 (1-4).
Jr. Aaron Mason kept his distance on the mound, having 5 strikeouts, 1 walk, 6 beatings and 5 hits while facing 31 batters.
For Benson, Evans hit 1,000 (1-1), Deskins (2-4, RBI), Bowling (1-2), .500 and Judd .333 (1-3, RBI).
On the mound, senior Ryan Dunivan had five strikeouts, one walk, and six hits while facing 23 batters in five innings. Relief Rigney allowed three strikeouts, one bean and no hits while facing ten batters in two innings.
