ROUNDUP: Romero’s blast sends Bonanza past Gaels

Daniel Romero belted a three-run home run in the third inning and came on in relief to wiggle out of a seventh-inning jam Thursday to lift Bonanza’s baseball team to a 7-5 win over visiting Bishop Gorman in the Southwest League opener for both teams.

Romero’s homer helped the Bengals build a 5-0 lead in the third inning.

Bonanza still held a 7-3 lead with the bases empty and two outs in the top of the seventh before the Gaels started to rally.

Consecutive hits and a walk started the rally, and Nick Gates’ double trimmed the lead to 7-5 with runners at second and third, but Romero induced a shallow fly ball to center field that Austin Taft raced in on and dived to make the game-ending catch.

Alec Taft was 2-for-3, and Travis Ming went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Bonanza.

Gates was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Gorman.

Foothill 6, Centennial 5 — At Centennial, Ryan Moyes had an RBI single with two outs in the top of the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and lift the Falcons by the Bulldogs in the Tom Coleman Classic.

Moyes singled home Royce Salay, who walked with two outs and moved to second on a passed ball. Bligh Madris followed Moyes’ hit with an RBI triple.

Centennial scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game and left the bases loaded, then tried to rally with two outs in the bottom of the eighth as Cooper Powell tripled, and Brady Cook followed with an RBI single. Ryan Huerta walked to put the potential winning run on base again, but a groundout ended the threat.

Moyes was 3-for-4 with a double, and Anthony Lopez and Salay each added two hits for Foothill.

Powell was 4-for-4 with a double and a triple, and Porter Rosenkrantz went 2-for-4 with a double for Centennial.

Chaparral 20, Canyon Springs 2 — At Canyon Springs, Tommy Crone tossed a five-inning no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and went 2-for-3 with a grand slam and three runs to power the Cowboys past the Pioneers in five innings.

Chad Clark was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs, and Tad Pushard supplied two hits and three RBIs for Chaparral, which got two hits, three runs, and two RBIs from Zach Harman.

Spring Valley 3, Coronado 1 — At Spring Valley, Dylan Drachler struck out 10 in six innings of work and went 2-for-3 to lead the Grizzlies past the Cougars.

Michael Macove and Bryan Bierlein each went 1-for-3 with an RBI for Spring Valley.

Centennial 8, Durango 1 — At Centennial, Jake Portaro allowed three hits and one run in six innings to help the Bulldogs top the Trailblazers in the Tom Coleman Classic.

Brady Cook had a triple and an RBI, and Rosenkrantz added a double and an RBI for Centennial.

Anthony Parry had a double and an RBI for Durango.

Palo Verde 5, Basic 0 — At Basic, Bradley Lewis finished 1-for-2 with a double, an RBI and two runs to lead the Panthers past the Wolves in the Tom Coleman Classic.

Starting pitcher Brett Bovee struck out six batters in five innings of work to earn the win for Palo Verde.

Rancho 6, Basic 3 — At Basic, Eric Allen was 2-for-3 with three runs to help the Rams top the Wolves in the Tom Coleman Classic.

Jose Verdugo was 2-for-4 with a double for Rancho.

Anthony Lee was 2-for-3 for Basic.

Sierra Vista 9, Las Vegas 0 — At Las Vegas, Chandler Smith went six innings, allowing four hits and no runs with six strikeouts to earn the win, as the Mountain Lions blanked the Wildcats.

Cole Crosby went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs for Sierra Vista, which got three hits apiece from Matthew Almaguer and Caden Marin.

Eddie Ojeda had two hits for Las Vegas.

Silverado 9, Eldorado 3 — At Eldorado, David Kuzma tossed six solid innings, allowing two hits and two runs with 14 strikeouts and one walk to lead the Skyhawks over the Sundevils.

Vince Taormina was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs for Silverado, which got two hits apiece from Dillon Johnson, Dylan Brand and Aiden Adams.

Lucio Arreola supplied an RBI single, and Justin Brown broke up Kuzma’s no-hit bid with a one-out single in the sixth inning for Eldorado.

Faith Lutheran 4, Desert Pines 0 — At Desert Pines, Eric Uelmen, Alex Jack and Tyler Trageton combined on a three-hitter as the Crusaders blanked the Jaguars.

Trageton also tripled and doubled for Faith Lutheran.

Del Sol 11, Sunrise Mountain 0 — At Sunrise Mountain, Matt Styck went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a double to lead the Dragons over the Miners.

Andrew Natale went 3-for-3 with two RBIs for Del Sol.

Frankie Apodaca’s double was the Miners’ only hit in the game.

Valley 15, Clark 2 — At Valley, Rayce Rayos was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs as the Vikings routed the Chargers in five innings.

Andre Baughman was 2-for-2 with three RBIs for Valley.

Arbor View 4-5, Desert Hills (Utah) 2-2 — At St. George, Utah, Nick Quintana had a double and a home run in the opener as the Aggies swept the Thunder in the Desert Hills Invitational.

Quintana finished 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs, and Tyler Peterson went 2-for-3 for Arbor View in the opener.

In the nightcap, Kaid Urban was 3-for-3 with two runs, a double and an RBI as the Aggies completed the sweep.

Brandon LaPointe was 1-for-3 with two RBIs for Arbor View in the second game.