Needles will look to add another state title to its record total after winning a 16-14 slugfest against Lincoln County on Friday in the Class 2A state tournament semifinals at The Meadows.
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Raecheal Lowenthal’s pinch-hit, RBI single in the eighth tied the game, and the senior later scored the winning run on Jaycee Fragoso’s base hit to give Needles a 6-5 victory over West Wendover in the Class 2A state softball tournament at The Meadows.
Lincoln County’s Hunter Wilkin went the distance and struck out five while scattering two hits in a 5-2 win over West Wendover on Thursday in the opening round of the Class 2A state baseball tournament at The Meadows.
Kobe Walker went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Lincoln County’s baseball team pounded out 19 hits on Saturday to capture a 20-10, five-inning win over Needles in the Class 2A Southern Region final at Mountain View.
Paige Murch went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs and two RBIs to lead Needles’ softball team to its first region title in eight years with a 7-1 win over Lincoln County on Saturday.
Needles (17-8) was awarded a 7-0 forfeit victory over Laughlin, and will play Lincoln County (21-3) for the Class 2A Southern Region title at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mountain View. If Needles wins, a second game will be played to determine the champion.
Howard went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI on Thursday to lead Lincoln County’s softball team to an 11-1 victory over Lake Mead in the Class 2A Southern League tournament at Mountain View.
Lili Gutierrez hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh Friday, and Rancho’s softball team rallied with nine runs in its final at-bat to stun Foothill, 15-14.
Noah Thompson won two events Friday to lead Mojave’s boys track team to the team title at the Grant Bushman Invitational in Overton.
Jerald Murray threw a six-hitter with four strikeouts to lead Silverado’s baseball team to a 1-0 home win over Liberty on Friday.
Dax Fellows and Grant McCarty each doubled twice for the Silverado baseball team Saturday as the visiting Skyhawks downed Eldorado in eight innings, 7-4.
Tatum Spangler hit a grand slam and pitched a complete game to power the Coronado softball team to an 8-4 road victory over Foothill.
Ian Jackson won both distance races Friday to help Arbor View’s boys track team win the team title at the Richard Lewis Invitational in Overton.
Taylor Okamura singled home Erica Hardy with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday, as Coronado’s softball team edged visiting Rancho 2-1 to remain undefeated in the Class 4A Sunrise League.
Richard Mascarenas entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh for Durango on Friday, and got a flyball and a double play to lock down the save in a 3-2 road win over Pahrump Valley.
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