Girls Softball

Shining Ray-der

Edward Carifio

Shelly Baumann isn't a big fan of sports jargon, but the Cibola softball coach also knows an accurate term is an accurate term. She might shutter at calling Sarah Ray a workhorse, but she also knows there's no better term for the Raider starting... Full story

Raiders eliminated from state softball

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Cibola lost to Anthem-Boulder Creek 6-4 Saturday at Sandra Day O'Connor High. The No. 8 seeded Jaguars will play Sunnyside on Tuesday. Cibola finishes with a 2-2 record in the state tournament.... Full story

Kofa baseball, Cibola softball set for fourth playoff games

Edward Carifio

 At this point, Kofa and Tempe-Marcos de Niza might as well be in the same region. The Kings and Padres meet for the second time in less than a week and the third time this season in a Class 5A Division II State Baseball Tournament loser... Full story

Cibola outlasts Rincon

FROM STAFF REPORTS

After 15 scoreless innings, the No. 4 Raiders finally pushed home a run in the bottom of the ninth to top No. 16 Rincon 1-0 Thursday in a 5A-II second-round loser bracket game at Rose Mofford Field 2. Isabella Olea led off the ninth with a... Full story

Yuma eliminated

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The No. 12 Criminals scored in the first inning and failed to cross the plate again in a 6-1 loss to No. 8 Boulder Creek. The loss at Rose Mofford Field 1 in the loser bracket of the 5A-II second round ended the season for the... Full story

Slip-ups drop Raiders into losers bracket

Cibola errors account for Sunnyside's lone run

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

The first chink in the Raiders' armor came when a low line drive got though Alexis Gorman's legs in the third inning. The chink became a dent one play later when a fly ball to right field fell out of Isabella Olea's glove. And after Gorman made it... Full story

Roman's slam, Ray's 10 Ks give Cibola first-round shutout

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

For those familiar with Cibola's softball team this year, Saturday's 10-0 win against Phoenix-North was nothing out of the ordinary.   But with undoubtedly higher stakes, a slight roster change, a one-hit effort from pitcher Sarah Ray and... Full story

Crims fall to losers bracket

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Jazmin Reed made sure No. 12 Yuma didn't get shutout in the hit or runs column in its first round state tournament game, but the Criminals still lost 4-1 to No. 5 Tucson-Sunnyside. Reed singled in the seventh inning for the team's only hit of... Full story

Kofa falls 9-0 in state opener

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Kofa softball team was shutout 9-0 by No. 2 Peoria-Centennial in the first round of the Class 5A Division II State Softball Playoffs Saturday at Centennial.  The No. 15 Kings were only able to get one hit off the pitching tandem of Gabby... Full story

Hungry like a Lobo

Yuma freshman helps pitch team back into playoffs

BY EDWARD CARIFIO, SUN STAFF WRITER

Last year, senior Chantel Villalobos pitched the Yuma softball team into the playoffs for the first time in four years. This year, her sister Isabel has pitched the Criminals back into the postseason. Despite being a freshman, Villalobos went 15-9... Full story

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