2025 State Tournament Week: Daily Roundup

The Wolves were able to jump out to an early lead and never look back after putting up a run in each of the first 3 innings with the help of RBI's from Troy Southisene, Lyndon Lee and Gabe Giron. That was all Wolves starter, Evans, need as he went CG shutout, striking out 8 while allowing 6 hits and only 1 walk, leading Basic to an Opening Round win in the Class 5A State Tournament.

 Standout Perfomers
Lincoln Evans (BA): 7.0 IP, 8 K, 0 R, W
Troy Southisene (BA): 1 for 3, 1 RBI
Lyndon Lee (BA): 1 for 2, 1 RBI
Gabe Giron: 1 for 2, 1 RBI
Braden Jones (R): 6.0 IP, 4 K, 5 H, 3 ER

The win or go home game saw the Lions jump out an early 2-0 lead in the 3rd, only for the Roadrunners to respond with 3 of their own in the bottom have with the help of a Grantz 2B. Each team added one more in the 5th, but the arms were able to keep the bats at bay with Mayorga and Meleski splitting the duties for SV and Briggs going 5.0 with Barlow coming in to close it out over the final 2 to secure the win and send SECTA to the next round.

 Standout Perfomers
Asa Briggs (SECTA): 5.0 IP, 3 K, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 for 2, 2 RBI
Lucas Jaggers (SECTA): 2 for 4, 2B, 3B
Kentin Grantz (SECTA): 2 for 3, 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R
Michael Credico (SV): 2 for 3
Kyler Melesk (SV): 2.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 K, 3 H

An offensive explosion to open the game, Bonanza put up seven runs in the first inning, hitting around the lineup to take a commanding lead in a win or go home game. Even with Rancho making a strong comeback attempt in the third as they put up 4 runs, the Bengals bats were too potent as they put up 5 more runs over the 6th and 7th inning and a big 13-5 win to extend their season.

 Standout Perfomers
Darren McGee (BB): 2 for 5, 3 RBI, 1 R
Dillon Owens (BB): 3 for 5, 3 R
John Willard (BB): 2 for 3, 1 R
Deegan Polson (BB): 2 for 4, 3 R, 1 RBI
Ashton Reed (BB): 1 for 3, 2 RBI, 1 R
Brady Paulson (RR): 3 for 3, 2B, 3B, 1 RBI, 1 R,
William Patriquin (RR): 2 for 4, 2B, 2 RBI

Labeled by one scout as the Game of the Year, this battle went 12 innings with two of the state's top velocities going head to head in TCU Commit, Gio Guariglia, and Oklahoma Signee, Alexander Mercurius. Both offenses remained silent until Durango broke it open in the 12th with a Payne sac fly, followed by a huge Mercurius homerun to put them up 4-0 and go on to win, advancing to the State Championship Game on Saturday.

 Standout Perfomers
Alexander Mercurius (DT): 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 11 K, 3 for 6, 3 RBI, 1 R, HR, 2B
Teagan Payne (DT): 6.0, 0 H, 0 R, 7 K
Jayden Shuford (DT): 2 for 3
Gio Guariglia (SS): 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 13 K