NPA Softball Advances To 2A Title Game, Flagstaff Baseball 4A Tournament Run Ends

The Northland Prep Academy softball team is one win away from high school softball immortality after Reannan Butler hit a walk-off single to score Audre Wilson, as the Spartans beat Heritage Academy in Saturday’s 2A semifinals 5-4. Butler and senior Bella Guirlands each drove in two runs in the win. The third-seeded Spartans will face eighth-seeded Horizon Honors, who upset fourth-seeded Benson 6-3 in the other semifinal. The title game will be played Friday at Arizona State’s Farrington Stadium at 8 p.m. According to FlagCoco.com, if NPA wins, it will mark the first state championship in either baseball or softball for a high school team in Flagstaff history. In 4A baseball, Flagstaff could only muster three-hits as they fell to second-seeded Saguaro 10-0 in five innings Saturday, as the Eagles were eliminated from the tournament. Bradshaw Mountain stunned top-seeded Salpointe Catholic Saturday, in Tucson, 12-2 in five innings. The eighth-seeded Bears advance to the 4A semifinals to take on third-seed Canyon del Oro at Tempe Diablo Stadium Wednesday night. In 1A baseball, the second-seeded Williams Vikings beat tenth-seeded and rival Mogollon Saturday 8-6 to advance to the 1A semifinals. They will take on third-seeded Bagdad Friday at Tempe Diablo Stadium. In 1A softball, top-seeded Williams beat ninth-seeded Mogollon, 20-2 in five innings. The Vikings have outscored their first two opponents in the tournament by a total of 38-5. They will face fourth-seeded St. David Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m. All games will be shown on NFHSNetwork.com.

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