A great start to the Region One playoffs for the Yavapai College softball team. The Lady Riders began the proceedings Friday taking on Eastern Arizona. YC notched a run in the first inning and put up several more throughout the game. Mackenzie Durr dominated in the circle as Yavapai blanked the Lady Gila Monsters 5-0. Durr fanned seven and allowed just three hits. Tamryn Tucker drove in two runs. Charley Pitrat and Natalie Ojeda each had an RBI. Olivia Boswell went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
Yavapai’s second game of the day, however, did not go their way as they fell to Arizona Western 9-4. Pitrat drove in two more runs for YC. Bradshaw Mountain grad Brianna Baca went 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
On Saturday, windy conditions plagued both Yavapai and Southern Nevada all day. The Lady Coyotes, however, scratched out a run and knocked off the Lady Riders 1-0. Yavapai finishes the season with a 22-23 record.
Local scoreboard from the weekend, the Prescott boys volleyball team swept Mica Mountain 3-0 in the opening round of state. They will face Cactus Shadows in the elite eight of state tomorrow down in Cave Creek.
The Northern Arizona Wranglers lost to the San Diego Strike Force 40-29. NAZ is now 0-6 on the season.