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Scorpions softball season ends in play-in game loss
Freshman Alyla Brooks delivers a pitch during Sedona Red Rock High School’s state play-in game against Arizona Lutheran on Tuesday, May 4. The Scorpions were competitive with the Coyotes for most of the game, but allowed eight runs in the top of the seventh inning and lost 14-5. Despite a rough end, it was a productive season for the Sedona team, who featured a lot of players with little to no softball experience at the start of the season. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
When Sedona Red Rock High School’s softball team defeated North Pointe Prep in a dramatic, extra-inning game in the season finale, it ensured that the Scorpions would be at home for their state play-in game against Arizona Lutheran on Tuesday, May 4. The home field advantage, though, was not enough.
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The Sedona Red Rock High School softball team celebrates around Annalee Dearden after she scored the winning run in the game against North Pointe Prep on Friday, April 30. The Scorpions and Falcons went into extra innings, with each team scoring three times in the eighth and ninth inning. Sedona held North Pointe off the scoreboard in the top of the tenth and scored in the bottom of the inning to win 14-13. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
The stakes were high for Sedona Red Rock High School’s softball team heading into the regular season finale against North Pointe Prep on Friday, April 30. The Scorpions had a spot in a state play-in game locked up but if that game was going to be played in Sedona, they needed a win. And while it wasn’t easy, that’s exactly what they got, prevailing 14-13 in extra innings.
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Sedona Red Rock High School senior pitcher Dakota Farrar delivers a pitch in the Scorpions’ game against Camp Verde on Monday, April 5. The Sedona team struggled all game and lost to the Cowboys, 16-1. The Scorpions are now 3-2 on the season. All five games have ended after five innings via the 10-run rule. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
consistent theme for Sedona Red Rock High School’s baseball team over the first five games of the season. Every game has been either a lopsided win or loss. Unfortunately for the Scorpions, the game against Camp Verde on Monday, April 5, fell into the latter category.