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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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Senior pitcher Bella Horton throws a pitch during Sedona Red Rock High School’s game against Northland Prep on Thursday, March 25. Horton also pitched for Sedona in its game against Glendale Prep on Tuesday, March 30. Horton and the Scorpions were victorious in that game, defeating the Griffins 19-4 for their first win of the young season. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
With a young team that features a lot of new players, Sedona Red Rock High School softball coach John Parks said that the Scorpions try not to scoreboard watch throughout games, but focus more on getting better. If the SRRHS team looked at the scoreboard during its game against Glendale Prep Academy on Tuesday, March 30, it would have looked good.