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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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Sophomore Annalee Dearden takes a swing during the Sedona Red Rock High School softball team’s game against Northland Prep Academy on Thursday, March 25. Dearden is one of many underclassmen on a team that aside from seniors Lesly Suarez and Bella Horton is made up entirely of freshman and sophomore players. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
While some of the girls teams at Sedona Red Rock High School like volleyball and basketball have experienced players up and down the roster, the softball team is a little different.
There are some experienced players, like seniors Bella Horton and Lesly Suarez as well as sophomores Annabelle Cook and Annalee Dearden. Other than that, there’s very little experience on the roster. But what the Scorpions lack in experience they possess in enthusiasm to learn the game and improve.