Kevin Cron did not have to wait long to hear his name called Tuesday and potentially join brother C.J. in pro baseball when he was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the third round Tueday of the 2011 MLB first-year player draft.
Former Mountain Pointe and current University of Utah standout C.J. Cron likely will be doing some spring training in the future close to home as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Angels train in Tempe) seletcted him Monday with the 17th pick of the 2011 MLB first-year player draft.
Mountain Pointe grads C.J. and Kevin Cron will hang out together Monday near their home to find out what baseball has in store for them next.
The fourth of seven Arizona Baseball Coaches Association all-star games is in the books. This time a pitcher -- Mesa Mountain View lefty Hayden Rodgers -- broke the mold of offensive MVPs thus far in the contests with a sharp,tidy two-inning stint that set the tone for a 5A-I South triumph.
Adam Brzeczek is preparing for his final high school baseball experience this weekend. A doubleheader that rewards him for the entire high school experience -- academics and extra-curricular activities.
Two weeks ago when Nick Johnson and his Blue Ridge teammates played at Surprise Stadium they walked away with the 3A baseball title on a Johnson 9th-inning home run. Two weeks later, Johnson walked off the same field as the 3A all-star game MVP with a monster 11-RBI game.
Catalina Foohills won eight state titles and was runner-up in three other championships this past year to pace schools in Southern Arizona and the East Valley in athletic accomplishments.
Track, softball and baseball yielded six trophies to Chandler schools on the final weekend of the 2010-2011 prep athletic season.
Jordan Kipper was talking with his father not long ago about state championships.
His father, Bruce, the principal at Mountain Pointe High School, won one as a coach at Tempe High.,
Now Jordan has one to talk about, too.
With the pressure on as the game headed toward the late stages, defending 4A-I state champion Saguaro stepped up Saturday afternoon at Camelback Ranch Glendale Stadium.
Down two runs heading to the final three innings, the Sabercats gradually rallied to tie in the fifth and sixth and then put up a seven-spot in the seventh to take a 13-6 win over Sunrise Mountain and repeat as champs.
For Red Mountain to repeat as 5A-I softbal champs Friday, coach Rich Hamilton needed a strong performance from freshman pitcher Breanna Macha and better-than-normal defense.
He got both plus a big night from junior Siera Phillips with the bat.
It was the kind of ending every athlete dreams of, even the ones youi think are most capable of it.
And Lauren Haeger is capable.
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