Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Bye teams say hello to baseball, softball tourneys

April 29, 2012 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


After a bit of a break, the time has come for the top eight seeds in Division I and Division II baseball and softball to put their seasons on the line.

Those teams had byes in Saturday’s (April 28) first round and will host single-elimination second-round games on Tuesday (May 1). Tuesday’s winners advance to the double-elimination portion of the remainder of the tournament that begins Thursday (May 3).

Here are the Division I and Division II Tuesday schedules. All games begin at 4 p.m. unless noted. Seedings are in parentheses.

Division I baseball

Vail Cienega (16) at Phoenix Pinnacle (1); Tempe Corona del Sol (24) at Chandler Hamilton (8); Phoenix St. Mary’s (12) at Mesa Desert Ridge (5); Phoenix Desert Vista (20) at Phoenix Brophy Prep (4); Phoenix Trevor Browne (14) at Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor (3); Mesa Red Mountain (11) at Gilbert Mesquite (6); Goodyear Millennium (10) at Scottsdale Desert Mountain (7); Phoenix Mountain Pointe (15) at Scottsdale Chaparral (2).

Division II baseball

Glendale Apollo (16) at Peoria Sunrise Mountain (1); Tucson Canyon del Oro (9) at Phoenix Sunnyslope (8); Tucson Sahuaro (21) at Peoria Liberty (5); Yuma Gila Ridge (13) at Douglas (4); Flagstaff Coconino (19) at Tucson Sabino (3); Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain (11) at Scottsdale Saguaro (6); Tucson Salpointe Catholic (10) at Buckeye Verrado (7); Phoenix Arcadia (15) at Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep (2).

Division I softball

Gilbert Perry (16) at Chandler Basha (1); Scottsdale Desert Mountain (9) at Peoria Centennial (8); Vail Cienega (12) at Glendale Mountain Ridge (5); Phoenix Desert Vista (20) at Gilbert (4); Chandler (19) at Phoenix Xavier Prep (3); Tucson (22) at Phoenix Horizon (6); Sierra Vista Buena (10) at Yuma Cibola (7); Mesa Mountain View (18) at Mesa Red Mountain (2).

Division II softball

Peoria (17) at Peoria Sunrise Mountain (1); Yuma Gila Ridge (24) at Bullhead City Mohave (8); Phoenix Greenway (12) at Casa Grande (5); Buckeye Verrado (13) at Prescott (4); Tucson Sahuaro (14) at Tucson Ironwood Ridge (3); Casa Grande Vista Grande (22) at Scottsdale Saguaro (6); Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep (10) at Tucson Sabino (7); Queen Creek (15) at Tucson Canyon del Oro (2).