Campo Verde's Brenna Scudellari drives in last 2 of her 6 RBI with 6th inning double. (AzPreps365.com photo)

Basha and Campo Verde's softball teams have put together primo seasons thus far. Basha is solidly in the top-10 of the 6A power rankings. Campo Verde has rested at either No. 1 or No. 2 in the 5A rankings since they were first posted 10 days ago.

Both schools kept rolling Thursday with Basha outlasting Chandler, 7-5, and Campo Verde besting Queen Creek, 8-4, in games hosted by Basha and Campo Verde, respectively. 

Basha is No. 6 in the most recent 6A power rankings; Campo Verde is No. 2 in 5A.

Basha (16-8) has played its best in the games that count -- 11-1 to date in power-ranking games. The Bears were 5-7 in the two invitationals they competed in. Their 4-0 record in the 6A Premier Region thus far is good for first place, but the tests are yet to come with a pair of games each with Perry (starting Friday) and two to end the season with Hamilton's juggernaut. Squeezed in between is a game with Campo Verde.

In Basha's matchup with Chandler in an afternoon contest the Bears were never headed. Basha built an early 7-2 lead, but had to clutch up in the final inning as Chandler (12-13, 7-5 prg) scored twice and had the tying run at the plate before securing the final out.

Senior pitcher Kenadee Rausch, who pitched a complete game 9-1 win Tuesday over Chandler, was called on to relieve Thursday's starter Trinity Smith in the third inning. Rausch responded by giving up one run over her first 3 1/3 innings of work. She pitched out of trouble that was her own doing in the seventh to help the Bears to their 10th consecutive power-ranking victory. Rausch walked two, made an error and gave up a double.

Basha's 1-2 hitters did their job setting the table. Leadoff hitter Randi Wright reached base four times - two of those hits. She scored twice. No. 2 hitter Sydney Stolze had a pair of singles and scored twice. Catcher Kayla Scholz was 2 for 4 with two RBI. Chandler catcher Rachel Brown walked three times lifted a sacrifice fly and drove in two runs to pace the Wolves.

CAMPO VERDE 8, QUEEN CREEK 4: The Coyotes (16-8 overall, 11-0 power-ranking games) remained unbeaten in power-ranking games behind the six-RBI performance of second baseman Brenna Scudellari in topping the Bulldogs (10-11, 4-6 prg) for the second time in three days in an 5A San Tan Region night game.

Scudellari helped Campo Verde rally from a 2-0 first-inning deficit by ripping a two-out, three-run double to cap a four-run rally in the second inning. Campo's best all-around hitter, pitcher Myka Sutherlin, was initially at the plate with the bases loaded. A wild pitch allowed Campo's first run to score. Queen Creek coach Stephanie Mejia opted to intentionally walk Sutherlin and take a chance with Scudellari. Scudellari foiled the strategy lining a bullet to right-center on  a 3-1 pitch.

Scudellari broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI ground out. It gave Campo Verde the lead for good. Campo Verde added three insurance runs in the sixth with Scudellari's two-run double to left-center the key hit.

Sutherlin and Queen Creek pitcher Julia Heitz both went the distance in their rematch from Tuesday, won by Campo in nine innings, 3-2. Sutherlin fanned 15 in that game and Heitz K'd 11. Neiher was as sharp in this one. Sutherlin scored three times hitting leadoff and ninth-place hitter Boo Zeller reached base and scored in all three innings the Coyotes tallied. Zeller had two singles and was safe on an error.