USA Baseball and MaxPreps announced on Monday, the MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week Award winners for the week of April 27, 2015, bringing national recognition to the top-performing high school athletes in the country.
Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge junior Josh Darang pitched his way out of a couple of jams and held No. 19 Phoenix Arcadia (20-11) scoreless in the first round of the Division II baseball playoffs Saturday afternoon.
Darang improved his record to 6-1 on the year while the No. 14 Nighthawks picked up their 21st of the season (21-8) thanks to their 3-0 win over the Titans.
USA Baseball and MaxPreps announced on Friday, the MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week Award winners for the week of April 20, 2015, launching a partnership to bring national recognition to the top-performing high school athletes in the country.
Red Mountain softball and Hamilton baseball appear to be rounding into shape as the respective defending champions, and the rest of Arizona's state qualifiers prepare for final days of the regular season.
Tucson Catalina Foothills has been a consistent presence in postseason play. Except for the 2012 season where the Falcons dropped eight of their last nine games to fall out of contention, one would be hard pressed to point to a "bad" season over the last decade or so.