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TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Frank Kerrigan mends gaps in the protective backstop fence to keep foul balls out of the seating area. The long-time district maintenance employee did the repair …
The 43rd annual Morenci Lions baseball tourney draws near Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Needed tools of the game are temporarily left on the field following the final out. Players met for a post-game coaches’ talk, prepared the infield for …
Wildcats welcome Elks to Morenci on Wednesday Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Daylen Johnson is mobbed by teammates after reaching first base safely in the bottom of the seventh. The Morenci senior put the ball in play on …
Region leaders square off in Francis Waldorf Stadium on Saturday Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Tony Roybal delivers the first pitch to Kearny Ray leadoff batter Trucon Naranjo to get the game underway on April 20. The Bearcats senior singled on …
Region front runners tangle in Morenci on Thursday Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Lake Washington captured the 41st Morenci Lions tourney by defeating Saint Johns 11-3 in five innings, Safford 7-0 (6 inn.), Thatcher 17-1 (5 inn.), and …
Morenci Lions Club hosts 42nd annual tourney after three-year delay Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Daylen Johnson delivers a pitch to a Bisbee batter during the season opener March 17. The Morenci sophomore was the starting pitcher as the home team …
Wildcats open season 4-0; sit atop 2A East Region Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Maddux Martinez delivers a pitch to Pima senior Jathen Trujillo in relief March 13. The Morenci junior fanned all four batters faced as the Wildcats prevailed …
The baseball season that wasn’t: Morenci 2020 ‘Boys of Spring’ return with state final experience Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Senior clean-up hitter Christopher Roybal batted .267 (4-15, 2 RBIs) during five post-season games. By Raymundo Frasquillo TEMPE – Slightly more than four weeks after the …
Mogollon, Morenci cap 2019 seasons in state finals Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Morenci junior Zachary Waltrip returns safely to first base during a pick-off attempt during Morenci’s play-in game against Pima. Morenci will now play for the …
Morenci baseball headed to championship game Monday Read More TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Morenci junior Zachary Waltrip returns safely to first base during a pick-off attempt. Waltrip scored the game-ending run on a two-out Omar Ortega single in the …
Morenci faces Benson in state tourney first round Friday Read More