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Higley Desert Christian

Knights

Eagles

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's neutral non-conference game against Higley (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 10-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Higley	1	6	1	2	0	-	-	10	8	0
Desert Christian	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	3

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Desert Christian (24-25)

Higley

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.381	29	21	10	8	7	0	1	0
1	Samantha Parisi (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	0
2	Lexi Kosmicki (So)		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Carly Barton (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ella Babcock (Jr)	.000	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
6	G. Morrow (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Paige Elkins (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
8	Suriana Abeyta (So)	1.000	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
11	Maruko Harada (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	Reese Elkins (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	AJ Monahan (Jr)	.333	3	3		1	1
15	Taylor Lee (So)	.500	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0

Desert Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H	2B
	Team Totals	.118	18	17	2	1
2	Emmy Welch (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0
4	Reece Welch (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0
5	Aimee Lloyd (Sr)	.000	2	1	0	0
7	Abby Littleton (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0
9	Mikayla Hodges (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0
10	Alexa Yarger (Jr)	.500	2	2	1	1
11	Presley Carlson (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0
12	Kaitlyn Farias (So)	.000	2	2	0	0
14	Lucy Richter (So)	.000	1	1	0	0
22	Lilly Crawford (Sr)	.500	2	2	1	0
24	Cali Smith (So)	.000	2	2	0	0

Higley

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	0	0	7	4	1	1	2	14	.552	.476	1.028
1	Samantha Parisi (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
3	Carly Barton (So)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
4	Ella Babcock (Jr)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	.500	.000	.500
6	G. Morrow (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
7	Paige Elkins (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	.333	.333	.666
8	Suriana Abeyta (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	Maruko Harada (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.000	.333
12	Reese Elkins (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
13	AJ Monahan (Jr)									.333	.333	.666
15	Taylor Lee (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	10	3	.167	.176	.343
2	Emmy Welch (Jr)	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Reece Welch (Fr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
5	Aimee Lloyd (Sr)	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500
7	Abby Littleton (Sr)	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Mikayla Hodges (Fr)	0	2	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Alexa Yarger (Jr)	0	0	1	.500	1.000	1.500
11	Presley Carlson (Jr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Kaitlyn Farias (So)	0	2	3	.000	.000	.000
22	Lilly Crawford (Sr)	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
24	Cali Smith (So)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000

Higley

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
1	Samantha Parisi (Sr)	2
2	Lexi Kosmicki (So)	1
4	Ella Babcock (Jr)	1
7	Paige Elkins (Sr)	1
8	Suriana Abeyta (So)	1

Baserunning

Desert Christian has not entered any baserunning stats.

Higley

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	16	15	1
1	Samantha Parisi (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
3	Carly Barton (So)	1.000	3	3	0
4	Ella Babcock (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
7	Paige Elkins (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
15	Taylor Lee (So)	1.000	10	9	1

Desert Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.857	21	12	6	3
2	Emmy Welch (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Aimee Lloyd (Sr)	.857	7	5	1	1
10	Alexa Yarger (Jr)	1.000	5	0	5	0
12	Kaitlyn Farias (So)	.500	2	1	0	1
14	Lucy Richter (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
22	Lilly Crawford (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Cali Smith (So)	.750	4	3	0	1

Higley

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
11	Maruko Harada (Fr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Desert Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.00	0	1	.000	1				0
9	Mikayla Hodges (Fr)	7.00	0	1	.000	1				0

Higley

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	2	0	0	1	10			0	18	17
11	Maruko Harada (Fr)	5	2	0	0	1	10			0	18	17

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	8	10	4	7	4			0	29	21
9	Mikayla Hodges (Fr)	4	8	10	4	7	4			0	29	21

Higley

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.118	.167	0	0			75
11	Maruko Harada (Fr)	.118	.167	0	0			75

Desert Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.381	.552	6	1			117
9	Mikayla Hodges (Fr)	.381	.552	6	1			117

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Game Story

Arizona High School Softball - Higley bounces Desert Christian

February 26, 2025: Gilbert, AZ 85297

The Higley Knights softball team scored 10 runs and held the visiting Desert Christian Eagles to 0 in the Knights non-league win on Wednesday.

The Knights now sport a 2-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Cesar Chavez for a non-league battle on Monday, March 3.

With the loss, Desert Christian moves to 0-3 on the season. The Eagles travel to Marana (Tucson, AZ) to confront the Tigers in a non-league battle on Wednesday, February 26. The Tigers come into the battle with a record of 0-0.

Players of the Game

Higley (24-25)

Higley has not selected any Players of the Game.

Desert Christian (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Alexa Yarger for being selected the Desert Christian Softball Player of the Game.

Higley vs DCHS Softball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 26, 2025 @ 6p

The Desert Christian (Tucson, AZ) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's neutral non-conference game against Higley (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 10-0.

Rankings & Records

Higley (24-25)

AZ	Div.
88	17

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
10-19-1	3-7	3-7	3-8	4-4-1	.350	.300	193	254

Desert Christian (24-25)

AZ	Div.
168	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
6-17	1-2	4-6	2-6	0-5	.261	.333	196	270

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Higley	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	.8	1.3	6.4	7.8	2.6
Desert Christian	2.6	1.5	2.4	1.5	.8	.6	.5	8.5	8.4	3.1

Team Stat Comparison

Higley		Desert Christian
.322	Batting Average	.359
.408	On Base Percentage	.452
.409	Slugging Percentage	.599
.879	Fielding Percentage	.854
.357	Win Loss Percentage	.273

Team Leaders

Higley		Desert Christian	National Avg.
#17 Aubrey Pederson.545	Batting Average	#10 Alexa Yarger.621	.287
#17 Aubrey Pederson.583	On Base Percentage	#10 Alexa Yarger.671	.406
#17 Aubrey Pederson.818	Slugging Percentage	#10 Alexa Yarger1.707	.394
#13 Abbie Monahan1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Alexa Yarger.979	.829
#9 Skylar Jones.556	Win Loss Percentage	#12 Kaitlyn Farias.444	.559

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Higley	1-2		Desert Christian	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/25	Higley	Marana	(L) 11-1	2/26/25	Desert Christian	Marana	(L) 12-9
2/27/25	Higley	Marana	(L) 8-2
2/27/25	Thatcher	Higley	(W) 16-1	2/26/25	Thatcher	Desert Christian	(L) 11-5

Record Breakdown

Higley (24-25)		Desert Christian (24-25)
10-19-1	Overall	6-17
3-7	League	1-2
4-6	Non-League	5-10
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-2	Common Opponent	0-2
3-7	Home	4-6
3-8	Away	2-6
4-4-1	Neutral	0-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-19-1	In-State	6-17
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0