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The Palo Verde Valley (Blythe, CA) varsity softball team won Friday's home tournament game against Needles (CA) by a score of 2-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Needles	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	2	3
Palo Verde Valley	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	2	6	0

Final score provided by R. Copple.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Palo Verde Valley (24-25)

Needles

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.100	22	20	2
1	Scotti Powell	.333	3	3	1
2	Katie Smith	.000	2	2	0
3	Micayla Ortiz	.000	2	2	0
4	M. Phillips	.000	1	1	0
6	Edey Ponce	.000	3	3	0
7	Haley Castillo	.000	1	1	0
8	Liana DeLeon	.000	3	2	0
11	Peyton Jackson	.000	2	2	0
16	Emmerson Powell	.333	3	3	1
22	A. Bullchild	.000	2	1	0

Palo Verde Valley

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.391	25	23	2	9	2	1
1	Jillian Flores (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
2	Akayla Becerra (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
4	D. Barcenas (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	2	0
5	Jesslyn Flores (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	2	0	0
6	Arianna Lee (Jr)	1.000	3	3	1	3	0	0
8	Olivia Ingram (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
12	Jasmyne Cano (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
17	Alina Lainez (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Arianna Salazar (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1
21	Alyssa Pierce (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0

Needles

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	1	4	.182	.100	.282
1	Scotti Powell	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
2	Katie Smith	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	M. Phillips	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
6	Edey Ponce	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Liana DeLeon	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
16	Emmerson Powell	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
22	A. Bullchild	1	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500

Palo Verde Valley

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	4	8	.417	.435	.852
1	Jillian Flores (So)	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
2	Akayla Becerra (Fr)	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
4	D. Barcenas (So)	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
5	Jesslyn Flores (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
6	Arianna Lee (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
8	Olivia Ingram (Sr)	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
12	Jasmyne Cano (So)	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
20	Arianna Salazar (Sr)	0	0	1	1	.333	.667	1.000
21	Alyssa Pierce (Sr)	1	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000

Needles

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.857	21	15	3	3
1	Scotti Powell	1.000	4	4	0	0
4	M. Phillips	1.000	1	0	1	0
6	Edey Ponce	1.000	1	1	0	0
8	Liana DeLeon	.333	3	0	1	2
11	Peyton Jackson	1.000	2	1	1	0
16	Emmerson Powell	1.000	9	9	0	0
22	A. Bullchild	.000	1	0	0	1

Palo Verde Valley

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO
	Team Totals	1.000	18	18
1	Jillian Flores (So)	1.000	2	2
2	Akayla Becerra (Fr)	1.000	5	5
4	D. Barcenas (So)	1.000	2	2
5	Jesslyn Flores (Sr)	1.000	1	1
6	Arianna Lee (Jr)	1.000	1	1
8	Olivia Ingram (Sr)	1.000	2	2
20	Arianna Salazar (Sr)	1.000	4	4
21	Alyssa Pierce (Sr)	1.000	1	1

Needles

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	2.80	0	1	.000	1				0
22	A. Bullchild	2.80	0	1	.000	1				0

Palo Verde Valley

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
5	Jesslyn Flores (Sr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Needles

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	6	2	2	1	4			0	25	24
22	A. Bullchild	5	6	2	2	1	4			0	25	24

Palo Verde Valley

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	2	0	0	2	1			0	22	20
5	Jesslyn Flores (Sr)	6	2	0	0	2	1			0	22	20

Needles

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.280	0	0			79
22	A. Bullchild	.250	.280	0	0			79

Palo Verde Valley

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.100	.182	0	0			63
5	Jesslyn Flores (Sr)	.100	.182	0	0			63

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Game Story

California High School Softball - Palo Verde Valley edges Needles

February 28, 2025: Blythe, CA 92225

The Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets (Blythe, CA) softball the visiting Needles Mustangs (Needles, CA), 2-0 in Friday's non-league outing.

The Yellow Jackets now sport a 4-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Tolleson for a non-league outing on Saturday, March 1. Palo Verde Valley will encounter a Wolverines team coming off a 7-0 non-league win over Boulder City (Boulder City, NV). The Wolverines record now stands at 2-0.

With the loss, Needles moves to 1-2 on the season. The Mustangs travel to Canyon View (Cedar City, UT) to encounter the Falcons in a non-league outing on Friday, March 14. The Falcons come into the outing with a record of 0-0.

Needles @ PVVHS Softball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 28, 2025 @ 3p

The Palo Verde Valley (Blythe, CA) varsity softball team won Friday's home tournament game against Needles (CA) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Needles (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.
17	17	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
21-6	12-0	7-1	11-1	3-4	.778	1.000	327	145

Palo Verde Valley (24-25)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
514	45	3

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
8-8	2-4	3-3	5-4	0-1	.500	.333	106	103

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Needles	2.7	3.0	1.3	2.1	2.0	1.3	4.1	12.1	10.7	2.9
Palo Verde Valley	1.8	1.7	1.1	.8	.5	1.1	1.0	6.6	8.1	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

Needles		Palo Verde Valley
.405	Batting Average	.332
.507	On Base Percentage	.406
.577	Slugging Percentage	.432
.864	Fielding Percentage	.869
.826	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

Needles		Palo Verde Valley	National Avg.
#1 Scotti Powell.595	Batting Average	#3 Yasleen Reyes.500	.291
#5 Marie Salse.750	On Base Percentage	#3 Yasleen Reyes.590	.410
#16 Emmerson Powell.872	Slugging Percentage	#3 Yasleen Reyes.750	.401
#22 Audrina Bullchild.962	Fielding Percentage	#12 Jasmyne Cano1.000	.831
#22 Audrina Bullchild.875	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Jesslyn Flores.571	.570

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Needles	4-1		Palo Verde Valley	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/6/25	Needles	Holtville	(W) 13-4	3/28/25	Palo Verde Valley	Holtville	(W) 15-4
4/22/25	Holtville	Needles	(W) 10-9	4/7/25	Holtville	Palo Verde Valley	(W) 11-5
3/18/25	Needles	Pahrump Valley	(W) 25-21	2/27/25	Palo Verde Valley	Pahrump Valley	(W) 5-3
4/14/25	Pahrump Valley	Needles	(L) 15-13
4/7/25	Needles	Williams	(W) 15-3	2/27/25	Palo Verde Valley	Williams	(W) 8-0

Record Breakdown

Needles (24-25)		Palo Verde Valley (24-25)
21-6	Overall	8-8
12-0	League	2-4
5-2	Non-League	3-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-1	Common Opponent	4-0
7-1	Home	3-3
11-1	Away	5-4
3-4	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-1	In-State	6-6
19-5	Out-of-State	2-2