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Walden Grove Empire

Wolves

Ravens

The Empire (Tucson, AZ) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Walden Grove (Sahuarita, AZ) by a score of 9-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Walden Grove	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	10	5
Empire	3	3	0	0	1	2	-	9	7	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Empire (25-26)

Walden Grove

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.323	32	31	4	10	3	1
1	Jayden Gonzales (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
5	I. Higuera (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
12	Kailey Begay (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	3	1	0
13	Natalie Holzer (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	1
14	Maya Vivas (So)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0
20	Jenna Catania (Jr)	.500	2	2	1	1	2	0
22	Maddie Holzer (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
23	Liana Acuna (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	Ava McDuffy (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0

Empire

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.417	31	24	9	10	5	3
00	Nya Burton (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
1	Lainey Kroeger (So)	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0
2	G. Brooks (Jr)	.750	4	4	3	3	0	0
4	V. Grijalva (So)	1.000	3	1	0	1	1	1
6	Ava Norton (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
7	Mia Garcia (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	1
14	M. Rios-Encinas (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Kapri Tiggas (So)	.500	4	2	2	1	1	1
55	Brielle Martin (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
99	Darby Smalligan (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0

Walden Grove

#	Athlete Name	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	11	1	1	7	.344	.355	.699
1	Jayden Gonzales (Sr)	3	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
5	I. Higuera (Sr)	1	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
12	Kailey Begay (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
13	Natalie Holzer (Sr)	1	1	0	2	.500	.667	1.167
14	Maya Vivas (So)	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
20	Jenna Catania (Jr)	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
22	Maddie Holzer (Sr)	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
23	Liana Acuna (So)	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
33	Ava McDuffy (Jr)	2	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

Empire

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	4	7	1	4	.500	.542	1.042
00	Nya Burton (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.333	.583
1	Lainey Kroeger (So)	0	0	2	1	0	2	.500	.000	.500
2	G. Brooks (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	.750	.750	1.500
4	V. Grijalva (So)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
6	Ava Norton (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
7	Mia Garcia (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
14	M. Rios-Encinas (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
20	Kapri Tiggas (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
55	Brielle Martin (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
99	Darby Smalligan (So)	0	0	0	2	0	4	.333	.333	.666

Walden Grove

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
14	Maya Vivas (So)	1
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	1

Empire

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
1	Lainey Kroeger (So)	1

Walden Grove

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.833	30	18	7	5	1
1	Jayden Gonzales (Sr)	.667	3	2	0	1	0
5	I. Higuera (Sr)	.833	6	3	2	1	0
13	Natalie Holzer (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0	0
14	Maya Vivas (So)	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
20	Jenna Catania (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
22	Maddie Holzer (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
23	Liana Acuna (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
33	Ava McDuffy (Jr)	.667	6	2	2	2	0

Empire

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.778	27	21	6
1	Lainey Kroeger (So)	.571	7	4	3
4	V. Grijalva (So)	1.000	1	1	0
6	Ava Norton (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0
7	Mia Garcia (Jr)	.333	3	1	2
20	Kapri Tiggas (So)	.917	12	11	1
55	Brielle Martin (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
99	Darby Smalligan (So)	1.000	1	1	0

Walden Grove

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1	.000	1
14	Maya Vivas (So)	2.10	0		1
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	0.00	0		1
22	Maddie Holzer (Sr)	7.00	1	.000	1

Empire

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
4	V. Grijalva (So)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Walden Grove

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	9	3	4	7	31	26
14	Maya Vivas (So)	3.1	3	3	1	2	6	18	15
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
22	Maddie Holzer (Sr)	2	4	6	2	2	1	12	10

Empire

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	4	0	0	11			0	32	31
4	V. Grijalva (So)	7	6	4	0	0	11			0	32	31

Walden Grove

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.269	.387	1	112
14	Maya Vivas (So)	.200	.333	1	69
19	Oliviah Valdez (Jr)	.000	.000	0	3
22	Maddie Holzer (Sr)	.400	.500	0	40

Empire

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.194	.219	0	1			125
4	V. Grijalva (So)	.194	.219	0	1			125

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Empire's stats are presented by GameChanger: live mobile scorekeeping for softballGameChanger Media, Inc (ai)

Game Story

Arizona High School Softball - Walden Grove Empire

March 12, 2026: Tucson, AZ 85747

In Thursday's non-league test, the Empire Ravens (Tucson, AZ) softball squad overwhelmed the visiting Walden Grove Red Wolves (Sahuarita, AZ), by a count of 9-4.

Next, the Ravens meet the Willcox Cowboys (Willcox, AZ) in a non-league test, on Friday, March 13. Empire will attempt to upgrade on its 7-3 season record. The Cowboys go into the outing with a 8-1 record after their 12-6 non-league win over Santa Cruz Valley (Eloy, AZ).

With the loss, Walden Grove moves to 4-5 on the season. The Red wolves host Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, AZ) to encounter the Lancers in a 4A Kino outing on Tuesday, March 24. The Lancers come into the outing with a record of 7-2.

Walden Grove @ Empire Softball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 12, 2026 @ 6p

Empire High School

The Empire (Tucson, AZ) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Walden Grove (Sahuarita, AZ) by a score of 9-4.

Rankings & Records

Walden Grove (25-26)

AZ	Div.
79	17

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
10-13	2-6	4-4	3-6	3-3	.435	.250	122	121

Empire (25-26)

AZ	Div.
31	4

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
22-6	7-0	8-1	8-1	6-4	.786	1.000	304	99

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Walden Grove	1.5	1.0	.8	.6	.9	.8	.5	5.3	7.9	2.5
Empire	3.0	3.4	2.0	1.0	1.7	1.1	.7	10.9	10.0	1.3

Team Stat Comparison

Walden Grove		Empire
.316	Batting Average	.428
.401	On Base Percentage	.533
.435	Slugging Percentage	.672
.905	Fielding Percentage	.918
.474	Win Loss Percentage	.769

Team Leaders

Walden Grove		Empire	National Avg.
#11 Noheli Parra.500	Batting Average	#20 Kapri Tiggas.561	.291
#10 Ariah Ramirez.524	On Base Percentage	#28 Melanie Livingood1.000	.411
#13 Natalie Holzer.690	Slugging Percentage	#20 Kapri Tiggas1.394	.401
#10 Ariah Ramirez1.000	Fielding Percentage	#19 Addison Heitholt1.000	.830
#14 Serena Moreno.750	Win Loss Percentage	#19 Addison Heitholt1.000	.570

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Walden Grove	3-5		Empire	5-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/26	Tanque Verde	Walden Grove	(W) 1-0	4/20/26	Tanque Verde	Empire	(W) 4-3
3/4/26	Walden Grove	Tanque Verde	(L) 5-0
2/27/26	Willcox	Walden Grove	(L) 3-2	3/13/26	Empire	Willcox	(W) 1-0
				3/20/26	Empire	Willcox	(W) 22-7
3/25/26	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	Walden Grove	(W) 11-1	4/16/26	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	Empire	(W) 10-3
4/2/26	Safford	Walden Grove	(W) 4-1	4/9/26	Safford	Empire	(W) 11-1
4/16/26	Sahuarita	Walden Grove	(L) 7-1	3/6/26	Empire	Sahuarita	(L) 8-5
				3/7/26	Sahuarita	Empire	(L) 4-1
				4/15/26	Empire	Sahuarita	(L) 6-4
4/20/26	Ironwood Ridge	Walden Grove	(L) 8-5	4/24/26	Ironwood Ridge	Empire	(L) 6-2
4/22/26	Walden Grove	Ironwood Ridge	(L) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Walden Grove (25-26)		Empire (25-26)
10-13	Overall	22-6
2-6	League	7-0
5-4	Non-League	9-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-5	Common Opponent	5-4
4-4	Home	8-1
3-6	Away	8-1
3-3	Neutral	6-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-13	In-State	22-6
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0