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Thunderbird Cactus Shadows

Titans

Falcons

The Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek, AZ) varsity softball team won Saturday's home playoff game against Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Thunderbird	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	2
Cactus Shadows	2	0	1	0	2	0	-	5	9	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Thunderbird (25-26)

Cactus Shadows (25-26)

Thunderbird

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.167	30	24	4	4	4	1
2	Madelyn Vasquez (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
3	A. Richards (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	2	0
5	Alicia Flores (So)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
6	Hannah Casey (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
8	Addison Hodge (So)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
9	Catarina Beams (Fr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	1
10	Tessa Mikulich (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	Brianna Nystuen (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
15	Kenli Flores (Fr)	.000	3	1	0	0	1	0

Cactus Shadows

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.346	30	26	5	9	3	2
3	Olivia Fossey	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
4	Ashlyn Cundall	.667	3	3	0	2	2	0
5	Caylee Cundall	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
6	Madi Handke	.667	3	3	2	2	1	2
8	Ava Fossey	.000	4	2	2	0	0	0
9	Lexi Honea	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
10	Ellie Henry	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
14	Avery Williams	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
15	Megan Hughes	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
19	Gianna Lucchesi	.667	3	3	0	2	0	0

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	4	8	1	1	5	.276	.208	.484
2	Madelyn Vasquez (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
3	A. Richards (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Alicia Flores (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
6	Hannah Casey (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
8	Addison Hodge (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
9	Catarina Beams (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.250
10	Tessa Mikulich (Jr)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
11	Brianna Nystuen (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
15	Kenli Flores (Fr)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Cactus Shadows

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	6	1	7	.414	.423	.837
3	Olivia Fossey	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
4	Ashlyn Cundall	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
5	Caylee Cundall	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
6	Madi Handke	0	0	0	1	0	.667	1.333	2.000
8	Ava Fossey	0	2	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
9	Lexi Honea	0	0	3	0	4	.000	.000	.000
10	Ellie Henry	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
14	Avery Williams	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
15	Megan Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
19	Gianna Lucchesi	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334

Thunderbird

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
3	A. Richards (Fr)	1

Cactus Shadows

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
4	Ashlyn Cundall	1
5	Caylee Cundall	1
8	Ava Fossey	1
12	Lilie Rea	1

Thunderbird

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.923	26	18	6	2
2	Madelyn Vasquez (Jr)	1.000	5	3	2	0
3	A. Richards (Fr)	.667	3	1	1	1
5	Alicia Flores (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
6	Hannah Casey (Jr)	.857	7	6	0	1
8	Addison Hodge (So)	1.000	6	4	2	0
10	Tessa Mikulich (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Brianna Nystuen (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
15	Kenli Flores (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Cactus Shadows

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.963	27	21	5	1
3	Olivia Fossey	1.000	6	6	0	0
4	Ashlyn Cundall	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Caylee Cundall	.667	3	2	0	1
6	Madi Handke	1.000	5	4	1	0
8	Ava Fossey	1.000	2	0	2	0
11	Molly Brown	1.000	2	0	2	0
19	Gianna Lucchesi	1.000	8	8	0	0

Thunderbird

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	4.67	0	1	.000	1				0
5	Alicia Flores (So)	4.67	0	1	.000	1				0

Cactus Shadows

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	0	0		1				0
11	Molly Brown	3.00	0	0		1				0

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	9	5	4	3	6			0	30	27
5	Alicia Flores (So)	6	9	5	4	3	6			0	30	27

Cactus Shadows

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	4	3	4	8			0	30	26
11	Molly Brown	7	4	4	3	4	8			0	30	26

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.333	.400	0	0			114
5	Alicia Flores (So)	.333	.400	0	0			114

Cactus Shadows

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.154	.267	0	0			102
11	Molly Brown	.154	.267	0	0			102

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

Game Story

Arizona High School Softball - Thunderbird held off by Cactus Shadows

May 2, 2026: Cave Creek, AZ 85327

The Cactus Shadows Falcons got by the visiting Thunderbird Titans softball squad by a count of 5-4 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

Thunderbird @ CSHS Softball Game Info

Sat., May. 2, 2026 @ 11a

Cactus Shadows High School

The Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek, AZ) varsity softball team won Saturday's home playoff game against Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 5-4.

This game is a part of the "2026 AIA 4A, 5A Softball Championships (Arizona) - 4A - B" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Thunderbird (25-26)

AZ	Div.
73	13

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
17-7	8-2	7-2	9-3	1-2	.708	.800	255	104

Cactus Shadows (25-26)

AZ	Div.
40	5

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
22-9	9-1	8-1	10-4	4-4	.710	.900	248	151

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Thunderbird	2.7	3.1	2.9	1.8	.6	.6	1.1	-	10.6	9.2	1.7
Cactus Shadows	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.0	1.3	.8	2.0	8.0	10.2	.9

Head-to-Head

Cactus Shadows won on 3/3/2026

3/3 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Cactus Shadows 0 2 0 7 2 1 0 12 11 1
Thunderbird 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6 8 7

The Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek, AZ) varsity softball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 12-6.
Box score
Cactus Shadows won last month

5/2 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Thunderbird 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 2
Cactus Shadows 2 0 1 0 2 0 - 5 9 1

The Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) varsity softball team lost Saturday's away playoff game against Cactus Shadows (Cave Creek, AZ) by a score of 5-4.
Box score

3/3 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cactus Shadows	0	2	0	7	2	1	0	12	11	1
Thunderbird	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	6	8	7

Team Stat Comparison

Thunderbird		Cactus Shadows
.383	Batting Average	.378
.499	On Base Percentage	.439
.554	Slugging Percentage	.483
.901	Fielding Percentage	.956
.727	Win Loss Percentage	.769

Team Leaders

Thunderbird		Cactus Shadows	National Avg.
#9 Catarina Beams.641	Batting Average	#19 Gianna Lucchesi.469	.287
#9 Catarina Beams.699	On Base Percentage	#19 Gianna Lucchesi.521	.406
#9 Catarina Beams.962	Slugging Percentage	#4 Ashlyn Cundall.659	.395
#13 Allison Baird.985	Fielding Percentage	#11 Molly Brown1.000	.828
#3 Addison Richards1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#15 Megan Hughes1.000	.556

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thunderbird	4-0		Cactus Shadows	6-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
TBA	Thunderbird	Combs		3/5/26	Cactus Shadows	Combs	(L) 14-8
2/25/26	Thunderbird	St. Mary's	(W) 12-2	4/14/26	Cactus Shadows	St. Mary's	(W) 13-1
				4/16/26	St. Mary's	Cactus Shadows	(W) 15-0
2/26/26	Thunderbird	Coronado	(W) 19-0	4/3/26	Coronado	Cactus Shadows
3/12/26	Thunderbird	Mesquite	(W) 11-7	4/20/26	Mesquite	Cactus Shadows	(W) 9-0
				4/22/26	Cactus Shadows	Mesquite	(W) 11-1
3/31/26	Marcos de Niza	Thunderbird	(W) 6-3	4/9/26	Cactus Shadows	Marcos de Niza	(W) 6-5
				4/11/26	Marcos de Niza	Cactus Shadows	(W) 13-3

Record Breakdown

Thunderbird (25-26)		Cactus Shadows (25-26)
17-7	Overall	22-9
8-2	League	9-1
7-1	Non-League	6-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
4-0	Common Opponent	6-1
7-2	Home	8-1
9-3	Away	10-4
1-2	Neutral	4-4
0-1	Playoff	3-2
17-7	In-State	22-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1