League recap: Matthews powers Ironwood Ridge with hot hitting week

By Staff Report Mar 18, 2013, 10:09pm

II Section I league recap: 3/13/13

Jake Matthews was the hottest hitter in II Section I this week, racking up a .545 average, two home runs and 13 RBIs. Ironwood Ridge compiled a record of 3-0 in that time.

Salpointe Catholic's Jio Orozco was the best pitcher in the league this week. He won one game and struck out 12 batters.

Catalina Foothills had a league-high 17 steals as a team this week, but still trails Campo Verde, which has 40 on the year, for the season lead.

20 batters hit over .400 this week. The group was paced by Trey Stine, who collected seven hits in nine at bats for a .778 average.

Sati Santa Cruz led Sahuarita to a win on March 8, as he notched 15 strikeouts to beat Cholla, 4-1. Over seven innings of work, he gave up one hit and one run.



Devin Harrison had four hits in four at bats in the Nighthawks' 22-0 victory over Amphitheater on Wednesday. He also drove in three runners and scored three runs.



Story is based on stats entered in MaxPreps by Tuesday 5am PST each week.