Baseball Recap: Willow Canyon Finds Home Field Redemption Against Ironwood

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

03/01/25 vs Pima	14
04/03/25 vs Ironwood	11
03/01/25 vs La Joya Community	11
02/26/25 vs Goldwater	11
03/19/25 vs Damonte Ranch	9

There's no place like home for Willow Canyon, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They blew past the Ironwood Eagles 12-1 on Thursday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.

Willow Canyon got a great performance from Jackson Duce as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Duce has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Nathan Lara was incredible, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Ethan Patrick also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Willow Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ironwood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-9.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Willow Canyon will square off against Kellis at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The Wildcats are facing the Cougars at the right time seeing as the Cougars are stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Ironwood, they will challenge Fairfax at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The Stampede have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed ten runs per game on average), something the Eagles will no doubt try to take advantage of.