Softball Recap: Deer Valley Sets Scoring Season-High Against Agua Fria

Skyhawks

Team Score (Highest)

04/23/25 @ Agua Fria	21
03/20/25 vs Miami	20
04/15/25 @ Peoria	19
03/25/25 vs Westview	19
03/31/25 @ Estrella Foothills	18

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Deer Valley). Everything went their way against the Agua Fria Owls on Wednesday as they made off with a 21-3 win. The victory was nothing new for the Skyhawks as they're now sitting on three straight.

The team relied heavily on Kyla Decker, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, seven RBI, and two runs. Those two runs gave her a new career-high. Priscilla Lopez was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and two RBI.

Deer Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .517. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .323 or higher in 11 consecutive games.

Deer Valley's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-5-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.1 runs over those games. As for Agua Fria, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost six of their last eight matches. That lines up perfectly with their 5-15 record this season.

Deer Valley will have a chance to go back-to-back against Agua Fria: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:45 p.m. on Friday.