River Valley is a perfect 3-0 against Highland Prep since April of 2025 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Dust Devils will welcome the Honey Badgers at 3:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (River Valley has four straight wins, Highland Prep has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
River Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Tonopah Valley a 20-0 shutout on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Dust Devils, who have now won eight games by nine runs or more so far this season.
Sophia Reyes made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all five of her plate appearances with five RBI, two doubles, and one run.
Tamarie Williams
| 04/10/26 @ Tonopah Valley | 5 |
| 02/28/25 @ Yuma | 4 |
| 04/02/26 @ Parker | 3 |
| 04/01/26 @ Odyssey Institute | 3 |
| 03/24/26 vs Chino Valley | 3 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tamarie Williams, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with five runs and two RBI. Those five runs gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Chastiny Gonzalez, who went 3-for-4 with three runs.
River Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .621. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Highland Prep lost 11-4 to Odyssey Institute on Friday.
Like River Valley, Highland Prep also got a great game from a two-way player: Sydney Mikkelson. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 11 batters over six innings while giving up five earned (and six unearned) runs off six hits. Mikkelson was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. That stolen base was her first of the season.
Mikkelson wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Odry Ayon, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run. Layelle Simms also deserves some recognition as she brought in her first RBI of the season.
River Valley's victory bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Highland Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9-1.
Everything went River Valley's way against Highland Prep when the teams last played back in March, as River Valley made off with a 17-0 win. Will the Dust Devils repeat their success, or do the Honey Badgers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
