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Continental 10-11 Little League defeats Blue Ridge

Four Continental pitchers tossed a one-hit shutout Tuesday night to narrow the field for the District 1 10-11 Little League All-Star tournament to two with a 15-0 win.

Nathan Duran, Bennett Wojcik, Chance Pierce and Robbie McCarron kept Blue Ridge off the board and eliminated the White Mountains' squad from the tourney.

Continental earned a return match tonight with unbeaten West Flagstaff. Manager Matt Wright's team must beat West Flagstaff tonight and again Thursday night to advance to the state tournament.

"West Flag has beaten us a couple times in a row and they are a very, very good team and are a well-coached and disciplined team with a great pitching staff," Wright said. "We have a battle ahead of us, but I'm feeling confident that we're going to give them a great game."

Blue Ridge, 23-1 losers to West Flagstaff Monday night, had its leadoff hitters reach in the first three innings. But starting pitcher Duran struck out the side in the first, and fanned two more in the second before giving way to Wojcik with runners on the corners. Wojcik walked them full and then got the next hitter on strikes.

By then, the game was essentially decided as Continental scored 10 times in the first inning on just three hits. The team in black and orange plated five more in the bottom of the second. Cleanup hitter Jake Plecas went 3-for-3 with four runs batted in and Duran was 2-for-3 from the No. 9 hole.

Blue Ridge's Adam Henderson reached on an infield hit to start the third inning. But the next three hitters went down on strikes, the first by Wojcik and the next two courtesy of Pierce.

Pierce was lifted with one out and runners at first and second in the fourth. McCarron came on and induced a ground ball to Seth Born at second. Born tagged the runner moving to second base and threw to first for a game-ending double play.

"We had great pitching, and a great effort from kids who don't often get the ball all the time," Wright said. "For them to come in and throw strikes consistently to keep free passes off is a great thing."

West Flagstaff (3-0) defeated Continental 20-14 in last week's Area 1 final, rallying from a 10-6 deficit. Tonight's game is set for 7 p.m. at the main field on Bircle Circle in Page.

LOCAL BASEBALL

The Flagstaff Peaks high-school age baseball team won the High Desert Classic tournament over this past weekend in Albuquerque.

Manager Ed Vesely's squad competed against over 40 teams from Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, and beat some of the best teams in the Southwest.

Pre-Engineering Excellence at Grandview High School « It Is Academic

At a time when the number of Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers is declining state- and nationwide, Grandview High School in Aurora, CO continues to succeed in implementing technological concepts into its classrooms.

As a result, many students who have taken courses in the Technology Education and Computer Science department have gone on to design unique senior projects, pass the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam and, in recent graduate Brent Last’s case, gain attention after placing first at a national competition.