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Aaron Landers reaches on an error for Bagdad to start off the BOT 6. Dalton Mills #AzPreps365

Yikes, Aaron Landers caught stealing by Hayden! Dalton Mills #AzPreps365

Destry Owings just grabbed at his right leg a bit while running up the line on a fly out. Something to watch as he plays shortstop ... Dalton Mills #AzPreps365

Wow, now Rowdy Hooper gets thrown out at 2nd on a steal... Hayden back to the dugout for the top of the 7th. Dalton Mills #AzPreps365

We’re heading to extras! #AzPreps365

Carson Wood error at third. Alejandro Waddell aboard. #AzPreps365

Two great plays by Destry Owings, one cutting down a runner at home plate and Bagdad heads to the bottom of the 8th looking to win it. #AzPreps365

Aaron Landers singles. #AzPreps365

Owings walks. #AzPreps365

Hayden’s Matthew Armenta wiggles out of trouble and we head to the 9th inning in this 1A title game. #AzPreps365

Michael Langston on the hill for Bagdad in the 9th. #AzPreps365

Kino Lorona hits a 3-run triple down the left field line and Hayden takes an 8-5 lead in the top of the 9th! #AzPreps365

Tyler Garner drives home Lorona and Hayden now leads 9-5. #AzPreps365

FINAL: #2 Hayden 9, #1 Bagdad 6. Kino Lorona’s 3-run triple down the left field line in the 9th leads to a 4-run rally and gives the program their 14th state championship. #AzPreps365

CORRECTION: Ezrah Aguilar. This is what I get for reading the name off the pronunciation sheet for the announcer :)

What a game! #AzPreps365 azpreps365.com/articles/18524…

Longtime Sinagua/Coconino head coach Kimberly Dennis led her team to a 30-4 record and the first softball championship in Panther history. A former Purdue Softball standout, Dennis is in her 22nd year of coaching. #AzPreps365

Coconino senior Kaitlyn Tso graduates as one of the best ever from Arizona. 87 victories. 1,100 strikeouts in the 43-foot era. 4A state championship. CSUN Softball NDNSPORTS.COM

Hit by pitch ties it 1-1 then an RBI from Yazzie wins it for Coconino

Excited to join the AIA and AZPreps365 for a 4th year in 2025-26 covering HS sports in northern AZ and beyond. Sports writing is a passion, starting in 2001 when I got paid $5.15 an hour to work for the SID, doing stats for CUW football team & writing gamers. #ContractSigned