Photos: Catalina Foothills outlasts Canyon del Oro 6-5 in 12-inning marathon, high school baseball
The Falcons couldn't hold a 4-0 lead late, erased a one run deficit in the tenth and finally got past the Dorados with a run in the 12th in a 5A Sonoran Region game at CFHS, April 21, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
Catalina Foothills' Ethan McQuade’s (6) helmet obscures his view as he tries to see the safe call after he slid through Canyon del Oro's catcher Francisco Rivero (13) with the winning run in a 6-5 see-saw, 12-inning, nail-biter of a 5A Sonoran Region game in Tucson on April 21, 2026.
Catalina Foothills' Tanner Sultan (24), left, comes flying into his teammates after whacking a 3-RBI homer in the fifth inning against CDO in their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS in Tucson on April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Francisco Rivero (13) gets plonked in the back in his first at-bat in the first inning of the Dorados’ 5A Sonoran Region game at Catalina Foothills in Tucson on April 21, 2026.
Catalina Foothills's Yaxel Ledezma (5) celebrates as his first inning two-out RBI double got the Falcons off to a fast start with a 1-0 lead over Canyon del Oro in a 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's third baseman Peyton Carson (10) charges a hopper up the line by Catalina Foothills's Aidan Brown (8) for the final Falcon out in the first inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Gatlin Geile (9) gets stopped short of the plate by Catalina Foothills catcher Ray Flores (16) trying to score an insurance run on a double steal in the tenth inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's shortstop Bostyn Dart (8) makes the throw to first but can’t record the out on Catalina Foothills's Ethan McQuade’s (6) ground ball in the tenth inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Brayden Hoyler (5) gets into second ahead of the throw to Catalina Foothills's shortstop Connor Matalone (14) on a fielder’s choice in the second inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Catalina Foothills's starter Alek Leyva (21) aims to throw out Canyon del Oro's Jackson Potter’s (17) come-backer to the mount in the second inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Catalina Foothills third baseman Yaxel Ledezma (5) lines up the grounder from Canyon del Oro's Bostyn Dart (8) in the fourth inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Francisco Rivero (13) makes the tag as Catalina Foothills' Ethan McQuade (6) tries to lunge to the plate to score the winning run on a series of Dorado errors in the 10th inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS in Tucson on April 21.
Canyon del Oro's Jackson Potter (17) gestures to his dugout after his double drove home the first Dorado run in the sixth against Catalina Foothills, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's David Adams (11) yells to his teammates, celebrating his two-RBI triple that cut Catalina Foothills's lead to 4-3 in the sixth inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's center fielder Gatlin Geile (9) races in to snare a dying fly in no-man’s land by Catalina Foothills's Ethan McQuade (6) that ended up stranding two Falcon baserunners in the sixth inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Alex Martinez (1) slides home, scoring from second on a passed ball, giving the Dorados their only lead of the night at 5-4 in the 10th inning against Catalina Foothills, April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Bostyn Dart (8) swipes second as the throw gets away from Catalina Foothills's second baseman Aidan Brown (8) in the 11th inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Catalina Foothills's shortstop Ryan Tosca (3) just manages to snare a high pop-up in shallow center by Canyon del Oro's Peyton Carson (10) that got the Falcons out a jam in the 12th inning of their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Catalina Foothills's Paden Good (10) waits for his teammates at second after his two-out double to the left-center gap drove home the winning run from first base in the 12th inning of their 5A Sonoran game against Canyon del Oro, Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 2026.
Canyon del Oro's Francisco Rivero (13) gloves a pitch against Catalina Foothills in their 5A Sonoran game at CFHS in Tucson on April 21.
Canyon del Oro's Francisco Rivero (13) warms up with a teammate as they get ready to face Catalina Foothills in a 5A Sonoran game, April 21.
Canyon del Oro's Francisco Rivero Jr. poses for a photo just before first pitch against Catalina Foothills in Tucson on April 21, 2026.
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