Photos: Salpointe wins 2019 4A state softball championship
It took extra innings for the Salpointe Lancers to hand the Cactus Cobras the first loss of the year for a 6-5 win in the 4A state softball championship game at Hillenbrand Stadium, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe catcher Anjolee Aguilar-Beaucage holds up the ball after tagging Gelndale Cactus's Hannah Difabio after she tried to score on a sac fly that ended the Cobra half of the third inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe players dog pile on the infield as the Gelndale Cactus players walk off when the Lancers scored the winning run in the eighth inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe Logan Cole gets mobbed by her teammates after she scored on a bloop sac fly to give the Lancers a 6-5 eight inning win against Gelndale Cactus in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe head coach Amy Rocha high fives her Lancers after the umpires finally ruled the winning run safe in a 6-5 extra inning win over previously undefeated Gelndale Cactus in the 4A state championship game, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe's Yannixa Acuna finds just enough room under Gelndale Cactus second baseman Hannah Defabio to safely steal second in the bottom of the second inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe starter Alyssa Aguilar throws to Gelndale Cactus hitter in the third inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe's Logan Cole holds onto for dear life as her inertia swings her around the bag while swiping second under the tag attempt by Gelndale Cactus shortstop Alynah Torres in the first inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe shortstop Diana Miranda-Montano skids into centerfielder Kayla Gonzales after a blooper from Gelndale Cactus Alynah Torres dropped into no-man's land between them for an RBI single in the fifth inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe centerfielder Kayla Gonzales just misses getting a glove on what ended up a triple by Gelndale Cactus's Alynah Torres to lead off the top of the seventh inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz. Torres ended up scoring the tying run to help send the game into extra innings.
4A state softball championship
Gelndale Cactus left fielder Cassandra Elliott can't catch up to fly ball down the line by Salpointe's Logan Cole to put the winning run a third in the eighth inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe first baseman Malaea Rocha and second baseman Logan Cole just avoid a collision as Cole chase down a blooper into right field foul territory by Gelndale Cactus batter Kaytlin Leyvas in the fifth inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Gelndale Cactus catcher Kaytlin Leyvas heads off the field as the Salpointe Lancers celebrate the winning run in the bottom of the eighth of 6-5 win in the 4A state championship, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
4A state softball championship
Salpointe's Kayla Gonzales gets nailed at the plate by Gelndale Cactus catcher Kaytlin Leyvas keeping the winning run temporarily off the board in the bottom of the eighth inning of their game in the 4A state championships, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
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