ST. GEORGE — Region 10 competition began this week for local high school softball teams and a trio of local clubs are starting to gather momentum.

Snow Canyon swept a two-game set from Pine View, Desert Hills took care of business in both of its games against Hurricane and Crimson Cliffs rolled to two big wins over Cedar.

Following are recaps of Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s Region 10 softball games.

Tuesday’s games

Snow Canyon 11, Pine View 1

The Warriors plated all their runs in the final three frames after the Panthers took an early 1-0 lead behind Lexie Tueller’s mammoth home run in the first inning.

“Lexie’s a really good hitter, experienced,” Pine View second-year coach Donald Glover told St. George News. “She got it going for us, I wish we could have done more.”

Pine View stayed in the game early behind strong pitching from Chaisey Milne.

“Chaisey is one of our seniors, another one of our leaders,” Glover said. “She kept us in it. We really need to limit two-out walks, two-out walks killed us. But she’s tough. She’s going to battle through anything and I’m proud of her.”

Snow Canyon struck with four runs in the third inning, two more in the fourth and then plated five runners in the fifth frame to end the game early.

Anyssa Montano led the way for the Warriors with four RBIs. Jenna Thorkelson knocked in two runs and Emma Miller and Kennadi Gates each drove in a run for the winners.

Meanwhile, Snow Canyon pitcher Emma Daniel was a force. After yielding Tueller’s homer, Daniel did not allow another hit or run in the contest.

Four fielding errors helped the Warriors score three unearned runs.

“I told the girls that we were in it. We fought,” Glover said. “We just need to clean it up with two outs, stop throwing the ball around and be more aggressive at the plate.”

“We don’t have a lot of girls that are playing year-round, but we have a lot of girls that are willing to work hard and be tough,” he added. “I’m proud of them, they’re learning. We hung in with a good team.”

Crimson Cliffs 16, Cedar 1

At Cedar, the Mustangs exploded for eight runs in the top of the second inning to build an early lead over the Reds.

The rally included a grand slam home run by Afton Roberts that made it 6-0, with Paisley Lantz adding a solo homer two pitches later.

The Mustangs piled on seven more runs in the sixth inning, with Emma Shakespear hitting a grand slam and Lantz adding a two-run HR.

Crimson Cliffs totaled 18 hits for the game. McKenna Cahoon was the winning pitcher, throwing five strong innings and allowing just one run on six scattered hits.

Desert Hills 18, Hurricane 9

The Thunder and Tigers combined for 27 runs and 25 hits in Hurricane. Both teams had a big five-run inning and Desert Hills scored runs in every inning but one.

Mav Schmid was the winning pitcher for Desert Hills while Emma Patterson took the loss for Hurricane.

Hurricane was led at the plate by McKinlee Wright and her three RBIs. Abbi Stout and Isabelle Farrar also picked up an RBI in the game.

Desert Hills saw a couple of different players pile up big offensive numbers. Laci Jones led the way for the Thunder with a double, a triple and five RBIs.

Payten Benson and Alexandra Aiken both drove in three Desert Hills RBI’s. Saidey Spencer drove in two runners and Jenelle Jones accounted for an RBI for the winners.

Wednesday’s games

Desert Hills 12, Hurricane 6

The Thunder beat the Tigers after plating three runs in the first and then adding to its lead throughout the rest of the contest.

Six different Desert Hills players accounted for at least one RBI in the victory. Aisey Gargano led the way with two home runs and three RBIs in the win. Jenelle Jones smacked two doubles and drove in two runs for Desert Hills.

Laci Jones, Hallee Heath, Kailey Chamblee and Peyten Benson all had one RBI for the Thunder.

Meanwhile, Morgan Stout, Abbi Stout and Emma Patterson each hit had an RBI for the Tigers. Mav Schmid won the game in the pitcher’s circle while Anniston Hutchings took the loss for Hurricane.

Snow Canyon 17, Pine View 1

The Warriors followed up a one-hitter on Tuesday night with another on Wednesday night to beat the Panthers.

Jenna Thorkelson was the winning pitcher for Snow Canyon while Chaisey Milne took her second loss in a row for Pine View.

Snow Canyon took an early 2-0 lead, then closed out the game with 15 tallies in the third inning. Nine different Warriors batters had at least one RBI in the game.

Breckyn Atkinson homered for the winners and drove in four runs. Alyssa Staheli also belted a Snow Canyon home run and Emma Daniel knocked in three RBIs for Snow Canyon.

Crimson Cliffs 11, Cedar 8

At Crimson Cliffs, the Mustangs and the Cedar Reds combined for 19 runs off 23 hits during the game. Neither team committed an error.

Crimson Cliffs took command with a nine-run first inning, then scored two insurance runs in the fifth frame.

Addilyn Brinkerhoff had the big day at the plate for Crimson Cliffs, smacking a double, two home runs and driving in four runs for the winners. Emma Shakespear contributed two RBIs in the win.

Ashten Taylor, Afton Roberts, Ellie Herd and McKenna Cahoon all had one RBI apiece for the Mustangs.

Cahoon, the starting pitcher who went 3.1 innings, also picked up the win.

Cedar’s Braylee Peterson and Lexis Ludlow each homered and drove in two runs in the defeat, while teammates Haylee Campbell, Avery Vest, Kodi Nelson, Kali Crowley and Taislee Arehart each had one RBI. Campbell’s run was a solo homer.

Region 10 softball standings, as of March 24

1. Crimson Cliffs 2-0 (11-2)
2. Snow Canyon 2-0 (6-5)
3. Desert Hills 2-0 (6-7)
4. Dixie 0-0 (8-5)
5. Hurricane 0-2 (6-3)
6. Cedar 0-2 (6-6)
7. Pine View 0-2 (3-8)

Cedar City News reporter JEFF RICHARDS contributed to this article.

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