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Ray High Bearcats
The defending State Champion Ray softball team started the new season just like it ended last year’s.
With a win.
The Lady Bearcats scored in each of the game’s four innings, including an eight-run fifth on their way to a convincing 17 – 1 season-opening victory at San Carlos last Friday.
Sophomore Amee Kenyon went 3-for-3 and drove in four runs to lead the Lady Cats. Fellow sophomore Daniella Hinojos doubled and had three RBI while Julie Meza, another sophomore, tripled and drove in two runs.
Hinojos picked up the complete-game victory, allowing only two hits and an earned run in the five-inning, 88-pitch start. She walked five and struck out 11 Lady Braves’ batters in the game.
Andrew Luberda began writing for Copper Area News Publishers (CANP) in February 2013 after working 15 years in Healthcare Financial Management. Andy covers sports for 11 high schools. His stories are published in Copper Basin News, San Manuel Miner and Superior Sun, in addition to the San Tan Valley Daily PRSS and CopperArea websites. Additionally, he has written human interest stories and business profiles. In May 2012, he earned an AAS in Sports Management at Central Arizona College before graduating with a BS in Communication from Arizona State University in 2014. He and his wife, Kelli, have three sons – AJ, Kyle, and Kade.
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