PRESCOTT, Ariz. (February 17, 2026)

The Yavapai baseball team has had a hot start to their 2026 season, and to showcase their dominance, the Roughriders led a 14-1 win over the Royals of Douglas College.

Although rain and wind were factors in this game, the Riders came to play, and crushed the opponents in 5 innings, right before the hail began to fall.

The 14 runs that happened in this game came primarily from extra base hits, including 4 home runs by the home team. Garison Jones had a grand slam home run, batting in 4 with just one hit on the day. Dalton Irwin had an especially great game, batting in 5 total, and hitting a double and a home run over center field. Reid Hurtt and Revan Maduro each hit far homers as well, with Hurtt's bringing in 2 runners and Maduro's single run HR happening after the first pitch of the 3rd inning.

Derek Kiepke had 2 RBI's, which he achieved by batting in both runners with a double for the first two scores of the game in the bottom of the 1st. Kiepke also recorded a steal this game, as well as Jones and Parker Halvorson.

Nathaniel Ramirez had an excellent pitching game. In just 4 innings pitched, Ramirez gave up just one run and had the batters swinging the air for 8 strikeouts.

The Riders had zero fielding errors on the day, and ended the game with a Double Play from 3B Matthew Peterson to 1B Carter Brown. Both Kiepke and Ramirz caught 2 Royals runners stealing.

Yavapai Baseball is now 5-2 this season. Prescott Valley natives and Bradshaw Mountain graduates Garison Jones, Dalton Irwin, and Nathaniel Ramirez all had especially great days.

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Yavapai Baseball's next game against Thompson Rivers tomorrow has been POSTPONED.