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The Pahranagat Valley High School baseball team swept a home doubleheader against the Indian Springs Thunderbirds on Tuesday, April 28, to secure a home game to open the regional playoffs.
The Panthers got a great pitching performance from senior Todd Hansen in game one. He went four innings and allowed just two hits and one earned run while striking out five. Classmate Jesse Stewart pitched a perfect fifth to close out the 12-1 win.
Senior Trevor Thiriot at the plate against Indian Springs in Alamo on April 28.
Hansen was also 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Stewart tripled, singled, scored two runs and drove one in. Sophomore Bronson Fiatoa hit a bases clearing triple, and senior Colin Howard drove in a run with a double and scored twice.
The Panthers erupted for 10 runs in the third inning to take game two 13-1 in five innings. PVHS senior Flint Higbee was dominant on the bump, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He also drove in four runs with a hit.
The Panthers managed just three hits in game two, but took 11 walks to keep the bags packed with traffic. Hansen, Braxten Tsosie, Stewart and Howard all had two walks each. Trevor Thiriot drove in a run with a hit and scored twice himself.
The Panthers (14-7-1, 7-1) have two regular season games remaining at Round Mountain (8-14, 4-3) starting at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 1. They’ll turn around and come home to host the Knights for round one of the regional playoffs on Thursday, May 7 at 3:30 p.m.