PHOENIX, Arizona — Willcox defeated Mohave Accelerated, 5-3, at GCU, to win the Arizona Class 2A state softball title.
Freshman Hattie Macumber was named Championship Game MVP. Macumber pitched a complete game (7 innings, 7 strikeouts, 1 earned run), hit a solo home run to open the scoring in the 4th inning, and went 2-for-3 at the plate.
Willcox (final record 25-6) entered as the No. 5 seed. They upset top-seeded Heritage Academy 8-4 in the semifinals and defeated No. 2 Mohave Accelerated in the final. This was their first state title since 2010.
The team is notably young — featuring six freshmen and only one senior — but showed tremendous grit all season under head coach Trevor Ward who was an assistant on the 2010 championship team.
