The Fountain Hills High School baseball team struggled in the first round of the state playoffs and lost 8-3 in the opener.
The No. 8 Falcons (13-5) hosted the No. 9 Tanque Verde Giants (13-4) on Tuesday, April 30. Tanque Verde senior Trevor Carlson pitched a complete game, and the Falcons used four pitchers in the contest.
The Falcons went down 5-3 after the first inning. Sophomore Jack Irwin was pulled from the mound after allowing three singles, a triple and a double from the Giants, and senior Nathan Hughes got the Falcons out of trouble at the end of the inning.
