HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Fountain Hills softball season ends after restoring stability

Fountain Hills senior Sammantha Hughes scoops up a grounder and sends the ball to first base for the out.

(Richard Smith/West Valley Preps)

Fountain Hills High School's teams are winding down the season.

The Falcons’ season is over as of April 30, but it ended in the softball program’s first postseason game of any kind in three years. Coming in as the No. 23 seed, Fountain Hills made a trip to a familiar and difficult foe.

Region rivals Camp Verde were the No. 10 seed and the Cowboys brought their big bats with them again, knocking out the Falcons 16-1 in five innings.

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