South Mountain CC, with six players from Southern Arizona, remains alive in the NJCAA D2 World Series at Enid, Okla. The Cougars are in the semifinals playing Pasco-Hernando (Fla.) and they are leading 10-1 T3.
If the score holds, South Mountain, coming out of the elimination bracket, would force an "if" game with Pasco-Hernandez tomorrow at 1 p.m. (Tucson time). The winner would then advance to the championship game Saturday.
The Southern Arizona players:
RHP Izaiah Moraga (Salpointe)
C Ernie Alvarez (CDO)
RHP Grant Young (CDO)
RHP Denzel Montijo (Nogales)
UTIL Derek Montijo (Nogales)
OF/LHP Gennaro Brito (Tucson)
Brito is the starting pitcher tonight. He and Alvarez are batterymates.