Desert Ridge baseball coach Pat Herrera was not disappointed the Jaguars failed to win the Highland Triple Play Classic nearly two weeks ago.

That tournament was serving as a training ground for his mostly new team that is a two-time defending 5A champion (one in 5A-II and one in 5A-I).

Prior to the Highland tourney, Desert Ridge beat a couple of pretty fair programs in Chaparral and Brophy in power-point games. Returning to power-point games last week the Jaguars hammered Skyline and topped East Valley Region favorite Mountain Pointe and defending 5A-II champ Horizon to complete a 3-0 week. They also own a power-point win over Gilbert.

Desert Ridge is now 6-1 in power-point games and establishing itself at the very least as a team to think about come state tournament  time.