Fast Fact
The Rio Mesa High Spartans, a band of 12 baseball players who dubbed themselves the “dirty dozen” at the start of the season, needed a new nickname Friday. Steve Qualls and Jose Valle were brought up from the junior varsity of the playoffs.
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