CHANDLER — The Roff High School baseball team has turned things around.
After dropping eight of its first 10 games, Roff has reeled off five straight wins, capped by a 4-3 victory over Class 4A Perkins-Tryon in Saturday’s championship game of the Mark Howard Memorial Tournament.
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