A day planned nearly four years in advance. Custom shirts given out to family members far and wide for Christmas presents. The Harper family was more than prepared for a life-time first on Friday.
The Arizona Wildcats welcomed the Arizona Sun Devils for another edition of the softball version of the Territorial Cup. The 2019 chapter of the rivalry had an added spice to it. As for Friday, Sun Devil freshman MaKenna Harper lined up on the opposite side of her sister, Jessie, the Wildcats’ star junior shortstop.
Arizona took the series opener 8-0, but for the Harper family, the result didn’t matter.