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West Coach Ron Adame

Jake Berry — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:13:44 +0000

Sharyland and West All Star coach Ron Adame discusses the defense dominated all star game.

Monty Stumbaugh on East Performance

Jake Berry — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:36 +0000

Port Isabel and East All Star coach Monty Stumbaugh discusses his teams performance and the last play of the game.

Rattler’s Season Ends with a Moody Sweep

Jake Berry — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:02:53 +0000

Head Coach Salvador Hernandez saw history repeating itself on Saturday, and it still hurt just as bad as before. In his first year as head coach, he had seen this happen twice before when he was an assistant to the Rio Grande City Baseball Team. Corpus Christy Moody defeated the Rattlers 8-0 in ...

Hidalgo Rallies to Advance to Regional Semi’s

Jake Berry — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:01:20 +0000

With sheer determination and a single swing of the bat, Hidalgo looked destiny in the eye and sealed their fate to secure a spot in the Class 3A regional semifinals with a 10-4 victory of Robstown on Saturday. Game 2 had gone in favor of Robstown earlier that day with a 12-2 loss in ...

East/West All Star Game Full Game

Jake Berry — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:50 +0000

Alex Del Barrio and Carlos Robledo lead our broadcast in conjunction with KWES of the RGVCA East/West All Star game from Weslaco’s Bobby Lackey Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:00pm.

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Lady Greyhounds Advance to Elite Eight

Staff Writer — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:59 +0000

The Lady Greyhounds’ win on Friday night at Cabaniss Softball Field was straight out of a movie script. The game against San Antonio O’Connor was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh when the Lady Grey’s batting ace stepped to the plate and delivered. With a single by Jackie Elizondo, courtesy runner ...

Smithson Valley Takes Lady Hawks 2-1

Staff Writer — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:25:18 +0000

Single Game sets have been kind to Harlingen South throughout the state playoffs. The Lady Hawks had managed a pair of upsets that resulted in an unexpected spot in the regional semi’s. They almost pulled it off again for a third time on Friday night, but Smithson Valley held them back from a sixth ...

Hildago Wins Game 1 over Robstown with Big Fourth Inning

Jake Berry — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20:46 +0000

It was bound to happen eventually.

The Pirates burned Robstown ace hurler Jon Leal with seven runs in the fourth frame after three innings of struggle. This was all the offensive power that they needed to achieve their 7-2 win in Friday night’s Game 1 of the Class 3A regional quarterfinals.

Game 2 is today at 3 pm at Falfurrias with Game 3 immediately following, if necessary.

Hildago (25-6) began the game with eight consecutive outs, finding it difficult to adjust to the pitching power of Leal. But in the fourth frame, a single, a walk, and an error loaded the bases for the Pirates with no outs.

Shea Patterson got the first RBI of the evening with a grounder into a fielder’s choice. Jesus Berrones singled to plate another, tying the score at 2-2. Then Edgar Salinas walked to the plate and turned the tables by clearing the bases with a triple to left field.

The entire Pirates team met Patterson and Berrones when they each made it to home plate. The score was now 4-2, and they all knew that the game was in the bag.

Four pitches later, Oscar Noquera hit a single that plated teammate Salinas to increase the lead to 5-2. After JD Badillo made it to base on an error, Noquera scored, followed by Badillo on a base hit from Joel Ibanez.

The Damage? The Pirates managed 7 runs, 5 hits, 1 walk, 2 errors, 2 pitchers and a third round playoff victory that is one for the books!

Hildago pitcher Normand Mendoza had a 5 run lead but still had to work hard. He had some trouble in the fifth inning when a single from Mike De Los Santos drove Chris Esquivel sprinting to home plate, but Daniel Dougherty stuck him down with an impressive throw from out in left field.

Mendoza allowed only one Cottonpicker to make it to base after that with a walk. In total, Robstown only achieved 2 runs, 2 hits and 3 walks off of Mendoza all night while the ace hurler managed 14 strikeouts including a 1-2-3 in the seventh.

The first of the Robstown runs came in the first frame with an RBI from a single by De Los Santos. Their final score occurred in the third. Esquivel reached due to an error and scored on a debatable play. But that was about it for the reigning district champs who seemed to play worse as Mendoza got better.

After the Big Fourth Inning, the Pirates actually only managed one more hit, but Leal was already on the ropes. The momentum was in favor of Hildago.

Bart Bickerton on the Loss

Jake Berry — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:24:00 +0000

Alex Del Barrio interviewed Sharyland’s Bart Bickerton after his teams tough loss to Eagle Pass. The rattlers were ranked 3rd in the nation according to Maxpreps.com.

San Benito Uses Walk-Off Bunt To Advance Past O’Connor

Clay Williams — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:00 +0000

In the amazing final play of a one-game playoff, The 7th-ranked Lady Hounds of San Benito beat number 2 in the state San Antonio O'Connor 3-2 to advance to the Elite Eight for the 2nd time in 3 seasons.