Here are the standings for all baseball districts involving Big Country schools through April 27:
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GAME STORY: Wall crushes Jim Ned 11-1 in first game of District 6-3A title showdown
WALL — A highly anticipated District 6-3A showdown for the league championship turned into a Wall showcase on Thursday, as the Hawks took the first of two games with Jim Ned 11-1 at WHS.
Luke Kemp tossed a two-hitter with nine strikeouts while Hagyn Barbee and Cale Braden were both 2 for 3 with two RBIs to lead Wall (24-4-1, 13-0)) which can clinch the district title if it defeats the Indians in Friday’s 7 p.m. rematch at Jim Ned.
The Indians fell to 22-4 and 12-1 with the loss.
“We came out ready to play,” Wall coach Jason Schniers said. “I challenged my kids yesterday at the end of practice to make sure we continue to give an effort every day and to make sure that we understand we haven’t really accomplished anything yet.
“We have a good record and we’re undefeated in district but other than that, nothing has been accomplished. It was a reminder about the purpose of what we’re going through over the next two days and boy did our kids respond in a big way.”
Big Country Baseball Statistical Leaders (through April 27)
NOTE: WITH THE REGULAR SEASON COMING TO A CLOSE, THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL BASEBALL STATISTICAL LEADERS LIST FOR 2023
Here are the area’s baseball statistical leaders through April 27 (top 25 in each category).
Statistics are from throughout the Big Country Preps circulation area as submitted by coaches. These lists will be continually updated as we receive more submissions.
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LOCAL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Wylie locks up playoff berth with win at Coronado; AHS clinches postseason spot despite loss
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LUBBOCK — The Wylie baseball team locked up a playoff berth and dashed Lubbock Coronado’s postseason hopes in one swoop Tuesday, routing the Mustangs 7-1 to set up a huge home matchup with Lubbock Cooper on Friday.
Needing a win over Coronado to avoid a do-or-die game against the District 4-5A leading Pirates in Friday’s regular season finale, the Bulldogs took control early, using a three-run second inning to build a lead they would never relinquish.
Pitcher Sam Walker took care of things from there, limiting the Mustangs to one run over seven outstanding innings to help his team improve to 17-10 overall and 11-6 in league play.
GAME STORY: Posey, Brandstetter help Lions clinch No. 2 seed with Glen Rose bashing
BROWNWOOD — Logan Posey is the first person to admit that he’s struggled at the plate for the Brownwood baseball team this season.
The junior catcher’s slump was so prolonged that the Lions had used their designated hitter for him in seven consecutive games while he worked on his swing.
Inserted back into the batting lineup on Tuesday, Posey had a home run, a double, two walks and three RBIs to help Brownwood clinch the No. 2 seed out of District 6-4A with a 10-0 win over Glen Rose at Morris Southall Field.
GAME STORY: Chapman helps Albany clinch District 8-2A title with 10-0 Senior Night win over Cisco
ALBANY — Senior Cole Chapman pitched five shutout innings and delivered a pair of hits, including a two-run triple in the second, to fuel the Albany baseball team to a 10-0 Senior Night win over Cisco on Tuesday at the Albany Lions Baseball Field.
Behind Chapman’s efforts, AHS (9-1 in league play) claimed its eighth consecutive win to clinch the outright title in District 8-2A and take a 17-2 overall record into the playoffs next week.
The Lions, who topped Cisco 4-0 the first time the teams met on April 4, took advantage of 10 walks and a pair of Loboes errors in Tuesday’s rematch, scoring in each of the first four innings before capping the run-rule victory with a single run in the sixth.
GAME STORY: Coleman stops Bangs, 6-2, to remain in the hunt for No. 2 seed
COLEMAN — There was nothing fancy about it. Nothing overwhelming. But at the end of the day, Coleman’s 6-2 win over area rival Bangs on Tuesday, was solid enough to keep the Bluecats (13-9, 8-3 District 7-2A) in contention for a No. 2 seed in the playoffs.
Jorge Salas pitched well enough to overcome three errors committed behind him and Ryland Gentry was 2 for 4 with two RBIs to lead Coleman, which finished with a modest six base hits (all singles) to get the win.
Bangs (15-7-2, 7-4) was led by Kenny Cole, who was 1 for 3 with an RBI triple and Skylar Minshew, who was 1 for 4 with a double. Theirs were the only Bangs’ hits recorded as Salas earned the win in five solid innings of work.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brock sophomore takes this week’s accolade with mercy rule no-hitter
A no-hitter alone is often enough to secure the Big Country Preps Player of the Week award. But when it’s backed by a solid offensive performance, it’s very difficult to get knocked off of the perch.
Brock sophomore Jesse Rusinek takes this week’s accolade after holding Eastland hitless in a 15-0 mercy rule win that saw him miss a perfect game by one walk. He fanned 12 in the process.
“He was dealin’ out there,” Brock coach Kobe Page said of the stuff Rusinek had in the Eastland game. “When he’s on, he’s pretty tough … just showing up, battling and moving the ball around the strike zone. He was ‘on.'”
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GAME STORY: Abilene High rides fast start to 10-3 win over Lubbock Coronado
Hosting Lubbock Coronado with a chance to put some separation between itself and the Mustangs in the District 4-5A standings, the Abilene High baseball team took care of business Saturday at Blackburn Field.
The Eagles scored four runs in the first inning, and junior ace Brady Bennett took care of the rest, bottling up the Coronado offense for 6.1 solid innings in a 10-3 win.
The victory improved Abilene High (14-15 overall) to 11-6 in district play, pulling the Eagles within a half-game of league leader Lubbock Cooper (18-15, 11-5) while dropping the Mustangs (18-12) into fifth place at 9-7 in 4-5A action.
Big Country Baseball Statistical Leaders (through April 20)
Here are the area’s baseball statistical leaders through April 20 (top 25 per category).
Statistics are from throughout the Big Country Preps circulation area as submitted by coaches. These lists will be continually updated as we receive more submissions.
Big Country Softball Standings (through April 20)
Here are the standings for all softball districts involving Big Country schools through April 20:
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PHOTO GALLERY: Cooper-Wylie baseball (105 images)
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GAME STORY: Buckaroos rally in extras to top Early 6-5 in classic Big Country matchup
BRECKENRIDGE —It took nearly 3.5 hours and 11 innings to settle the issue. But the Breckenridge Buckaroos finally got what they desperately needed on Tuesday to keep their hopes for a No. 2 playoff seed alive.
Facing second-place Early and needing a win to force a tie in the standings, Breckenridge rallied from two separate deficits — the last of which came in extras to lift the Buckaroos to a thrilling 6-5 win in a classic Big Country matchup at O.D. Woodward Stadium.
Caiden Marin provided a game-winning single, Bryson Herring was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs and Marco Jaramillo got the win in relief to lift Breckenridge (10-13-1, 8-3 District 8-3A) which is now locked in a second-place tie with Early with three games to play.
GAME STORY: Clark fuels Wylie baseball to 9-4 win over Cooper, Bulldogs keep pace in 4-5A race
Brady Clark turned in a solid start on the mound and delivered a three-run home run in the third inning to help the Wylie baseball team pull away for an important 9-4 win over Cooper on Tuesday at Bulldog Field.
The victory, which came despite four errors on a windy night at the ballpark, improved the Bulldogs (15-9 overall) to 9-5 in District 4-5A, keeping coach Grant Martin’s squad within a half-game of the lead in a wild playoff race.
The Bulldogs are now tied with Lubbock Coronado (18-10, 9-5) for second place — a half-game behind leader Lubbock Cooper (17-15, 10-5) and a half-game ahead of Abilene High (12-15, 9-6) and Lubbock Monterey (13-16, 9-6). Lubbock Cooper downed Lubbock High 15-2 and Monterey topped AHS 12-0 in Tuesday’s other league games, keeping five teams in the title race as the district season hits the stretch run.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Phillips takes yet another Player of the Week award
Clyde’s Payton Phillips is no stranger to our Big Country Preps Player of the Week award. She’s no stranger to gold medals either.
And for the third time since last year, the CHS senior has captured our weekly accolade — this time with an armful of hardware.
In her latest performance, Phillips won four separate district championships and took silver in a fifth at the District 6-3A track meet.
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GAME STORY: Abilene High rallies from early 4-0 deficit to down Cooper 13-5
Abilene High junior Brady Bennett didn’t take his best stuff to the mound Friday against crosstown rival Cooper, but that didn’t stop the Eagles ace from pitching his team to yet another key win in its pursuit of the District 4-5A championship.
After struggling with his control during a four-run first inning, Bennett gutted his way through four more productive frames, and the AHS lineup found its stride in the middle innings to pull away for a 13-5 win at Cougar Field.
The victory, which came on the heels of a 10-4 home loss to Wylie on Tuesday, improved the Eagles (12-14 overall) to 9-5 in league play, keeping coach Brad Harman’s squad in a tie with Lubbock Cooper and Lubbock Coronado atop the standings in a wild District 4-5A race.
Big Country Baseball Statistical Leaders (through April 13)
Here are the area’s baseball statistical leaders through April 13 (top 25 per category).
Statistics are from throughout the Big Country Preps circulation area as submitted by coaches. These lists will be continually updated as we receive more submissions.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Wylie-Abilene High baseball (118 images)
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GAME STORY: Walker’s clutch relief effort, seven-run third fuel Wylie to 10-4 win at Abilene High
Taking over in the second inning with his team down 3-0, Wylie senior Sam Walker pitched six dominant innings to help fuel the Bulldogs to a 10-4 win over Abilene High on Tuesday at Blackburn Field.
Buoyed by a seven-run third that turned the early deficit into a comfortable four-run lead, the right-hander limited the red-hot Eagles to one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight in a much-needed victory for the Bulldogs.
The win, just Wylie’s second in its last six games, improved the Bulldogs (14-9-1 overall) to 8-5 in District 4-5A — pulling coach Grant Martin’s squad into a remarkable five-way tie for first thanks to Abilene Cooper’s 7-5 win over Lubbock Cooper and Lubbock Monterey’s 4-3 win over Lubbock Coronado on Tuesday.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Snyder baseballer edges Snyder softballer for top spot
It’s difficult to trump a no-hitter, though Snyder’s Ava Aviles came close last week.
Aviles, who threw back-to-back two-hitters for Snyder softball, is our first runner-up to her classmate, Player of the Week Ty Davis and his first career no-hitter.
Davis earned a 13-2 five-inning win over Levelland last week, holding LHS hitless in the mercy rule win, finishing with five strikeouts.
“Ty has continued to improve on the mound and has given us some excellent innings this season, none bigger than last Tuesday with his no-hit performance,” Snyder coach Shane Stewart said. ” I am proud of him and looking forward to watching him mature as a pitcher and a young man.”
GAME STORY: Abilene High rallies in seventh, edges Lubbock Cooper 6-5 on walk-off squeeze bunt
Roughly 24 hours after blowing a 6-1 seventh-inning lead in a 7-6 loss to Lubbock Coronado, the Abilene High baseball team found itself on the verge of another gut-wrenching defeat Thursday against Lubbock Cooper.
But after allowing three runs in the top of the seventh to fall behind 5-4 to the Pirates, the Eagles got the last laugh this time.
Down to its final two outs after Rylan Stokes grounded out to lead off the home half of the seventh inning, AHS got a rally-starting single from Danian Martinez, followed by a hit batsman to put two runners on base. Saul Vazquez then roped a game-tying single to right, and after pitcher Brady Bennett was intentionally walked to load the bases, Beckham Paul laid down a picture perfect squeeze bunt to score Diego Flores and lift the Eagles to a dramatic 6-5 win.
Big Country Baseball Statistical Leaders (through April 6)
Here are the area’s baseball statistical leaders through April 6 (top 25 per category).
Statistics are from throughout the Big Country Preps circulation area as submitted by coaches. These lists will be continually updated as we receive more submissions.
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GAME STORY: Hawley outlasts Anson in sloppy slugfest
ANSON — With combined totals of six errors, nine walks and five hit batsmen, it didn’t require Casey Stengal to assess that neither Hawley or Anson brought their “A” game to Tuesday’s District 6-2A matchup at AHS.
But after nearly three hours of battling for a higher spot on the league ladder, Hawley emerged as the victor, topping the Tigers 14-9.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Albany’s Chapmans share this week’s award
It’s not often that a Big Country baseball team charts two no-hitters in the same week. But when two pitchers with the same last name are charting the no-nos it’s about as common as the planets aligning.
That was the case last week with the Albany Lions, who in sweeping Haskell (15-0) and Stamford (11-1) saw Cole and Tyler Chapman (non-siblings) post back-to-back no-hitters.
Cole, a senior, blanked Haskell in four innings of work in a mercy rule win, fanning six. Three days later, Tyler got into the act in a five-inning run-rule win with 12 Ks.
They now share our Big Country Preps Player of the Week award — another rarity.
“We were very proud of our pitchers last week,” Albany coach David Fairchild said. “Both pitchers were in control and in command of their pitches.”
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GAME STORY: Lubbock Monterey outlasts Wylie in extra innings
Coming off a disappointing effort Friday in a 7-1 loss at Cooper, the Wylie Bulldogs team were hoping a quick turnaround would allow them to move past that one and back into the win column when they hosted Lubbock Monterey on Saturday.
Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, things didn’t quite work out that way.
Instead, the Plainsmen came to Bulldog Field and left with a 4-3 win in extra innings, pushing Wylie from first to third in the District 4-5A standings. The Bulldogs, who fell to 12-7-1 overall and 6-3 in league play, now trail co-leaders Lubbock Cooper and Abilene High, both 7-3 in district, by a half-game at the midway point of their district season.
GAME STORY: Win over Lubbock High caps perfect week for Abilene High baseball
The Abilene High baseball team is finding its groove in a wide-open District 4-5A race at the right time.
Saturday’s 4-0 win over Lubbock High at Blackburn Field capped a 3-0 week for the Warbirds, who moved into a first-place tie with Lubbock Cooper in the district standings after Wylie lost 4-3 to Lubbock Monterey in extra innings across town.
AHS beat Cooper 6-0 on Tuesday in the Crosstown Showdown before a thrilling 3-1 road win over Monterey on Friday night.
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GAME STORY: Patient offense, Henderson’s pitching lead Cooper past Wylie
Cooper baseball coach Brandon Stover celebrated his 43rd birthday on Thursday.
Friday night, Stover’s team gave him the best birthday gift he could’ve wanted — a 7-1 win over Wylie in the Southtown Showdown at Cougar Field.
Cooper’s offense managed just four hits in the win, but the Cougars drew seven walks and had four additional batters hit by pitches in the District 4-5A matchup.
Big Country Baseball Statistical Leaders (through March 30)
Here are the area’s baseball statistical leaders through March 30 (top 25 per category).
Statistics are from throughout the Big Country Preps circulation area as submitted by coaches. These lists will be continually updated as we receive more submissions.
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GAME STORY: Bennett pitches Abilene High past Cooper, back into win column
The Abilene High baseball team bounced back from a tough loss to Wylie on Friday with a victory over archrival Cooper on Tuesday, riding a big first inning and a strong outing from starter Brady Bennett to a 6-0 win at Blackburn Field.
The Eagles staked Bennett to a 3-0 after an inning, and the junior right-hander took care of the rest, limiting the Cougars to just five hits over seven shutout innings to help AHS (8-12 overall) improve to 5-3 in District 4-5A play.
The Abilene High victory provided a nice rebound from Friday’s 10-4 loss to Wylie, which saw the Eagles allow seven runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth.
GAME STORY: Jim Ned dominates Coahoma behind Millican no-hitter
TUSCOLA — In the aftermath of Jim Ned’s 10-0 win over Coahoma on Tuesday, there was almost no acknowledgement of the fact that Jim Ned’s Garan Millican had just thrown a no-hitter.
The truth of the matter is, many people were completely unaware of it, given that the scoreboard wasn’t accounting for hits. And even those who had suspected that he had thrown a no-no, weren’t sure of it, since they hadn’t seen the official book yet.
Case closed. Millican delivered a five-inning no-hitter in a mercy rule win at Jim Ned, helping the Indians (15-3, 5-0 District 6-3A) to remain in a first-place tie with area power Wall in the league race.