WACO — In the circle and at the plate, Academy’s Molly VandenBout put on a show Friday night.
BELTON — For a team without seniors that came into the postseason as a fourth seed, the Troy Trojanettes looked like anything but an inexperienced squad just happy to be there.
AUSTIN — Holland senior Ashton Morris took home a medal from his final high school race Friday night, earning the bronze in the Class 2A boys 200-meter dash at the UIL Track and Field State Championships.
AUSTIN — Already guaranteed of at least a second silver medal Thursday afternoon, a prevailing theme dominated Chris Preddie’s thoughts as he bounded toward the takeoff board for his final attempt in the triple jump.
AUSTIN — The Cameron Yoe girls got their hands on the team trophy Thursday, Jarrell’s Joseph Shamburger finally had a golden prize around his neck, and the Salado boys closed the night with an exciting performance in the final event.
WACO — If losing the District 19-3A championship last Friday left a bitter taste in their mouths, the Rogers Eagles got rid of it with a sweet victory in their first playoff game of the year.
SALADO — As the rain turned from shower to downpour, the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs went into a celebratory slide on the slick turf behind third base at Salado’s increasingly soggy sports complex.
Along the other baseline, the Temple Wildcats consoled one another with emotional embraces from one teammate to the next.
WACO — The silver lining for Rogers fans who braved Saturday afternoon’s persistently wet forecast was that the previous time the Lady Eagles played in similar weather conditions at Waco ISD Sports Complex, they emerged victorious.
HEWITT — The Holy Trinity Catholic girls 4x200-meter relay took home the area contingent’s only medal Saturday at the TAPPS Class 3A track and field state meet.
WACO — Ky-li Alonzo’s two-run home run Friday afternoon not only capped the scoring in a seven-run fifth inning for Rogers, it also gave the Lady Eagles a much-needed turning point in a back-and-forth postseason clash with Groesbeck.
However, Groesbeck continued to put together strong at-bats and scored eight unanswered runs over the final two innings for a 14-10 win over Rogers at Waco ISD Sports Complex, tying their Class 3A bi-district series and forcing a winner-take-all Game 3.
SALADO — Off what the ball bounced, Salado head coach Scott Vasquez, Lady Eagles freshman Lexi Dudecka and La Grange coach Amanda Arlund aren’t sure.
CAMERON — The District 19-3A schedule makers couldn’t have predicted a better scenario, pitting the league leaders against each other in the regular-season finale Friday night.
HEWITT — Four athletes from Central Texas Christian earned medals Friday on the first day of the TAPPS Class 3A track and field state meet.
One important win sat in front of two teams Tuesday night.
That’ll again be the case when Temple and Copperas Cove meet for the second time later this week because the Wildcats kept their playoff hopes afloat with an 8-4 regular-season finale win over the Bulldawgs at Hallford Field.
BELTON — It was actually a perfect ending to a great regular season Tuesday night.
TROY — For the first three innings at Trojan Field on Tuesday night, Lorena’s Ben Smedshammer did as good of a job as any pitcher this season of keeping the Trojans in neutral at the plate. The Leopards starter yielded one run on one hit entering the fourth inning before the Trojans did what…
