For much of Tuesday night’s game, it appeared that Temple’s six-run second inning would be more than enough to put away Copperas Cove.
Not so, but the Tem-Cats answered the challenge.
For the second time in five days, Hewitt Midway used solid starting pitching and a quick buffer to keep Temple at bay, wrapping up the two-game District 12-6A regular-season series Tuesday night with an 8-0 victory at Hallford Field.
HEWITT — Hewitt Midway took a three-run lead five batters into the bottom of the first inning Friday night and made it stand up behind the two-hitter tossed by Cameron Johnson in an eventual 4-1 victory over the visiting Temple Wildcats in District 12-6A action.
CORSICANA — Duncanville didn’t yield many goals during the regular season, and the Panthers held true to form Thursday night against Temple.
Even with all-time leading scorer Eric Ortiz — and a loyal, vocal fan base that traveled the 90 miles to watch its squad make its third consecutive postseason appearance — on their side, the Wildcats couldn’t muster the goal-scoring moments against the Panthers in the teams’ Class 6A bi-district match at windy Tiger Field.
Jesaiah Hernandez had three hits and drove in three runs, and Temple used a pair of five-run innings to emphatically open its home slate with a 12-4 District 12-6A win over Pflugerville Weiss on a cold Friday night under the newly installed lights at venerable Hallford Field.
FRISCO — With a total lifted weight of 820 pounds, Rosebud-Lott’s Illeana Rodriguez won the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association Class 2A 123-pound girls state title Wednesday at Comerica Center.
Temple stormed back from an early deficit thanks to a three-run first inning Wednesday, but the Tem-Cats’ offense dried up from there as they dropped their second District 12-6A game in as many days in a 10-3 setback to Hutto at a windy Tem-Cat Field.
In a game featuring dramatic home runs and clutch hits, it all came to an end on a wild pitch. And the Temple Tem-Cats couldn’t be happier.
Temple had a quick response to its first dilemma Tuesday night, but Hutto stumped its host in the second half.
Alicia Izquierdo tallied twice in a 9-minute span after halftime, part of a three-goal spree in the second half that created the cushion necessary for the Lady Hippos to fend off the Tem-Cats, 4-1, in a District 12-6A matchup at Temple’s campus soccer complex.
Temple might not be in now-or-never mode just yet, but with the regular season in the vicinity of the final stretch, the Wildcats certainly seized the moment.
