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The Barbers Hill Lady Eagled led by University of Texas signee Sophia Simpson captured the Class 5A State Title on Saturday evening at Mc- Combs Field in Austin with a 4-1 victory over the Aledo Lady Cats. Simpson struck out 14 and finished the season 22-0 on the hill for the Lady Eagles, who won their last 37 games of the season. Barbers Hill wasted little time jumping in front as they put up a couple of runs in the first inning. Estela Garza had an RBI single to make it 1-0, and then the second run scored on an Aledo error. The Lady Cats cut the deficit in half with a run in the fifth to make it a 2-1 game. The Lady Eagles responded with a pair of runs in the sixth inning. Faith Guidry had an RBI single, and then Kaitlyn Dutton followed with an RBI double to make it 4-1. That would be more than enough for Simpson as she cruised the rest of the way to lead her team to the school’s first state championship in softball. Simpson was also named the Title Game’s MVP.
Read moreWith the SETEX Coaches All-Star games looming next week, the Tarkington Longhorns and Lady Horns will have plenty of action going in during the three-day events. On Wednesday, June 16, the Softball and Baseball games will start around 5 p.m. at Barbers Hill High School. The following day (Thursday) will have the Volleyball game followed by the Girls and Boys Basketball Games at East Chambers High School in Winnie. That Friday night, the Football game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Beaumont’s Memorial Stadium. Tarkington will have Trae Deck and Garrett Lott taking place at the base ball game. On Thursday in Winnie, Sydney Whitmire will represent the Lady Horns in the volleyball, while the girl’s basketball game will see Brianna Boddie take part. The boy’s basketball game will see Blake Ellington get into the action, while on Friday night, it will be football for the Longhorns and Deck, Jaydon Harris, and Phileo Petty.
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On Saturday afternoon at a hot Navasota High School softball diamond, the Liberty Lady Panthers once again made school history as they advanced to the State Tournament with a edge-of-your seats 5-4 victory over Lake Belton in game three of the Class 4A Region III Finals. Liberty returns to Austin where they won a State Championship in 2018. They will face Bullard on Thursday night.
Read moreHull-Daisetta Head Softball Coach Meah Herman has announced her all-district players for the Lady Cats this past season on the softball diamond. Leading the way and being selected to the first-team for Hull-Daisetta was infielder Samantha Rose. Second team picks are Allyssa Gartner, Kaidyn Smith, and Samantha Miles. Making the list as Honorable Mention picks were Chloe Sellers and Nathalie Quintanilla.
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The bats were going again in game two for the Liberty Lady Panthers as every player in the lineup picked up at least one hit and Liberty evened the series at 1-apiece with an 8-3 win over Lake Belton in the Class 4-A Region III Finals at Navasota High School. The game was delayed some 19 1/2 hours with the Lady Panthers leading 6-2 in the top of the fourth inning. Lightning sent both teams and fans for cover at 6:21 p.m. The game resumed on Saturday around 1:45 p.m.
Read moreThe Tarkington Longhorns fresh off a second round playoff appearance landed seven players on the all-district list. Leading the way was catcher Trae Deck as he was named the Most Outstanding Catcher.
Read moreThe Liberty Lady Panthers will face Bullard on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Austin. The Class 4A State Semi-final game will take place at the University of Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field. Liberty comes into the game with a 31-7 record while Bullard comes in at 32-5. It will be the battle of The Lady Panthers as Bullard also shares the same mascot name as Liberty. Bullard advanced to Austin with a game three 12-4 win over Aubrey on Saturday at Grand Saline. Anistyn Foster got the win on the mound for Bullard against Grand Saline on Saturday. In the other Class 4A State Semi-final it will be Calallen facing off against Iowa Park. The State Championship Game will be on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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Navasota- The Liberty Lady Panthers have been almost perfect during the post-season so far. On Thursday night at Navasota High School, in game one of their Class 4A Regional Finals match-up with Lake Belton, Liberty committed three errors in an eight-inning 3-2 loss to the Lady Broncos. Tied at 2-apiece heading to the eighth inning, Zakayia Fredrick doubled for Lake Belton to lead things off and then scored on an error to give the Lady Broncos a 3-2 lead.
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