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THE COMMUNITY NEWS Sports
SOFTBALL sweet sweep
May 5, 2017 9A
Ladycats sweep Denison in opening round of playoffs; Richland
next up in area round
By Rosealee Hoffman
The Community News
The Ladycats’ softball team advanced to the area round of the playoffs after downing Denison, 6-5, in game two of a best-of-three bi-district playoff series at Aledo High School Friday night.
The win came on the heels of a dominant 14-3 defeat at Denison in game one, but game two was much more of a ght for the Ladycats, who struggled at the plate for a good por- tion of the game.
The Ladycats started strong, answering two rst inning runs from Denison with four runs of their own, but in the second inning, things began to fall apart for Aledo as Denison tied the game 4-4. The Ladycats went three outs in a row in the bottom of the second – two strikeouts followed by a pop y – but were able to hold Denison in the top of the third, keeping the score tied.
The Ladycats were unproductive at the plate, leaving them unable to pull away.
“I told them to wake up,” said coach Heather Oakes. “We were treating it like we knew we were going to win, but midway through I told them they weren’t going to lay down and we had to start ghting.”
The bats woke up in the fth inning with pitcher Hannah Andrews knocking a double near- ly out of the park, sending Megan Reynolds across the plate for the go-ahead run to make it 5-4 in the Ladycats’ favor.
“Our bats nally got working,” said Oakes. “It was about time.”
Denison tied it up in the top of the seventh inning but a diving catch by Gracie King provided the third out, paving the way for Mykayla
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Aledo center fielder Gracie King makes a diving catch during the second game of the Ladycats’ sweep of Denison in a best-of-three bi-district series at Aledo. The Ladycats will face Richland in the second round. The area playoff series begins at 3 p.m. today (Friday, May 5) at Aledo. Game two will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Richland, with game three to follow if neces- sary.
TCA BASEBALL
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Trinity Christian Academy infielder Kayden Kelley prepares to field a ball during an Eagles district game. TCA ran the table in District 1 with an unblemished 12-0 record. The Eagles earned a bye during the first round of the TAPPS Division III playoffs.
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Aledo shortstop Mykayal Stound crosses home plate during the second game of the Ladycats’ sweep of Denison in a bi-district playoff series.
Trinity Christian Academy Eagles nishes District 1 undefeated and ranked No. 2 in TAPPS 3A
By Krystal Lewis
Special to The Community News
With two wins against TAPPS state-ranked No. 7 Denton Calvary and No. 8 Watauga Harvest Christian, the Trinity Christian Academy Eagles nished the sea- son as the undefeated Division IV, District 1 champions and are ranked No. 2 in the state for TAPPS 3A.
On April 25, the Eagles defeat- ed Harvest Christian 12-0, as Calib Guynes and Caleb Chesney com- bined to throw a shutout. Guynes pitched four innings, recorded seven strikeouts and gave up only one hit. Chesney pitched one inning, giving up no hits and recording one strikeout.
TCA secured the victory thanks to seven runs in the fth inning off singles by Jacob Sherman, Preston Gist, Baylor White, Gage Scott, Cade Gist, Kayden Kelley and Guynes in additional to a triple by Tito Gabaldon. The team collected a total of 15 hits and three players stole at least two bases.
The Eagles recorded their 12th district win over Denton Calvary by a score of 11-3 (on Aril 27). TCA had a big fth inning when they scored six runs off six walks and a couple of hits. The Eagles collected a total of seven hits, with Gabaldon and Chesney both collecting two hits each.
Riley Dean pitched 4.1 innings recording three strikeouts and allowing only one run. Preston Gist nished off the game by pitch- ing 2.2 innings and recording two strikeouts and giving up only two earned runs.
Trinity Christian earned a bye for the rst round of the TAPPS 3A baseball playoffs.
Stroud to lead off with a single, followed by Reynolds with another single. Andrews was up next and knocked in the winning run.
“I think experience will always offer bene ts in dif cult situations,” Oakes said. “I am very proud of the composure my girls have displayed this entire season.”
The victory advanced the Ladycats to the next round against Richland. The two teams are sched- uled to play game one today (Friday, May 5) at 3 p.m. at the AHS softball eld and game two Saturday, May 6, at 2 p.m. at Richland. Game three will follow if necessary.
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