SOFTBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Brooks claims consective 26-3A wins over Randolph

Southside blanks Laredo Nixon AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Brackenridge, Brooks Academy, Harlandale, Lanier, Southside. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Holy-Cross-silenced-by-CC-Incarnate-Word-6184599.php Brooks Academy recorded back-to-back District 26-3A wins over rival Randolph recently. In a rescheduled game March 28, the Bengals won 8-3 on its home field. Brooks Academy then repeated the feat with… Read More SOFTBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Brooks claims consective 26-3A wins over Randolph

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SOFTBALL: CC Incarnate Word upends Knights before break

Holy Cross embarks on five-game week AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Holy Cross. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Holy-Cross-silenced-by-CC-Incarnate-Word-6184599.php Easter break may have come at the right time for Holy Cross. Shortly before the holiday, the Knights (7-10-2, 3-2) were reminded of what they need to strengthen to continue their streak of… Read More SOFTBALL: CC Incarnate Word upends Knights before break

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BASEBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Burbank slides into second-place tie in 28-5A

East Central double-teams Southwest AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Brackenridge, Burbank, East Central, Harlandale, Highlands, Jefferson, Lanier, McCollum, Sam Houston, Southwest. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Burbank-slides-into-second-place-tie-in-28-5A-6184607.php Burbank took advantage of a loss by Harlandale to climb another rung in the District 28-5A standings. The second-place Bulldogs (9-6, 7-2), who began the week… Read More BASEBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Burbank slides into second-place tie in 28-5A

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BASEBALL: Buttons make St. Anthony gamble backfire for walkoff win

Olvera triple puts Central Catholic in position AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Central Catholic. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Buttons-make-St-Anthony-gamble-backfire-for-6184614.php Central Catholic turned a risky move by St. Anthony into a sort of April Fools joke against the Yellowjackets. On April 1 at Kahlig Park, St. Anthony tied the District 2-5A game in… Read More BASEBALL: Buttons make St. Anthony gamble backfire for walkoff win

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BASEBALL: Harlandale holds off late Sam Houston rally

Cowboys stretch 28-5A lead AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Burbank, Harlandale, Lanier, McCollum, Sam Houston. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Harlandale-holds-off-Sam-Houston-for-win-6184600.php There’s no question that Harlandale and Sam Houston are two of the emerging teams in District 28-5A. What’s been surprising is how fast the process is occurring. Those things considered,… Read More BASEBALL: Harlandale holds off late Sam Houston rally

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BASEBALL: Area playoff picture (thru April 18)

Baseball playoff picture These are the area teams that have a chance to qualify for the playoffs (in alphabetical order): Through April 18 ALREADY QUALIFIED: Burbank (11-7, 9-3), Harlandale (12-5-1, 10-2), McCollum (12-5, 12-0). LIKELY QUALIFIERS: Highlands (11-5-1, 9-3), Holy Cross (14-7, 8-2). POSSIBLE QUALIFIERS: Brackenridge (10-10, 6-7), East Central (11-6, 2-3), Southwest (9-9, 2-3).

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SOFTBALL: Area playoff picture (thru April 18)

Softball playoff picture These are the area teams that have a chance to qualify for the playoffs (in alphabetical order): Through April 18 ALREADY QUALIFIED: Brackenridge (15-6, 14-1), Brooks Academy (4-5 ???, 4-5 ???), Holy Cross (11-11-2, 7-2), McCollum (18-3, 13-1). LIKELY QUALIFIERS: East Central (17-6, 4-3), Edison (14-7, 9-5), Harlandale (10-10-1, 8-5), Southwest (19-7,… Read More SOFTBALL: Area playoff picture (thru April 18)

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BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru April 18)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of April 12-18 Monday’s games District 28-6A Corpus Christi King 6, Corpus Christi Ray 4 District 28-5A Brackenridge 3, Lanier 2 Harlandale 5, Highlands 3 (8 innings) Tuesday’s games District 28-6A East Central 2, South San 1 Southwest 3, Corpus Christi Carroll 1 District 27-5A Alamo Heights 8, Seguin… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru April 18)

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SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru April 18)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of April 12-18 Monday’s games District 27-5A Boerne Champion 12, Kennedy 2 District 28-5A Edison 6, Lanier 4 Highlands 22, Sam Houston 2 (3 innings) Tuesday’s games District 28-6A East Central 10, Southwest 3 South San vs. Corpus Christi King (ppd. to Wednesday) Corpus Christi Carroll vs. Corpus Christi… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru April 18)

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BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru April 11)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of April 5-11 Monday’s games TAPPS 4-4A Holy Cross 3, Victoria St. Joseph 2 Tuesday’s games District 28-6A Corpus Christi Carroll (12-1, 2-1) 12, Corpus Christi King (11-5, 2-1) 10 (11 innings) Corpus Christi Ray 9, East Central 1 Southwest 5, South San 0 District 27-5A Alamo Heights 4,… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru April 11)

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SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru April 11)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of April 5-11 Monday’s games No games scheduled Tuesday’s games District 28-6A Corpus Christi Carroll (17-7, 5-0) 7, Southwest (17-7, 3-2) 0 Corpus Christi King 7, Corpus Christi Ray 0 South San 6, East Central 5 District 27-5A Boerne Champion 10, Kerrville Tivy 4 Seguin 22, Memorial 0 (3 innings) San Marcos 11, Alamo Heights 0… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru April 11)

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SOFTBALL: Kennedy takes testing break after productive week

Cerda leads Rockets to win over rival Memorial AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Kennedy, Memorial. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Kennedy-gets-break-after-productive-week-6184611.php Kennedy is taking some time off for good behavior this week. Of course, that time off is scheduled and really is independent of the fact that the Rockets (2-10-1, 1-8) have been… Read More SOFTBALL: Kennedy takes testing break after productive week

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SOFTBALL: One swing of Terrazas’ bat delivers Dragons win

Grand slam helps Southwest overcome solid outing from Montes AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: South San, Southwest. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Terrazas-big-swing-secures-Southwest-win-6184613.php South San pitcher Alyssa Montes was in control during the early innings March 27 at Southwest. Montes didn’t allow a hit through the first three innings.Then the Dragons (16-6,… Read More SOFTBALL: One swing of Terrazas’ bat delivers Dragons win

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BASEBALL: Area rankings (thru April 2)

Through April 2 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last week 1. East Central – 2 2. Southwest – 1 3. McCollum – 4 4. Central Catholic – 3 5. Harlandale – 8 6. Burbank – 6 7. Highlands – 5 8. Holy Cross – 9 9. Sam Houston – 7 10. Brackenridge – 11 11. Kennedy… Read More BASEBALL: Area rankings (thru April 2)

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SOFTBALL: Area rankings (thru April 2)

Through April 2 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last week 1. East Central – 2 2. Southwest – 1 3. McCollum – 3 4. Brackenridge – 5 5. South San – 4 6. Holy Cross – 6 7. Edison – 7 8. Harlandale – 8 9. Lanier – 9 10. Highlands – 10 11. Kennedy –… Read More SOFTBALL: Area rankings (thru April 2)

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BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru April 2)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 29-April 4 Monday’s games District 27-5A Alamo Heights 3, Kennedy 0 Boerne Champion 11, Memorial 1 (5 innings) Floresville 2, Kerrville Tivy 1 Seguin 11, Lockhart 6 District 28-5A Highlands 8, Brackenridge 1 Burbank 7, Lanier 2 McCollum 7, Harlandale 2 Jefferson 13, Edison 0 TAPPS 4-4A… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru April 2)

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SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru April 2)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 29-April 4 Monday’s games District 28-5A Brackenridge 16, Harlandale 7 Edison 6, Highlands 5 Lanier 8, Jefferson 7 McCollum 20, Sam Houston 0 (3 innings) Non-district New Braunfels Christian Academy 20, San Antonio Christian 7 Tuesday’s games District 26-3A Brooks Academy 5, Randolph 2 Natalia 9, Marion… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru April 2)

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SOFTBALL: Quinones powers Edison’s offense, fills vital defensive role

Golden Bears, Harlandale put up big numbers AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Burbank, Edison, Harlandale, Sam Houston. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Quinones-powers-Edison-s-offense-6156755.php Four years on Edison’s varsity have made Marisela Quinones appreciate the importance of making sacrifices for the team. Quinones, therefore, made the difficult switch from catcher to shortstop recently. The… Read More SOFTBALL: Quinones powers Edison’s offense, fills vital defensive role

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BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 28)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 22-28 Monday’s games District 27-5A Lockhart 13, Kennedy 3 Seguin 5, Floresville 4 (8 innings) District 28-5A Burbank 8, Highlands 2 Harlandale 13, Lanier 0 McCollum 6, Brackenridge 3 Sam Houston 11, Edison 5 Tuesday’s games District 27-5A Alamo Heights 10, Floresville 0 (5 innings) Boerne Champion 3,San… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 28)

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SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 28)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 22-28 Monday’s games District 28-6A Southwest 7, Corpus Christi King 4 District 27-5A Floresville 9, Alamo Heights 5 San Marcos 3, Boerne Champion 0 Seguin 10, Kennedy 0 (6 innings) District 28-5A Brackenridge 14, Highlands 4 (6 innings) Harlandale 16, Burbank 0 (3 innings) McCollum 11, Edison… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 28)

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BASEBALL: Highlands finds youthfulness isn’t a drawback

Owls hold off Hurricanes for key 28-5A win AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Highlands, Sam Houston. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: BASEBALL: Highlands finds youthfulness isn’t a drawback Inexperience often is cited as a cause for teams that struggle, and it’s usually legitimately responsible. Highlands is showing that it doesn’t have to be… Read More BASEBALL: Highlands finds youthfulness isn’t a drawback

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BASEBALL: East Central stays focused, completes Roosevelt trifecta

Hornets beat rain to take momentum into district play AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: East Central. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/East-Central-shuts-down-struggling-Roosevelt-6153410.php Coaches loathe playing the same team three times in a season, let alone little more than a week. That’s the challenge East Central (8-3) was presented with March 20 in… Read More BASEBALL: East Central stays focused, completes Roosevelt trifecta

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BASEBALL: Holy Cross begins new chapter with win over TMI

Knights avenge one-run losses in 2013 and 2014 AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Holy Cross. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Holy-Crossbegins-new-chapter-6137481.php Holy Cross lifted a weight off its back in collecting its first district win. Texas Military Institute has been a roadblock to the Knights (7-5, 1-0) in district play. However, March14… Read More BASEBALL: Holy Cross begins new chapter with win over TMI

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SOFTBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Lanier emerging from 28-5A pack

Southwest grabs second in San Marcos AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Burbank, Edison, Harlandale, Highlands, Lanier, Southwest. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Lanier-emerging-from-28-5A-pack-6137540.php Lanier is starting to make some noise under first-year coach Brandon Baldwin. In fact, the Voks (3-5, 3-3) probably raised some eyebrows March 11 with a pair of wins over… Read More SOFTBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Lanier emerging from 28-5A pack

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SOFTBALL: Abundis pitches second straight no-hitter for surging McCollum

Cowboys down Brack to take 28-5A lead AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Brackenridge, Jefferson, McCollum. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Abundis-pitches-second-straight-no-hitter-for-6137518.php By their very nature, no-hitters are rare. When they occur in back-to-back outings, it’s like capturing lightning in a bottle. Yet, that’s what McCollum’s Kim Abundis accomplished recently. The senior pitcher… Read More SOFTBALL: Abundis pitches second straight no-hitter for surging McCollum

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BASEBALL: Area rankings (thru March 21)

Through March 21 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last week 1. Southwest – 1 2. East Central – 2 3. Central Catholic – 3 4. McCollum – 4 5. Highlands – 5 6. Burbank – 6 7. Sam Houston – 7 8. Harlandale – 8 9. Holy Cross – 9 10. Kennedy – 11 11. Brackenridge… Read More BASEBALL: Area rankings (thru March 21)

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SOFTBALL: Area rankings (thru March 21)

Through March 21 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last week 1. Southwest – 2 2. East Central – 1 3. McCollum – 4 4. South San – 3 5. Brackenridge – 5 6. Holy Cross – 6 7. Edison – 7 8. Harlandale – 8 9. Lanier – 9 10. Highlands – 10 11. Jefferson –… Read More SOFTBALL: Area rankings (thru March 21)

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