SOFTBALL: South San keeps faith for upset win over Southwest in 28-5A opener

Errors, walks plague Dragons in loss Southwest had just put together one of the big innings the program is known for when South San coach Rosemary Morales decided her team needed a bit of inspiration, and perspective. The Dragons, No. 4 in the Express-News area rankings, broke a 1-1 tie and built a four-run lead.… Read More SOFTBALL: South San keeps faith for upset win over Southwest in 28-5A opener

SOFTBALL: This week’s results (updated March 22)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 16-22 Monday’s games Non-district Holy Cross (15-7) 7, Antonian (15-6) 3 Tuesday’s games District 28-5A Corpus Christi Carroll (5-2 ???, 1-1) 5, Corpus Christi King (0-2 ???, 0-2) 0 Southwest (15-7, 1-1), 8, East Central (16-4, 1-1) 7 (9 innings) Steele (14-6, 2-0) 7, South San (9-7-1, 1-1) 1 District 28-4A Brennan… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (updated March 22)

BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 15)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 9-15 Monday’s games District 28-4A Jefferson (2-10, 1-1) 3, Lanier (4-7, 1-1) 2 Edison (0-9, 0-1) vs. Highlands (5-6, 1-0) at SAISD Field No. 1, 2:30 p.m. (postponed to Tuesday, March 11) Brackenridge (4-6, 0-0) vs. Brennan (6-5-1, 1-0) at Northside Field No. 2, 5:30 p.m. (postponed to… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 15)

SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 15)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 9-15 Monday’s games District 28-4A Brennan (13-3, 4-0) 15, Burbank (2-10-1 ???, 0-3) 1 (3 innings) Edison (4-10, 3-0) 1, Brackenridge (9-5-1, 1-2) 0 Highlands (5-6-1, 3-1) 10, Lanier (4-9, 0-4) 0 (5 innings) Non-district Incarnate Word (4-5) at Southwest (9-4), 2 p.m. (score unavailable, possible postponement) South San (8-6-1) at… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 15)

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL: Spring Break area schedule (March 9-15)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 9-15 Monday’s games BASEBALL District 28-4A Jefferson vs. Lanier at SAISD Field No. 1, noon Edison vs. Highlands at SAISD Field No. 1, 2:30 p.m. Brackenridge vs. Brennan at Northside Field No. 2, 5:30 p.m. Non-district Judson vs. Burbank at SAISD Field No. 2, 1 p.m. Southwest… Read More BASEBALL & SOFTBALL: Spring Break area schedule (March 9-15)

BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 8)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 2-8 Tuesday’s games Non-district Brackenridge (4-5) 9, Southside (3-7) 7 Harlandale (4-6) 11, Edison (0-8) 0 (5 innings) McCollum (9-2) 10, Lanier (3-6) 0 (5 innings) East Central (6-2-2) 12, Jefferson (1-9) 1 Highlands (5-6) 23, San Antonio Christian (0-4-2 ???) 2 (4 innings) Johnson (10-0) 10, Central Catholic (7-5) 1 (5 innings) Wednesday’s games Non-district South San (8-5) 5, Judson (4-7-1) 4… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 8)

SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 8)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of March 2-8 Tuesday’s games District 28-4A Brennan (11-3, 1-1) 12, Brackenridge (8-4-1, 0-1) 5 Edison (3-9, 2-0) 17, Highlands (3-6-1, 1-1) 15 Jefferson (5-5, 1-1) 19, Lanier (4-6, 0-2) 4 (5 innings) District 29-4A McCollum (6-3, 2-0) 12, Harlandale (6-8-1, 0-2) 1 (6 innings) Kennedy (3-6, 1-1) 10, Memorial (1-8, 0-2) 6  Medina Valley (17-2, 2-0)… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 8)

BASEBALL WEEKEND REPORT: McCollum gets sneak preview of 29-4A at Southwest Tourney

South San finishes one win short of NEISD Tourney finals Photos taken by KJ Toso. For more photos or to purchase photos, please visit: http://kjtoso.photoshelter.com TEAMS INCLUDED: Central Catholic, Edison, Harlandale, Highlands, Kennedy, McCollum, Memorial, Sam Houston, South San, Southwest. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER STORY: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/McCollum-wins-three-of-four-games-at-Southwest-5285713.php McCollum split four games at the… Read More BASEBALL WEEKEND REPORT: McCollum gets sneak preview of 29-4A at Southwest Tourney

SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 1)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Feb. 23-March 1 Tuesday’s games Non-district Holy Cross (9-4)  4, Bandera (0-3 ???) 3 East Central (9-2) 10, Reagan (4-8) 0 (5 innings) Judson (10-4) 2, Southwest (8-4) 1 Highlands (2-5) 4, Kennedy (2-5) 3 South San (6-1) 13, Burbank (2-7-1) 0 (5 innings) Lanier (4-5) 22, Memorial… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru March 1)

BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 1)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Feb. 23-March 1 Monday’s results Non-district St. Anthony (5-3) 19, Memorial (0-4) 5 (5 innings) Tuesday’s games Non-district Central Catholic (4-2) 3, Brennan (3-4) 1 New Braunfels (5-1) 13, Highlands (2-3) 0 Southside (2-4) 4, Jefferson (1-4) 0 South San (5-2) 10, Holy Cross (3-4) 1 Harlandale (3-3) 7, Lanier (1-3) 2 McCollum (6-0) 10,… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru March 1)

BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Central Catholic finishes one game shy of state finals

Sam Houston breezes to quarterfinals; Harlandale snares OT win in bi-district round Photo taken by KJ Toso. For more photos or to purchase photos, please visit: http://kjtoso.photoshelter.com TEAMS INCLUDED: Central Catholic, Harlandale, Highlands, McCollum, Memorial, South San, Sam Houston. When Central Catholic was 3-6, some observers must have doubted that this year’s Buttons would finish their… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Central Catholic finishes one game shy of state finals

SOFTBALL WEEKEND REPORT: Brackenridge comes back to take SAISD title from Edinburg

South San stingy in own tournament Photos taken by KJ Toso. For more photos or to purchase photos, please visit: http://kjtoso.photoshelter.com TEAMS INCLUDED:Brackenridge, Harlandale, McCollum, Memorial, South San. Brackenridge softball picked up where the basketball team left off, sweeping its way to the SAISD Tournament over the weekend. The Eagles (4-1) trailed 2-1 entering the… Read More SOFTBALL WEEKEND REPORT: Brackenridge comes back to take SAISD title from Edinburg

SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru Feb. 22)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Feb. 16-22 Tuesday’s games Non-district Eagle Pass Winn (???) at Kennedy (1-2), TBA (score unavailable) Lanier (0-2) vs. Hawkins (0-0) at Mission Concepcion Park, 5:30 p.m. (score unavailable) East Central (3-2) 14, Lee (1-4) 4 (6 innings) Roosevelt (2-3) 12, Southside (2-3) 8 Southwest (1-1) at Eagle Pass… Read More SOFTBALL: This week’s results (thru Feb. 22)

BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru Feb. 22)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Feb. 16-22 Monday’s games Non-district Lanier (1-0) 11, Sam Houston (0-1) 0 (5 innings) McCollum (1-0) 6, Marshall (0-1) 3 Brackenridge (1-0) 6, Southwest (0-1) 3 (8 innings) Central Catholic (1-0) 16, Edison (0-1) 1 (5 innings) East Central (1-0) 9, Burbank (0-1) 0 Holy Cross (1-0) 6, Lytle… Read More BASEBALL: This week’s results (thru Feb. 22)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Area playoff results (thru Feb. 22)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Feb. 17-22 Monday’s games CLASS 5A BI-district round East Central (24-8) 55, O’Connor (18-13) 52 Tuesday’s games CLASS 5A BI-district round Brandeis (20-7) 65, South San (15-17) 33 CLASS 4A BI-district round Edison (24-10) 61, Alamo Heights (28-5) 56 Hays (21-9) 60, Lanier (25-9) 52 Clemens (29-4) 91, Highlands… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area playoff results (thru Feb. 22)

BOYS BASKETBALL MID-WEEK REPORT: McCollum edges Harlandale to nail down second place in 29-4A

TEAMS INCLUDED: Burbank, Central Catholic, East Central, Edison, Harlandale, Holy Cross, Jefferson, Kennedy, Lanier, McCollum, Memorial, South San, Southwest. Host McCollum (22-10, 12-2) won its sixth-consecutive game, bumping rival Harlandale (22-11, 11-3) out of second place in District 29-4A Tuesday by a slim margin. One of the two teams has swept the series each of… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL MID-WEEK REPORT: McCollum edges Harlandale to nail down second place in 29-4A

BOYS BASKETBALL: Area playoff schedule (updated Feb. 16)

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Feb. 17-22 CLASS 5A BI-district round East Central (23-8) vs. Brandeis (19-7) at South San, 7 p.m., Monday South San (15-16) vs. O’Connor (18-12) at Bill Greehey Arena, St. Mary’s U., 8 p.m., Tuesday CLASS 4A BI-district round Edison (23-10) vs. Alamo Heights (28-4) at U. of Incarnate Word,… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area playoff schedule (updated Feb. 16)