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Brooke Palmer at the start of the spring relay. Photo by Mark Lube

Brooke Palmer at the start of the spring relay. Photo by Mark Lube

Track and Field:Doug Brooks, girls sprint relay earn medals

BY MARK LUBE/SPORTS EDITOR SHINERSPORTS@SBCGLOBAL.NET AUSTIN — The Shiner Lady Comanches and Comanches state track team participants picked up two Silver and one Bronze at Mike A. Meyers Stadium in Austin on Friday.

Yoakum Track and Field: Sprint-relay team earns third place

The Yoakum boys track team had two relay teams compete in the UIL state  meet Thursday at Mike A. Meyers Stadium in Austin. The Bulldogs brought a medal back to Yoakum. The 400-meter relay team of Jayden Jones, Cavan Smith, Qyion Williams and KaDarius Price won a Bronze medal with a time of 42.

Yoakum softball: Columbus nudges Yoakum out of postseason

The Lady Bulldogs ecstatic  run in the playoffs ended last week with a close-contested series with  district rival Columbus 2-0 (2-1, 9-7) in Weimar. In both games, Columbus had to rally, including overcoming a four-run deficit in the seventh inning of the second game.
Estefania Colchado on the stand for the 3,200-meter run at the state meet on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Moulton ISD.

Estefania Colchado on the stand for the 3,200-meter run at the state meet on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Moulton ISD.

Moulton Track and FIeld: Colchado places third in the two mile at state

The Moulton Bob Kittens track team had two athletes in three events last Saturday at the state track meet in Austin, bringing home one medal. Estefania Colchado earned the Bronze in the 3,200-meter run with a final time of 12 minutes, 19.28 seconds and this was also a personal record for her.
Dyllan Chrismon winds up a pitch in the second game Saturday in Weimar. Photo by Mark Lube.

Dyllan Chrismon winds up a pitch in the second game Saturday in Weimar. Photo by Mark Lube.

Shiner Softball:Shiner battles in second game, loses series to Weimar Lady ‘Cats

BY MARK LUBE/SPORTS EDITOR SHINERSPORTS@SBCGLOBAL.NET After taking the first game of the regional quarterfinal best-of-three against Weimar on the chin 11-0, the Lady Comanches made things more tough for Weimar in the second game but came up short 3-2 to conclude their season.
Ethan Easterling and the Cardinal hard ballers play in the state semifinals on Tueday May 17. Photo by Mark Lube.

Ethan Easterling and the Cardinal hard ballers play in the state semifinals on Tueday May 17. Photo by Mark Lube.

St. Paul 18, Baytown Christian 0:St. Paul defeats Baytown Christian to earn spot at state tournament

The Cardinals baseball moved on to the state tournament after mowing down Baytown Christian 18-0 in four innings Friday in Columbus. St. Paul scored one run in the top of the second to end a scoreless game, drove in nine runs in the third and eight runs in the fourth.
Shiner Catholic School Junior Ashlyn Pesek, shown here Coaches Ryan Geiger, left, and Jake Wachsmuth, won gold at the state track meet in the high jump. 

Shiner Catholic School Junior Ashlyn Pesek, shown here Coaches Ryan Geiger, left, and Jake Wachsmuth, won gold at the state track meet in the high jump. 

Shiner St. Paul junior sets high jump record, wins gold at state

Shiner Catholic School Junior Ashlyn Pesek, shown here Coaches Ryan Geiger, left, and Jake Wachsmuth, won gold at the state track meet in the high jump.  “We are so proud of her,” Principal Neely Yackel said. She won state with 5-foot-2-inches, then broke the state record at 5-foot-4-inches.