Sports

Shiner baseball: Comanches nine open playoffs with shutout sweep of AD

KENEDY —  The  Comanche baseball team secured the bi-district championship with a sweep of Agua Dulce 14-0 (Thursday) and 11-0 (Saturday) at the Larry Kiesling Sports Complex in Kenedy.Shiner ceded six hits and no runs in two games while scoring 12.5 runs a game and totaling 21 hits.

Moulton track and field: Kittens sprint relay place fifth at state

The Moulton track and field had  a fifth place, sixth place, seventh place and eighth place in their events at the UIL State Meet Saturday in Austin.The 400-meter relay team of Taylor Self, Addison Simper, Karsyn Blahuta and Mina Tinajero placed fifth with a time of 51.54 seconds.

Moulton softball: Leakey defeats Kittens in area-round playoff

The Lady Eagles scored five runs in the fifth inning and five in the seventh inning to down the Moulton softball team 15-6 in the area round on Thursday in San Antonio.Moulton led 3-2 after the first inning.

YHS Lady Bulldog Softball Team rallies to beat Goliad in bi-district series

The Yoakum High School (YHS) Lady Bulldog Softball Team defeated Goliad 2-1 in the bi-district series last week in Industrial. Yoakum lost the opener and then rallied to take the series.

Bulldogs lose against Cobras in seeding game for fourth place

Last week, Yoakum split the series with Columbus and played Industrial in Victoria April 28 to determine fourth place with the ‘Dogs coming up short to the Cobras to finish the season.

Gonzalez named Brahma soccer coach

The Hallettsville ISD Board of Trustees met in a special-called meeting Monday evening and approved the hiring of Jesus “Jessie” Gonzalez as the new Brahma soccer coach.Gonzalez is from San Antonio and has been coaching for a few years and enjoyed some playoff successes.

Shiner track and field: Shiner Comanches state track and field meet schedule

The Shiner Comanches track and field team has two athletes competing in the UIL State track meet during Friday’s events.JaMya Wright will compete in the high jump around 11:30 a.m.Triston Vesely will run in the 100-meter dash around 6:05 p.m.For more information, log on to https://www.uiltexas.

Shiner basketball: Shiner cagers make Advocate All-Area Team

Several members of the Shiner girls and boys basketball teams made the Victoria Advocate All-Area Team.GirlsMorgan Lenehan made the First Team; Callie Sevcik received Second Team.Kailey Boedeker and JaMya Wright each got Honorable Mention.

Shiner baseball: Shiner beats FHS 10-2 to claim district title

The Shiner Comanches baseball team secured the district title with a 10-2 win at Flatonia on April 22 to conclude the regular season.Shiner scored one run to start the game and took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third.The Bulldogs managed to tie the game at 2-2 in the fourth inning.

St. Paul softball: Extra-base hits help SP defeat Waco Reicher

Lady Cardinal batters had that “extra” step Thursday in their area-round game against Waco Bishop Reicher in Manor.St. Paul had nine extra-base hits out of 12 hits in the game with eight doubles and a triple in a 13-3 win in five innings.St.