Caprock dominates Tascosa
The Caprock Lady Longhorns were able to bounce back after dropping a district opener last week to Lubbock High by handling Tascosa 11-1 at the Tascosa Softball Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
The Lady Longhorns improve to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in District 3-5A. Tascosa falls to 4-10 on the year and also 1-1 in the league.
Caprock opened the game up in the top of the third inning plating five runs to go up 6-1 highlighted by a two-run double by Kiana Rios. Rios led a strong offensive outing with Caprock finishing the game with 15 hits. Rios was 2-for-2 at the dish with three RBIs. Jaylen Zuniga was 2-for-4 with a solo homer tallying a pair of RBIs and teammate Kodi Shackleford went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
In the circle, Grace Morales brought home the win tossing six innings racking up four strikeouts while allowing only an earned run. Tascosa’s Vanessa Langeland did drive in the lone run for the Lady Rebels.
Amarillo High handles Lubbock Coronado
Amarillo High continues its strong start to the year defending home turf beating up Lubbock Coronado 13-2 during a District 3-5A clash Tuesday afternoon at the AHS Softball Complex.
The Lady Sandies saw Mykaela Samuels go 2-for-2 at the plate that included a triple driving in a game-high four RBIs. Braylee Shuffield was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a double and two RBIs. Shuffield also scored three times. In the circle, Samuels was equally stellar throwing four innings with four strikeouts for the victory.
AHS is now 8-5-1 on the season and 2-0 in District 3-5A. In two other district games, Lubbock-Cooper blanked Palo Duro 21-0, and Lubbock Monterey defeated Plainview 17-3.
Non-district quick hits
A nine-run first inning set the tone as Bushland blasted Pampa 21-4 in a non-district matchup Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Falcons used the long ball delivering eight home runs as a team led by Charley Spinks career outing. Spinks had an extremely hot bat smashing three homers including a grand slam finishing the afternoon with eight RBIs on her own. Teammate Piper Francis was 4-for-4 with a pair of solo homers, and Kylee Jordan, Haylee Ruiz and Chayney Snelson also went deep. Bushland is now 2-7 on the year.
River Road picked up an impressive non-district win Tuesday downing Dumas 12-10. The Lady Wildcats ate up Dumas pitching delivering 16 hits and played runs in all but two innings. Ava Sharp had a monster day at the dish going 3-for-4 including a two-run homer and a double to finish the game with a pair of runs driven and Sidnee Kane hit two homers totaling five RBIs. River Road is now 9-4 on the young season.