Both Bay City soccer teams, which are headed to the playoffs, have plenty of momentum as the regular season comes to an end<\/p>\n
The Lady \u2018Cats have been relentless in outscoring their opponents, 80-2, in district play while the Bay City boys are 9-1-2 and tied for the top spot in District 21-4A.<\/p>\n
Van Vleck\u2019s softball and baseball teams are also off to a commendable start as the Leopards\u2019 district schedule nears.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s happening on the local level:<\/p>\n
BAY CITY BLANKS COLUMBUS: The Blackcats (14-4-2 overall and 9-1-2 in District 21-4A) cruised to an 8-0 win over Columbus this past Saturday.<\/p>\n
Bay City is tied for the top spot in district with El Campo and Columbus, each with 9-1-2 records. Columbus and Bay City tied, 2-2, in the teams\u2019 first meeting.<\/p>\n
The Blackcats end the regular season with Wharton and Palacios, who are the seventh and eighth place teams in the district.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rice Consolidated will be the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs from District 21-4A.<\/p>\n
PALACIOS WRAP UP SEASON: The Sharks play Bay City and Rice Consolidated in their final two District 21-4A matches this season.<\/p>\n
Palacios has battled through a tough season which has produced an 0-16-1 record.<\/p>\n
BAY CITY CONTINUES HOT PACE: The sizzling Lady \u2018Cats recorded their eighth consecutive shutout on Saturday with a 7-0 win over Columbus.<\/p>\n
Bay City is now 17-5-1 overall and 12-0 in District 29-4A. It should finish district play unbeaten. The Lady \u2018Cats face Palacios and Wharton in their final two games.<\/p>\n
In their current 12-match winning streak, Bay City has outscored its opponents, 80-2. In their eight straight shutouts, the Lady \u2018Cats have outscored their foes, 53-0.<\/p>\n
PALACIOS TO CLOSE OUT SEASON: The Sharkettes end their season this week with games against Rice Consolidated and Bay City.<\/p>\n
Palacios has endured a difficult season, record-wise, as it enters its last two games with a 1-17-1 record.<\/p>\n
BAY CITY EARNS TWO VICTORIES: This past weekend, the Blackcats (4-2-1) defeated Lamar Consolidated, 12-4, and Stafford, 16-2, while also tying East Bernard, 7-7.<\/p>\n
Aaron Burcia went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the win over Stafford while Ramiro Castello went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Koen Nunez and Wade Frasier also collected three hits.<\/p>\n
Ethan Garcia and Jaxson Klepac each had two hits and two RBI.<\/p>\n
In the win over Lamar Consolidated, Ryder Herzik, Klepac, Frasier and Burciaga each drove in two runs. Nunez and Ethan Flores each had one RBI.<\/p>\n
In the tie with East Bernard, Flores and Nunez each drove in two runs.<\/p>\n
PALACIOS DEFEATS WHARTON: The Sharks (2-6) defeated Wharton while losing to Hitchcock and Boling in tournament play last week.<\/p>\n
In a 4-3 triumph of Wharton, freshman David Sandoval went 2-for-2 with an RBI while Eric Garcia, Logan Nieto and Caden Brooks each drove in a run.<\/p>\n
TIDEHAVEN BUILDING MOMENTUM: In a 10-1 win over Somerville on Saturday, Bryce Sliva worked four innings, allowed no hits and no runs as the Tigers improved to 5-2-2 in the Hallettsville Sacred Heart tournament.<\/p>\n
T.J. Galvan, Ashton Klaiber, Kole Sengsourivong and Kale Russel each had two hits while collecting one hit were Sliva, Hayden McCarver, Boogie Galvan and Adrian Cotton.<\/p>\n
In an 11-11 tie with Conroe Covenant Christian, McCarver had three hits and Russell finished with two.<\/p>\n
In its tournament opener, a 1-0 win over Shiner St. Paul, T.J. Galvan went four innings to earn the win. He struck out four and allowed just three hits.<\/p>\n
Cade Nairn picked up the save with three scoreless innings.<\/p>\n
Cotton and Russell had one hit each in that victory.<\/p>\n
VAN VLECK DROPS THREE AFTER FAST START: After winning its first seven games of the season, Van Vleck dropped three matchups this past weekend.<\/p>\n
The Leopards fell to Columbia, Pleasanton and Schulenberg in tournament games.<\/p>\n
BAY CITY MEETS TOUGH FOES: After a 4-4 start to the season, the Lady \u2018Cats had a rough go of it this past weekend, dropping games to Los Fresnos, Victoria West and Victoria St. Joseph.<\/p>\n
Bay City plays Wharton and Needville in its first two District 29-4A games Friday and Monday.<\/p>\n
PALACIOS LOOKS TO BOUNCE BACK: The Sharkettes began the season with a 5-4 record but have lost their last five games.<\/p>\n
Palacios (5-9) fell to 0-2 in District 25-3A with losses to Vanderbilt Industrial and Yoakum by respective scores of 16-2 and 11-8.<\/p>\n
In the matchup with Yoakum, Palacios received hits from Cheyenne Sweet, Jahana Starrett, Dazia Alcantara, Breylyn Elizondo and Kinsley Marroquin.<\/p>\n
Starrett, Elizondo and Marroquin each drove in one run.<\/p>\n
In a 19-4 loss to Van Vleck, Riley Critendon went 2-for-2. Alcantara and Elizondo each banged out doubles.<\/p>\n
TIDEHAVEN CLAIMS FIRST WIN: The Tigerettes picked up their first win of the season last weekend with a 15-0 victory over Texas School for the Deaf.<\/p>\n
Tidehaven (1-7) also fell to Wallis Brazos, 3-1, in a non-district matchup.<\/p>\n
VAN VLECK OFF TO 10-3 START: The Lady Leopards are rolling right along with a 10-3 record but did slip a couple of times this past week against Shiner St. Paul and Galveston Ball.<\/p>\n
However, Van Vleck\u2019s Lakyn Matchett belted a grand slam while other Lady Leopard hits came from Adia Kile, Kamryn Waller, Madison Adcock and Ierial Garcia.<\/p>\n
Matchett also drove in two runs against St. Paul while Kylie Sazera and Waller each had one RBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Both Bay City soccer teams, which are headed to the playoffs, have plenty of momentum as the regular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2309,5,2316,2313,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,4,2305,2303,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-604567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-baseball-competitions","11":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","12":"tag-major-league-baseball","13":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","14":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","15":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","16":"tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","17":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-mlb-playoffs","20":"tag-mlb-postseason","21":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116167854209560944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}