Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Sports Roundup
SPORTS ROUNDUP
The Granbury Pirates qualified seven individuals and the Lady Pirates advanced five from the District 5-5A Track Meet in Aledo April 12-13. The top four finishers in each event qualified for the Area 5/6 Meet Friday, April 21 at Texan Stadium in Justin.
From area, the top four finishers in each event will advance to the Region 1 Meet in Lubbock April 28-29.
Kassidy Kirkatrick led all qualifiers, advancing in three events, including gold medals in the high jump and long jump. Braydon Olthoff won a gold medal in the discus and Miller Schenewark won the high jump for the Pirates.
“This is one very tough district and to finish third in both varsity and JV is quite an accomplishment,” Pirates coach Jody Brown said. “And I believe we have a good chance at all of them advancing to the regional meet.”
Lady Pirates coach Amber Ward said, “We had a lot of PRs (personal records), which is exactly what you want, your athletes peaking at the right time. We have a great chance at area for kids to advance on to regionals.”
District 5-5A Track Meet
Varsity Boys
Team score: 78, third place.
Area qualifiers
3200: 3. Bryan Hailey, 9:49.51.
110 hurdles: 3. Hayden Burns, 15.30.
100: 3. Jadon Rogers, 11.23.
300 hurdles: 3. Burns, 40.87.
200: 4. Elijah Johnston, 22.59.
1600: 2. Hailey, 4:32.18.
Discus: 1. Braydon Olthoff, 137-4.
High jump: 1. Miller Schenewark, 6-5.
Pole vault: 4. Rylan Brennish, 10-6.
Shot put: 3. Olthoff, 47-6.
Varsity Girls
Team score: 51, fourth.
Area qualifiers
400 relay: 3. Kylie Moody, Kassidy Kirkpatrick, Ella Garner, Baylee Goodman, 49.46.
100 hurdles: 4. Aubrey Ward, 17.52.
High jump: 1. Kassidy Kirkpatrick, 5-2.
Long jump: 1. Kirkpatrick, 18-5.
Shot put: 2. Garner, 34-0.
JV girls (district only, no advancement)
Team score: 33, sixth.
Top finisher
100 hurdles: 1. Nicole Gibson, 17.83.
JV Boys
Team score: 66.33, third.
Top finishers
1600 relay: 3. Bryce Hager, Judah Turner, Casen Moore, Kaleb Johnson, 3:41.82.
Pole vault: 2. Hager, 11-0.
TOLAR TRACK
The Rattlers easily won the District 11-2A Meet at Rattler Stadium on April 12-13, scoring 217 points to runner-up Santo’s 124.
The Lipan Lady Indians were third among the girls with 99 points. The Lady Rattlers were fourth with 71 points.
The top four individuals in each event qualified for the Area 11/12 Meet in Rio Vista on Thursday, April 19. From there the top four in each event move on to the Region 2 Meet in Springtown April 28-29.
District 11-2A Track Meet
BOYS
Tolar area qualifiers
100: 3. Ty McClure, 11.53.
200: 4. McClure, 24.82.
400: 1. Caden Pate, 51.87.
800: 3. Matthew Behrens, 2:09.95; 4. Mitchell Alford, 2:13.12.
3200: 3. Ernesto Ramirez, 13:23.57.
110 hurdles: 1. Dillon Soileau, 15.58.
300 hurdles: 1. Soileau, 41.28.
400 relay: 1. Pate, Soileau, Garrison Nation, Wyatt Jones, 43.87.
800 relay: 1. Nation, Behrens, McClure, Jones, 1:34.66.
1600 relay: 1. Pate, Nation, Behrens, Jones, 3:38.59.
Long jump: 2. McClure, 20-5; 4. Jeffrey Collie, 19-11.5.
Shot put: 2. Samuel Stewart, 45-10.5; 4. Cutter Cain, 40-4.
Discus: 2. Peyton Brown, 129-10; 3. Mason Berry, 125-3; 4. Dakota Webb, 108-6.5.
Triple jump: 1. Collie, 41-10.5; 2. Reis Brown, 40-10.5.
High jump: 2. Talan Culberson, 5-8; 3. Behrens, 5-6.
Pole vault: 2. Logan Stein, 12-0; 3. Julia Noya, 10-0; 4. Brylen Feist, 8-6.
GIRLS
Tolar area qualifiers
200: 4. Maddie Ballenger, 29.0.
400: 4. Allyson Dobbs, 1:05.39.
800: 3. Dobbs, 2:32.30.
1600: 3. Braelynn Westbrook, 6:23.27.
400 relay: 4. Abbie Soileau, Callan Nix, Ballenger, Senne Imel, 53.39.
800 relay: 3. Soileau, Nix, Ballenger, Imel, 1:54.48.
Long jump: 3. Nix, 15-7.
Shot put: 1. Karley Richardson, 32-1.5.
Discus. 3. Richardson, 92-3.
High jump: 4. Imel, 4-9.
Lipan area qualifiers
200: 2. Lynsey Little, 28.56.
400: Taylor Branson, 1:04.82.
400 relay: 2. Alisha Green, Jolie Russell, Landrey Grover, Madison Cornelius, 52.81.
800 relay: 1. Russell, Little, Cornelius, Branson, 1:51.31.
1600 relay: 3. Ashlyn Clark, Grover, Little, Branson, 4:42.48.
Shot put: 2. Trinity Benitez, 31-5.5; 3. Olivia Benitez, 30-1.
Discus: 2. T. Benitez, 105-8.5.
Triple jump: 1. Little, 33-8.5.
TOLAR BASEBALL
In their lone game of the week, the Rattlers (11-6-2, 4-0 in 13-2A) won 9-3 in a nondistrict game at Fort Worth Trinity Valley Saturday, April 15.
Leaders: Hitting - Brock Owens, 2-for-4, two RBI; Jesse Owen, 2-for-4, double, triple; Jackson LeCluyse, 1-for-2, two hit by pitch, triple, two RBI; Talan Brown, 1-for-4; Keaton Morrison, 1-for-3, walk, stolen base. Pitching - T. Brown, 6.1 innings, seven hits, three runs (two earned), 10 strikeouts, one walk; LeCluyse, 0.2 innings, one strikeout.
The Rattlers travel to Poolville Friday, April 21, for a 6:30 p.m. game.
GRANBURY SOFTBALL
The Lady Pirates began the week with a 17-2 drubbing of Rider in Wichita Falls on Tuesday, April 11, followed by a 10-0 loss at Northwest on Friday, April 14. With the regular season winding down, the Lady Pirates (10-13-2 overall) are 3-7 in District 5-5A.
A highlight in the win over Rider was Lillian Williams’ grand slam. She also had the lone hit against Northwest.
Vs. Rider: Hitting - Brenna Haynes, 3-for-4, double, RBI; Carli Carlton, 2-for-4, RBI; L. Williams, 2-4, home run, five RBI; Kamryn Williams, 2-for-3, double, triple, RBI; Faith Evans, 2-for-3, two walks, two RBI; Allison Dafoe, 1-for-4; Grace Hill, 1-for-3. Pitching - Hannah Dafoe, five innings, five hits, two runs (none earned), four strikeouts, four walks.
The Lady Pirates are playing at Saginaw today, April 19 and host Aledo Friday, April 21 to end the regular season. Both games start at 7 p.m.
TOLAR SOFTBALL
The Lady Rattlers (16-1-1 overall, 7-0 in District 11-2A) finished a 10-0 victory over Ranger, a game that began in Tolar on March 27 before being delayed by weather and ended Tuesday, April 11.
That was followed by the regularly-scheduled contest, which Tolar also won 24-1. They ended the week with a 13-0 victory at Gordon on Friday, April 14.
Reese Tryon pitched a no-hitter in the first win against Ranger and a one-hitter against Gordon, giving her seven shutouts on the season. She also combined with Senne Imel for another no-hitter and has five one-hitters, along with another combined one-hitter with Imel.
The Lady Rattlers won the first game against Ranger and against Gordon with only five hits in the two games combined. However, they received 16 walks and Gordon committed six errors, along with receiving nine walks with a hit batter and two errors by Ranger.
Game 1 vs. Ranger: Hitting - Imel, double, walk, RBI, stolen base; Kanyn Deaver, 1-for-3, three stolen bases; Lane Gardner, three walks, two stolen bases. Pitching - Tryon, five innings, no hits, 12 strikeouts, hit batter.
Game 2 vs. Ranger: Ava LeCluyse, 4-for-4, double, walk, three RBI; Tryon, 3-for-5, two RBI; Courtlynd Hogan, 2-for-2, three walks, RBI, stolen base; Imel, 2-for-4, double, hit by pitch, two RBI; Deaver, 1-for-1, two walks, two hit by pitch, RBI, two stolen bases; Allyson Dobbs, four walks, two stolen bases, RBI; Landri Kimmel, three walks. Pitching - Tryon, five innings, five hits, one run (none earned), seven strikeouts, two walks, hit batter.
Vs. Gordon: Hitting - Dobbs, 2-for-3, two doubles, two RBI, stolen base; Hogan, 1-for-4, RBI; Tryon, three walks; Imel, three walks. Pitching - Tryon, five innings, one hit, seven strikeouts, three hit batters.
The Lady Rattlers travel to Benbrook Friday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
LIPAN SOFTBALL
The Lady Indians (6-6, 3-3 in District 11-2A) dropped an 11-6 home contest to DeLeon on Tuesday, April 11 and won 21-0 at Santo on Friday, April 14.
Vs. DeLeon: Hitting - Finley Shockley, 3-for-4, RBI, two stolen bases; Neali Overton, 2-for-4; Dawson Oliver, 2-for-4, two doubles, RBI; Sarah Marcantonio, 2-for-5; Ashlyn Clark, 1-for-4, RBI; Ella Sharp, 1-for-4. Pitching - Sharp struck out 10 and walked none in six innings.
Vs. Santo: Hitting - Overton, 4-for-5, double, home run, three RBI, two stolen bases; Kailee Galima, 3-for-4, two RBI; Sharp, 3-for-4, home run, walk, two RBI, stolen base; Oliver, 2-for-4, two doubles, RBI, two stolen bases; Cate Cooper, 2-for-4, RBI, stolen base; Marcantonio, 2-for-4, walk, TBI, stolen base; Shockley, 2-for-5, RBI; Dixon Sinclair, 1-for-4, walk, RBI, stolen base; Clark, 1-for-4, home run, walk, two RBI, stolen base. Pitching - Sharp, six innings, one hit, 11 strikeouts, three walks.
The Lady Indians were ending the regular season at home against Ranger at press time.
