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.
