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The Good…The Badgers Varsity went unbeaten and took the championship in its own baseball tournament last week.
The week started with Lampasas heading to Caldwell on Tuesday to take on their unbeaten team. After 5 innings Lampasas was ahead of Caldwell 1-0 after Logan Coleman scored in the 3rd on a couple of Badger hits and an error.
In the 6th the Lampasas bat came alive when Ethan Rascoe doubled and made it home on a Marty Ybarra hit. Then Tak Stinnett drove in another run and the bases started loading up. Hunter Rebando came in with bases loaded and hit the Grand Slam that pushed the score up to 7-0. Caldwell got one run in the bottom of the 7th to keep it from being a shutout, but the 7-1 on the scoreboard told the story that they were no longer an unbeaten team.
Lampasas was off on Thursday as Pool Play started in the Lampasas tournament. Marble Falls, Jarrell and Troy competed with Jarrell and Marble Falls moving on to Saturday play. On Friday Lampasas beat both San Angelo Lakeview and Clyde but had to go on to play Clyde again in the championship game.
As has happened a time or two this year, it was a close game. Clyde came out first on the scoreboard with 2 runs in the first inning, then the Badgers came back to tie, then Clyde scored, but in the bottom of the 5th Lampasas got 3 and it was 5-3. Clyde managed one more run in the 6th but it finished with a 5-4 Lampasas win.
The Badger team swept the tournament with heroics by almost everybody at one time or the other. The hardware at the end went to Hunter Rebando, Marty Ybarra and Ace Whitehead but Coach Shane Doege, like all Badger fans, is proud of this entire team.
The Bad…Badger Baseball is canceled through the 27th due to the Corona Virus pandemic.
The UIL has ruled that, as of now, athletic programs can practice, but not play, through that date. After that, we’ll see what happens. This means that at least 5 scheduled games won’t be played as planned. One of those, the district game with Taylor on the 27th, could be re-scheduled, but again, who knows what will happen next.
Wouldn’t it be a shame if this Badger team, one of the best all-around teams we’ve had, didn’t get to finish it’s season. We shudder to think it. Let’s all hope the Corona Virus passes over us soon so we can say – “Play ball”!
The Good…The Badgers Varsity went unbeaten and took the championship in its own baseball tournament last week.
The week started with Lampasas heading to Caldwell on Tuesday to take on their unbeaten team. After 5 innings Lampasas was ahead of Caldwell 1-0 after Logan Coleman scored in the 3rd on a couple of Badger hits and an error.
In the 6th the Lampasas bat came alive when Ethan Rascoe doubled and made it home on a Marty Ybarra hit. Then Tak Stinnett drove in another run and the bases started loading up. Hunter Rebando came in with bases loaded and hit the Grand Slam that pushed the score up to 7-0. Caldwell got one run in the bottom of the 7th to keep it from being a shutout, but the 7-1 on the scoreboard told the story that they were no longer an unbeaten team.
Lampasas was off on Thursday as Pool Play started in the Lampasas tournament. Marble Falls, Jarrell and Troy competed with Jarrell and Marble Falls moving on to Saturday play. On Friday Lampasas beat both San Angelo Lakeview and Clyde but had to go on to play Clyde again in the championship game.
As has happened a time or two this year, it was a close game. Clyde came out first on the scoreboard with 2 runs in the first inning, then the Badgers came back to tie, then Clyde scored, but in the bottom of the 5th Lampasas got 3 and it was 5-3. Clyde managed one more run in the 6th but it finished with a 5-4 Lampasas win.
The Badger team swept the tournament with heroics by almost everybody at one time or the other. The hardware at the end went to Hunter Rebando, Marty Ybarra and Ace Whitehead but Coach Shane Doege, like all Badger fans, is proud of this entire team.
The Bad…Badger Baseball is canceled through the 27th due to the Corona Virus pandemic.
The UIL has ruled that, as of now, athletic programs can practice, but not play, through that date. After that, we’ll see what happens. This means that at least 5 scheduled games won’t be played as planned. One of those, the district game with Taylor on the 27th, could be re-scheduled, but again, who knows what will happen next.
Wouldn’t it be a shame if this Badger team, one of the best all-around teams we’ve had, didn’t get to finish it’s season. We shudder to think it. Let’s all hope the Corona Virus passes over us soon so we can say – “Play ball”!
