Down to Their Final Out, Lady Bulldogs Score Six and Head to Sweet 16
The Flatonia softball team staged a stunning comeback in the final inning to shock Holland and win their one-game regional semifinal playoff game Friday 12-10. Holland led Friday’s game 8-4 and 10-6 before Flatonia scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning (all with two outs) to win the third round playoff game.
Fayetteville’s Fritsch to Pole Vault for McNeese
Fayetteville pole vault star Lawson Fritsch signed a scholarship agreement to compete for the McNeese State University track team last week. He is shown here at his signing ceremony, front and center, between his parents Brad and Amy Fritsch. Lawson’s personal best is 16-feet in the pole vault and he has won gold and silver at the state meet.
Leps Baseball Heads to Third Round of Playoffs For First Time Since 2013 Title Year
Gillum Homers; Heroic Relief by Freshman Ulrich For the first time since 2013 (the last time the Leps won a state baseball title) the La Grange baseball team is headed to the third round of the playoffs. The Leps survived numerous weather delays and a pair of elimination games to beat Burnet in a best of three series Friday and Saturday in Hutto.
Seven Senior Stars
The La Grange baseball team won their opening round playoff series last week in thrilling fashion thanks to huge contributions from all seven of the team’s seniors – Braxton Dahse, Max Dixon, Bradyn Prasek, Kyler Lamza, Ty Stark, Hunter Sabo and Holdyn Cooper.
Facing elimination after losing the first game of their best-of-three series to Sealy in extra innings, the Leps were down 8-2 in Game 2 before rallying to win 13-9 sparked by a homer from Sabo. Then they won the Game 3 clincher 2-0 thanks to a combined shutout from Dahse and Prasek.
Supak Called Up to Triple-A
La Grange native Trey Supak, 28, has been called up to the Texas Rangers triple-A affiliate Round Rock and made his first start on the mound with that team May 3, pitching five innings of three-hit, two-run ball and striking out four to get the win in. He had made four starts earlier this season with Texas’ double-A team in Frisco and had a 1.77 ERA and a 3-0 record in 20.1 innings.
