Old Cardinal
03-16-2010, 02:20 PM
March 15, 2010
TGCA Softball Poll
State Top 20 Teams
Class 1A
1. Colmesneil
2. Beckville
3. Malakoff Crossroads
4. Alto
5. Sam Rayburn
6. Ralls
7. Forsan
8. Iola
9. Riesel
10. Mart
11. Lindsey
12. Elkhart Slocum
13. North Hopkins
14. Martin’s Mill
15. Shiner
16. Grapeland
17. Santa Gertrudis Academy
18. Bosqueville
19. Hubbard
20t. Seymour
20t. Woodsboro.
20t. Granger
Comments: Intrigue is also on the score board as Lovelady beat Grapeland 7-0 but the bigger issue was not who played but who didn’t as apparent documentation issues caused the Grapeland pitcher not to play. Grapeland falls in the polls after a one sided loss. Elsewhere, Mart is 7-2 with wins over Waco Connally, McGregor, Groesbeck, Glen Rose and Maypearl. Mart lost to Grandview 7-4 in the finals of the Grandview tournament. Mart pitcher Miekel Ann Caddell is undefeated on the mound. The A Ralls Lady Rabbits went 3-1 last week beating 2A Littlefield 4-2; Class A Roby 13-1; 2A Post 2-0 and lost the Championship of the Post tournament to 2A Bushland 5-4 to improve their overall record to 10-3. Granger posted a 2-2 record at the Flatonia tournament. Colmesneil beat West Sabine 8-6
Class 2A
1. Danbury
2. Brock
3. Early
4. Coahoma
5. Elysian Fields
6. Grand Saline
7. Poth
8. Grandview
9. Quitman
10. Eastland
11. Hallettsville
12. George West
13. Wichita Falls City View
14. S&S Consolidated
15. Natalia
16. Queen City
17. Rogers
18. Deweyville
19. Alpine
20t. Warren
20t. Wall
20t. Dilley
Comments: Sadler S&S Consolidated is 11-2 with five run rule victories. S&S returns nine starters from a 33-2 team except pitching so new faces who pitched 16 wins last year are being called upon this year. Natalia blanked Freer 8-0 in district play while Quitman is 10-2 after winning the first Longview touranemtn and tying for first with North Little Rock (Arkansas 7A champs) and Rusk. North Little Rock defeated both Rusk and Quitman head to head but Quitman beat Temple 5-4 ITB then beat Pine tree 8-0. The Huddleston sisters lead Quitman, Sammye Huddleston is hitting .526 and is 7-1 on the mound while Summer Huddleston is hitting .488 and is 3-1. The Grand Saline Lady Indians beat Winnsboro 11-3 as Sarah Gipson went 4 for 5 with a triple, double and 2 singles. Coahoma edged 3A Abilene Wylie 1-0 in nine innings. City View is 8-2-1 with wins over 4A Wichita Falls, 3A Iowa Park and 3A Graham. Grandview moved to 15-4 on the year with games this past week, beating Whitney 11-3 and Hubbard 16-3. During the Coaches Choice Spring Break Classic in Farmers Branch they lost to Bryan 6-0, beat Kennedale 4-3 (played for the Championship of Gold Bracket), and lost to LD Bell 6-4 (played for the Silver championship). In the consolation game Grandview beat Midland Greenwood 3-0. Grand Saline beat Winnsboro 11-3 and Cooper 4-0. Poth was beaten 9-4 by Goliad. The Danbury Lady Panthers won the San Marcos Tournament with a 2-0 win over 5A Plano East and a semi final victory over 4A Corpus Christi Moody 6-4 in second ITB. Danbury (20-4) also beat 4A Wolfforth Frenship. Danbury completed tournament play with a perfect record of 7-0. Deweyville shocked Warren. Coahoma beat Forsan 7-0. Tomie Ellard and Taylor Payne combined on a one-hitter as the City View Lady Mustangs shut out Bridgeport 7-0 in the Graham Softball Tournament. Ellard (9-2) pitched the first three innings and Taylor Payne threw the last two for the Lady Mustangs (9-3-1). Taylor Jenkins was 2-for-3 and Ellard had a double and two RBIs to lead the City View offense. Alpine is 13-6 and 2-0 in District 4-2A after beating Kermit and Reagan County in district play. George West beat Natalia 2-0 in a district contest. Dilley ten run ruled Cotulla 13 to 3
Class 3A
1. Lucas Lovejoy
2. Rusk
3. LaGrange
4. Van
5. West
6. LaVernia
7. Splendora
8. Bridge City
9. Burkburnet
10. Paris North Lamar
11. Celina
12. Huffman-Hargrave
13. Pearsall
14. Silsbee
15. Goliad
16. Huntington
17. Bandera
18. Sweeny
19. Coldspring
20t. Yoakum
20t. Lorena
20t. Columbia
20t. Giddings.
20t. Sealy
20t. Carthage
20t. Needville
Comments: Splendora beat Katy 3-0 in a solid outing. Celina is hitting the ball well and should compete well in region along with powerhouse Lovejoy, Princeton, Van and Paris North Lamar. Rusk and LaGrange are rolling while Huntington is very strong and West hits well. Van is having a great season but has not matched up with larger schools with rankings. Seminole is getting strong pitching while Lyford is 12-1 with pitcher Katrina Zamorano. Lyford started 12-0 before falling to 5A Harlingen in the title game of the Brownsville Tournament. China Spring beat Groesbeck in 11 innings 4-2. China spring has lost several tough games but Super Centex Junior Pitcher Stephanie Roberts(Stephen F Austin-verbal commitment) currently has 100 strikeouts and 3 homeruns, and Senior Pitcher-Brooke Clark(Temple College) has 65 strikeouts and 6 homeruns. LaGrange beat Katy Morton Ranch 8-4 then won the Weimar touranemtn by beating: Edna 14-2, Cameron Yoe 3-0, Brazosport 10-0, Katy Taylor 1-0, Van Vleck 6-1 and Columbus 15-2 for the championship. Bridge City had a strong showing in the Sulphur, LA tournament that features several of the power teams from the Bayou State, Goliad got a huge win against 2A power Poth, beating the Pirettes 9-4 to improve to 12-3 overall. Needville beat 5A North Shore 10-0 but lost to 3A Sealy 5-4. Van improved to 19-2 with wins over 3A Palestine 16-0 in 4 Innings and 4A Kilgore 12-2 in 5 Innings. Burkburnett pitcher Brenna Hennan tossed a one-hit shutout Friday night in an 8-0 win over Celina. Burkburnett improved to 11-3-1 as Holly Cannon went 2-for-2 batting with three runs scored, while teammate Brooke Hennan had two hits, a score and an RBI. Emily Jones rounded out the standouts with a hit, two runs scored and a trio of RBIs. Carthage upsets Huntington in District Play 1-0. Silsbee blanked West Brook 1-0 as Silsbee pitcher Danielle Treadway notched ten strikeouts. Giddings edged Liberty Hill 5-4. Coldspring is 13-4 with big wins over Bryan Rudder, Grapeland, Lovelady, Kirbyville and Nimitz.
Class 4A
1. Frisco Wakeland
2. Manvel
3. Elgin
4. Montgomery
5. Brenham
6. New Braunfels Canyon
7. Waco Midway
8. Tuloso Midway
9. Dripping Springs
10. Denton Guyer
11. Hallsville
12. Port Lavaca Calhoun
13. Nederland
14. Santa Fe
15. Richmond Foster
16. Floresville
17. Corpus Christi Moody
18. El Paso Chapin
19. Sulphur Springs
20t. Forney
20t. Port Neches Groves
20t. Little Cypress Mauriceville
20t. Denton Ryan
20t. Kingsville King
Comments: Frisco Wakeland (17-0-1) remains undefeated, winning its two toughest district games, last week against McKinney High and Frisco Centennial in close 1-0 fashion. McKinney High features senior Ball State signee Jenny Gilbert in the circle while Centennial features outstanding junior pitcher Shelby McCoy. Frisco Wakeland's senior pitcher Alexis Cantu (University of Texas - Arlington signee) struck out 12 against Frisco Centennial, and sophomore Darian Dunn hit a solo HR in 2nd inning for Wakeland's only run. Frisco Wakeland now has 8 players who have combined for 20 HRs on the season. They are hitting .355 as a team with a .590 slugging percentage. Cantus has recorded 121 Ks in 79 1/3 innings. The Manvel Lady Mavs went 2 and 0 beating Pearland Dawson 2 to 0. Jen Ingamells had a RBI triple, Courtney Klingler an RBI single and Kelsey Allender went 2 for 2 scoring both Manvel runs. Megan Atchison pitched the two hit shutout. On Friday the Lady Mavs went to play in Brazosport, winning 5 to 1. Alex Bayne and Courtney Klingler had two hits a piece to pace 9 hit attack. Good week for Waco Midway who opened district by beating Cleburne 15-1 the won the Belton tournament with a 5-0 record including wins over: Pflugerville Hendrickson 5-0, Celina 2-0, Magnolia 5-1, Pasadena Memorial 4-0 and Midland Lee 3-0. Brutal schedule of Montgomery who dropped to 18-4 with three losses but the losses were against very good 5A schools, Montgomery has lost to Katy 2-1, Bellaire and standout hurler Gabby Lewis 2-1 and to the Woodlands 6-4. other loss was to Katy Taylor. Moody after beating Pt Lavaca 11-1 in the Corpus Christi tournament championship, lost to Pt. Lavaca yesterday 4-1 in a district match-up. Moody's record is now 11-4, and Pt. Lavaca is 15-3. Kingsville defeated a young but strong Alice team 5-1. Tuloso-Midway beat Calallen 16-0 in a run rule last night. Hallsville Ladycats beat Sulphur Springs 10 – 0. Elgin blasted Manor and San Marcos to improve to 13-2. The lady Cats are top rated team in Central Texas. A trio of Texas teams played in the Sulphur, LA touranemtn: Nederland, Little Cypress Mauriceville and Port Neches Groves; they three had mixed results against very strong competition. Tuloso-Midway defeated Kingsville King in 5 short innings, 10-0. Kingsville's ace senior pitcher, Constance Brandenburg, nursing an injury, left the game after throwing one pitch to T-M's 3rd batter, Christina Villalon, in the bottom of the 1st. Tuloso-Midway's Senior pitcher, Emily Brittain, threw a one-hitter against Kingsville. Tuloso-Midway improves to 13-2 on the season and 3-0 in district. Kingsville falls to 6-4 on the season, and 2-1 in district. Mansfield Legacy improved to 3-0 in district by blasting Timberview 10-0. Calhoun was second at the Corpus Christi ISD Tournament losing to Moody in the championship game. Calhoun rebounded to beat Moody 4-1 to go 2-0 in district and are 16-4 overall Denton Guyer is 13-5-2 while Denton Ryan is 14-6 and Forney has a 9-8-2 mark.
Class 5A
1. Coppell
2. Keller
3. The Woodlands
4. Fort Bend Clements
5. Pearland
6. A&M Consolidated
6. Katy
7. Mesquite Horn
8. Houston Bellaire
9. Lady Bird Johnson
10. Pflugerville
11. A&M Consolidated
12. Flower Mound
13. Round Rock Stony Point
14. Midland Lee
15. Smithson Valley
16. El Paso Franklin
17. Brazoswood
18. Cedar Park Vista Ridge
19. Lubbock Coronado
20t. Lewisville Hebron
20t. Clear Creek
20t. Tomball
20t. Bryan
Comments: Following the HSSL tournament, Bellaire is 16-4 with wins over Clear Creek 8-2 and Brazoswood 8-3. Keller is 16-1 and appears to be a top three team in the early running. Sherman 3A power Lovejoy at the Wylie Tournament 5-4 in double ITB then beat Azle 2-1 in ITB. Keller is 18-1 going into Spring Break. Midland Lee opened district play against Lubbock Coronado winning the first game 3-2 in 9 innings. In the second game after 8 innings the game was tied 1-1 when it was called due to darkness. Lee is 12-5 on the year as Lee's senior pitcher held Coronado to two hits and one earned run and 13 K's. In the second game senior Desi Valero held Coronado to one hit and an unearned run along with 10 K's. Coppell extended their winning streak to 14 (18-1 overall) with a 9-3 win over McKinney Boyd. Plano is swinging the bat well and is 12-6 while Horn is 12-2 and Flower Mound is in at 15-5. Watch Hebron who is 10-3. Vista Ridge, Stony Point and Pflugerville are the Pride of Central Texas while Franklin is playing well way out West in El Paso. A&M Consolidated is 16-3 after beating Belton but losing 4-3 to Bryan who improved to 10-
TGCA Softball Poll
State Top 20 Teams
Class 1A
1. Colmesneil
2. Beckville
3. Malakoff Crossroads
4. Alto
5. Sam Rayburn
6. Ralls
7. Forsan
8. Iola
9. Riesel
10. Mart
11. Lindsey
12. Elkhart Slocum
13. North Hopkins
14. Martin’s Mill
15. Shiner
16. Grapeland
17. Santa Gertrudis Academy
18. Bosqueville
19. Hubbard
20t. Seymour
20t. Woodsboro.
20t. Granger
Comments: Intrigue is also on the score board as Lovelady beat Grapeland 7-0 but the bigger issue was not who played but who didn’t as apparent documentation issues caused the Grapeland pitcher not to play. Grapeland falls in the polls after a one sided loss. Elsewhere, Mart is 7-2 with wins over Waco Connally, McGregor, Groesbeck, Glen Rose and Maypearl. Mart lost to Grandview 7-4 in the finals of the Grandview tournament. Mart pitcher Miekel Ann Caddell is undefeated on the mound. The A Ralls Lady Rabbits went 3-1 last week beating 2A Littlefield 4-2; Class A Roby 13-1; 2A Post 2-0 and lost the Championship of the Post tournament to 2A Bushland 5-4 to improve their overall record to 10-3. Granger posted a 2-2 record at the Flatonia tournament. Colmesneil beat West Sabine 8-6
Class 2A
1. Danbury
2. Brock
3. Early
4. Coahoma
5. Elysian Fields
6. Grand Saline
7. Poth
8. Grandview
9. Quitman
10. Eastland
11. Hallettsville
12. George West
13. Wichita Falls City View
14. S&S Consolidated
15. Natalia
16. Queen City
17. Rogers
18. Deweyville
19. Alpine
20t. Warren
20t. Wall
20t. Dilley
Comments: Sadler S&S Consolidated is 11-2 with five run rule victories. S&S returns nine starters from a 33-2 team except pitching so new faces who pitched 16 wins last year are being called upon this year. Natalia blanked Freer 8-0 in district play while Quitman is 10-2 after winning the first Longview touranemtn and tying for first with North Little Rock (Arkansas 7A champs) and Rusk. North Little Rock defeated both Rusk and Quitman head to head but Quitman beat Temple 5-4 ITB then beat Pine tree 8-0. The Huddleston sisters lead Quitman, Sammye Huddleston is hitting .526 and is 7-1 on the mound while Summer Huddleston is hitting .488 and is 3-1. The Grand Saline Lady Indians beat Winnsboro 11-3 as Sarah Gipson went 4 for 5 with a triple, double and 2 singles. Coahoma edged 3A Abilene Wylie 1-0 in nine innings. City View is 8-2-1 with wins over 4A Wichita Falls, 3A Iowa Park and 3A Graham. Grandview moved to 15-4 on the year with games this past week, beating Whitney 11-3 and Hubbard 16-3. During the Coaches Choice Spring Break Classic in Farmers Branch they lost to Bryan 6-0, beat Kennedale 4-3 (played for the Championship of Gold Bracket), and lost to LD Bell 6-4 (played for the Silver championship). In the consolation game Grandview beat Midland Greenwood 3-0. Grand Saline beat Winnsboro 11-3 and Cooper 4-0. Poth was beaten 9-4 by Goliad. The Danbury Lady Panthers won the San Marcos Tournament with a 2-0 win over 5A Plano East and a semi final victory over 4A Corpus Christi Moody 6-4 in second ITB. Danbury (20-4) also beat 4A Wolfforth Frenship. Danbury completed tournament play with a perfect record of 7-0. Deweyville shocked Warren. Coahoma beat Forsan 7-0. Tomie Ellard and Taylor Payne combined on a one-hitter as the City View Lady Mustangs shut out Bridgeport 7-0 in the Graham Softball Tournament. Ellard (9-2) pitched the first three innings and Taylor Payne threw the last two for the Lady Mustangs (9-3-1). Taylor Jenkins was 2-for-3 and Ellard had a double and two RBIs to lead the City View offense. Alpine is 13-6 and 2-0 in District 4-2A after beating Kermit and Reagan County in district play. George West beat Natalia 2-0 in a district contest. Dilley ten run ruled Cotulla 13 to 3
Class 3A
1. Lucas Lovejoy
2. Rusk
3. LaGrange
4. Van
5. West
6. LaVernia
7. Splendora
8. Bridge City
9. Burkburnet
10. Paris North Lamar
11. Celina
12. Huffman-Hargrave
13. Pearsall
14. Silsbee
15. Goliad
16. Huntington
17. Bandera
18. Sweeny
19. Coldspring
20t. Yoakum
20t. Lorena
20t. Columbia
20t. Giddings.
20t. Sealy
20t. Carthage
20t. Needville
Comments: Splendora beat Katy 3-0 in a solid outing. Celina is hitting the ball well and should compete well in region along with powerhouse Lovejoy, Princeton, Van and Paris North Lamar. Rusk and LaGrange are rolling while Huntington is very strong and West hits well. Van is having a great season but has not matched up with larger schools with rankings. Seminole is getting strong pitching while Lyford is 12-1 with pitcher Katrina Zamorano. Lyford started 12-0 before falling to 5A Harlingen in the title game of the Brownsville Tournament. China Spring beat Groesbeck in 11 innings 4-2. China spring has lost several tough games but Super Centex Junior Pitcher Stephanie Roberts(Stephen F Austin-verbal commitment) currently has 100 strikeouts and 3 homeruns, and Senior Pitcher-Brooke Clark(Temple College) has 65 strikeouts and 6 homeruns. LaGrange beat Katy Morton Ranch 8-4 then won the Weimar touranemtn by beating: Edna 14-2, Cameron Yoe 3-0, Brazosport 10-0, Katy Taylor 1-0, Van Vleck 6-1 and Columbus 15-2 for the championship. Bridge City had a strong showing in the Sulphur, LA tournament that features several of the power teams from the Bayou State, Goliad got a huge win against 2A power Poth, beating the Pirettes 9-4 to improve to 12-3 overall. Needville beat 5A North Shore 10-0 but lost to 3A Sealy 5-4. Van improved to 19-2 with wins over 3A Palestine 16-0 in 4 Innings and 4A Kilgore 12-2 in 5 Innings. Burkburnett pitcher Brenna Hennan tossed a one-hit shutout Friday night in an 8-0 win over Celina. Burkburnett improved to 11-3-1 as Holly Cannon went 2-for-2 batting with three runs scored, while teammate Brooke Hennan had two hits, a score and an RBI. Emily Jones rounded out the standouts with a hit, two runs scored and a trio of RBIs. Carthage upsets Huntington in District Play 1-0. Silsbee blanked West Brook 1-0 as Silsbee pitcher Danielle Treadway notched ten strikeouts. Giddings edged Liberty Hill 5-4. Coldspring is 13-4 with big wins over Bryan Rudder, Grapeland, Lovelady, Kirbyville and Nimitz.
Class 4A
1. Frisco Wakeland
2. Manvel
3. Elgin
4. Montgomery
5. Brenham
6. New Braunfels Canyon
7. Waco Midway
8. Tuloso Midway
9. Dripping Springs
10. Denton Guyer
11. Hallsville
12. Port Lavaca Calhoun
13. Nederland
14. Santa Fe
15. Richmond Foster
16. Floresville
17. Corpus Christi Moody
18. El Paso Chapin
19. Sulphur Springs
20t. Forney
20t. Port Neches Groves
20t. Little Cypress Mauriceville
20t. Denton Ryan
20t. Kingsville King
Comments: Frisco Wakeland (17-0-1) remains undefeated, winning its two toughest district games, last week against McKinney High and Frisco Centennial in close 1-0 fashion. McKinney High features senior Ball State signee Jenny Gilbert in the circle while Centennial features outstanding junior pitcher Shelby McCoy. Frisco Wakeland's senior pitcher Alexis Cantu (University of Texas - Arlington signee) struck out 12 against Frisco Centennial, and sophomore Darian Dunn hit a solo HR in 2nd inning for Wakeland's only run. Frisco Wakeland now has 8 players who have combined for 20 HRs on the season. They are hitting .355 as a team with a .590 slugging percentage. Cantus has recorded 121 Ks in 79 1/3 innings. The Manvel Lady Mavs went 2 and 0 beating Pearland Dawson 2 to 0. Jen Ingamells had a RBI triple, Courtney Klingler an RBI single and Kelsey Allender went 2 for 2 scoring both Manvel runs. Megan Atchison pitched the two hit shutout. On Friday the Lady Mavs went to play in Brazosport, winning 5 to 1. Alex Bayne and Courtney Klingler had two hits a piece to pace 9 hit attack. Good week for Waco Midway who opened district by beating Cleburne 15-1 the won the Belton tournament with a 5-0 record including wins over: Pflugerville Hendrickson 5-0, Celina 2-0, Magnolia 5-1, Pasadena Memorial 4-0 and Midland Lee 3-0. Brutal schedule of Montgomery who dropped to 18-4 with three losses but the losses were against very good 5A schools, Montgomery has lost to Katy 2-1, Bellaire and standout hurler Gabby Lewis 2-1 and to the Woodlands 6-4. other loss was to Katy Taylor. Moody after beating Pt Lavaca 11-1 in the Corpus Christi tournament championship, lost to Pt. Lavaca yesterday 4-1 in a district match-up. Moody's record is now 11-4, and Pt. Lavaca is 15-3. Kingsville defeated a young but strong Alice team 5-1. Tuloso-Midway beat Calallen 16-0 in a run rule last night. Hallsville Ladycats beat Sulphur Springs 10 – 0. Elgin blasted Manor and San Marcos to improve to 13-2. The lady Cats are top rated team in Central Texas. A trio of Texas teams played in the Sulphur, LA touranemtn: Nederland, Little Cypress Mauriceville and Port Neches Groves; they three had mixed results against very strong competition. Tuloso-Midway defeated Kingsville King in 5 short innings, 10-0. Kingsville's ace senior pitcher, Constance Brandenburg, nursing an injury, left the game after throwing one pitch to T-M's 3rd batter, Christina Villalon, in the bottom of the 1st. Tuloso-Midway's Senior pitcher, Emily Brittain, threw a one-hitter against Kingsville. Tuloso-Midway improves to 13-2 on the season and 3-0 in district. Kingsville falls to 6-4 on the season, and 2-1 in district. Mansfield Legacy improved to 3-0 in district by blasting Timberview 10-0. Calhoun was second at the Corpus Christi ISD Tournament losing to Moody in the championship game. Calhoun rebounded to beat Moody 4-1 to go 2-0 in district and are 16-4 overall Denton Guyer is 13-5-2 while Denton Ryan is 14-6 and Forney has a 9-8-2 mark.
Class 5A
1. Coppell
2. Keller
3. The Woodlands
4. Fort Bend Clements
5. Pearland
6. A&M Consolidated
6. Katy
7. Mesquite Horn
8. Houston Bellaire
9. Lady Bird Johnson
10. Pflugerville
11. A&M Consolidated
12. Flower Mound
13. Round Rock Stony Point
14. Midland Lee
15. Smithson Valley
16. El Paso Franklin
17. Brazoswood
18. Cedar Park Vista Ridge
19. Lubbock Coronado
20t. Lewisville Hebron
20t. Clear Creek
20t. Tomball
20t. Bryan
Comments: Following the HSSL tournament, Bellaire is 16-4 with wins over Clear Creek 8-2 and Brazoswood 8-3. Keller is 16-1 and appears to be a top three team in the early running. Sherman 3A power Lovejoy at the Wylie Tournament 5-4 in double ITB then beat Azle 2-1 in ITB. Keller is 18-1 going into Spring Break. Midland Lee opened district play against Lubbock Coronado winning the first game 3-2 in 9 innings. In the second game after 8 innings the game was tied 1-1 when it was called due to darkness. Lee is 12-5 on the year as Lee's senior pitcher held Coronado to two hits and one earned run and 13 K's. In the second game senior Desi Valero held Coronado to one hit and an unearned run along with 10 K's. Coppell extended their winning streak to 14 (18-1 overall) with a 9-3 win over McKinney Boyd. Plano is swinging the bat well and is 12-6 while Horn is 12-2 and Flower Mound is in at 15-5. Watch Hebron who is 10-3. Vista Ridge, Stony Point and Pflugerville are the Pride of Central Texas while Franklin is playing well way out West in El Paso. A&M Consolidated is 16-3 after beating Belton but losing 4-3 to Bryan who improved to 10-