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BASEBALL Cavs edge Chaps, stay perfect in district Eight runs marked the game. Their eight nms marked most a Ilowed by Lake the most allowed by Lake Travis this season. Travis this season. "Credit those guys; they kept battling away," said~. whose By Thomas Jones team remains alone at the top of tOJones@statesmar\com the district standings. • 11 was a typical rivalry game.• Westlake baseball coach J.T. Rogers got no argument from Blair shared something in com· Blai.r, whose team lost 14·4 to mon with his Lake Travis counter· u,e Cavs March 25 as Lake Tra• pan, Mike Rogers, following the vis completed the season sweep Cavs' surprisingly dramatic 10-8 of Westlake. win March 21 at cavalier Field. ..Give some credit to our kids Bou, managers showed an for staying in the game and bat appreciation for the Chaps' fight tling back and having some good in U1eseoond District ~A meet (al-bats),• he said. ing of the season be-tween the But an acknowledgement of two rivals. Wesllake's gril is the only thing Westlake (7•13, 7,7 llistrlcr 25-6A) in common right now between trailed 8-0 after the firs! three the Chaps and Lake Travis, two Innings before chipping away schools separated bYJust 12 mlles at the lead, and the Chaps had but six games in the district stand· the tying run In scoring posl• lngs. The Cavs, ranked third In Lake Travis• Brett Baty sUdes In home safe after Wes:tlake catcher Kevin Dally drops the ball during the tion in the seventh inning before OlstJlct 2S.6A varsity baseball aame between the Lake Ttav1sCavallers and the Westtake Chaparrals at Lake Travis 02+1, 6-0) closed the Baseball continued Oil A 7 Lake Ttavls High School on March 21. A-IOT0CRWT >OHNGUTIERREZ/FORAMERICAN-STA.TESMAN vis' Jong district winning to see those opportunities Baseball streak. They stranded JO go by and not take advan contlr"KI.O from A6 players, induding three dur tage of them.• ini;a11 op<nitig lr;une trotstiD Lake Travis had no .such the state in the latL>SLClass had Blair shaking his head problcmS4!iirly in the ~e. 6A poll by the Texas High after the game, Lake Travis jimmy Lewis, a sophomore School Baseball Coaches ace Landon Ausley gave up who's heating up at the plate Assodadon, have now won two walks and a single by tn recent games, drove 1n a 23 consecutive<islria!PJlles Luke Dunlap in the first tbur pair ofruns ai;ainst Westlake and are trying to claim their plate appearanc·et. by West• starter Fernando Cllapa as fourth oonsecuti\'e disrrkt lake, but the Chap, couldn't part of the cav·s four-run tide. plate a run despite ha,1ng the first inning. He added two In oompari,on, the proud bases loaded with one out. more RBIs v.ith a triple in Westlake program seeks irs .. , felLwehadagocxJshol the Lhird fr.uncasLakc'J'ta• first winning season sJnce to score right therewith our vis bulll Its lead to 8-0. 2013. fOta'• 011d tn.,.hole llU)s com The Chaps beg;u, to rally 'l'he Chaps had their ing up, but we didn't get the in the fourth after Ausley chancei to break Lake Tra· blgblr," Blalrsakl. *You hare walked two batters and plunked Christian Wheat• Palmo. ¥.<ho weot 2-for-4 before Gabe Ga,rvens. the l<..--y for the S€.'<:On<l limc in at the plate, drove.- in his fourth Lake 1'rd~spJtd:tcrof the game. Joe Palmo then third run of the game vath the game, lnducedaground trimmed the lead to 8-4 vatb • seventh·innil\l double that out from Luke Dunlap to an HBl!.itlWe off Lewis, who trimmed the Cavs' lead to secure the wln. relieved Ausley v.ith the 10-S. Daniel Hernandez then bases loaded and no one drew a two-out walk to bring Contact Thomas Jones at out in the fourth. thewtnnlngtun to the plate S12•445--3S27. Westlake catcher Kevin Dally tosses off his face mask to pick up a loose ball as Lake Travis' Jacob Wyeth signals the runner at third base to stay put. At the top ofthe seventh Inning, Lake Travis coach Mike Rogers watches relief pitcher Gabe Garvens warm up during the District 25-6A varsity baseball game between the Lake Travis Cavaliers and the Westlake Chaparrals at Lake Travis High School on March 21. PHOTOCREDIT JOHN GUTIERREZ / FORAMERICAN-STATESMAN Lake Travis 12, Vista Ridge 10 LakeTravls 015042 0-1213 2 VlstaRtdge 001054 0-1012 3 W: Day, l: Smith. Htghltghts: lake Trcflls, Kahler HR 3 RBI.Vista Ridge, Chapa HR 5 RBI, Nlckdow HR2 RBI.lake Travis (4·1), Vista Ridge 12·8 (3-2). DISTRICT 25- 6A BASEBALL ROUNDUP Hays heating up midway through season By Michael Schoeffel out six. Tristan Peevey and Lewis, the Cavaliers seven a District 25--6A title, split a degrift vs. Vista Ridge how the race for a district Contributing 'Writer Erique Hernandez, the top hole hitter, had went 3-for~ pair ofgames with Leander. Two teams hoping to chal crown will play out down two hitters in the lineup, each with a double, triple and four Vandegrift lost to the Lions lenge Lake Travis for a dis the stretch. WEEK IN REVIEW drove in a pair on runs. Five RBI in a Io--8 victory over West 1-0 on March 21 behind a trict title will square off for a Team of the Week: Hays hole bitter Andrew Cisneros lake on March 21. Lake Travis complete-game shutout by crucial three-game set next. Elsewhere The Rebels swept a pair of stole the show on March 24, completed the~reg Leander starter Erik Miller. Vandegrift enters the week in the district games with I Phman lastweek, going collecting two hits in ular season sweep ofthe Cliap; The Vipers exacted revenge at 7-2 in district play while March28: Lake Travis trav beatingthe Lobo694onMarch four at-bats, including a home on March 24, winning 144. with a 8-2 win on March 24, Vista Ridge, fresh off a week els to Lehman, Hays trav 21and8-lonMarch24. Weston run, and driving in three runs. behind three RBI from Grant long hiatus from league play, els to Leander... March 31: Wolf twned in a quality start Haysentetstheweekonafour Elsewhere Prussel comes in at 5-1. Lake Travis hosts Lehman, on March 21, lasting six inning; game win streak. in the district The result of this three Hays hosts Leander.... April and aJlowingtwo bits and no Player-of the \Veek:Jnnmy Vandegrift, a team looking WEEK IN PREVIEW game set will likely have 1: Lake Travis hosts Lehman, ~ earned runs while striking Lewis, Lake Travis to chaJJenge Lake Travis for Game ofthe Week: Van- major ramifications for Hays travels to Leander. The Cavaliers defeated visiting San Antonio Churchill 4-0. By Michael Schoeffel Contributing Writer It took a halffor District 25-6A champion Lake Travis to find its groove, but once it did, there was no turning back. The Cavaliers defeated visit ing San Antonio Churchill 4-0 March 24 in a Class 6A bidistrict round match-up. Marcelo Mitre had a pair of goals for the Cava liers, and keeper Austin Branam came up with a crucial second half save to preserve the shut out. Lake Travis will next play San Antonio Stevens in the area round. Lake Travis (14-5-3) had not played a match since its regular season finale on March 10 against Vandegrift. The rust showed early, as the heavily favored Cavaliers took a scant 1-0 lead into the break thanks to a Harrison Tognela goal midway through the first half. Two Cavs - Vincente Cuadra and Joey Arney-were forced to play positions other than their primary ones due to injuries to other players, said Lake Travis head coach David Bammel. Bam mel also had to use his subs "ear lier than I typically would," as he put it, as Cooper Holt was handed a yellow card and Danny Tamkin had to take periodic breaks due to a hamstring issue. All in all, it added up to a first halffocused on feeling things out. "That was us getting back into the swing of things," said Bam mel. "That was us figuring out how to work together as a team again. I think there were jitters, too, with it being the first play off game. So we were battling a Soccer continued on A8 Churchill had on the night. Soccer -All it takes is one goal to continued from A6 shift momentum in a 2-0 game," said Bammel. "The few things out there on the next thing you know, it's field at first." a game again. Austin did The second half was a greatjob of making sure smoother sailing. that didn't happen." The Cavaliers scored three Lake Travis' opponent in goals - two by Mitre, one by the next round, Stevens (13· Arney - within the first 25 2-5), defeated Wagner 5-2 minutes of the final frame. in the bidistrict round. The Branam came up with a Falcons have won or tied 10 timely save with Lake Tra games in a row and haven't vis leading 2-0 to thwart one lost since Feb. 10. the few legitimate chances Marcelo Mitre shoots on the SA ChurchIll &oalat Lake Travis, March 24.PM0TOSBVRO'f M4TA FORN:t4 Softball team secures 2nd place Lake Travis' softball team improved to 15-6 overall and 4-1 in District 25-6A with a 4-1 win at Vista Ridge March 24 .