Tiebreaker Split Leaves Apaches Softball As 3Rd Seed by STEVE FOUNTAIN Inquirer Publisher
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14 THURSDAY, APR. 29, 2021 • GONZALESINQUIRER.COMSports • /GonzalesInquirer • @GonzInquirer SPORTS ROUNDUP Tiebreaker split leaves Apaches softball as 3rd seed By STEVE FOUNTAIN Inquirer Publisher It took two tiebreaker games for the Gonzales High School softball team to secure the No. 3 seed in the UIL 4A playoffs after the Apaches finished in a three-way tie for second at the close of 4A District 27 play. The Apaches (2-4, 11-10) will face 4A District 28 No. Blake Cox, Wayne Baker, Mike Turk, Chuck Emmick, Ralph Aguirre, and Brandt Philipus 2 seed Boerne (8-2, 23-6) won the April 21 Scramble at the Independence Golf Course. (Courtesy Photo) in the Bi-District round. The best-of-three series will Gonzales Apaches Nixon-Smiley Nixon-Smiley start at Marion High School Baseball Girls Softball Boys Baseball on Wednesday, April 28 at (1-4, 9-15) (7-3, 10-9) (6-5, 8-15-1) • Feb. 22: Canyon Lake 14, Apaches 8 • Feb. 23: Poth 23, Mustangs 4 • Feb. 22: Mustangs 13, Sacred Heart 5 8 p.m. Game 2 will be at • Feb. 25-27: @ Cuero Tourney: • Feb. 25-27: @ Three Rivers Tourney: • Feb. 26: Goliad 16, Mustangs 4; Wimberley High School at Rockport-Fulton 8, Apaches 1; Freer 7, Mustangs 6; Ben Bolt 4, Goliad 9, Mustangs 5 Yoakum 5, Apaches 1; Edna 19, Mustangs 3; Mathis 10, Mustangs 3; • March 2: Pleasanton 12, Mustangs 1 7 p.m. on Thursday, April Apaches 1; Sinton 11. Apaches 0 Cotella 4, Mustangs 1; Mustangs 16, • March 4-6: Nixon-Smiley Tourney: 29, with Game 3, if needed, • March 1: Apaches 16, Poteet 6 Pettus 2. Runge 6, Mustangs 4; Mustangs 12, on Friday, April 30 at 6 p.m. • March 4-6: Best of the Bay Tourney: • March 2: Charlotte 19, Mustangs 11 Yorktown 0; New Braunfels Blue 11, Banquette 19, Apaches 4; Apaches • March 5: Mustangs 9, Gonzales 6 Mustangs 5. back at Marion. 16, Ben Bolt 2; Apaches 6, Aransas • March 9: Mustangs 10, Carrizo • March 9: Johnson City 5, Mustangs 3 Navarro ran away with Pass 1; Apaches 13, Goliad 7; Apaches Springs 7 • March 11-13: @ Flatonia Tourney: the district with a perfect 9, Orange Grove 7; Banquette 4, • March 16: Stockdale 13, East Bernard 15, Mustangs 2; Kelly Breitschopf, shown here earlier in the season against Apaches 1 Mustangs 7* St. Paul 9, Mustangs 2; Mustangs 3, 6-0 record. Gonzales, La Marion, had two hits April 27 in a tiebreaker game against • March 9: Apaches 8, Luling 4 • March 23: Mustangs 18, Tidehaven 3. Vernia, and Cuero each • March 11-13: @ Hallettsville Randolph 0* • March 16: Mustangs 11, Randolph 9* La Vernia. (Steve Fountain) Tourney: Shiner 3, Apaches 2; • March 26: Mustangs 17, Cole 0* • March 19: Brentwood Christian 9, finished with a 2-4 four re- Industrial 7, Apaches 6; • March 29: Mustangs 18, Mustangs 5 cord. Compounding the tie Stockdale and Cole, who mation from either game. Shoemaker 8, Apaches 4 vs. Luling 17* • March 23: Mustangs 8, Cole 3* was the fact each team split have 5-6 district marks. In the Bi-District play- • March 16: Smithville 8, Apaches 7 • April 1: Marion 10, Mustangs 8* • March 26: Luling 6, Mustangs 1* • March 18: Apaches 10, Shiner 8 • April 6: Mustangs 9, Stockdale 8* • March 29: Mustangs 10, its district series with the A loss to Stockdale would offs, the Apaches’ district • April 9: Apaches 11, Shiner • April 9: Mustangs 19, Randolph 5* GH Northern Oaks 0* other two teams. drop the Mustangs to will face 4A District 28, St. Paul 10 • April 13: Mustangs 15, Cole 5*^ • April 1: Marion 11, Mustangs 1* • April 13: Apaches 4, La Vernia 3* • April 16: Luling 7, Mustangs 4* • April 6: Stockdale 14, Mustangs 0* The Apaches ended up fourth as Stockdale would with the No. 4 seed facing • April 16: La Vernia 10, Apaches 6* • April 20: Mustangs 15, Marion 14* • April 9: Mustangs 5, Randolph 4* in the No. 3 seed after drop- have the head-to-head tie- No.1 Canyon Lake, No. 3 • April 20: Navarro 8, Navarro 0* • April 22: Mustangs 15, Stockdale 4** • April 13: SA Homeschool 10, ping a 9-3 game against La breaker. seed facing Wimberley, No. • April 24: Navarro 8, Apaches 2* • April 29-30: Mustangs vs. Llano @ Mustangs 5 • April 27: Cuero 14, Apaches 1*@ Dripping Springs, 5 and 7 p.m.; • April 16: Mustangs 5, Cole 1* Vernia on April 27 at Cuero But a win over Stock- 2 facing No. 3 Boerne and • April 30: @ Cuero, 6 p.m.* Game 3 TBD*** • April 20: Luling 7, Mustangs 2*^ High School in the second dale would lock up the No. No. 1 Navarro facing No. 4 • April 23: Mustangs 26, GH Northern of two tiebreaker games. Fredericksburg. *4A District 27 game *3A District 26 game Oaks 1* 3 seed for the Mustangs. @ Senior Night ^ Parents Night • April 27: Marion 8, Mustangs 0* The Apaches set up the Even if Cole managed to Head coach: Arturo Velasquez Jr. **District tiebreaker • April 30: @ Stockdale, 7 p.m.* La Vernia game after forc- upset district champ Mar- Apaches Track ***Playoff game Head coach: Tara Wyrwich *3A District 26 game ing Cuero into the No. 4 ion (11-0) on April 30, the Gonzales High School ^ Parents Night seed by winning the first Mustangs hold the head-to- saw some personal bests at Head coach: San Juan Arias tiebreaker game on April head advantage. the April 23-24 4A Region 26, by a 5-4 score. District 26 faces District 4 Track and Field Meet at The Apaches rallied from 25 in the Bi-District play- Javelina Stadium at Texas amid gusty wins. Derrick rowly missed the cut for the • 1st: Blake Cox, Wayne an early 3-0 deficit with offs. Entering the last week A&M University – Kings- Garza did not reach the fi- state meet. Baker, Mike Turk, Chuck two runs in the fourth and of the district play, Blan- ville, but did not advance nals in the High Jump. Emmick, Ralph Aguirre, three more in the fifth be- co, Llano, Lago Vista and anyone to the state meet. Bryce Brown finished Golf Scramble and Brandt Philipus. fore holding on as Cuero Comfort are the top four At each of the four region- ninth in the 100 with a per- The Independence Golf • 2nd : Colton Hendricks, pushed across a run in the teams. als, the top two finishers ad- sonal best time of 11.37. Course reported the fol- Bill Kessler, Jesse Braden, seventh. The Apaches tal- vance to the state finals. The girls’ 4x100 Relay lowing top-finishers from Travis Debault, Kyle Etzler, lied seven hits – two from Apaches Baseball Peyton Ruddock clocked team of Barnick, Ruddock, its April 21 scramble: and Kyler Pekar. Kylee Watson at the bot- The Gonzales Higha personal best time of Kristyn Baker, and Paisley tom of the order – and two School baseball lost to Cu- 15.19 in the 100 hurdles to Ploeger did not reach the walks while taking advan- ero at home on April 27 by earn a bronze medal. She regional final. tage of two Lady Gobblers a 14-1 score. The loss drops missed going to state by errors. Trinity Aguero had the Apaches into fourth 0.08 seconds. While she Mustangs Track two RBI. place in 4A District 27 with will not be among the eight Zacary Perez of Nixon- Mary De La Garza went a 1-4 record. competitors at state, her Smiley High School took the distance, striking out 10. The Apaches (1-4, 9-15) time was the sixth-best re- third in the Shot Put at the Against La Vernia on have now lost four consec- corded this year among 4A 3A Region IV track meet April 27, the Apaches took utive games since opening competitors. with a personal best throw a 3-1 lead in the top of the district play with a win over She was the area and dis- of 45-feet, ½-inch. He nar- third inning, only to see the La Vernia. trict champ in the event. Bears answers with three in The Apaches could force Samantha Barnick both the third and fourth a tiebreaker if they can win reached the finals in the innings and two more in at Cuero in a 6 p.m. game Triple Jump before finish- the sixth. Friday, April 30 and if Na- ing sixth. She did not reach Aguero and Kelly Bre- varro defeats La Vernia. the finals in the Long Jump. itschopf each had two hits. That would leave Gonzales, All of the jumpers faced FEMA Helps Families Cuero and La Vernia tied challenging conditions Mustang Softball at 2-4 and with each team Honor a Loved One Lost The Nixon-Smiley High having one win and one School softball team defeat- loss against each other in ed Stockdale, 15-4, on April head-to-head games. to COVID-19 22 in a 3A District 26 tie- Navarro (5-0) locked up The Federal Emergency Management Agency breaker game. As a result, the district title with a 3-0 (FEMA) is offering qualified families up to the Mustangs (7-3, 10-9) win over La Vernia on April $9,000 for funeral expenses incurred due to are the district’s No. 2 seed 27. Cuero and La Vernia are CUSTOM SLAUGHTER and will face 3A District 25 tied for second at 2-3. CALVES - HOGS - SHEEP the death of a loved from COVID-19.