The final obstacle to a return trip to STATE will be met this weekend in our best of 3 series against Kingwood. All games will be played at Tomball H.S.

Game 1: Friday – 7:00 pm
Game 2: Saturday – 1:00 pm
*Game 3: Saturday – 3:00 pm

Thursday night your Highlanders traveled to Georgetown to play McKinney Boyd in the Regional Semi-Final round of the State playoffs.

Game 1 – lost 4-6
Tough pitching from Boyd kept our girls down to 5 hits and 4 runs. A 6th inning rally to bring us within 2 wouldn’t be enough. Our hits came from Aubrey, Alyssa, Vick and Flick (2). Abby and Caitlin both pitched and allowed only 2 earned runs.

Game 2 – won 2-0
A much stronger outing as Caitlin went all 7 innings allowing only 4 hits and striking out 3. The hits for our team came from Vick (2B), Abby, and Autumn.

Game 3 – won 3-2 (8 innings)
The bats came alive in game 3 as the girls put 13 hits on the board and our pitchers combined to allow only 5 hits from Boyd. Together they struck out 6. There were several great defensive plays including a double play at the plate from Sidney in Centerfield and another play at the plate on a fielders’ choice from Autumn. Even with so many hits, the score was tied 2-2 after 7 innings. We were able to hold Boyd off in the 8th. The bottom of the 8th got started with a ground out followed by a one out single from Aubrey. A bunt single from Alyssa put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Sidney grounded out to 3rd, but moved the runners to 2nd and 3rd. With 2 outs, Taylor Vick came through with a single to Rightfield to score Aubrey and secure the win 3-2.

Congratulations! Next up: Kingwood

The team will travel to Georgetown to play McKinney Boyd for the Regional Semi-Final round.

Games will be held at Georgetown Eastview on:
Thursday @ 7:00
Friday @ 5:30/*7:30

Eastview H.S. – 4490 E. University Ave., Georgetown, TX

After an amazingly intense couple of days, the team came out on top of a tough 3 game series to advance to the Regional Semi-Final round of playoffs.

The series began with a Friday afternoon game in Bryan. While a tough game, we lost 1-0. Abby pitched a solid game giving up only 5 hits and no earned runs. Our girsl produced 4 hits, one each for Aubrey, Alyssa, Sidney and Brittany Kellett. The girls kept their spirits up and were ready on Saturday to win!

Saturday began with a 6-5 win that had 7 lead changes throughout the game. Caitlin got the start and went 4 1/3 innings before Abby came in to close. Hits came from Aubrey, Alyssa, and BK. Big hitters were Vick who drove in 2 and Abby and Flick who both had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s each.

Saturday ended with a nail biting 8 inning 2 out hit from Stefani that scored Taylor from 2nd for the win. That was Stef’s 2nd hit for the night. Adding to the hits were Sidney, Brittany Kellett and Flick. Vick had a big night not only scoring the winning run but also having 3 hits of her own. RBI’s came from Vick, Stef, BK and Flick. On the mound we had another team effort with Caitlin and Abby each striking out 2.

Next up: McKinney Boyd

Because of the weather situation, Game 1 of our Regional Quarterfinal series with Atascocita will now be played at 1 p.m. on Friday so that we can get it in before the rain hits. As of right now, Saturday evening still looks good for our games at Highlander Field. Go Highlanders!
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We will face Atascocita for the next round of playoffs.

Friday – 7:00 pm @ Atascocita H.S.
Saturday – 5:00/*7:00 @ Highlander Field

Friday night was a pitchers’ duel until the 7th inning. Going into the 7th, the Highlanders had 4 hits and Westlake had 3. The 3 run 7th was started by Brittany Kellett with her first ever Home Run! Sidney Salmans drove in 3 runs on 2 hits and made several great catches in Center Field. Flick went 2-3 and had a Double. Caitlin got the win going all 7 innings giving up only 4 hits and striking out 3.

Next up: Atascocita – Regional Quarter Finals.

It’s worth the time to take a look at the video highlights taken and commentated by Maxpreps. The featured game in vs. Oak Ridge here at Highlander Field.

The road to Austin continues on Friday night against Austin Westlake. Come out and support these girls and help them take that next step!

Game Details:
Friday vs. Austin Westlake
Rudder High School- 3251 Austins Colony Pkwy Bryan, TX 77808
8:00 P.M.

The Win over Spring on Friday night (7-1) turned out to be enough to advance your Highlanders on their run for State. The scheduled series was rained out Saturday. Per UIL policy, the series reverts to a one game in case of rain out.

Congratulations!!

Next Up – Austin Westlake. Details to follow.