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No. 3 ranked Italy didn’t take kindly to Bosqueville handing them a 3-2 setback in Game Two of their Regional Quarterfinal last week.

Ennis moved to within one win of advancing to the third round, the deepest they have gone in the past 25 years, when they rallied from a 7-2 deficit to hand Texas High School an 11-8 defeat at home on Thursday.

Like the rhythmic pounding of soldiers marching and horses in-step, Italy and their Gladiators of the diamond are notching wins and beating up clouds of dirt along the way.

Junior Elijah Hernandez, an apparent heir to the starting QB position at Palmer, performed well this week in a pair of 7-on-7 skirmishes against Ferris and Scurry-Rosser.

Grinders Luke Regas (catcher), Fito Mendez and first baseman Clayton Jenkins (right) talk strategy while eyeing the next batters on deck from Texas H.S. during Thursday’s comeback win.

Pressure baseball is great theatre. It can also boost the sale of Rolaids.

Building up to the start of the 2021 fall football season, Ennis has scheduled their annual spring game on Thursday, May 13. It ends three weeks of workouts. Action begins at 5:30 p.m. at Lion Memorial Stadium.