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Third baseman Ryan Todd (5) fires from the hot corner

Rallying to take an 8-5 lead after five inning, Ennis pitching and defense yielded the game’s final six runs in an 11-8 setback to Red Oak on Tuesday. A win would have clinched second place for the Lady Lions. The highlights of Senior Night were longballs, one by senior catcher Emma Rios (5), her 3rd of the year, and the other, a grand slam in the fifth by Mia Monreal. The team now waits to learn who they will play in the Bi-District playoffs. It is their third consecutive season to make the playoffs.

Class 1A Avalon continued their annual show of athletic prowess this week. Two Track & Field veterans, both of whom have enjoyed an outstanding year in multiple sports, Colby Ornelas and Jake Ozymy, won first place in individual events, then combined to earn a pair of second place finishes in distance relays to qualify in three categories in this week’s Regional meet.

Battling winds of 15-to-25 mph, the Class 2A Italy Track & Field team competed well at Tuesday’s Area meet, leaving HC Justin Moore praising the squad for their focus on making it to Regionals at Springtown this week.

Eighteen neighborhood fishing lakes, as they are referred by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), including five in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will receive thousands of young catfish starting the weekend of April 14-16.

HC Kellen Monreal, 5th year

HC Casey Anderson-Waterman, 1st year

Top players rise to lead local teams into the playoffs