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JUNE 2

(WACO)–THE TAYLOR DUCKS WENT INTO ACTION

ON THURSDAY LOOKING FOR ONE WIN TO SWEEP THEIR

BEST OF 3 REGIONAL FINALS SERIES AGAINST

CHINA SPRING AND ADVANCE TO THE STATE

TOURNAMENT. BUT CHINA SPRING OVERPOWERED

THE DUCKS IN GAME 2 TO TIE THE SERIES, AND THEN

A BAD INNING DOOMED THE DUCKS’ HOPES IN GAME 3

AS THE DUCKS LOST 2 GAMES TO THE COUGARS AND

SAW THEIR SEASON COME TO AN END ON THURSDAY.

IN GAME 2 ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, CHINA

SPRING JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD, WITH A PAIR

OF R-B-I DOUBLES BY DEAN HANNAH AND J-C HUGHES

IN THE FIRST INNING, AND R-B-I SINGLES BY JASE GARRETT

AND HANNAH IN THE 2ND INNING FOR A 4 TO NOTHING LEAD

FOR THE COUGARS. THE COUGARS EXTENDED THE LEAD

TO 8 TO NOTHING ON R-B-I SINGLES FROM HUGHES

BRENNAN DANIEL IN THE 6TH. THE DUCKS PUT UP

ON A RUN ON AN R-B-I SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE

6TH BUT CHINA SPRING WAS IN CONTROL.

THE DUCKS PUT YOUNG PLAYERS IN, SO THAT

THEY COULD PRESERVE THEIR TOP PLAYERS FOR GAME 3,

AND THE COUGARS ADDED 4 MORE RUNS TO MAKE IT A

12 TO ONE MARGIN.

THE DUCKS GOT GOING EARLY IN GAME 3 IN THE

TOP OF THE FIRST AS DOMINICK HARTMAN SCORED

ON COHEN TYREE’S R-B-I GROUNDOUT, THEN ADDED

2 MORE IN THE TOP OF THE 2ND ON R-B-I SINGLES BY MARIO

AGUERO AND CONNER BARCUCH TO MAKE IT 3 TO NOTHING.

CHINA SPRING CAME BACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE

3RD WITH 3 RUNS ON A SACRIFICE FLY BY BRAXTON BOWERS,

AN R-B-I SINGLE BY JACOB KLEMENT, AS WELL AS A BASES

LOADED WALK TO GARRETT.

THE DUCKS PUT UP 2 MORE RUNS IN THE 4TH, BUT

THEN CHINA SPRING SCORED ONE IN THE 5TH, AND THEN

THE GAME CHANGED ENTIRELY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH.

THE DUCKS COULD NOT THROW STRIES AND HAD MULTIPLE

WALKS. THE DUCKS WENT INTO THE INNING TRAILING

TO 7. BUT THE DUCKS PITCHERS WALKED MULITPLE

BATTERS, INCLUDING BASES LOADED WALKS. AFTER THE

INNING WAS OVER, THE DUCKS TRAILED 14 TO 6.

THE DUCKS MANAGED A COUPLE OF HITS IN

THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH, CHRIS PEREZ GROUNDED INTO

A FORCE OUT TO END IT.

TAYLOR DUCK HEAD COACH JUSTIN ADAMS SAYS

THE COUGARS MADE THE RIGHT PLAYS AT THE RIGHT

TIMES, WHILE THE DUCKS STRUGGLED THROUGH A

TOUGH MOMENT DEFENSIVELY AT THE WORST TIME…

“YEAH, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS FROM CHINA

SPRING DID A GOOD JOB COMPETING. WE JUST LOST OUR

ABILITY TO THROW STRIKES, AND WHEN WE DID, THEY

HIT BALLS HARD. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST

DIDN’T PLAY SOLID DEFENSE. PROBABLY THE WORST

INNING OF DEFENSE MAYBE ALL YEAR.”

A ROCKDALE GIRLS TENNIS DOUBLES DUO HAS BEEN

RECOGNIZED. JULIE BARTSCH AND YOLIANNA CASTILLO

WERE NAMED TO THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES

ASSOCIATION SUPER ELITE TEAM FOR CLASS 3-A TENNIS.

BARTSCH AND CASTILLO MADE A RUN IN THE POSTSEASON,

REACHING THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AT A & M

CONSOLIDATED BEFORE THEIR RUN CAME TO AN END.