Game of the day
Jack Livingstone pitched a no-hitter and struck out 10 as No. 2 Lovejoy beat No. 4 Prosper Rock Hill 6-0 in a matchup of area-ranked 5A baseball teams.
Kolby Branch homered twice and was 3 for 3 with two runs and three RBIs for Lovejoy (13-7, 6-1 District 10-5A). Livingstone retired the first nine hitters he faced, and only a pair of walks and a hit batter kept him from having a perfect game.
Spotlight
Big win for Hebron over Flower Mound
Lucy Crowder pitched a seven-hitter, and she got a game-ending fielder’s choice with runners at first and second as No. 10 Hebron beat No. 4 Flower Mound 3-2 in a matchup of area-ranked 6A softball teams.
Hebron (15-8, 6-3) won its fifth straight game and moved a game ahead of Flower Mound (17-8, 5-4) in the District 6-6A standings after both teams entered Tuesday in a four-way tie for second, one game behind Coppell. But the significance of the win went beyond that. Last year, Flower Mound was a state semifinalist, while Hebron lost in the first round of the playoffs.
Crowder was one out from a shutout before Flower Mound made it a one-run game on a two-out, two-run single by Brooke Hull in the top of the seventh. Crowder’s RBI single in the bottom of the third gave Hebron a 1-0 lead, and Hebron added two runs in the fourth with help from an RBI fielder’s choice by Allie Lovett on a bunt.
Tuesday’s standouts
Baseball
Collin Adams, Rockwall-Heath: He pitched six innings of scoreless relief, striking out seven, to lead defending 6A state champion Rockwall-Heath to a 6-5 extra-inning win over Prosper, ranked No. 5 in the area. Jonny Lowe drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the top of the eighth to drive in the winning run and complete Heath’s rally from a 5-0 second-inning deficit in the nondistrict game. It was the fourth walk of the eighth inning and the third in a row. Lowe and Caleb Hoover had two RBIs apiece for Heath (18-3), ranked No. 1 in the area and No. 2 in the state, and Mississippi State signee Jett Williams was 2 for 4 and scored two runs as Heath won its ninth in a row.
Cole Lancaster, North Forney: He pitched a no-hitter and struck out 16 while walking one in a 9-0 victory against West Mesquite. North Forney (16-4-1, 5-2 District 13-5A) had 14 hits in the win.
Parker Hutyra, Birdville: He pitched six hitless innings, allowing one run and four walks while striking out 10, as the area’s third-ranked 5A team beat Lake Dallas 6-1 for its 11th consecutive win.
Zane Petty, Corsicana: He needed 112 pitches to throw a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts and four walks as the state’s fourth-ranked 5A team beat Joshua 2-1 and improved to 14-3-1. Adrian Baston broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out RBI single for Corsicana in the bottom of the fourth.
Fisher Polydoroff, Keller: He hit a grand slam and had five RBIs as the area’s No. 2 6A team beat Keller Timber Creek 10-3. Keller improved to 6-1 in District 4-6A.
Caleb Chacon, Allen: He allowed four hits and struck out five in 6 2/3 innings in a 3-1 win over Denton Guyer, ranked No. 6 in the area in 6A. Allen won the game in extra innings, scoring twice in the top of the eighth on a passed ball and a groundout.
Owen Proksch, Tyler White and Brady Henderson, Southlake Carroll: They combined on a one-hit shutout as the area’s third-ranked 6A team beat Aledo 6-0 in a nondistrict game and improved to 18-6.
Walker Polk and TJ Pompey, Coppell: Polk, a Baylor signee, hit a three-run home run in a five-run fourth inning, and Pompey pitched six scoreless innings and struck out seven as the area’s seventh-ranked 6A team beat Hebron 7-0. Coppell (13-5 overall) improved to 6-1 District in 6-6A.
Nathan Harmon and Caden Sorrell, Flower Mound Marcus: Harmon homered and had three RBIs, and Sorrell was 4 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs as the area’s fourth-ranked 6A team beat Plano West 12-2.
Lawson Towne, Frisco Liberty: He doubled, tripled, scored two runs and had an RBI in a 5-1 win over Frisco.
Softball
Leah Rinehart, Prosper Rock Hill: She hit a game-winning home run leading off the top of the eighth as the area’s top-ranked 5A team beat The Colony 5-4. The Colony forced extra innings when Sydney Young hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
Lyndsey Hooker, Prosper: The freshman hit two home runs and was 2 for 4 with five RBIs as the area’s top-ranked 6A team beat No. 8 Denton Guyer 12-8 and extended its winning streak to 11 games. That gives Hooker six home runs for the season. Ezra Arredondo and Angela Hamilton also homered for Prosper (23-3-1, 8-0 District 5-6A), and Hamilton was 3 for 3 with four RBIs.
Nicole Stuhr, Keller Timber Creek: She pitched a five-inning no-hitter, striking out 10, in a 10-0 win against Keller Fossil Ridge. She retired the first 13 batters she faced — striking out 10 — before a one-out error in the fifth ended her bid for a perfect game. Isabella Bojkovic, Saniya Hill and Kyndel McDaniel homered for Timber Creek, and McDaniel was 3 for 4 with four RBIs.
Brooklyn Purtell, Allen: She doubled, tripled, homered and went 3 for 4 with three runs and two RBIs to lead the area’s seventh-ranked 6A team to a 15-5 win over McKinney Boyd. Allen (17-8-2, 6-1) scored 11 runs in the first inning and remained one game behind District 5-6A leader Prosper in the loss column.
Presleigh Duff, Wylie East: She threw a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in a 2-0 win over Lovejoy. Andrea Boling hit a solo home run for Wylie East.
Tori Edwards, Flower Mound Marcus: The LSU pledge homered and was 2 for 3 with three runs and two RBIs as the area’s fifth-ranked 6A team beat 13-5. Oklahoma State signee Haidyn Sokoloski also homered for Marcus.
Adriana Mountcastle, South Grand Prairie: She homered and was 2 for 5 with two runs and five RBIs as the area’s sixth-ranked 6A team beat Grand Prairie 14-0 in five innings. Sophia Simmons was 4 for 4 with two RBIs, and Cassidy Fixico pitched a one-hit shutout for SGP (21-1, 9-0 in District 8-6A).
Cailey Slade, Forney: She pitched a one-hit shutout and struck out eight as the area’s sixth-ranked 5A team beat Highland Park 10-0 in five innings to extend its winning streak to 11 games. Forney (18-6-2, 9-0 District 13-5A), which has scored 10 or more runs in eight of its last nine games, got a home run and three RBIs from Rylie Harris.
Jacey Lees, Richland: She pitched a two-hitter and struck out nine to help the area’s fifth-ranked 5A team to a 7-2 win over Birdville. Richland (15-7-1, 6-3 District 6-5A) ended a three-game losing streak, with all three losses coming to teams ranked in the top four in the area.
Stat sheet
400
Career strikeouts for Frisco Heritage junior pitcher Jensin Hall after the Dartmouth pledge struck out 13 in five innings Monday as the state’s second-ranked 5A softball team beat Frisco Lebanon Trail 10-0 and improved to 19-1.
27
Runs scored by the Hurst L.D. Bell softball team in a 15-run, six-inning win over Saginaw Chisholm Trail. Brynn Smith homered and had five RBIs, Angelina Aguilera also drove in five, and Kadynce Crenshaw was 4 for 5 with five runs and four RBIs.
10
Number of players who scored at least one run for Colleyville Heritage as the area’s fourth-ranked 5A softball team beat Denton Ryan 15-1 in and improved to 19-3. Karine Morrison scored three of the runs and was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
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