Escalon Case Study

With the Christmas tournament aside, we entered the post-season without a loss. We had a plan for each playoff game from districts to regional. We never deviated from the plan, keeping our eye on the target –

Tied at two after an inning in game one, the Ladies scored two in the second and two in the third to open up a 6-2 lead. With two outs and no one on in the second, infield singles by junior Payton LeBlanc and sophomore Haley Campbell put two on for senior Anna Dunn. Dunn doubled to left center to clear the bases and put Centenary up for good.

After Centenary tied game two at three, Dallas took advantage of a dropped popped up bunt. With one out and two on base, Jade Miller doubled to score the go-ahead run and put a pair in scoring position. Allie Driskill added an infield single that cleared the bases.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – It was not exactly a work of art when the Gents lost game one in heartbreaking fashion to play the if necessary game, but the Maroon and White jumped on the Tigers from the first pitch in the decider.

Texas Lutheran was led by Estes’ 3-for-4 day from the plate with two runs. Veny Pizana recorded the win in relief, allowing just three hits in the final 4.2 innings of

Matt Harris 5-10 / 200. The throw by quarterback, Brett Lowther 6-2 / 175 was spot on. The point after kick off the strong leg of Mark Shafer 6-1 / 150, made this a,7-0 game.

"We put a lot of emphasize on pass protection and improving the pocket for Skyler (Howard) and the quarterbacks standing back there. I am excited to see that. I am real excited to see how are emphasize has worked, how are guys have bought into it."

“Chris pitched well,” Sarkisian said. “He had three pitches working and kept them off balance. He pitched well enough for us to be in the game.”

The Ladies trailed by as much as eight in the first quarter and by seven heading in to the second quarter, but seven unanswered tied the game. Morris hit a pair from the line, sophomore Essa Badon canned a triple, and Morris made a layup.

“ This is really a resilient bunch of guys”, said Head coach Butler before the game. “ I love the way these guys have battled all season… now they get the chance to play in an amazing field.”

Martin St, Louis scored the game’s 1st goal of the game, but, the period ended tied at 1.

Game two saw Grambling State jump out to an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth. However, Centenary scored four runs to cut the deficit in half. LeBlanc walked, stole second, and scored on senior Lizzie Moran’s bunt single between the pitcher and third baseman. Grambling State threw home, and Moran took second. A wild pitch moved Moran to third, and she scored on Dunn’s second sacrifice fly of the day.

"Our motto for today (Saturday) was to just go out there and play for Karl. Play for 8. Hopefully we made him proud as a defense, so that's what we tried to do," Harper said after the loss to OSU.

The second 20 minutes saw the YellowJackets start the half on 12-1 run and remain in front for the rest of the contest. In the run, four-different players scored for the YellowJackets. UTD came back with eight unanswered to close within five, 49-44 but a three-point play by Colhoff regained the momentum for the home team. LeTourneau would build a lead as large as 14 en route to the win.

HUGHSON,CA-Hughson would push the pedal as they passed up Summerville taking the game by a score of 6-2.In addition to Hughson winning the Division IV CIF SJS Semi Final game they also will advance to the Finals taking place next week.