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Game 1 line score China Spring- 5-6-0 O.Field- 4-9-2

Game 1- Friendswood- 8 Brenham- 4 Final

I agree the b.c. youth coaches at that time were very good. Not sure how the high school coaches messed that up? Most of the groups i seen that had winning success starting in youth continued winning in high school, yes there were some that under achieved & yes there were some that were more hyped up by parents that were not actually that good.

I thought baseball & high school coaches at b.c. had alot to do with the demise of that infamous great group of cardinal football players from stjfl?

2ND TEAM SELECTIONS PITCHERS Kyler Baker- Nederland Mason Hernandez- Png Brent Holdren- B.H. G. Driskell- Nederland 1ST BASE Will Eudy- B.H. 2ND BASE Rey Ortiz- G.P. SHORTSTOP J. Saenz- Crosby 3RD BASE Noah Kendrick- Nederland CATCHER Mason Beresford- Nederland OUTFIELD F. Barrientos- G.P. Tommy Reed - Png McKade Massengale- B.H. G. Burton- United J. Londrigan- Crosby UTILITY J. Ramirez- G.P. B. Jacobs- B.H. DESIGNATED HITTER Cade Hollyfield- Nederland

1ST TEAM SELECTIONS Pitchers Brady Corcoran-Nederland K. Kennermer-Crosby B. Gutierrez- United B. Van- B.H. L. Guarnere- Png FIRST BASE G. Kimble- B.H. 2ND BASE C. Underwood- Crosby SHORTSTOP J. Martinez- B.H. 3RD BASE K. Eudy- Crosby \ Adan Soto- Galena Park CATCHER M. Mendez- Galena Park OUTFIELD C. Garrett- B.H. Y. Richardson- Galena Park R. Chiasson- Png B. Gomez- Nederland UTILITY PLAYER C. Faulk- Png DESIGNATED HITTER W. Buntin- B.H.

DISTRICT MVP- Sean Bazmore-JR.- Crosby OFF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR- Nehomar Ochoa- JR- Galena Park CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR- Brodey Williams- SR.- B.H. \ Larry Johns- SR.- Crosby PITCHER OF THE YEAR- Josue Carrizales- JR.- Galena Park NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR- Sean Gardiner-SO.- PNG COACH OF THE YEAR- Chris Wiggins- Crosby

It's just a simple general way to judge if an age group has a majority of kids that are good at that level with the possibility of it translating thru jr. high & high school each year they stay together & play. One example is the WOS groups that went to the State Championship game 4 years in a row. Anyone that watched those groups play from 8yr old thru 12 yr old football knew they were a very talented group. I'm sure most stayed playing football, which translated into the great success they had in high school. I have no idea about talent levels from Hardin, but if the man says these groups now are more talented then he usually has seen then that's cool, they will get that chance to prove it.

Most area Youth football Leagues dating back to the early 2000's are made up of teams ages 6 to 12 yrs old from towns that will play each other from jr high thru high school. So yes it is a good way to judge which groups will be talented, Imo.

TEAM STATS- GAMES- 55, BATTING AVERAGE- .287, OB%- .384, SLG%- .420, OPS- .805, HOMERUNS- 35, RUNS- 348 1. M. McDonald- 72 for 197, .365 avg., .429 ob%, .559 slg%, .982 ops, 6 HR 2. J. Blankenship- 62 for 177, .350 avg., .452 ob%, .497 slg%, .949 ops, 3 HR 3. K. Weyler- 65 for 209, .311 avg., .393 ob%, .354 slg%, .747 ops, 0 HR 4. R. Durand- 48 for 171, .281 avg., .396 ob%, .392 slg%, .788 ops, 2 HR 5. R. Snell- 45 for 161, .280 avg., .330 ob%, .385 slg%, .715 ops, 3 HR 6. K. Bermudez- 55 for 198, .278 avg., .390 ob%, .480 slg%, .870 ops, 5 HR 7. C. Kemp- 57 for 206, .277 avg., .421 ob%, .432 slg%, .853 ops, 6 HR 8. K. Banks- 34 for 129, .264 avg., .356 ob%, .364 slg%, .720 ops, 1 HR 9. E. Ruiz- 33 for 134, .246 avg., .318 ob%, .388 slg%, .706 ops, 3 HR 10. B. McNaughton- 22 for 123, .179 avg., .261 ob%, .203 slg%, .464 ops, 0 HR RUNS348 BATTING AVERAGE.287 ON BASE PERCENTAGE.384 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE.420 HOME RUNS3

Congrats to Mr. Buchta, you are now on the 7 year clock to win a state championship as Huffman head football coach or this hire will be a failure🙂 #Reagonomics

Very similar scores vs. common opponents, very evenly matched squads

2 evenly matched teams with China Spring having a small edge in overall depth. Both teams have quality coaching & solid pitching staffs. Both teams hit the ball well. It will come down to which team handles the pressure best & makes the least mistakes & errors. Errors were a key factor in China Spring taking out Rusk. I would personally like to see OF advance, but taking feelings out of the equation I think China Spring wins the series & advances.

The McCloud kid pitched a good game to beat Rusk today.

China Spring Cougars Coach: Jesse Lopez (8 Years As Head Coach, 132 Career Wins) 2021 Record:27-5-2/10-0 (District Champions/Regional Quarterfinalist) Returning Starters Brayden Faulkner, Sr, C (.374, 5 HR/18-4A Defensive MVP) Kolby Killough, Sr, SS/RHP (18-4A MVP, 3rd Team All-State)Trace Necessary, Sr, 3B/1B (Off MVP/1st Team All-State) Bryce Tabor, Sr, CF (.295, 19 RBI/1st Team All-District)Alex Martinez, Jr, 3B/RHP (3-1, 91 Ks/18-4A Pitcher MVP) Jase Garrett, Jr, 2B/SS (.373, 20 RBI/2nd Team All-State)Mason Kirk, Jr, 2B/OF (1st Team All-District) J.C. Hughes, So, 1B/DH (.409, 4 2B/H-M All-District)

Cameron Yoe (24-8-1) vs. Diboll ( 34-3)Game 1: Thursday May 26, 7:00pm at Cy Ranch HSGame 2: Saturday May 28, 4:00pm at Cy Ranch HSGame 3: 30 minutes after game 2 (if needed)

Katy (29-7) vs. Strake Jesuit (27-9-2) Game 1: Thurs., May 26, 7pm @ Jersey Village High School Game 2: Friday, May 27, 7pm @ Mayde Creek High School Game 3: Saturday, May 28, 1pm @ Jersey Village High School

Brenham (25-11-1) vs. Friendswood (25-7-1)Game 1: Wednesday, May 25 @ Cy Falls, 7:00 Game 2: Thursday, May 26 @ Cy Falls, 7:00 Game 3: Friday, May 27 @ Cy Falls, 7:00 (if necessary)

Montgomery Lake Creek (26-5) vs. Houston Milby (30-8)Game 1: Thursday, May 26 @ Langham Creek, 7:00Game 2: Friday, May 27 @ Langham Creek, 7:00Game 3: Saturday, May 28 @ Langham Creek, 12:00 (if needed)

China Spring (28-8) vs. Orangefield (28-2-1) Game 1: Wednesday, May 25 @ Navasota, 7:00Game 2: Thursday, May 26 @ Grand Oaks, 4:30Game 3: 30 min after game 2 (if necessary)

Carthage (23-9-2) vs. Bellville (26-5) Game 1: Thursday, May 26 @ Lamar University, 7:00 Game 2: Saturday, May 28 @ Lamar University, 5:00 Game 3: 30 min after game 2 (if necessary)

Even though China Spring won the Quarterfinal matchup, there is still a chance Rusk could get ranked higher then them in that one prophecy poll😎 All jokes aside good season by Rusk & best wishes to all the players in there future adventures in baseball & life

China Spring gets 2 quick outs in the top of 7th Thompson singles to right M. Kelly up to bat Kelly flys out to CF for 3rd out China Spring- 6 Rusk- 5 Final

Cirkel replaces Thompson after he finishes his last batter at 118 pitches Rusk- 5 China Spring- 4, bottom 6, China Spring has runners on 1st & 2nd with 1 out Batter hit by pitch loads the bases for China Spring with 1 out China Springs C. McCloud up to bat, he is 2 for 3 so far this game McCloud comes thru with a single to score a run, tied up 5-5, bases still loaded, 1 out, Necessary up to bat Necessary reaches on error by 3rd baseman, scores a run, 6-5 China Spring, bases loaded, 1 out, Tabor up to bat Tabor K's, 2 outs, bases loaded, 6-5 China Spring, bottom 6. Rusk gets 3rd out to end the 6th China Spring- 6 Rusk- 5 after 6 nnings

Rusk- 5 China Spring- 3, going bottom 6 China Spring is HOME team.