Monkeynuts

Kid deserves it played hard against my son and team from New Waverly and gave us all we could handle. Has next level talent

Now matter what happens in this game, TCU knows that the umps saved them last nights game at least twice if not three times on bad calls. When the calls influence the outcome of a 22nd inning game, its sad. Let the kids play, it ruined what was classic game to me. Everyone should be talking about the great pitching and plays, not the darn calls.

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LSU 11 Jackson St. 7  F SHSU 4  ULL 2 F Way to go Kats!!! Go get those Tigers!!!

MONTGOMERY — Tomball needed a walk-off home run to beat Montgomery in Game 1 of their Region III-4A playoff series. Game 2 was another story. The Cougars chased Bears starting pitcher Collin Garrett in the second inning and cruised to a 16-4 victory on Friday night to sweep the series. “I don’t think it was any lingering effect (from Thursday night’s 4-2 loss),” Montgomery coach Chris Morris said. “We just ran into a quality team. They hit, they pitched, they made all the plays. “Tomball is going to be tough to beat.” The Cougars improved to 32-4 on the season and will face Richmond Foster in the regional final. Foster swept Barbers Hill in a best-of-three series. The Bears, a state semifinalist last year, finish their season 30-7-1. Montgomery bolted to a 3-0 lead when Tomball made two errors in the bottom of the first inning. But Garrett struggled with his control and the Cougars were quick to pounce in the second. “Collin just couldn’t locate his fastball tonight,” Morris said. Two hit batsmen allowed Tomball to load the bases with one out, and Anthony Lucas and Dillon Menville produced run-scoring hits — Menville’s single to center field brought two runs across the plate — before Morris went to his bullpen. Eric Dunbar, the winning pitcher, greeted Bears reliever Mason Mize with an RBI single to center. Mize gave up a bases-loaded walk before Cougars catcher Casey Smith made it 8-3 with a two-run single to right-center field. “We had a bad first inning, but our kids played with a lot of confidence,” Tomball coach Doug Rush said. “We had good pitching and 16 hits. We showed some pitching depth in this series.” Nick Banks, the Cougars’ dynamic leadoff man, belted a Mize pitch over the right-field fence for a leadoff home run in the third. Menville added an RBI single, but Mize avoided further damage. Montgomery’s Bodhi Bell lined a pitch from Dunbar into center field for a two-run single in the first. Bell walked with two outs to put runners on the corners with two outs in the third, but Jared Eaton grounded out to end the threat. Ishmael Edwards, who hit the dramatic home run to beat the Bears with two outs in the bottom of the seventh in Game 1, had an RBI single in the fourth. The Cougars scored another run on a Montgomery error in that inning. Bell had two of the Bears’ four hits. Tomball added four runs in the top of the seventh against Montgomery relievers Brock Tipton and Gunner Vaught. Congrats to Tomball on the victory and great season for the Bears. Good luck to all the seniors

Ishmael Edwards unloaded a three-run home run to left field with two outs in the seventh inning to send Tomball to a dramatic 4-2 victory over Montgomery on Thursday night. Edwards crushed a 2-2 pitch from Bears left-hander Ty Boland for the game-winner. Montgomery (30-6-1) will get a chance to tie the best-of-three series on its home field at 7 p.m. Friday. A third game, if necessary, will be held Saturday night at College Park High School. Boland turned in an outstanding effort, giving up five hits while striking out nine batters and walking four. “We played well, Ty pitched well,” Bears coach Chris Morris said. “(Edwards) got the big hit. We had a chance to beat them at their place, and we didn’t get it done. “Tomball’s a very good team.” The Cougars (31-4) rallied when Montgomery committed its only error of the night to lead off the seventh. Then Nick Banks, Tomball’s dangerous leadoff man, drew a walk with one out. Boland struck out Anthony Lucas for the second out, but Edwards turned on the offering from Boland for the home run. “It was a changeup and Ty left it up a little bit,” Morris said. Bears left fielder Bodhi Bell said he knew the ball was going over the fence once it left Edwards’ bat. “Yeah, clearly, it was gone,” he said. “It happens. It’s part of baseball. That’s why it’s a three-game series.” Cougars reliever Braeden Holub, who retired all four batters he faced, was the winning pitcher. Morris said sophomore right-hander Collin Garrett will be the Bears’ starting pitcher in Game 2. “We knew it was going to be packed, a real playoff atmosphere,” Morris said. “We went with Ty in this game. We’re a veteran team and they’ve played in a lot of big games. “They’ve always been able to bounce back.” Montgomery came back from a 2-1 loss in Game 1 to take a three-game series from Kingwood Park in the area round. Tomball struck for one run in the bottom of the first inning. Boland gave up a leadoff single to Banks, and Lucas lined Boland’s first pitch into left field for another single. A sacrifice put two runners in scoring position, and Dillon Menville’s RBI grounder brought Banks across the plate. The Bears’ Gunner Vaught tied it with one swing of the bat in the top of second. Vaught smashed Robert Dugger’s first pitch for a leadoff home run that fell just inside the left-field foul pole. Dugger retired the next four batters he faced, but Montgomery’s Will Fox reached on a bloop double to shallow left field with one out in the third. Boland put the Bears in front 2-1 when he lined a 1-2 pitch into left-center for an RBI single. Montgomery loaded the bases with one out in the fourth, but Dugger induced a tapper back to the mound from Fox and retired the lead runner at the plate. Jimmy Dominick then grounded out to end the inning. “We had a lot of good at-bats,” Morris said. “We didn’t score in that inning, but I’m proud of how the kids battled.” Nate Van Dyke drilled a Dugger pitch into the left-field corner for a one-out double in the top of the fifth, but the senior right-hander retired the next two Bears. Boland walked Banks with one out in the bottom of the fifth. Then Boland promptly picked him off of first base, with shortstop Garrett Hrozek applying the tag at second. Tomball 4, Montgomery 2 Montgomery 011 000 0 — 2 6 1 Tomball 100 000 3 — 3 5 1 Records — Montgomery: 30-6-1. Tomball: 31-4. WP: Braeden Holub (1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K, 0 BB) LP: Ty Boland (6 2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 9 K, 4 BB) Leaders — Montgomery: Gunner Vaught 1-3, HR; Will Fox 1-3, 2B, R; Garrett Hrozek 2-3, BB; Nate Van Dyke 1-4, 2B; Ty Boland 1-4. Tomball: Ishmael Edwards 1-3, HR, 3 RBI; Nick Banks 1-1, 2 R, 3 BB; Anthony Lucas

Yes, he was the closer mostly during this year and now the #3/closer during the playoffs. He has the ablility to step it when needed and his power at bat has really come on recently (has always hit for a good average). He has signed to play for Seminole JC in Oklahoma also.

Montgomery coach Chris Morris has opened his team’s last two series on Friday, knowing the Bears would play in a compressed two-day window in hopes of advancing in the Class 4A baseball playoffs. That won’t be the case this time against Tomball. The Bears (30-5-1) face Tomball (30-4) in a best-of-three Region III-4A series starting Thursday night at Tomball. They’ll play at home on Friday night, with Game 3, if necessary, to be played at College Park High School on Saturday night. That gives Morris some flexibility with his pitching strategy, which he acknowledged Monday. “I’ve been talking with our coaches about it all day,” he said. “I’m still not sure which way we’re going to go.” Right-hander Collin Garrett has been the Bears’ Game 1 starter in playoff series against Kingwood Park and Nederland. He struggled against Kingwood Park and came out of the game early, only to return the next day to lead Montgomery to an 8-0 victory over the Panthers. Garrett returned to form against Nederland, however, pitching into the seventh inning and yielding only three hits in a 3-1 victory over the Bulldogs. Ty Boland battled out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh to get the save in that game. In Game 2, right-hander Mason Mize was in control until giving up five runs in the fourth inning, but the Bears’ bats were on fire on a windy day at Clear Lake High School. Montgomery hit five home runs to eliminate Nederland with a 15-5 run-rule victory. “Tomball’s got some good left-handed hitters, so I’d imagine Boland is going to come into play on the mound,” Morris said. “I feel good about the way we’re playing. We’ll look at all three pitchers — Collin, Ty and Mason — and take it from there.” Morris had a chance to scout the Cougars in their three-game quarterfinal series with Ridge Point. Ridge Point won Game 1, claiming an 8-6 victory, before Tomball outscored the Panthers 19-0 in the final two games of the series. “They ran into a good pitcher in that first game, but they still swung the bat well,” Morris said. “They’re a good ballclub. Solid pitching, good defense. They can swing the bat. This should be a big challenge for us this week.” Tomball’s Nick Banks has signed with Texas A&M and provides his team with left-handed power. Senior right-handers Robert Dugger and Eric Dunbar stopped Ridge Point with back-to-back shutouts, both allowing just two hits as the Cougars advanced in the playoffs. Morris is familiar with Tomball coach Doug Rush from his time with the Waller Bulldogs, one of Montgomery’s longtime district rivals. But Montgomery has yet to face the Cougars, a former Class 5A team, in the playoffs. “Coach Rush and I both wanted a chance to get to play at home,” Morris said. “I like having Game 2 at the house, in case that is an elimination game. I’d like to put our guys in as comfortable a position as possible. Some coaches like having Game 1 at home, but this works out pretty well for us. “We’re playing well, and Tomball is playing well. It’ll be a great playoff atmosphere.” Morris is particularly pleased with the way the Bears are playing defensively. “Against Nederland, that’s as good as we’ve played defensively all year,” he said. “We made the routine plays, and we made some tough plays, too. That gives a team a lot of confidence.” Go get em Bears!!!! [Hidden Content]

HOUSTON — Montgomery coach Chris Morris said he “got a little nervous” when the Bears were taking batting practice before Game 2 of their Region III-4A quarterfinal series against Nederland on Saturday. The wind at Clear Lake High School’s Bob Cobb Field was blowing up to 20 mph and usually in the direction of right-center field. That’s where the first three of Montgomery’s five home runs went in a 15-5 victory over the Bulldogs called after five innings because of the mercy rule. “I was just trying to get a hit, to get on base,” Bears first baseman Ty Boland said with a grin. Boland drilled a two-run home run to right-center field in the first inning. In the second, after the first of six Nederland pitching changes, Boland crushed a 3-2 pitch from the Bulldogs’ Carson Raines for a two-run home run to left-center. Boland finished 3 for 3 with the two homers and a double. Montgomery (30-5-1) will face tradition-rich Tomball in the Region III-4A semifinals. The Bears have won four consecutive playoff games. “Normally, I like to play in big ballparks,” Morris said. “The ball just flies out of here. We hit the ball out, but we hit the ball hard, too. They squared it up pretty good.” Montgomery also showed patience at the plate, drawing six walks while handling a small strike zone. Bears right-hander Mason Mize didn’t give up a hit until Nederland struck for five runs in the top of the fourth inning. Montgomery answered with six runs in the top of the fifth, and ended the game by turning a double play. Boland said the Bears knew they’d faced the Bulldogs’ best pitcher, Mitchell Sanderson, in a 3-1 victory in Game 1 on Friday night. Nederland coach Cody Robbins was scrambling on Saturday, even going back to his starting pitcher, Jared Ramoin, after the Bears scored six runs in the bottom of the second. Montgomery’s Will Fox drilled a three-run home run to right-center in that inning. Leadoff man Garrett Hrozek opened the scoring with a homer to right-center against Ramoin in the first. “If you get it up in the wind like it was today, it’s going to go out,” Boland said. Montgomery’s Nate Van Dyke hit his team’s final home run, a three-run shot over the 25-foot wall in center field in the fourth. Boland had a double off the fence in left-center field in that inning. “We thought the ball was going to carry today,” Van Dyke said, “but probably not to the degree that it did.” Boland, who will play at Oklahoma’s Seminole State College next season, leads the Bears with five home runs. “Ty’s just a good hitter,” Morris said. “He doesn’t get nervous. Even with two strikes, he takes a good approach at the plate.” Mize gave up five consecutive hits in the top of the fourth but struck out back-to-back batters to end the inning and limit the damage to five runs. “We were still relaxed after the five spot,” Van Dyke said. As his three-run homer in the bottom half of the fourth would indicate. Montgomery 15, Nederland 5 Nederland 000 50 — 5 7 0 Montgomery 360 6X — 15 11 0 Records — Nederland 26-7. Montgomery: 30-5-1 WP: Mason Mize (5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 K, 6 BB) LP: Jared Ramoin (2 2/3 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 5 K) Leaders — Nederland: Carson Raines 1-2, 2 RBI, R, BB; Mitchell Sanderson 1-1, 2B, RBI, 2 BB; Michael Shaw 1-3, RBI, R; Jordan Wood 0-3, RBI. Montgomery: Ty Boland 3-3, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB; Will Fox 2-4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R; Nate Van Dyke 1-3, HR, 3 RBI; Jimmy Dominick 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB; Garrett Hrozek 2-2, HR, 3 R, 2 BB; Jared Eaton 1-2, 2 R, BB; Bodhi Bell 0-2, R, BB; Austin Pustka R. Great job Bears!!!!

Tomball 13 Ridge Point 0 F/5 [Hidden Content]

Congrats on a great season Nederland.  Why to step up again in the playoffs Bears, keep it rolling one game at a time!!! [Hidden Content]

Great job Bears!! Tough close game HOUSTON — Collin Garrett pitched into the seventh inning and Ty Boland closed the door on a late rally as Montgomery beat Nederland 3-1 in Game 1 of the teams’ best-of-three Region III-4A quarterfinal series Friday night at Langham Creek High School. The Bears can close out the Bulldogs with a win on Saturday at Clear Lake High School. Game 2 is set for 3 p.m. with Game 3, if necessary, to follow Garrett surrendered only one hit and two walks through six spectacular innings before yielding a pair of one-out singles in the bottom of the seventh. After Boland came on in relief, Nederland’s Brandon Self lined the senior left-hander’s first offering into left field to load the bases. Gabe Nevala then hit an RBI single through the right side of the infield to make it 3-1. But Boland struck out pinch hitter Cody Credeur looking and induced a ground ball by leadoff hitter Colton Broussard. Senior shortstop Garrett Hrozek fielded a short hop on the run and fired to first for the final out. “Collin threw strikes tonight,” Montgomery coach Chris Morris said. “He went out there and he did his job. He got a lot of ground balls and with the defense that he’s got behind him, that’s the kind of thing that wins playoff games.” The Bears’ No. 8 hitter, Jared Eaton started a pair of rallies by leading off two separate innings with singles. “I thought we all hit the bat well tonight,” Morris said. “I thought everybody came up there and had good at-bats and squared the ball up pretty good.” Eaton scored on a sacrifice fly by Will Fox for the first run of the game in the third and came home on a passed ball to double the lead in the fifth. Two batters later, Jimmy Dominick’s single through the left side plated Garrett Hrozek, who was 3 for 4 with a double. “My team backed me up with hitting me in, so that’s always nice,” Eaton said. As Montgomery battered Bulldogs starter Mitchell Sanderson for eight hits in the first five innings, Garrett settled in. Nederland put a runner on in each of the first and second innings, but Garrett worked around the trouble and retired the Bulldogs 1-2-3 in the third and fourth. The sophomore right-hander allowed only a walk over the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. “If he keeps pitching like this, we’ll play great,” said Eaton, a junior right fielder. Boland, one of the stars for the Bears in their run to the state tournament last year, earned the save. “I was a little nervous, but I thought we’d get out of it,” Eaton said. “(We have) a lot of confidence (in Ty) from past years of playing with him. He’s a good ball player.” Montgomery 3, Nederland 1 Montgomery 001 020 0 — 3 8 0 Nederland 000 000 1 — 1 5 2 Records — Montgomery: 29-5-1. Nederland 26-6. WP: Collin Garrett (6 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 K, 2 BB) LP: Mitchell Sanderson (7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 K, 1 BB) S: Ty Boland (2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 K) Leaders — Montgomery: Jimmy Dominick 1-4, RBI; Will Fox 0-2, SF, RBI, BB; Jared Eaton 2-3, 2 R; Garrett Hrozek 3-4, 2B, R; Nate Van Dyke 1-3; Gunner Vaught 1-3. Nederland: Gabe Nevala 1-3, RBI; Sanderson 2-3; Brandon Self 1-2, BB; Aaron Sampere 1-3; Colton Broussard 0-3, BB. Tyler Spell R. [Hidden Content]

Montgomery coach Chris Morris is weighing his options as the Bears get ready for their best-of-three Region III-4A quarterfinal series with Nederland. He could go with No. 1 starter Collin Garrett, who labored in Game 1 last week against Kingwood Park but came back to pitch six shutout innings in a decisive 8-0 victory in Game 3. He could start left-hander Ty Boland on Friday night against the Bulldogs in Game 1 at Langham Creek High School. Boland shut the door on Kingwood Park in Game 2 last week, after the Panthers struck for a 2-1 victory in the first game of the series. Morris doesn’t want to show his hand. “I’m still bouncing it around,” he said. “I may stick with the original plan (by starting Garrett). That’s the way I’m leaning.” Ask him about Boland, however, and Morris showers praise on the senior lefty. “Ty can handle pressure,” he said. “He’s always been a big-game pitcher for us.” Montgomery has faced Nederland three times in the Class 4A playoffs since 2005, and moved on twice. The Bulldogs (26-5) are making their fifth consecutive postseason appearance, and the Bears (28-5-1) — who haven’t missed the playoffs since 2001 — were a state tournament team last season. “They’re always a good team, always have good pitching,” Morris said. Game 2, and Game 3, if necessary, will be played Saturday at Clear Lake High School. The winner will face Fort Bend Ridge Point or Tomball in the regional semifinals. The Bears’ bats came to life in Game 2 against Kingwood Park, when Boland unloaded a three-run home run. Will Fox hit a two-run home run in Game 3, his first of the season, to give Montgomery a 3-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning. “We’ve got a lot of seniors on this team,” Morris said. “The deeper you go in the playoffs, I think the greater the advantage you have from experience.” [Hidden Content]

Montgomery 4, Pflugerville Connally 2 The Bears’ Collin Garrett took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before yielding to reliever Ty Boland, who earned the save. Montgomery improved to 26-4-1 and advances to play Kingwood Park,  winner of the Kingwood Park-Lumberton best-of-three bi-district series. Garrett remained unbeaten in seven decisions. He allowed one hit and two walks while striking out 11 batters. “Collin went out and pitched really well,” Bears coach Chris Morris said. “He threw a lot of strikes. We’re going to have to play better as the competition gets stronger, but the kids did a good job.” Boland put Montgomery in front 3-0 with a two-run home run to center field in the fifth inning. It was his third homer of the season. “Ty gave us some breathing room,” Morris said. Boland went 3 for 3 at the plate and teammate Will Fox finished 2 for 3. Boland gave up a two-run single after Connally loaded the bases in the sixth but finished the task at hand. He had two strikeouts.