CLASS 5A REGIONAL FINALS SCHEDULES, UPDATES & SCORES

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Region I
Mansfield Legacy(30-1)  vs. Aledo(28-10)

Game 1- Legacy 8   Aledo 5   Final

Game 2- Aledo- 12  Mansfield Legacy- 4 

Game 3- Mansfield Legacy- 13  Aledo- 9  Final 

Legacy Advances to State Tournament 

 

Region II

Frisco Wakeland (23-13)  vs.  Forney (28-9-1)
Game 1- Wakeland- 2  Forney- 1   Final

Game 2- Wakeland 5  Forney 2  Final

WAKELAND ADVANCES To STATE TOURNAMENT 

 

Region III

Montgomery Lake Creek (28-5) vs.  Friendswood (27-7-1)

Game 1- Friendswood- 4   Lake Creek- 1 Final

Game 2- Friendswood- 8   Lake Creek- 3  Final

Friendswood Advances to State Tournament

 

Region IV

Sharyland Pioneer (34-8)  vs.  Georgetown (30-7)
Game 1- Georgetown- 4   Pioneer- 0   Final

Game 2- Georgetown- 2   Pioneer- 1   Final

Georgetown Advances to State Tournament

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Lake Creek scored 1 in the first, then Friendswood erupted for 4 in the fourth, final 4-1 FW.

Good night to watch BB at Rices Reckling Park.  

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Friendswood tops Lake Creek, 4-1, in region finals opener

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, Staff writer

 

Friendswood moved within one victory of a Class 5A state baseball tournament berth with a 4-1 victory over Lake Creek Wednesday night at Reckling Park.

The triumph, the 10th consecutive for the Mustangs, gives them a 1-0 lead in the Region 3-5A best-of-three championship series.

 

Friendswood (28-7) scored four runs in the fourth inning to overcome an early 1-0 deficit, and Mustang pitcher Jacob Rogers was dominant over the final six innings in earning the complete game win.

Rogers struck out five and allowed just four hits in silencing the Lion bats while Dane Perry had two of Friendswood’s five hits.

The Mustangs fueled the decisive inning with three consecutive two-out walks to Collin Goolsby, Ayden Pearcy and Tatum Black.

The third base-on-balls of the inning, issued to Black, brought home Perry, who had singled, to knot the game at 1-1.

Goolsby then scored on a balk and Kyle Lockhart followed with an RBI-single for a 3-1 score.

Black then came home on a wild pitch to produce the 4-1 lead.

Lake Creek (28-6) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Jaron Lyness walked, Ethan Davis singled and a passed ball put runners at second and third.

Samson Pugh then delivered a sacrifice fly to right field.

 

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Looks like Lake Creek pitching imploded with walks & balks to lose game 1. 

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Game 2- Friendswood- 8   Lake Creek- 3   Final

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Game 1- Wakeland- 2   Forney- 1   Final

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Game 1- Georgetown- 4    Pioneer- 0   Final

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Game 2- Friendswood- 8   Lake Creek- 3   Final

FW homered twice. 

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Friendswood sweeps Lake Creek, advances to state semifinals

Friendswood used the long ball to put an end to Lake Creek’s run. In the process, the Mustangs are moving on to the Final Four.

Friendswood beat Lake Creek, 8-3, in Game 2 to sweep the Region III-5A championship series Thursday at Rice University’s Reckling Park to advance to the UIL state semifinals next week.

“It’s huge,” Friendswood coach Cory Benavides said. “Especially coming from last year and that heartbreak. Day 1, these guys, this is what we wanted. It’s big for definitely our program, but for our community.”

The Mustangs (29-7-1) hit two home runs to power their way to a sweep of the Lions, who finished the season with a 28-7 record in their first regional finals appearance in school history. Friendswood’s season ended last year in the region finals to eventual state champion Barbers Hill.

“First of all, congratulations to Friendswood, their community, their high school,” Lake Creek coach Jeremy Schramm said. “They’re well-deserving. I wish them the best of luck in the state tournament. Congratulations to Friendswood, their coaching staff, they did an outstanding job. I know they’ll represent our Region III.”

Boots Landry crushed a two-run home run to right in the first inning to spot Friendswood a 2-0 lead.

“He squared up three baseballs last night, and they just didn’t happen to fall,” Benavides said. “The next night, he comes out here and gets one, and it goes. So that’s just how it goes. But that’s huge, getting going in that very first inning.”

The Mustangs added a run in the second when Dylan Maxcey doubled down the left-field line. Lions left fielder Luke Ekdall fired a throw to shortstop Blake Brown, who relayed the throw to catcher Aiden Delacerda to cut down a runner attempting to score on the play to end the inning. 

Lake Creek pulled within 3-1 when Sam Lee hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Samson Pugh in the second.

Maxcey, who went 2-for-2 with five RBIs, cranked a three-run homer down the left-field line in the fourth, giving Friendswood a five-run lead.

“He does that day in and day out,” Benavides said of Maxcey. “That’s who he is. It’s funny because he’s known for his defense, one of the best defensive catchers I’ve ever seen, especially at the high school level. But people kind of forget about his offense and his power.”

The Mustangs’ long balls accounted for five of their eight runs.

“They ran into two balls, one in the first, one in the fourth, those were big for them,” Schramm said. “Against a team like that, it kind of put us in a hole. I felt that we were still fighting, we were still getting guys on base.”

The Lions cut the lead in half in the fifth on a two-run single to center by James Kennedy. Mustangs reliever Dane Perry had runners on second and third after Ethan Davis hit a ground-rule double down the right-field line, following Kennedy’s two-RBI base knock, but got a strikeout to end the threat.

Friendswood tacked on two more in the sixth on Maxcey’s sac fly into shallow right field and Reed South’s RBI double. That made it 8-3.

South went 2-for-4. Ayden Pearcy was 2-for-4 for the Mustangs. Ethan Uribe was 2-for-3 for the Lions. Jaron Lyness was 1-for-4 with a triple. Pugh was 1-for-4.

The Lions had runners on the corners with no outs in the sixth, but Perry retired the next three batters to end the inning.

Lake Creek starter Jace Newkirk went 3.2 innings, allowing three earned runs, six hits and no walks. Friendswood starter Easton Tumis worked 4.2 innings, giving up three runs, three hits and two walks.

Lions middle reliever Bryce Pacovsky went two innings, allowing two runs, three hits and a walk. Closer Jack Haag worked 1.1 innings, giving up no runs, no hits and no walks, while striking out two.

Perry went 1.1 innings, allowing no runs, two hits, and no walks, while fanning two. Griffin Kasemeyer closed the door, working the final inning, allowing a hit, no runs and no walks.

“It’s hard right now to sum it up to words,” Schramm said. “Our seniors have always honored this program, each and every day by their work ethic. They’ve left a legacy here of high expectations, not only on the field, but in the classroom, in the community. They’re outstanding young men, those seven guys. We appreciate everything they have done for our program.”

Jim McCurdy, Correspondent. June 2, 2022 10:09 p.m.

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Wakeland- 3   Forney- 0  after 3

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Georgetown- 2   Pioneer- 1   Final

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Game 2- Aledo- 12    Legacy- 4   Final

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Down 9-1 in the 7th & Mansfield Legacy scores 12 runs to win  Game 3 - 13-9. 

MANSFIELD LEGACY BRONCOS HEADED TO THE STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME

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