Varsity Fillies Compete in Seminole Tournament-2

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The Fillie softball team took part in the Seminole tournament last weekend where they went 3-2-1 in the two day event.

They opened play with a 17-1 loss to Midland Christian before coming back with an exciting 5-4 win over Presidio. They closed out the first day with a 19-4 win over Marfa.

On Saturday they once again opened play with an 11-0 loss to Ft. Stockton followed by a come from behind 2-1 win over Stanton. They ended the tournament with a 5-5 tie against Kermit.

Midland Christian completely dominated the Fillies in the opening round by scoring in every inning. After going up 3-0 in their half of the first inning they added 7 more in the 2nd, 4 in the 3rd and 3 more in the top of the 4th. The Fillies lone run came in the bottom of the third inning.

The highlight of the Presidio game was a grand slam homerun by freshman Haley Villerreal that capped a 5 run 5th inning after Presidio had grabbed a 4-0 lead with runs in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th innings.

Kathleen Chavez had 2 hits in the game while Jewel Santillan, Heidi Gonzales, Hanna Gonzales, and Villerreal all had one hit.

In their final game of the first day the Fillies had very little trouble with Marfa plating 11 runs in the first two innings to go up 11-3. Six more runs were scored in the 3rd along with a single run in the bottom of the 4th inning for the final 19-4 win.

Denisse Saenz led the way with 3 hits, Santillan, Chavez, Bailey Marin, Hanna Gonzales, and Villerreal all finished with two hits, and Kelsey De La Rosa, Barrientes, Heidi Gonzales, Haleigh Gonzales, and Johnna Hix each had one hit.

Villerreal had another homerun and 3 RBI’s to lead in that department.

In the 11-0 loss the Ft. Stockton the Fillies bats were once again silent with only 4 hits, one each by Santillan, Heidi Gonzales, Villerreal, and Bailey Marin.

Once again it was Santillan who went the distance giving up 11 runs on 12 hits, no strike outs and only one walk.

In the Stanton game the Fillies came back from a 1-0 deficit with 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning to pull out the exciting 2-1 win.

The Fillies made most of their 4 hits, one by Santillan, Chavez, Heidi Gonzales, and Saenz. They put together 2 of those runs in the 4th inning.

In the final game the Fillies fell behind 1-0 before coming up with 3 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Kermit came back with 4 in the top of the 4th inning and the Fillies tied it up with 2 in the bottom of the inning.

Hanna and Heidi Gonzales had 5 of the Fillies hits with 3 and 2 each. Bailey Marin had the other hit.

The Fillies traveled to Lubbock Estacado on Tuesday and then will be off over the weekend. On Tuesday they will host the Lubbock Titans.

 

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