Archive for May, 2009
Toying With Their Prey
Sportsdate 5 – 28 – 2009
If you have ever seen a cat catch a bird, you would have reconized many similarities with tonight’s Texas High Tigers 7 to 4 victory over the Rockwall Heath Hawks. Because the cat likes to play with his prey, there is always a chance the bird might get away, but on most ocassions in the end the cat dines on the bird.
Texas High spotted the Hawks a 3 to 0 lead in the top of the first and then used three homers to track down, and polish off the kids from the banks of Lake Ray Hubbard. Tiger pitcher Randall Fant may not have had his best stuff, but he battled through for the win.
Freshman pitcher Jovan Hernandez kept Heath in the game, but eventually the Tigers left hand laden line-up began to crush the ball, and the young right hander’s dreams for the evening.
While the Tigers were taking care of round one here locally tonight, the Pleasant Grove Hawks traveled to Kilgore tonight to battle Kenndale. Without their ace and cleanup hitter Micahel Wacha in the line-up the Hawks got by Kenndale 1 to 0. PG junior John Phillips hurled the shutout for the Hawks.
Both Texarkana teams will be on the road Friday evening in rematches. If Wacha remains sidelined, Kenndale has a chance in Kilgore. The Rockwall Heath Hawks on the other hand best be careful where they light, the big cats will be lurking lakeside.
T. Kirk
Filed under The Latest : Comments (0) : May 28th, 2009
Best Of Baseball Times
Sportsdate 5 – 26 – 2009
Texarkana Gunslingers sweep weekend series against the Coastal Kingfish. Texas High eliminates Mesquite Poteet in dramatic fashion. Pleasant Grove literally is forced to battle it’s way through a weekend playoff series against district rival Pittsburg, and the Maud Cardinals elminate the state’s number 1 ranked Class A team Price Carlile.
Saint Louis claims the title of baseball town America, but Texarkana may soon wish to challenge that. There is a decent chance that two city teams could make the state tournament, and Maud from just up the road could be joining them.
In recent years Liberty Eylau, Hooks, and Trinity Christain have represented the city in state title games. As good as the football is here in Texarkana, I will always argue that this is a baseball town.
If you are not enjoying the best of baseball times here, you must not get baseball. That is too bad because Texarkana is getting the best that the diamond has to offer.
T. Kirk
Filed under Captain's Blog : Comments (0) : May 26th, 2009
Hawks Look Strong, Tigers Win A Big One
Sportsdate 5 – 19 – 2009
It was a good night for Texarkana baseball. I had the good fortune to watch Pleasant Grove manhandle the Lucas Lovejoy Leopards. They ten run ruled the kids from Collin County 11 to 1 in Mount Pleasant. Jon Phillips picked up the win for the Hawks, while ace Michael Wacha pitched the final inning to stay sharp for this weekend’s showdown with district rival Pittsburg in the next round of the playoffs.
Texas High traveled to Mesquite tonight and won a huge game against 4A power Waxahachie. The highly touted Indians have their two top players headed to Texas and OU to continue their careers next year, but the Tigers ended their high school careers this evening 3 to 0. Josh Turley who is headed to Baylor next year pitched a outstanding game for THS.
T. Kirk
Filed under The Latest : Comments (0) : May 19th, 2009
Internet Returns, But Gunslingers Will Not Tonight
Sportsdate 5 – 14 – 2009
My apologies to any readers left out there for not having posted anything for over two weeks. My home internet connection has been nonexistent for the last ten days. The good folks at my local phone company have finally figured out the problem. It may have simply been a case of giving the world a break from one more blogger for a couple of weeks. That would be at least one public service being provided by my phone company.
I was all jazzed to attend this evening’s opening night for the Texarkana Gunslingers at Spring Lake Park. The morning rains have proved to be more than the already soaked field at the park could handle. So if the rain ever stops the local nine will return to action sometime this weekend against last year’s CBL Champion, the Bay Area Toros.
I know for some the prospect of independent league baseball is not very alluring in our age of electronic communication, but after no internet for ten days I have gotten use to a more simple life without the stream of constant information and ideas. I hope you the readers of this blog have not.
T. Kirk
Filed under Captain's Blog, Other Local : Comments (0) : May 14th, 2009