Hondo Anvil Herald

Leakey sweeps Cowgirls to reach regional finals

 

     The high-scoring softball team from Leakey put an end to the D’Hanis Cowgirls’ season last week, with a two-game 1A regional semifinal series sweep at Sabinal. The Lady Eagles won the Wednesday, May 7, contest, 24-6, then came back on Friday, May  9, with a 20-8 victory.

     The Cowgirls’ young team concludes the season at 9-12. They’ll bring back most of the roster next year, except for 2025 seniors Jessa Frosch and Ryan Magers.

     Leakey (21-13-1) will now advance to the Region IV-1A finals, where they’ll face Hull-Daisetta (7-14) in a single game playoff this Friday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., at the Shiner Starplex. H-D was a 12-6 winner in a single game regional semifinal over Spurger. 

     Starting this school year, as with all other team sports, there’s not a state tournament with a final four format, but rather just the state championship games in every division at the central location. So the winner of the Leakey/H-D game will play once more next week in the state semifinals at a neutral site. They’ll face the champ of Region III, either Brookeland or Avery, who will play Thursday, May 15, in Longview.

     The survivor of that round will advance to Red & Charline McCombs Field at the University of Texas at Austin on Saturday, May 31, at 10 a.m. for the 1A state championship.

     The final pairing in Region I is Borden County vs. Hermleigh, while in Region II, it’s Dodd City vs. Jonesboro.