The Lady Blues’ bats came alive too late Tuesday night. The team went three innings without a baserunner and 6 1/3 innings without a hit. Vernon piled on six runs in the first two innings to run away with a 10-3 win over the Lady Blue at the Graham High School softball field.
Both the Steers and Lady Blues soccer teams met San Angelo Lake View in Abilene Friday afternoon in bi-district matchups. The Lady Blues fell behind three goals early and lost 3-2. The Steers scored one goal late and advanced to the area playoffs with a 1-0 victory at Shotwell Stadium.
Maidens 3, Lady Blues 2
The Steers played games on back-to-back days last weekend. It started Friday with a re-match of Tuesday’s nine-inning game against Burkburnett and concluded at home Saturday with a non-district matchup against Stephenville.
Steers 9, Burkburnett 1
When looking at a 21-17 score would be easy to think that offense was dominating the day on the softball field. That was not the case Tuesday night when the Lady Blues won 21-17 against their visitors, Mineral Wells. The teams combined for 38 runs and 13 errors. They also combined for 17 unearned runs.
Both offenses did damage with a combined 38 hits between both teams, start with two in the first inning by Mineral Wells. The Lady Rams took an early lead with a one-out RBI single.
The Steers and Bulldogs received the Major League Baseball experience Tuesday night at the Graham High School baseball field. Rather than the customary seven-inning high school baseball game, the two teams needed nine innings to settle the outcome. The Steers completed a comeback to win 9-8 after a walk-off single by Parker Johnson.
The Possum Kingdom Relays returned to Graham High School Saturday morning. The annual meet returned for its 73rd event after last year’s pandemic-related postponement.
This year’s meet was a smaller-scaled version of what teams and fans are both used to. Neither small schools nor JV teams were allowed at this year’s event as UIL regulations limited the meet to eight teams. JV teams could have participated if only four varsity teams were invited.
The accolades have continued to roll in for Lady Blues basketball. This time it is junior guard Kate Gober. She was named to the 4A Region 1 All-Region team by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches earlier this month.
Gober was the team leader in points with 15.2 points per game. She also added 3.2 rebounds and 3.9 steals per game for the Lady Blues, who finished the season with an 18-11 record.
The Lady Blues soccer team returned to action Friday night at Stephenville. They were less than a week from losing a friend and teammate. They were a little over 24 hours from saying their final goodbyes to Harley Grafton, who passed away the previous weekend.
The score did not matter. The district standings did not matter. The only thing that mattered was playing the game they loved and learning to move forward without Number 11.
The United Professional Rodeo Association returns to the Young County Arena this weekend. The 20th annual Knights of Columbus Young County Rodeo will take place March 18-20 with participants competing in nine events over the three-day event.
The Lady Blues kept their winning streak alive after Tuesday night’s home opener against Bridgeport. After their 10-3 win over the Sissies, the Lady Blues have now won six in a row. The win was sparked by an offensive outburst over the final three innings.
