WHS BASEBALL
Wimberley added another gold trophy to their collection as the Texans swept the Manor New Tech Titans in a twogame series to capture the Bi-District championship.
The Texans improve to 20-7-1 overall while New Tech finishes the season with a 19-8 record.
In the first game of the series, the Texans scored first in the bottom of the first on a Sage Hall sacrifice fly in left field to take the early 1-0 lead.
Jacob Abursley scored another run for the Texans on a bases-loaded walk before a Titan fielding error allowed two more runs to score for Wimberley to make it a 4-0 game.
Later in the third inning, Santana Raye forced a bases-loaded walk before Gentry McGinnis hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-0.
Jayden Hall then followed up with a two-run RBI single as the Texan lead was pushed to 8-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Jake Dewell connected with an RBI triple before an RBI groundout by Raye pushed Wimberley’s lead to 10-0.
The Titans were unable to score against the pitching combination of Gentry McGinnis and Jayden Gamez with the duo throwing a complete game shutout.
McGinnis earned the win, throwing four innings while allowing one hit, no runs, no walks and striking out six batters.
Gamez closed out the game throwing one inning while allowing no hits, no runs, no walks and striking out two batters.
Wimberley followed up their Game 1 win with a 13-2 victory in Game 2 over the Titans to clinch the Bi-District Championship.
The Texans advance to the Area round of the playoffs where Wimberley will face the arch-rival Geronimo Navarro Panthers.
The Panthers are the champions of District 28 and enter the Area round with a 23-8 overall record. Navarro swept the Pleasanton Eagles in a twogame series to capture the Bi-District championship.
The last time the Texans and the Panthers met came in district play last season with the teams splitting their match-up.
Game 1 will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Wimberley. Game 2 will take place at 7 p.m. Friday at Navarro High School. Game 3, if necessary, will take place at 12 p.m. Saturday at New Braunfels High School.
