COUGAR BASEBALL

 

04.29.17

Focus on the playoffs

By: KAEDENCE BRISCOE

 

The regular season is now over, and the baseball team is in a 5 way tie for first place in district.

 

 

The 5 teams battled it out in a tournament at Skyline and Pleasant Grove to establish seeding. The Cougars placed second in the tournament after a hard faught 14- 15 loss against Woodrow.

 

 

The team can now look forward to the first round of the playoffs which could be fairly easy for the guys but no one is to be under estimated.

 

 

During the regular season the some of the team stood out on the field. Anthony Rodriguez was in the top 5 in in district batting average over 400. Kirby Lohrengal placed himself in the top five of homeruns with two. Also, he was top 25 in the area in strikeouts.

 

All focus now goes to the playoffs from here on out and the guys will give it all they got to make it far.

 

 

04.12.17

Win streak reaches five

By: KAEDENCE BRISCOE

 

The Cougars baseball team are on a hot streak. With Tuesday's win over Molina, the Cougars have won 5 games in a row placing them at #2 in district play. Their record is now 5-3.

 

Luke Malone was a major force in the game vs Molina. After his terrible performance on the mound against Sunset, he really stepped up and put on a show in relief. He had 6 strikeouts in 3 innings and went 3/4 at the plate. Also, Anthony Rodriguez had another great offensive game. He went 4/4 with one of those hits being a 2 run homer.

 

The Cougars are cheering for Woodrow to beat Adamson this Friday which will place B.A. in 1st place in district while they are hot.

 

The season only has 4 games remaining and the Cougars need to win them all in order to assure the 1st place spot and move on to the playoffs. From now on every game is do or die for the Cougars.

 

04.08.17

By: KAEDENCE BRISCOE

The baseball team has been on a hot streak lately. They are on a 3 game winning streak and with Friday's win over North Dallas the Cougars are now back in the playoff race.

 

The boys are currently placed at #4 in district and are constantly progressing every week. During this streak pitchers A.J.Espinoza and Kirby Lohrengal have put on amazing performances on the mound. Lohrengal continued to show his strength with 12 strikeouts against Sunset. Espinoza followed up the next two games with 7 strikeouts against Sunset in relief. Also, Espinoza had an amazing performance against North Dallas with 8 strikeouts.

 

Anthony Rodriguez has also had an amazing offensive performance going 8/10 batting in the 3 game stretch.

The Cougars hope to continue their streak and beat Molina on Tuesday which will make them tied for first place with Molina.

 

03.14.17

Cougars bite Bulldogs

Strike outs set tone for victory over N. Dallas

By: KAEDENCE BRISCOE

 

The Baseball team played North Dallas at Reverchon Park in Oak Lawn. The team won 4-2 with big hits from Anthony Rodriguez and Luis Lopez. There were 8 strikeouts in total from pitchers Luis Lopez, AJ Espinoza and Luke Malone. The victory places BA in 5th place in District11-5A with 9 games left to play. The Cougars expect to work their way to a higher position before the playoffs.

 

“This year the district has been challenging, however I know the baseball team can

drop teams and earn their place in the top three teams in district,” said Coach Enriquez.

 

AJ Espinoza pitched well against North Dallas having 8 strike outs. AJ is also one of three sophomores on the varsity squad.

 

“I can do good, but I know I can do better and practice more on things to strive and do better the next time to face them and beat them,” he said.

 

In addition, Jose Castillo had 3 big hits in the game leading the team to victory. Castillo is also the only freshman player on varsity and keeps improving each game.

 

“I had to keep the game going in extra innings so my big hits were to try and bring Anthony in to score runs,” said Castillo.

 

The scheduled game against Adamson on Friday, March 24th was canceled because of rain.