(Seguin) — New Braunfels Canyon remained unbeaten through 16 games in the 2023 season with a 12-5 win over the Seguin Lady Matadors in a District 26-5A softball match-up at Seguin High School on Friday night.
The Cougarettes jumped on Seguin with four runs in the top of the first inning as the first four batters all reached base and came around to score. The Lady Mats would answer with three runs of their own as Ryan Rangel drove in a pair of runs with a double in the bottom of the first off of Canyon ace Haley Carmona.
Carmona would settle down though and keep Seguin off the scoreboard until the 7th inning when Rangel, her future teammate at St. Edward’s University next year, would drive in two more runs with a single. The five runs by Seguin matched a season high given up by Canyon.
Ashlie Aguilar had two hits and scored two runs from the lead off spot for the Lady Matadors. Cameron Rios also scored a pair of runs for Seguin. Carmona, who struck out 16 in a shutout win over Smithson Valley earlier this week, would go the distance while striking out 10 for Canyon. She also went 3 for 5 at the plate with two runs scored and 2 RBI.
The win by the Cougarettes kept them atop the district standings at 6-0. Seguin fell to 3-3 in district and 17-8-1 overall on the season. The Lady Mats will be on the road next at Boerne-Champion this coming Tuesday.
In other scores from Friday night:
(San Antonio) — The Navarro Lady Panthers blew by San Antonio Kennedy, 19-13.
(Nixon) — The Marion Lady Bulldogs fell 5-2 to Nixon-Smiley.
And on the baseball diamond Friday night:
(Seguin) — Smithson Valley shut out Seguin, 11-0.
(Karnes City) — Navarro crushed Karnes City, 13-1.
(Nixon) — Marion rolled Nixon-Smiley, 13-2.