(San Antonio) — The Seguin Matadors saw their season end Monday night with a 1-0 loss to Kerrville-Tivy in a play-in game to determine the fourth and final playoff spot in District 26-5A at the North East Sports Complex in San Antonio.
Tivy senior Aiden Cline tossed a no-hitter and struck out 12 as the Antlers advanced to the Bi-District round this week to take on Liberty Hill. Seguin, Tivy and New Braunfels Canyon finished in a tie for fourth place in the district.
The Matadors got to the play-in game by walking off Canyon earlier in the day, 4-3.
Seguin fell behind to the Cougars, 3-0 in the third inning but the Mats clawed their way back into the game with a pair of runs in the fourth and one in the sixth. Kevin Lingueno tripled with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to bring home pinch-runner Elliot Weaver from first base to even the score. Weaver was running for Cooper Neumann who walked to start the inning.
In the bottom of the seventh with Caleb Campos on second running for Luis Ocano who reached on an error, Matthew Marek delivered a base hit up the middle with two outs to bring Campos home and give the Mats the walk-off win.
Corey Dailey earned the victory on the mound in game one, throwing an inning and two-thirds of scoreless relief of starter Griffin Welfel. Dailey would start game two and go six and two-thirds allowing only four hits and an unearned run while striking out six.
Seguin finished the district season with six wins, improving over a two-win total from a year ago. The Matadors play next season at a brand new baseball complex on the Seguin High School campus in 2025.
Meanwhile, the Navarro Panthers and Marion Bulldogs are Bi-District bound.
(Fredericksburg) — The Panthers, the runners-up in District 28-4A, will face Fredericksburg from District 27-4A this week in a three-game series. The Billies finished third in their district.
The series gets started on Thursday in Fredericksburg. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. at Fredericksburg High School.
Game two will be Friday night in Geronimo at 7 p.m. at Navarro High School.
And a game three, if necessary, will be held on Saturday evening at 6 O’clock at Wimberley High School.
(Weimar) — And the Marion Bulldogs, who wrapped up their fifth straight undefeated district season, will take on Tidehaven in a meeting of the fourth place finisher in District 25-3A and the champions of District 26-3A.
The Bi-District series will be held in Weimar. Game one is Thursday at Weimar Veterans Park. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. We will have that game on KWED.
Game two will be held on Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. and a game three, if necessary, will take place 30 minutes after the completion of game two.