
Gray leads Panthers over Chaparral
Hot-hitting leadoff batter Michael Gray and the Midlothian Panthers are moving on in the Class 5A Division I baseball playoffs.
Hot-hitting leadoff batter Michael Gray and the Midlothian Panthers are moving on in the Class 5A Division I baseball playoffs.
Sophomore Lauryn Price of Heritage High School was inadvertently left off the list of District 14-5A qualifiers at the conclusion of the district tournament held at the Corsicana/ Ennis tennis courts on April 24 and 25.
Last week was a quiet one for me. With intermittent rain throughout the week, I did a good bit of ‘inside’ work, catching up on some magazine articles and finally getting some of my more recent photographs organized.
Spring showers and thunderstorms are always a possible threat to disrupt the high school tennis season in Texas, as district tournaments play out near the finish of the month of April. Such was the case for Thursday and Friday matches for District 14-5A – April 24 and 25 – to determine the winners that advance to regional competition which is set to take place May 8-9 in Melissa.
The Jaguars from Midlothian Heritage (22-7 overall and 9-2 in district play) hopped on board their “Big Blue Bus” and traveled across to the Trinity River bottoms to Kaufman (10-15-1 overall and 5-8 in district play) to hopefully complete the sweep of the final two games of the season and to capture the District Championship in the process. The Jaguars continued to be just as advertised this season, solid defense, clutch hitting, outstanding pitching and a belief that no game is over until it is.
A total of 13 Midlothian ISD athletes are in Austin this weekend to compete in the University Interscholastic League Class 5A state track and field championships at the University of Texas.
The Midlothian Lady Panthers made quick work of Killeen Chaparral in the bi-district round of the Class 5A Division I softball playoffs as they swept their best-of-three series, 20-2 on Friday and 13-4 on Saturday.
The Midlothian baseball Panthers ended the District 15-5A regular season on Friday night at Ronnie Clanton Field with near-perfection.
I’ve got several topics I wish to share with you this week including a couple of tasty outdoor recipes as well as a fishing pattern that is currently underway on a lake near you.
Nine competitors from Battle Axes Indoor Axe Throwing in Midlothian recently returned from the World Axe & Knife Throwing Championships presented by AxeThrowingInsurance.com in Appleton, Wisconsin with plenty of top performances.