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Thursday, April 5, 2012

20-3A Softball with 4 to play

There are only three games left in the District 20-3A softball season, and things at the top are getting a bit tight.

Here are the full standings:
Groesbeck 6-0
Westwood  4-2
Madisonville 4-2
Fairfield  3-3
Mexia  1-5
Palestine  0-6

Things for Westwood wouldn't be near this tight, but the Lady Panthers fell to Madisonville last night at home, a game that Westwood probably thought it would win after beating the Lady Mustangs on the road during the first round of play.

New THSBCA rankings released

The Elkhart and Cayuga baseball teams both remain in the latest edition of the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association (THSBCA) polls.

The Elks moved up a spot to No. 5 in Class 2A, while the Wildcats held firm at No. 6 in Class 1A.

Full rankings are after the jump.

Halftime in 20-3A Baseball

Thanks to the massive rain that blanket most of the state of Texas east of Interstate 35 Tuesday, the majority of 20-3A's baseball teams wrapped up the first half of district play Wednesday.

After those five games, here's where things stand (via the awesome 3Abaseball.com):

Madisonville (5-0)
Fairfield (4-1)
Groesbeck (3-2)
Palestine (2-3)
Westwood (1-4)
Mexia (0-5)

Nothing real surprising there, although there is really nice symmetry all the way down the standings.

I'm a bad blogger

So I haven't blogged on here, technically, since the girls' state basketball tournament. That was about a month ago.

Even calling that a blog is a stretch, since all I did was post the live chat link here.

Anyway, I'm going to try again and try to get back into things on here.

Starting in about 15 minutes when I post a new update, this one on the 20-3A baseball/softball standings.