LOCAL SPORT BRIEFS

By SJNT Staff

Softball season
starts soft

The Lady Trojans opened softball season on Valentine’s Day with a 14-4 win over Big Sandy.

Haylee Rosales hit a three-run homer to spur the team to victory.

Following a great opener, Coldspring-Oakhurst dropped two games, losing to Huntington 10-1 on Feb. 15 and 18-2 to Lufkin on Feb. 17.

The Lady Trojans put the second win on the tally sheets with a 5-1 win over Kirbyville 5-1 on Feb. 17.

Ashney Minor pitched great on the mound and Shaelynn Price went 2-for-3 at the plate.

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The win again was followed up by two losses, 8-4 against Hempstead on Feb. 18, even thought Izzy Doggett hit a 3 run homer; and 18-1 to Woodville on Feb. 19.

The next game on Feb. 19 resulted in a tie — 4-4 with Westwood.

The Shepherd Lady Pirates lost a 14-0 blanking to Huntsville on Feb. 15, and then posted 7-2 loss to Elkhart on Thursday during the Madisonville Tournament. 

Shepherd then fell to Onalaska 15-7 on Saturday.

Top players include Ani Shaw, Kristin Hinze and Kaylee Barlow.

Powerlifters compete

The Cleveland Boys powerlifting squad came in 10th at the annual Highland Powerlifting Meet on Saturday.

Individual honors in respective weight classes include Jeremiah Salazar, fourth; Andy Gonzales, seventh; Alexis Cortes, sixth; Jameer Martin, sixth; Kendrae Lewis, 10th; Joshual Jack, eighth; Diego Martinez, 12th; David Sorto, eighth; Chris Rodriguez, fourth; and Luis Gonzalez, ninth.