Several area playoff games were canceled on Friday night due to inclement weather. In Trophy Club, Game 2 of the Class 5A Region I Final between Marcus (31-8-1) and Lewisville (28-12) was delayed as the teams were taking the field in the bottom of the second inning. Officials later decided to postpone play until Saturday. [...]
Playoff Roundup: Lewisville finds early spark, cruises to 3-1 win over Marcus in Game 1 of 5A Region I Final
May 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
TROPHY CLUB – Lewisville freshman Maribeth Gorsuch hit a solo home run in the first inning, then out-dueled Marcus ace Hannah Null for a 3-1 win on Thursday in Game 1 of a best-of-3 Class 5A Region I Final. Gorsuch’s homer — a rocket shot over the left field wall — came with two outs [...]
Playoff Update: Longtime rivals Marcus and Lewisville to clash with 5A state berth on the line
May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Hannah Null hurled a one hitter on Saturday to lift Marcus (31-7-1) to a 1-0 win over Keller in Game 3 of a best-of-3 Class 5A Region I Semifinal softball playoff series. They’ll face longtime rival and District 5-5A foe Lewisville next with a trip to the state tournament on the line. The Marauders scored [...]
Playoff Roundup: Marcus sweeps Grapevine in Region I Quarterfinal; Hardin’s walk off single forces Game 3
May 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
GRAPEVINE – Marcus (33-6) picked up its third-straight sweep of the postseason on Friday, beating Grapevine in Game 2 of a best-of-3 Class 5A Region I Quarterfinal series. The Marauders scored twice in the sixth inning and added four more runs in the seventh, including a three-run homer from Matt Holcombe, to extend what was [...]
Playoff Roundup: Austyn Laird lifts Marcus to Game 1 win over Grapevine; Marauder softball loses to Keller 3-0
May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
FLOWER MOUND – All Austyn Laird was hoping for was to squeeze out a single and maybe scratch out another run to help his team. Instead, the senior center fielder crushed a three-run home run to rally Marcus to a 6-4 win over Grapevine on Thursday in Game 1 of a best-of-3 Class 5A Region [...]
Playoff Roundup: Marcus beats rival Flower Mound in decisive Game 3
May 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
LEWISVILLE – Marcus rebounded from a rocky showing in Game 2 on Saturday to beat Flower Mound, the state’s ninth-ranked Class 5A team, 5-1, in Game 3 of a best-of-3 Region I Quarterfinal series. The Marauders (29-6-1) will face Keller (29-4-1) in the semifinals. No date was set at press time. “Today didn’t start the [...]
Playoff Roundup: Marcus takes 1-0 series lead with win over Jaguars; Guyer drops Game 1 to Cleburne
May 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
LEWISVILLE – Marcus’ Hannah Null struck out 10 in a two hitter to beat Flower Mound, the state’s ninth-ranked Class 5A team, 5-1, in Game 1 of a Region I Quarterfinal playoff series on Friday. Marcus (28-5-1) led by one run through the first five innings but plated three more in the bottom of the [...]
Cross-town rivals Flower Mound and Marcus ready for playoff series
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Longtime rivals Flower Mound and Marcus play one another in this weekend’s Class 5A Region I Quarterfinals best-of-3 playoff series.And so far, they’re all saying the right things. Neither team, coaches or players, is saying anything bulletin-board or Twitter worthy about their opponent or the match up itself. In fact, some players like Flower Mound’s [...]
Jaguar baseball faces challenging task of dealing with early playoff exit
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. It was a safe bet that many baseball enthusiasts saw Flower Mound as an easy pick to advance to this year’s Class 5A state tournament. They were the state’s seventh-ranked team; No. 1 in the area and hadn’t lost since March 7. In baseball, 21-straight wins is unheard [...]
Playoff Roundup: State-ranked Flower Mound falls to L.D. Bell in shocking first round upset; Guyer sweeps Saginaw
May 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
GRAND PRAIRIE – As Saturday’s game wore on, there was an inescapable feeling that this was the end of the line for the Flower Mound baseball team. Not only did the game end for the Jaguars — a crushing first-round 10-4 loss to L.D. Bell, who was unranked and the fourth place team out of [...]
