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Gilmer Van

Buckeyes

Vandals

The Van (TX) varsity softball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Gilmer (TX) by a score of 6-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Gilmer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Van	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

Final score provided by B. Reynolds.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Texas High School Softball - Gilmer gets by Van

February 21, 2026: Gilmer, TX 75644

The crowd at Saturday's non-league bout between the Gilmer Buckeyes (Gilmer, TX) and the visiting Van Vandals (Van, TX), observed Gilmer's softball team get by Van by a final score of 6-5.

The Buckeyes (4-5) will now prepare for their bout against Queen City (Queen City, TX). The Bulldogs go into the non-league bout with a 0-8 record. In their last bout, Queen City was nipped by Tyler Legacy (Tyler, TX), 14-2, in a non-league bout.

Next up, the Vandals face the Grand Saline Indians (Grand Saline, TX) in a non-league game, on Monday, February 23. Van will attempt to improve on its 7-2 season record. The Indians enter the game with a 9-3 record after their 13-0 non-league win over Athens (Athens, TX).

Gilmer vs Van Softball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 21, 2026 @ 2p

The Van (TX) varsity softball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Gilmer (TX) by a score of 6-5.

Rankings & Records

Gilmer (25-26)

TX	Section	State Div.
454	148	79

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
14-16	7-5	6-5	6-11	2-0	.467	.583	157	178

Van (25-26)

TX	Section	State Div.
93	29	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
29-7-2	10-2	10-0	11-2-1	8-5-1	.789	.833	224	89

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Gilmer	1.8	.9	1.2	1.4	.4	.5	.1	-	-	-	-	5.2	6.1	1.6
Van	1.1	.9	1.6	1.4	.5	.4	.3	0	0	0	.5	5.9	7.5	1.2

Head-to-Head

Van won on 2/12/2026

2/12 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Van 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 - -
Gilmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - -

The Van (TX) varsity softball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Gilmer (TX) by a score of 4-0.
Box score
Gilmer won on 2/21/2026

2/21 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Gilmer - - - - - - - 6 - -
Van - - - - - - - 5 - -

The Gilmer (TX) varsity softball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Van (TX) by a score of 6-5.
Box score

2/12 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Van	0	0	2	0	2	0	-	4	-	-
Gilmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gilmer	3-7		Van	9-0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/12/26	Gilmer	Grand Saline	(W) 3-2	2/23/26	Grand Saline	Van	(W) 9-3
2/17/26	Grand Saline	Gilmer	(W) 3-0	3/24/26	Van	Grand Saline	(W) 4-3
2/21/26	Gilmer	Alto	(W) 5-1	2/19/26	Van	Alto	(W) 3-1
2/21/26	Gilmer	Bullard	(L) 8-1	2/21/26	Bullard	Van	(W) 1-0
2/26/26	Gilmer	Lindale	(L) 9-2	3/13/26	Lindale	Van	(W) 7-1
4/24/26	Gilmer	Lindale	(L) 17-1	4/7/26	Van	Lindale	(W) 2-1
4/25/26	Gilmer	Lindale	(L) 13-3
3/6/26	Gilmer	Spring Hill	(L) 4-2	4/23/26	Spring Hill	Van	(W) 4-2
3/31/26	Spring Hill	Gilmer	(L) 8-4	4/24/26	Spring Hill	Van	(W) 9-2
3/10/26	Mineola	Gilmer	(L) 9-8	2/12/26	Van	Mineola	(T) 3-3
				2/17/26	Van	Mineola	(W) 7-0

Record Breakdown

Gilmer (25-26)		Van (25-26)
14-16	Overall	29-7-2
7-5	League	10-2
5-5	Non-League	13-3-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
3-7	Common Opponent	9-0-1
6-5	Home	10-0
6-11	Away	11-2-1
2-0	Neutral	8-5-1
0-2	Playoff	4-2
14-16	In-State	29-7-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0