The Canyon Cougars (New Braunfels, TX) baseball nipped the visiting East Central Hornets (San Antonio, TX), 5-4 in Friday's non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Cougars play the Judson Rockets (Converse, TX) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, March 2. Canyon will attempt to better on its 5-3 season record. The Rockets enter the contest with a 3-7 record after their 4-3 non-league win over Coronado (El Paso, TX).

The Hornets now sport a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to San Marcos for a 6A Region IV District 27 contest on Tuesday, March 5. East Central will play a Rattlers squad coming off a 3-0 non-league loss to Cedar Park (Cedar Park, TX). The Rattlers record now stands at 5-2.