The Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns will take on the Huntington Red Devils in a tournament on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with 12 losses in a row dating back to last season, Hamshire-Fannett turned things around against Port Arthur Memorial on Friday. They never let the Titans get on the board and left with a 13-0 win. The Longhorns' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Yair Terrazas made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Terrazas was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Jacob Grammer
| 03/07/25 @ Port Arthur Memorial | 4 |
| 02/28/25 @ Kelly Catholic | 1 |
| 02/17/25 @ Lumberton | 1 |
| 04/02/24 vs Liberty | 1 |
| 03/01/24 vs East Chambers | 1 |
In other batting news, Jacob Grammer was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Another player making a difference was Ty Bryson, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Hamshire-Fannett always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Huntington had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.1 runs) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over the Tigers. The Red Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by seven runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Caden Carney, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex McGilvra, who went 1-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Huntington pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Hamshire-Fannett, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-7.
