Cougars
| 02/12/26 vs Palo Duro | 14 |
| 02/12/26 vs Callisburg | 18 |
| 02/06/26 vs Cisco | 4 |
| 02/03/26 vs Sweetwater | 21 |
The Cooper Cougars will be taking part in a tournament against the North Garland Raiders at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Cooper is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.4 runs per game this season.
Cooper's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Palo Duro with a sharp 14-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Payton Ellis made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Ellis was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with one home run and two runs. That home run marked the first that she has launched this season.
In other batting news, Cooper got a massive performance out of Abbey Alvarado, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Ariana Diaz, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.
Cooper always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .773. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, North Garland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell 7-2 to Nimitz. That's two games in a row now that the Raiders have lost by exactly five runs.
North Garland saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Britny Tobias, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double and one RBI.
Cooper's record now sits at 4-1. As for North Garland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
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