Week 5 Winner: Brian Sandera
Well, Brian Sandera got it half right.
The
Holmes (San Antonio) softball coach told the
San Antonio Express
before the season that last season wasn't a fluke, that the Huskies
couldn't wait for the 2013 season to start and they were basically out
for blood.
OK, maybe not blood, but they were out to score bundles of runs and win a lot of games.
Brian Sandera, Holmes
Photo by Lester Rosebrock
Holmes has backed that up with a 21-9 record through 30 games while scoring a whopping 222 runs while hitting .369 as a team.
For
backing up what he predicted, the 37-year-old with a 58-29 career
record is named the San Antonio High Yield Coach of the Week presented
by Capital One Bank.
What Sandera didn't get exactly right was the outlook of junior catcher
Hailey Rebar, who hit .586 as a sophomore with 28 RBIs and 35 walks. She's already committed to Texas A&M.
"I don't think anybody is going to throw her a strike intentionally anymore," he told the newspaper before the season.
Well,
Rebar has been walked 27 times already, but she has managed 78 official
at-bats (106 plate appearances). She has lashed out 43 hits, has a
gaudy .551 average with 13 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 32
RBIs.
Only senior outfielder/pitcher
Alessia Gallegos
has more RBIs with 35. Gallegos is hitting .444 with nine doubles and
two home runs. She's also the team's top pitcher at 11-3 with a 1.63
ERA.
Senior shortstop
Alorah Vargas is also having a huge year, hitting .417 with seven doubles and 27 RBIs.
Sandera was selected the San Antonio Express
Softball Coach of the Year in 2012, when the Huskies made their first playoff run since 2008. They reached the Region IV-5A final.
Last
season, Holmes started the season 1-6 and finished 21-11. This season,
the Huskies started fast by going 5-2 in their first seven, twice
scoring 17 runs and once a dozen in a 12-11 win over Dawson.
Holmes closes the regular season with a doubleheader against
Johnson (San Antonio) (25-7-1) starting Thursday.
