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Game 1: Santana Raye, #16, with the catch and the out.
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Game 2: Jake Dewell, #11, saves a crazy pitch.
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Game 2: Maverick Jacobs, #1, at bat.
Wimberley opened up district play sweeping district rival Canyon Lake in a two-game district series, winning Game 1 12-6 then winning Game 2 3-2.
The Texans improve to 10-6-1 for the season and 2-0 in district play.
In Game 1 on Tuesday, Wimberley jumped on Canyon Lake early in the bottom of the first inning, loading up the bases on a Sage Hall single, Alex Abrusley walk and a Maverick Jacobs hit by pitch.
Jacob Abrusley scored the first run for the Texans on a bases loaded up followed by another bases walk by Carter Meeks.
Jake Dewell then broke the game open, hitting a grand slam in left field as Wimberley took a commanding 6-0 lead.
Canyon Lake answered in the top of the second, scoring on a RBI double.
The Texans responded in the same inning as Alex Abrusley hit an RBI single followed by an RBI single by Maverick Jacobs, pushing Wimberley’s lead to 8-1.
Meeks scored another run for the Texans with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth, extending the lead to 9-1
Hawks came roaring back in the bottom of the fifth, scoring runs on two bases loaded walks and a two-run RBI single as Canyon Lake trailed 9-5.
Sage Hall added to the Texans lead in the bottom of the fifth, hitting an RBI groundout before a Canyon Lake error allowed two more runs to score.
Canyon Lake responded with an RBI double in the top of the sixth but were unable to complete the comeback as the Texans won 12-6.
In the second game on Friday, the Texans took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first following a two-run RBI single by Jacobs.
Wimberley later added another run in the top of the fifth when Gentry McGinnis scored from third on a passed ball to go up 3-0.
The Hawks made their comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning, scoring on two bases loaded walks. Canyon Lake threatened to tie the game with the bases loaded and one one but the Texans escaped the inning after Jacob Abursley picked off the base runner at third before getting the strikeout for the final out of the inning.
Canyon Lake looked to make one last comeback in the bottom of the seventh but Jacob Abursely sat the Hawks down in order to preserve the 3-2 win.
The Texans will face the Bandera Bulldogs this week for the start of their two-game district series.
The Bulldogs come into the week with a 4-13-3 overall record following being swept by Fredericksburg in a two-game series.
First pitch Game 1 is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in Wimberley while first pitch for Game 2 is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Bandera.
