The Texans brought home another gold trophy this past weekend as Wimberley swept the rival Navarro Panthers in a two-game series to capture the Area Championship.
Wimberley is 21-7-1 for the year while Navarro finishes their season at 25-8.
In Game One of their series, the Texans hosted the Panthers.
Navarro took the lead in the top of the second inning, scoring on a two-run RBI single then a sacrifice fly to go up 3-0 over Wimberley.
The Texans were held scoreless through four innings of play before breaking in their final two at-bats.
Facing two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Sage Hall reached third base on a Navarro error. Alex Abrusley hit a line drive before reaching base on another Navarro error, allowing Sage Hall to score from third as the Texans now trailed 3-1.
In the bottom of the sixth, Wimberley loaded up the bases with one out following a leadoff single from Jacob Abrusley then two walks from Jake Dewell and Gentry McGinnis.
Jayden Hall then connected with an RBI infield single to score Jacob Abrusley at third while keeping the bases loaded as the deficit was down to 3-2.
Following a strikeout, Sage Hall hit a two-run RBI single as Wimberley took their first lead of the game at 4-3.
The three insurance runs proved to be the difference maker as the Texans kept Navarro from scoring in the top of the seventh to secure the Game 1 victory.
In Game 2, the Texans made the trip down to Navarro in the hopes of clinching the series.
Wimberley’s offense got to work in the top of the third when Jayden Hall hit an RBI double to put the Texans up 1-0.
Later in the top of the fifth inning, Cannon Couch hit a two-run RBI single to extend the Texans lead at 3-0.
Wimberley added two more runs in the top of the sixth when Dewell hit a two-run RBI single of his own to make it a 5-0 lead.
The Panthers had no response as Wimberley secured the shutout win along with the Area championship.
The duo of Alex Abrusley and Jacob Abrusley threw a combined no-hitter, with Alex taking the win allowing no hits, no runs, two walks and striking out five batters in six innings of work. Jacob closed out the seventh to perverse the no-hitter.
Wimberley advances to the regional semifinals where the Texans will face perennial powerhouse the Sinton Pirates.
Sinton enters the regional semifinal with a 23-6-1 overall record after capturing the 4A District 30 championship.
The Pirates swept Columbia in the Bi-District round of the playoffs before sweeping Zapata in the Area round.
Game 1 will take place 7 p.m. Thursday at the Frank Tejada Sports Complex on the grounds San Antonio Harlandale ISD. Game 2 will be played 3 p.m. Saturday at the Tejada Sports Complex with Game 3, if needed, to be played 30 minutes after.
