With Westlake runners on first and third and two outs, the Socorro shortstop begins running runner back to first, then fires ball to catcher for third out and saving a run.

 Tied 3-3 with Westlake in the bottom of the fourth inning, Socorro hit back-to-back 380-foot homers. Westlake's defense springs a leak with three errors.

Socorro takes a commanding 8-3 lead into the fifth in the 5A state title game.

 Trailing 3-0 to El Paso Socorro in the third, Austin Westlake loaded the bases. A single scored two runs and a fielder's choice ties the game 3-3.

 With men on first and second, Socorro played small ball, bunting them along, then scoring its third run on a sac fly.

El Paso Socorro 3, Austin Westlake 0 in the third.

 After Austin Westlake loaded the bases but failed to score, El Paso Socorro used a lead-off triple to take a 1-0 lead in a Class 5A semifinal.

 An intrepid VYPER who made the trip to Round Rock for the UIL state baseball tournament reports:

 Top-ranked New Braunfels Canyon held off a late Mesquite Poteet rally to oust the Lady Pirate, 1-0, in a state semifinal.

A one-out suicide squeeze bunt ended Azle's state title hopes in a 4A semifinal.

Angleton's Madisyn Ward laid down the bunt with one out in the bottom of the ninth, scoring Gabby Banda from third base for a 1-0 victory.

Banda led off the ninth with a popup that fell safe when Azle's second baseman and shortstop collided.

Azle pitcher Sarah Mendez allowed just two hits and struck out 17 in the loss.

-- Tim Polzer

Four area high school track athletes won gold medals at the UIL state meet this morning at Texas' Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

Midlothian's Carly Kitts won the 4A girls 3,200 in 10 minutes, 52.23 seconds. Argyle swept the Class 3A races, with Stephen Curry winning the boys gold medal in 9:22.91, and Colbea Harris winning the girls gold in 11:07.59.

Arlington Seguin's Ashlee Smith won the 4A discus with a throw of 142-7 on her last throw.

-- Tim Polzer 

 We're getting closer to revealing our pick as the area's No. 1 high school sports dynasty on VYPE.com/DFW.

I've been surprised that this list of schools and sports hasn't generate more heated debate so far.

Guess we pretty much nailed 'em. Or did we?

-- Tim Polzer

If you're a high school baseball fan (outside of Grapevine's hopefuls), you're no doubt in shock to find the top-ranked Coppell Cowboys already out of the playoffs.

How did this happen? After winning 13 straight games, the Cowboys entered the first round of the playoffs in a mini-slump, losing its last two games.

A pair of late-season losses for a team that clinched its district title long, long ago isn't unusual, but more important is HOW the Cowboys lost those games.

The Cowboys' talented batting lineup managed only one run in losses to Lewisville and Flower Mound, then couldn't manage a run (on just four hits) off Grapevine starter Mason Melotakis. Throw in an uncharacteristically wild first inning from Coppell ace Zack Hermans and the Cowboys were down 2-0 after one inning.

The one-game playoff format didn't help a deep Coppell team that otherwise would have had at least one more shot at Grapevine in a best-of-three game series.

-- Tim Polzer

 VYPE.com/DFW's Todd Wills has been snooping around, asking about the open Duncanville boys basketball job.

Sources are telling him the job was offered to an arch-rival.

Keep checking with VYPE.com/DFW as this search heats up.

-- Tim Polzer