Thomas Bingham
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Argyle Beats Sweeny Again; Earns 2nd Straight State Title
Jun 13, 2019
Argyle baseball knows how to play Sweeny, so it produced back-to-back successful UIL 4A state championship game performances. The Eagles beat the Bulldogs 5-0 in the 2018 title game, and followed that with Thursday's 6-3 win at The University of Texas at Austin's UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
"That game was defined by our team," said Argyle head coach Ricky Griffin. "[The players have] been here enough, they've been in enough situations like that, and there was no panic. They just knew they were going to win. I'm very proud of them."
<p>Argyle started on the right foot because it took the lead in the top of the first. Dillon Carter recorded a one-out single to start the Eagles' surge, advanced to third on Chad Ricker's two-out single, and scored on Hayden Clearman's RBI single. Austin King also walked to load the bases, but Sweeny pitcher Cade Homniok forced Alex Gonzales' inning-ending foul out.</p><p>Sweeny also found a way to get runners on base in the early innings, but couldn't drive them home for a game-tying or go-ahead score. The bottom of the first inning saw a Joe Effenberger leadoff double and a Quinton Martin walk. The second frame featured Blake Benavides and Braden Norris walks, as well as a Cord Filipp single. Wes Folse also had a one-out hit in the third, but couldn't extend a double into a triple.</p><p>Argyle answered Sweeny's missed opportunities by expanding its lead in the fourth. Austin King reached base on a fielding error to start the inning, and was replaced by pinch runner Jake Sullivan on the bases. VYPE Player of the Game Cade Merka then used a RBI double to drive in the latter and scored on Bo Hogeboom's RBI single. Mason Green acted as a pinch runner for the latter and scored on Brenden Dixon's RBI single.</p><p>"I just prepared for this, pretty much the entire season," Merka said of his performance. "And I just gotta give everything to my teammates."</p><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1136817685591973888" target="_blank"><img alt="Embedded video" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1136817408709222400/pu/img/0F8ZRx0P63zigJOA?format=jpg&name=900x900"></a><blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1063187230263373824/ycp4d05a_normal.jpg"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW" target="_blank">VYPE DFW@VYPEDFW</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1136817685591973888" target="_blank"></a>VYPE Player of the Game Cade Merka did a little bit of everything (1 double, 1 RBI & 1 run) in Argyle's 6-3 UIL 4A state championship game win against Sweeny. It clinched the Eagles' second straight state title. <a href="https://twitter.com/ArgyleSports" target="_blank">@ArgyleSports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/argyle_baseball" target="_blank">@argyle_baseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/4cademerka" target="_blank">@4cademerka</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txhsbaseball?src=hash" target="_blank">#txhsbaseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UILState?src=hash" target="_blank">#UILState</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1136817685591973888" target="_blank" title="Like">105</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1136817685591973888" target="_blank">9:10 PM - Jun 6, 2019</a></blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1136817685591973888" target="_blank" title="View the conversation on Twitter">26 people are talking about this</a><a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/20175256" target="_blank" title="Twitter Ads info and privacy">Twitter Ads info and privacy</a><p>The game's scoring continued in the fifth. Argyle loaded the bases, and Preston King's hit by pitch allowed Sullivan to score. Sweeny then followed with a trio of runs in the bottom half of the inning. Effenberger's RBI triple drove in Filipp and Collin Coker to get the Bulldogs on the board, and Homniok's RBI groundout allowed Effenberger to come home for another run.</p><p>But, Argyle wrapped up the win in the top of the seventh. Austin King started the inning with a leadoff double, and pinch runner Riley Hartman advanced to third base and home on wild pitches.</p>
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Video: Colleyville Heritage Baseball Storms To 1st State Title
Jun 13, 2019
The top two public school baseball teams in Texas may have played for Saturday's UIL 5A state championship, but it was all No. 2 Colleyville Heritage (39-3) in a 14-2 six-inning win against No. 1 Georgetown (41-5-1) at Round Rock's Dell Diamond. It wrapped up a remarkable run, which included a title in its first trip to state.
Aggressive base running allowed Georgetown to take the early lead, but it wouldn't last. Wyatt Childress had a single in the Eagles' only scoring inning, and Cole Posey followed with a walk. They stole third and second respectively, and scored on Noah Thompson's RBI.
<a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137415255271907329" target="_blank"><img alt="Embedded video" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1137415207662358529/pu/img/uThdv2jTdCc5WMcO?format=jpg&name=900x900"></a><blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1060635521490145281/DV4GLiJE_normal.jpg"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank">VYPE Austin@VypeATX</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137415255271907329" target="_blank"></a>Georgetown leads Colleyville Heritage 2-0 after 1! Noah Thompson's RBI drove in Cole Posey and Wyatt Childress. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txhsbaseball?src=hash" target="_blank">#txhsbaseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/centexpreps?src=hash" target="_blank">#centexpreps</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UILState?src=hash" target="_blank">#UILState</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VYPEATX?src=hash" target="_blank">#VYPEATX</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1137415255271907329" target="_blank" title="Like">1</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137415255271907329" target="_blank">12:45 PM - Jun 8, 2019</a></blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank" title="View VYPE Austin's profile on Twitter">See VYPE Austin's other Tweets</a><a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/20175256" target="_blank" title="Twitter Ads info and privacy">Twitter Ads info and privacy</a><p>Colleyville Heritage changed the course of the game with a four-run second inning, and never looked back. Chandler Freeman started the surge with a one-out single, and advanced to second and third after Jacob Guerrero and AJ Smith hits. Joey Koetting drove them in with his RBI double, and scored on Logan Britt's RBI single.</p><p>"Just joy," Koetting said of the go-ahead hit. "I feel like that was the turning point. Just unbelievable. No way to comprehend that."</p><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137419541607305216" target="_blank"><img alt="Embedded video" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1137419471377903618/pu/img/BUVvKy8RHbKVs64F?format=jpg&name=900x900"></a><blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1060635521490145281/DV4GLiJE_normal.jpg"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank">VYPE Austin@VypeATX</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137419541607305216" target="_blank"></a>Colleyville Heritage storms back with Joey Koetting's RBI double, which scored AJ Smith, Jacob Guerrero and Chandler Freeman. He also scored on Logan Britt's RBI single, so Panthers lead Georgetown 4-2 after the top of the second. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txhsbaseball?src=hash" target="_blank">#txhsbaseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/centexpreps?src=hash" target="_blank">#centexpreps</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UILState?src=hash" target="_blank">#UILState</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VYPEATX?src=hash" target="_blank">#VYPEATX</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1137419541607305216" target="_blank" title="Like">4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137419541607305216" target="_blank">1:02 PM - Jun 8, 2019</a></blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank" title="View VYPE Austin's profile on Twitter">See VYPE Austin's other Tweets</a><a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/20175256" target="_blank" title="Twitter Ads info and privacy">Twitter Ads info and privacy</a><p>A six-run fourth inning followed to put the game out of reach. Britt used a RBI single to drive in Jack McTighe, Nicolas Balsano followed with a RBI single that added a Koetting run, and Mason Greer's RBI single sent Britt home for another run. Freeman also powered his bat to a triple, which scored Greer and Balsano, and wrapped up the frame with a run off a wild pitch.</p><p>Balsano's fifth inning RBI double to the right field corner also drove in Britt for an 11-2 lead, and Britt added a sixth inning triple that scored Guerrero, Smith and Koetting for the final three runs of the run-rule victory.</p><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137442903796736000" target="_blank"><img alt="Embedded video" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1137442835806994432/pu/img/LIx5RYzzYrOETINT?format=jpg&name=900x900"></a><blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1060635521490145281/DV4GLiJE_normal.jpg"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank">VYPE Austin@VypeATX</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137442903796736000" target="_blank"></a>Colleyville Heritage scored a run in the 5th, and three more on this RBI triple in the 6th, so it's 14-2 against Georgetown. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txhsbaseball?src=hash" target="_blank">#txhsbaseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/centexpreps?src=hash" target="_blank">#centexpreps</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UILState?src=hash" target="_blank">#UILState</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VYPEATX?src=hash" target="_blank">#VYPEATX</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1137442903796736000" target="_blank" title="Like"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX/status/1137442903796736000" target="_blank">2:34 PM - Jun 8, 2019</a></blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VypeATX" target="_blank" title="View VYPE Austin's profile on Twitter">See VYPE Austin's other Tweets</a><a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/20175256" target="_blank" title="Twitter Ads info and privacy">Twitter Ads info and privacy</a><p>Along with his game-winning hit, Britt was named the VYPE Player of the Game. He had five RBIs, three hits and two runs in the season finale.</p><p>"I knew we hadn't run-ruled in anybody in the playoffs, so I knew the time was coming," said Britt. "It just happened to be the state game, so it's kind of surreal."</p><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1137454493078097920" target="_blank"><img alt="Embedded video" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1137454354292715521/pu/img/mX0Kp-jPxOx11tHK?format=jpg&name=900x900"></a><blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1063187230263373824/ycp4d05a_normal.jpg"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW" target="_blank">VYPE DFW@VYPEDFW</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1137454493078097920" target="_blank"></a>VYPE Player of the Game & Chicago White Sox draft pick Logan Britt (3/5,5 RBIs,2 runs&game-winning hit) led Colleyville Heritage to a 14-2 win (6 innings) in the UIL 5A state championship game. 1st state title for school's baseball program. <a href="https://twitter.com/lbritt12_" target="_blank">@lbritt12_</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txhsbaseball?src=hash" target="_blank">#txhsbaseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UILState?src=hash" target="_blank">#UILState</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DFW?src=hash" target="_blank">#DFW</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1137454493078097920" target="_blank" title="Like">12</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW/status/1137454493078097920" target="_blank">3:20 PM - Jun 8, 2019</a></blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/VYPEDFW" target="_blank" title="View VYPE DFW's profile on Twitter">See VYPE DFW's other Tweets<br></a>
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