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Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Sport
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Liberty-Eylau falls in state title game
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — The Liberty-Eylau baseball team fell in the state title game 4-3 Thursday night against Corpus Christi London. The Leopards led 3-2 in the 5th inning but gave up a pair of runs in the top of the inning to give up the lead. Liberty-Eylau struggled at the plate, finishing the game with just two hits. The Leopards tied the game at one when Collin Evans grounded out in the 1st inning, scoring Eli Jarvis on the fielders choice. In the 2nd inning the Leopards would take the lead after a sacrifice fly that would score junior Maddax Moore. The Leopards weren't able to score a run the rest of the game, falling short of back-to-back state championships. Zach Fowler's crew would go on to finish the season with a record of 36-5. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
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Liberty-Eylau heading back to the state championship for third year in a row
FORNEY, TX (KTAL/KMSS) – After sweeping Iowa Park in the semi-state series, the Liberty-Eylau Leopards are heading back to the state championship for the third consecutive year, with the chance to win the title for a second time in a row. The Leopards won game one against Iowa Park in dramatic fashion on Friday night, going into the seventh inning down 2-1, but came back to win 7-2. Saturday's game was more straight to the point. Collin Evans got things going with a two RBI single giving the Leopards an early lead in the first. Then in the third, RBIs from Gabe Jarvis and Cade McCleod put Liberty-Eylau up 4-0 to win the game. 'You work real hard to get to this moment, so this is a fun one,' head coach Zach Fowler said. 'There's one more dog pile we wanna jump on and that's next Thursday. So, after we celebrate this evening, go eat good, we're gonna turn our attention to Corpus Christi, London, an unfamiliar opponent and we're gonna start prepping for them and hopefully we'll give everything we got on Thursday night and Dell Diamond.' Although the Leopards are no stranger to the title game, the feeling never gets old. 'It's 3rd time in a row but you never want to take it for granted. I mean it's not even normal because every year is a different year and this year from the start of the year to now we've worked our butt off. And now it's just one more,' senior Triston Haugh said. 'We're doing it for not only the coaches and the team, but the community and they backed us up all year so I mean that's all we can ask for.' Even for the juniors on the team who nothing but state championships, it is still a special moment. 'I don't really expect it,' junior Maddax Moore said. 'We just put in all this work and it happens and you look up and you're at the finish line.' Liberty-Eylau will play in the state title game at Dell Diamond in Round Rock on Thursday, June 5th against Corpus Christi, London. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Liberty-Eylau advances to the regional finals with victory over Whitesboro
PARIS, TX (KTAL/KMSS) — On Saturday, Liberty-Eylau baseball faced off against Whitesboro in the regional semifinals. Going into the day, the Leopards led the series 1-0 and was eager to sweep the Bearcats. Britain Pipes was first to get the Leopards on the board. An overthrow while stealing second allowed him to get to third, when another overthrow from Whitesboro went into the Liberty-Eylau dugout, advancing Pipes to home. The two teams were caught in a defense stalemate from that moment until the sixth inning, when Whitesboro came up with two runs and took the lead. With the threat of a game three looming, Liberty-Eylau went into the bottom of the sixth ready to do some damage. Arian Taylor got the inning started, with a two RBI single regaining the lead for the Leopards. After that, the Bearcats had no answer on the mound for Liberty-Eylau's momentum and the Leopards went on to claim the 8-2 victory. 'We talked about having a team that can win any type of game, whether it's 10-9 or 1-0. This was a different type of game and we had to find a different way to win it,' head coach Zach Fowler said. 'So, today was kind of grind it out, get a pitcher off the mound, sometimes you gotta go attack guys, but today we let them kind of throw a lot of pitches and attack the next guy.' The Leopards advance to the regional finals round where they will play the winner of Gunter and Hughes Springs. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
