"Our" High School Takes Texas State Championship In Baseball -- June 9, 2109

Link here.

The Texas high school baseball championship won on "runs-rule." If, at five innings, one team has scored ten more runs than the other, the game is over. The game is over at 4.5 innings if the higher-scoring team is the home team (batting at the bottom of the inning).

The high school that took the high school championship, highest division: ours! The one that is immediately adjacent to our apartment. The school and our apartment complex share a fence.

Some data points from that story linked above:

• first state title for this baseball team
• won on the "runs-rule": 
• this team ("our school") was ranked #2 in the state and #3 in the nation
• this team had three players taken in this year's MLB First-Year Player Draft, including second overall pick Bobby Witt, Jr
• Bobby Witt, Jr: Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year
• the team had seven players sign letters of intent to NCAA Division 1 programs 
• the team was 39 - 3 this season
• this was the school's second team title, joining the 1999 girl's soccer team
• the final game: 18 hits by the winning team -- a 5A state tournament record for one game
• Texas high schools: five "A" division: 1A through 5A; 5A being the largest schools
• MVP: 2 for 2 with three RBIs and three runs scored
• MVP: hit a deep liner over the left-fielder for a three-run double that gave Heritage a 3-2 lead in the second inning 
• the losing team, Georgetown (41-5-1) was also state runner-up in 2015
• Georgetown is 30 miles from Austin; Southwestern University is located in Georgetown 

More at this post.

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Indy Racing Under The Lights

My first time at a professional race. Texas Motor Speedway. Awesome experience. Indy racing -- open wheel racing. Top speeds of 225 mph. Almost impossible to catch the number of the car as they sped by. Like all stadiums with this type of seating, the "spaces" are way to close. Suggestion: when purchasing tickets, purchase one or two extra "children" tickets. "Children" tickets are incredibly inexpensive and add significantly more space to your seating.

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Twitter Photos: State Baseball Championship