Billies facing elimination after sweep

The window for the Fredericksburg High School Battlin’ Billies baseball teams’ postseason hopes continues to get smaller and smaller as the District 28-4A season creeps to a close.

The Billies (7-15, 1-7) suffered a series sweep at the hands of the Boerne Greyhounds last week. The pair of losses also resulted in the Billies’ losing streak reaching seven games and with just two games left on the docket, their chances at a playoff berth continue to dwindle.

Boerne blasts the Billies

The Billies looked poised to compete with the number two-ranked Greyhounds at the FHS baseball field on Tuesday, April 19 early on.

Through three innings, sophomore Drake Threadgill had held the Greyhounds offense at bay and the Billies found themselves facing just a 1-0 deficit heading into the bottom half of the third inning.

But Boerne pulled away in the fourth inning as Texas State commit Rashawn Galloway blasted the first of his two home runs on the night to give his team a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning. By the time the dust settled in the inning, the Billies stared down a 7-0 deficit.

Galloway squared up another pitch in the seventh, slugging his second homer of the day to secure the 9-0 victory in Fredericksburg. Three days later, the Bil-

Going into the season, Kaman said he felt the Lady Billies had a shot at making a return to the state tournament despite some youth and credited Richardson for her leadership.

“Sterlin has done a great job of leading the team,” he said. “Our girls’ team is relatively young, but they do have experience at state. I knew we had a chance to get to state and our kids handled it well.” lies went to Boerne to face the Greyhounds on their home turf and unlike their first meeting, Boerne’s offense set the tone early on.

In the first inning, Boerne’s Tyler Garritano slugged a three-run bomb to set his team ahead, 4-0, after an inning.

In the top of the second inning, Fredericksburg senior James Sebera gave the Billies life with his triple to center field, later scoring on an RBI single by sophomore Asher Goehmann.

Garritano made sure his squad held onto the momentum however, as he laced a run-scoring single in the third inning and

The boys will compete in the 4A UIL State Championship Tournament at Legends Golf Course in Kingsland on May 9-10. The Lady Billies will compete at the same course on May 16-17. Kaman said he likes the Billies’ chances at state as long as they continue to improve on their play.

“For both teams, all we need is two solid days,” he said. “If we can be solid for two days, then we can let later scored on a double by Xander Cloudy. the chips fall where they may.” While little incentive is needed for a state title, Kaman and the Lady Billies came up with a way to make a medal that much more enticing.

Garritano finished the night with six RBI as he powered the Greyhounds offense to an 11-1 home victory.

For the Billies, Sebera, Goehmann and sophomore Weston Herber garnered the only hits of the night.

Goehmann took the loss on the mound after surrendering seven runs in three innings.

Senior Quentin Carpenter was solid in relief, however, as he shut out the Greyhounds in his two innings of work.

“I told them if they medal at state, they can dye my hair,” he said. “They chose pink! I am ugly enough as is, so I can’t imagine what I would look like with pink hair, but I would gladly do it if it helps them reach

The hope remains While the seven-game skid has the Billies down and a 1-7 district record seems insurmountable, there remains a scenario that includes the Billies in the postseason. The Davenport Wolves, whom the Billies split the district series with, 1-1, sits at 3-5 following a series loss to Wimberley. If the Billies sweep Bandera in their final two games and the Wolves suffer a sweep to the hands of Canyon Lake in their final series, a tie for fourth place would occur, giving the Billies a shot at a postseason berth.