Softball 
A Real Rally: Told he would die, prepared for death, Furr kept coaching(0)
As Rick Furr went to sleep, he turned to his wife and said goodbye. His 11-year-old twin daughters were asleep on a sofa bed across the room, a large suite he’d been moved to hours earlier. Rick was told he would be more comfortable there. He was told he would die there. Rick had dealt [...]
Countryman to coach Estacado softball
Stan Countryman enters an unusually good situation at Estacado. The veteran softball coach will leave Plainview to take over the reins next season of a Lady Matadors squad coming off the best season in program history. Coaches don’t typically enter such a positive scenario, and Countryman certainly isn’t complaining. “When I came to Plainview we [...]
Coronado pair shines bright
The Coronado softball team’s darkest hour came on March 13. Literally. After losing the first game of a doubleheader on the road against Midland Lee, the Lady Mustangs were forced to accept a tie in the nightcap as darkness fell upon a field without lights. In the highly competitive District 2-5A, the weekend’s failure could [...]
All-State Softball Team
The Texas Girls Coaches Association honored seven South Plains softball standouts on the all-state team. Coronado catcher Megan Granado made the team for a third consecutive season in Class 5A. Frenship’s Maddie Johnson and Ashley Nabors made the 4A team, as well. Shortstop Marissa Martinez and pitcher Shelby Calderon of Ralls were selected to the [...]
Kegans resigns as Estacado softball coach
Christina Kegans is out as head coach of the Estacado softball team. Kegans led the Lady Matadors this season to their first playoff appearance after taking second place with a 7-3 record in District 1-3A and a 17-17 overall mark. She finished her three-year tenure with a record of 34-57. Kegans submitted her letter of [...]
Frenship, Coronado exit softball playoffs
ABILENE — The Frenship softball team will have to wait until next year for its first regional final appearance. The Tigers struggled in Game 2 of their Region I-4A semifinal series Saturday afternoon at Abilene High School, and their season came to an end after a 6-3 loss to Mansfield Legacy, which swept the series. [...]
Plano edges Lady Mustangs
ABILENE – The Coronado softball team knew exactly what to expect from Plano in Game 1 of its best-of-three Region I-5A semifinal series Friday night at Wells Field. Lady Mustangs coach J.J. Johnson and his team knew that if it played clinical defense, pitched well, and came up with a few timely hits, they just [...]
Full-strength Tigers peaking at right time
Frenship struggled to stay healthy throughout the 2010 softball season. Here and there, injuries took their toll. But the Tigers still managed a 7-1 District 4-4A record and won a fourth consecutive title. For as good as Frenship can be at less than 100 percent, the playoffs so far have shown how good the Tigers [...]
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- Pitching key for No. 7 Coronado
- Coaches, players put aside rivalry in support of West Texas softball
- Coronado triples-up on rival Midland to advance in playoffs
- Garza’s walk-off blast sends Tigers to semis
- Softball roundup: Bell, Nabors lead Frenship to Game 1 win
- Weather wreaks havoc with baseball, softball playoffs
- Playoff Roundup: Shallowater run-rules Floydada in opener
- Area Baseball and Softball Playoff Previews
- No. 3 Ralls set to face defending champs
- Frisco Legacy tops LCHS in TAPPS regional final
- High School Softball Playoffs
- Cooper rallies past Greenwood to advance to I-3A quarterfinals
- Fillies finish sweep of Lady Lopes
- Cooper falls apart in late innings
- Softball playoff roundup: Navarrette, Coronado blank Richland
- LCHS steps up in softball playoff