RE-PETE

I had a conversation with Harlingen South coach Tony Leal about Sharyland, McHi and La Joya this past week. He said he really believed that Rattlers coach Barton Bickerton and Bulldogs coach Eliseo Pompa were the best coaches in the Valley.

I would have to agree, especially when it comes to Pompa.

After McHi got pushed around on Friday and then faced the daunting task of beating the Coyotes twice in La Joya, where they had not lost all season, I didn’t think the Bulldogs were going to pull it off.

I have no idea how Pompa got his team to win Games 2 and 3.

I was impressed with both the Bulldogs’ pitchers Saturday, Marshall Miller and James Franz. Miller has to be the MVP with the Game 3 win and Game 2 save. (I didn’t get to write this in my game story but there was nice play in Game 1 by the Bulldogs to get La Joya’s Leo Gonzalez in a rundown on the third base line for the first out of the crucial seventh inning).

The young guys came through for the Bulldogs too. Freshman Omar Pompa drove in the Game-winning run in Game 2 and sophomore Tim Ford, a first-year varsity player, had the eventual game-winning hit in Game 3.

McHi plays the state’s second-ranked team, San Antonio Reagan, next. Check out this story on Reagan.

Shoelace Problems

I forgot to ask Marshall this but I couldn’t understand why he had to keep tying his cleats before every inning. Couldn’t he just double-knot them?

Freebie

I got a a free CD of the music the La Joya press box plays during the games. This is significant because softball writer Jason McDaniel brags about how he always gets a free CD when he attends softball games in La Joya. Just to prove he is not that special, I just asked for one.

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