HIGHLANDER BASEBALL NEWS ARCHIVES

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An archive of articles covering Highlander Baseball as reported by The Conroe Courier, Houston Chronicle, volunteer correspondents and other generous contributors.

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2007 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]

2006 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]

2005 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]

04/30/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green Rallies In 8th To Defeat Oak Ridge TWHS Sophomore Green team closed out the their season with a thrilling win over Oakridge, 7-3, that went extra innings. TWHS Green team finished 1st in District 14-5A with a 13 and 1 record. Their overall record was 19 and 4.   More...   [Top]

04/26/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green Clinches District 14-5A The Sophomore Green team clinched District 14-5A with a 6-3 win over the Lufkin Panthers. The Green team is 12 and 1 in District play with 1 game left. Travis Keating went the distance and pitched 7 innings holding the Panthers to 5 hits. The Green offense had 8 hits including a solo home run by Austin Pruitt.   More...   [Top]

04/24/05 Volunteer S

Sophomore Green Wins Over Huntsville and Conroe The Green followed a close 5-4 win over HUntsville on Friday with a decisive 9-0 victory over the Conroe Tigers on Saturday afternoon in Conroe. On Friday night Friday night Jon Delgado pitched 6 innings and was 3-4 with 1 home run and Saturday John Kholi was 4-5 and led the 13 hit offensive attack behind Scott Johnstons 2 hit, 13 strikeout complete game.   More...   [Top]

04/15/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green Run Rules Klein Forest Sophomore Green team improves their District 14-5A record to 9 and 1 with a run-rule shortened game over Klein Forest Eagles 11-3. Robert Gilmore led the offensive attack by going 4 for 4. Grant Gullo and Jake Carlson pitched for the Green team and gave up only 2 hits while striking out 11 Eagle batters.   More...   [Top]

04/12/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green 14-2 Over Klein Bearkats Sophomore Green team stays on top of District 14-5a with a decisive win over Klein Bearcats. The offense exploded with 13 hits against Klein. TWHS Sophomore Green is now 8 and 1 in district play with 5 games left to play. Travis Keating and Sean Miller teamed up to stifle the Bearcats.   More...   [Top]

04/08/05 Volunteer S		Sophomore Green stays on top in District 14-5A with a win over Klein Collins 4-2 Austin Pruitt pitched 7 innings giving up 2 hits behind a very solid defense. Klein Collins held the Green team to just 1 run until the 6th inning.   More...   [Top]

04/05/05 Volunteer S		Sophomore Green Shuts Out Oak Ridger 4-0 Sophomore Green shut out the War Eagles 4-0 behind the pitching of Travis Keating. Travis held Oakridge to 2 hits while striking out 11.   More...   [Top]

04/02/05 Volunteer S	Green Machine Rolls Past Lufkin 4-1 The Sophomore Green team extends to 5 and 1 in District with a 4-1 win over Lufkin Friday afternoon. Austin Pruitt pitched a complete game in the 7 inning contest, giving up 3 hits behind a solid Green defense.   More...   [Top]

03/28/05 Volunteer S		Jake Carlson's Grand Slam Leads Sophomore Green Over Conroe The Sophomore Green team offense stayed hot with a 20-4 romp over District 14-5A rival Conroe Tigers. Jake Carlson hit his first homer of the year, a second inning line-drive grand slam over the left field fence, to lead the offensive barrage, and the pitching duo of Sean Miller and Grant Gullo teamed up to hold the Conroe Tigers to 4 runs.   More...   [Top]

03/25/05 Volunteer S

Green Team Downs Huntsville 13-4 The Sophomore green team started slow but came alive in the middle innings to take their third District win over the Huntsville Hornets 13-4 on Thursday. The Highlanders used a 14 hit performance from a strong line-up, and starter Jake Carlson went a strong four innings on the mound and was followed by Andy Parmigiano who went the final three and closed out the game.   More...   [Top]

03/22/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green Dominates Klein Forest The Sophomore Green team went to 2-1 in District play with a decisive 20-2 win over the Klein Forest Eagles at home Monday night. Travis Keating and Grant Gullo shared the load on the mound, and the offense was provided by a host of Highlanders.   More...   [Top]

03/18/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green Prevails In Slugfest The Highlander Sophomore Green team prevailed in a 11-8 slugfest with the Klein Bearkats at home on Friday night Green team starting pitcher Sean Miller went four and Scott Johnson and Andy Parmigiano handled the remaining innings. Austin Pruitt and Parmigiana had multi-hit games to lead the offense   More...   [Top]

03/15/05 Volunteer S

Sophomore Green Opens District With a Loss To Klein Collins The Highlander Sophomore Green team came into District play after three decisive wins in the Klein ISD tournament over the prior weekend only to drop a close game to Klein Collins. The green team dropped the opener 4-3 on Tuesday to the Tigers, a team they had previously beaten 11-1 in the in the final game of the tournament.   More...   [Top]

03/15/05 Volunteer S	Highlander Sophomore White record 5-1 with 12-2 victory over Oak Ridge The Highlander Sophomore White team capped off a successful weekend by winning the New Caney Tournament. The Highlanders rolled into the finals, posting a 15-2 victory over Aldine and an 11-8 victory over Huntsville.   More...   [Top]

03/12/05 Volunteer S	Sophomore Green Sweeps Klein Tournament Victories over Klein, Klein Oak and Klein Collins lead the green team to the tournament championship. The sophomores won the Klein ISD tournament by going 3-0   More...   [Top]

2004 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]

2003 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]

04/26/03 Volunteer S	Highlanders Whip Conroe 9-1; Win District 15-5A Championship With the 15-5A title on the line, TWHS sophomores unleashed a 13 hit attack on the Conroe Tigers and cruised to a 9-1 victory. The Highlanders used a two out rally in the second to get thescoring started. Austin Hutson singled and stole second. Pablo Fuentes drove inHutson with a base hit.   More...   [Top]

04/22/03 Volunteer S

Highlanders Down Klein Forest Eagles 9-0; District Championship in Sight On a quest for the 15-5A district title, TWHS sophomoresneeded both to shut down Klein Forest’s sticks and to score early in the contest and put the Eagles in a chase mode throughout the game. The Highlanders got both wishes granted in a 9-0 blanking ofthe Eagles as Kyle Drabek threw a complete game one-hitter while the sophs’bats put four on the board in their first at-bat.   More...   [Top]

04/18/03 Volunteer S	Highlanders Blank Westfield On a night when TWHS sophomore bats were anything butimpressive, pitcher Chris Frey scattered three hits while striking out eight Westfield battersshutting down the Mustangs, 5-0. Frey allowed only one runner to reach thirdbase during his six inning stint on the mound while reliever Derek Smith fannedthree in the seventh.   More...   [Top]

04/15/03 Volunteer S

Highlanders Defeat KleinBearcats 9-5 TWHS sophomores jumped on arch rival Klein for four runs inthe first, added two more in the second, and crossed the plate once in thethird, fifth and sixth to win 9-5 in a battle for the 15-5A district lead atKlein. The Highlanders kick-started the scoring effort in theirfirst at-bat when Derek Smith led off with a free pass then advanced to thirdon a botched pick-off attempt.   More...   [Top]

04/12/03 Volunteer S

Highlanders Late RallyFizzles; Drop 7-5 Contest to Spring TWHS sophomores left the bases loaded in their seventh inningat-bat against the Spring Lions and dropped their second district game, 7-5. The Highlanders led 4-2 heading into the bottom of the fifthafter scoring three times in the third and once in the fourth. In the thirdinning, Rory Miller and Steven Maxwell led off the frame with base hits.   More...   [Top]

04/08/03 Volunteer S

Highlanders Trim KleinOak 6-4 On a night when the sticks were less than potent, TWHSsophomores played flawless defense and secured a 6-4 win over Klein Oak. TWHS scored five runs in their first two at-bats. RossWatson’s dinger scored Robbie Ray before him in the first and the sophs punchedacross three more in the second without the benefit of a base hit. Three walks,a hit batter and two Oak errors contributed to the Highlander cause.   More...   [Top]

04/05/03 Volunteer S	Highlanders Spank KleinCollins 14-3 The TWHS sophomores’ bats came alive hitting safely 17 timesand scoring 14 runs in a 14-3 romp over Klein Collins. TWHS plated 7 runs on 7 hits in a 12-batter first inning. RobbieRay and Kyle Brundage singled to start things off, then Chris Frey had an RBIdouble and Charlie Marling singled in two more. Kirby Kirchner kept the stringgoing,   More...   [Top]

04/02/03 Volunteer S	Highlanders Rip Tigers14-1 TWHS sophomores rebounded from their first district loss of theseason with a 14-1 pounding of the Conroe Tigers. Derek Smith and Chris Freygot the hit parade started with singles in the first inning, then PaulGoldschmidt (4-4, 2 RBI) drove both runners in with a triple.   More...   [Top]

03/31/03 Volunteer S	Highlanders SplitDoubleheader With Clear Creek; 11-5, 6-7 TWHS sophomores split a doubleheader with the Clear CreekWildcats winning the opener 11-5, while dropping the second game, 7-6 Creek. In the opener, the sophs got on the scoreboard early and often.In the first, Chris Frey walked, stole second and then scored on a Wildcatmiscue.   More...   [Top]

03/29/03 Volunteer S	Highlander Rally FallsShort; Drop 6-5 Decision to Klein Down by five runs in their last at bat, TWHS sophomoresrallied for four runs to get very close to Klein Forest Trailing6-5 with nobody out and the sacks full, TWHS sophs failed to drive in any runsand suffered their first defeat of the ’03 campaign. With the loss, the sophsstand at 7-1 and 5-1 in 15-5A competition.   More...   [Top]

03/25/03 Volunteer S

Highlanders WrangleMustangs 17-4, Remain Undefeated The Highlanders scored 7 runs in the first inning and 9 runsin the fifth in their 17-4 romp over the Westfield Mustangs. Cody Harmon had three hits while Austin Hutson contributedtwo to the cause. Other players with key hits in the contest were Chris Frey,Robbie Ray, Kyle Brundage, Derek Smith, Rory Miller, Nick Parent and PabloFuentes.   More...   [Top]

03/23/03 Volunteer S	HighlandersTrim Klein Bearcats 7-4, Retain District Lead TWHS sophomore baseball team remained undefeated on theseason with a 7-4 victory over Klein, improving to 6-0, 4-0 in district. Josh Bickle tripled and drove in three runs while Derek Smithdrove in two with a double to the right-center field gap.   More...   [Top]

03/19/03 Volunteer S

Highlanders Tame SpringLions 11-1 in Key District Match-up The Highlander sophomores scored early and often versus theSpring Lions and kept their unblemished record alive with an 11-1 home win. Kyle Drabek’s three run round-tripper followed a lead-offwalk to Robbie Ray and a double by Chris Frey in the first inning. In thesecond frame, singles by Josh Bickle, Frey, Drabek, Paul Goldschmidt and RossWatson plated four more runs, staking the sophs to a 7-0 lead.   More...   [Top]

03/17/03 Volunteer S	Highlanders ShutoutKlein Oak Panthers 13-0, Remain Undefeated Thirteen was a lucky number for TWHS sophomores as theyscored 13 runs while collecting 13 hits in a shutout victory over Klein Oak, The Highlander sophs crossed the pay station nine times inthe first inning, banging out six hits and drawing two walks in their firstat-bat.   More...   [Top]

03/12/03 Volunteer S	Soph’s Open District With 11-4 Win OverKlein Collins Shaking off some considerable rust, the Highlander sophomoreswon its district-opening game over Klein Collins, 11-4 at Scotland Yard Winning pitcher Kyle Drabek struck out nine Tiger hitterswhile reliever Derek Smith fanned six in the victory.   More...   [Top]

02/20/03 Volunteer S

Sophomore Highlanders Win 7-5 Over Tomball PaulGoldschmidt and Ross Watson hit home runs in a come from behind victoryover the Tomball Cougars during opening round action of the Spring ISDsophomore tournament TheHighlander sophs, down by 2 runs, took the lead in the bottom of the third witha hit by Robbie Ray, a walk to Goldschmidt, a double by Kyle Drabek which drovein two, and a rbi single by starting pitcher Ross Watson.   More...   [Top]

02/18/03 Volunteer S

Woodland’s Sophs Open Non-District With Decisive Win Over Clements TWHS'ssophmore baseball team jumped out to a 12-0 lead after three innings andcoasted to a 12-6 win over Clements at Frankie Field. Behindthe starting pitching of Steven Maxwell who blanked the Rangers on 2 hits and 3strikeouts over three frames, the sophs banged out ten hits during Maxwell'sstint and staked the starter to a commanding 12 run lead.   More...   [Top]

2002 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]

2000 Articles       Sophomore                    [Top]