State contenders claim area titles; Mineral Wells & Springtown headed to game three

Once the game settled and ...

5A Div. I Aledo 5-3 Fort Worth Paschal * Lucas Nawrocki: 1-1, 2 R, solo HR, 2 BB * Dylan Duran: 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B * Luke Sandefur: 4 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K * Aledo 2-0 series win Paschal took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning that took a while for Aledo to bounce back from. Lucas Nawrocki struck first for the Bearcats with a lead-off home run in the second.

Once the game settled and Aledo was up to bat in the fourth, Landon Barnes hit a one-out triple. Nawrocki earned a walk to put runners at the corners before Barnes scored on a wild pitch during the next at-bat to tie the game at two. Duran gave Aledo its first lead of the night with a 2-run double in the top of the sixth.

Reid Huffman added another with an RBI single in the top of the seventh. Following Luke Sandefur's no-hit performance through four innings, Dane Browne finished out the contest with three innings of work. Outside of a solo homer and a single with two outs, Browne closed it out and picked up the win.