Katy ekes out 2-0 win over PSJA in Texas UIL Class 6A Division II semifinals opener
No. 14 Katy has its sights set on the Texas UIL Class 6A Division II state championship, but they have to get past Pharr-San Juan-Alamo first.
Katy ekes out 2-0 win over PSJA in Texas UIL Class 6A Division II semifinals opener originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Home runs by EK Smith and Lexie Waugh would prove to be enough for the Katy Tigers to get past the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears, 2-0, Thursday on a night when the pitching dominated.
Both homers were of the solo variety with Smith striking in the first inning and seizing the early momentum for Katy, the nation's No. 14-ranked team in the latest edition of the MaxPreps national rankings . Then Waugh's blast doubled the lead to 2-0 in the third inning, but that's where it would remain the rest of the way until Katy made its final stand on the mound in the top of the seventh to end the game there.
The Tigers take a 1-0 lead in the series, and with one more win, they'll advance to the state championship series next weekend against the winner of the Forney-Guyer series in the Texas UIL Class 6A Division II playoffs. HOW TO WATCH : Katy vs. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo on the NFHS Network __________ Refresh for updates __________ FINAL — Katy 2, PSJA 0 __________ SEVENTH INNING __________ PSJA will probably lament losing this game to the nation's No.
14 team. It was there for the taking on a night when pitching dominated, but they just never could figure things out at the plate. __________ SIXTH INNING __________ Katy unable to add to its lead.