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Lake Creek's Ava Brown
LIONS SHARE: Lake Creek's team effort leads to State Final return; photo gallery preview
The opening game of the UIL-5A State Tournament at McCombs Field did not disappoint.
Both Lake Creek and Frisco Heritage initially experienced difficulties when attempting to get their base-runners across home plate--primarily due to the exceptional pitching and defense both sides have come to expect.
However, that all changed in the bottom of the fourth inning, when LSU-signee Maddie McKee (Sr. SS) sparked the Lions offense with an RBI-triple to bring home senior outfielder Jolie Bazan. Shortly after Madalyn Davis (Fr. 2B) and Payton Bauer (Sr. DH/OF) would run home off of two separate errors committed by Frisco Heritage.
With the score now 3-0, Lake Creek didn't have much trouble scoring after that.
Inning No. 5 saw the Lions score five runs to distance themselves from the Coyotes.
Florida-signee Ava Brown (Sr. RHP) began the score-fest with an RBI-double, followed by an RBI-double by freshman phenom Madalyn Davis, a two-RBI double by UTSA-signee Kalee Rochinski (Sr. C), and an RBI-single by senior OF Shelby Winn to make the score 8-0.
Brown would go on to add another run in the ensuing inning, via a sac-fly, which would ultimately seal Lake Creek's return to the UIL State Title game, which will be played tomorrow at 1 pm.
The reigning champs are just one game away from sealing their repeat. Stay tuned.
NOTABLE STATS
2022-23 Lake Creek High School Softball
THE WIND UP: VYPE Softball Rankings, No. 1 Lake Creek Lions
Lake Creek put together the perfect season in 2022.
The Lions won the program’s first-ever State Title and Ava Brown was named the Gatorade Texas Player of the Year. She signed with Florida after registering an immaculate 0.46 ERA and 335 strikeouts last season.
It was a busy signing day in November as seven Lions signed to play college softball. Along with Brown, Maddie McKee (LSU), Kalee Rochinski (UTSA), Shelby Winn (University of Central Arkansas), Madison Johnson (Angelina College), Payton Bauer (LeTourneau University), and Jolie Bozan (Tyler JC) also signed.
This team is completely loaded for a run back to Austin and a second-straight State Championship. The Lions are ready to roar again.
By the way, they went 41 and 0 last year.
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