Eagle Pass Eagles blank Edinburg North Cougars 7-0 to sweep Regional Quarterfinals Championship

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

The District Runner-Up, Bi-District, and Area Champion Eagle Pass High School Eagles blanked the Edinburg North High School Cougars 7-0 in Game Two of their best of three series to capture the Regional Quarterfinals Championship on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Laredo Veterans Baseball Stadium at Laredo, Texas, announced Eagles Head Baseball Coach Reynol Mendoza. The Eagles won Game One yesterday, May 16th, by the score of 10-1.

Eagles standout catcher and all-around player Diego Gaona blasted a booming two RBI home run to give the Eagles an early 2-0 lead to the delight of his loyal teammates and Eagles baseball aficionados as well as several Major League Baseball (MLB) scouts who were in attendance scouting him for the upcoming summer MLB draft. Not to be outdone was standout Eagles first-baseman and slugger Mando Lopez who belted a towering grand slam home run to impress the MLB scouts as well. As the Eagle Pass Business Journal has previously written, the Eagles are a talent-laden team with several players capable of reaching the next levels of baseball, including collegiate and professional.

The Eagles strong pitching corps combined the talents of standout right-hand pitcher Julian Castaneda who hurled three scoreless innings and standout lefty pitcher Carlos Barrera who hurled four scoreless innings to earn the win.

The Eagles will now advance to the Regional Semifinals Championship next week against the Corpus Christi Carroll High School Tigers who defeated the San Antonio O’Connor High School Panthers 2-1 in extra innings.

The Eagles and the San Antonio O’Connor Panthers played last year in the Regional Championship in a one game playoff with the Panthers prevailing by a slim margin of 3-2 against former standout Eagle southpaw pitcher Devon Torres, who just informed the Eagle Pass Business Journal that he has signed a letter of intent to play for the mighty University of New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2014-2015, a Division I NCAA Baseball program. Congratulations to Devon Torres.

The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates the Eagle Pass Eagles on winning the Regional Quarterfinals Baseball Championship and wishes them the best against the Corpus Christi Carroll Tigers in the Regional Semifinals next week.