Eagle Pass Eagles draw San Antonio Reagan Rattlers for Regional Finals Championship
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.
Editor’s Note: The Eagles vs. Reagan Rattlers Regional Baseball Championship Game on Friday, May 30th, at 7:30 P.M. will be broadcast live on the internet at: www.tsrnsports.com.
The talent-laden Regional Semifinal Champions Eagle Pass High School Eagles have drawn the potent San Antonio Reagan High School Rattlers as their opponent in a one game winner take all playoff for the 2014 University Interscholastic League Region IV-5A Baseball Championship on Friday, May 30, 2014, at 7:30 P.M. at Veterans Baseball Field in Laredo, Texas, announced Eagles Head Coach Reynol Mendoza.
The San Antonio Reagan Rattlers defeated District 29-5A Champion Laredo Alexander High School Bulldogs in a best of three series culminating in a 9-3 victory in Game Three on Saturday, May 24th, at San Antonio Wolff Stadium. Laredo Alexander won Game One on Thursday, May 22nd, by a score of 9-5 while the Reagan Rattlers won Game Two on Friday, May 23rd by a score of 2-0. The Reagan Rattlers improved to 34-6 overall in the season and are one of the state’s premier high school baseball programs and are led by their ace right hand pitcher Troy Montemayor.
The Eagle Pass Eagles defeated the No. 1 ranked 5A baseball team in Texas, Corpus Christi Carroll High School Tigers, 2-1 on Friday, May 23rd, in a one game playoff at the San Antonio Independent School District Spring Sports Complex to punch the ticket to the Elite Eight-Regional Finals Championship on Friday, May 30th, in Laredo. The Eagles are led by standout sophomore right hand pitcher Tony Galvan. The Eagles improved to 25-10-1 overall in the season.
The winner between the Eagles and the Rattlers advances and earns a berth to the prestigious 2014 University Interscholastic League State 5A Baseball Championship Tournament during June 6-7th at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. The Eagles are seeking to go to the Final Four state baseball tournament for the fifth time in their storied history.
All Eagle Pass baseball aficionados and throughout the state of Texas are encouraged to attend the Eagles one game Regional Finals Championship on Friday, May 30th, at Laredo and cheer them on to victory over the San Antonio Reagan Rattlers.
The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates the Eagle Pass Eagles on their historic upset victory over the No. 1 state-ranked Corpus Christi Carroll Tigers at the Regional Semifinals Championship and wishes them all the best in their Regional Championship game against the San Antonio Reagan Rattlers. Go Eagles Baby!
