Eagle Pass Lady Eagles sweep Edinburg North to clinch Area Championship

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

The potent Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles Softball Team swept the stingy Edinburg North High School Lady Cougars in two straight games to clinch the Area Championship during May 8-9, 2015 at Laredo ISD Zachry Softball Field in Laredo, Texas.

On Friday, May 8th, the Lady Eagles busted open a zero to zero game in the third inning with four runs to take a commanding 4-0 lead and added another two runs in the fourth inning to close out the game with a hard-fought 6-0 victory in Game One of the best of three series.

On Saturday, May 9th, the Lady Eagles tallied two runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 2-0 lead and added another run in the sixth inning to earn the second game win by the final score of 3-0, clinching the Area Softball Championship.

The Lady Eagles shut out the potent Lady Cougars’ batters in both games with two outstanding performances by standout southpaw pitcher Krystal De La Cruz and a fine defensive effort by the team.

The Lady Eagles now advance to the Regional Quarter-Finals Championship next week against the Edinburg High School Lady Bobcats in a best of three series. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday, May 15, 2015, at 7 P.M. at Northeast Judson in San Antonio, Texas while Game 2 is set for Saturday, May 16th, at 2 P.M., and, if necessary, Game 3 will follow 30 minutes after Game 2.

The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates the Eagle Pass Lady Eagles on their 2015 District 29-5A, Bi-District, and Area Championships and wishes them the best of luck against the Edinburg Lady Bobcats in the Region IV Sweet 16 Round.