Eagle Pass Lady Eagles Softball Face San Antonio Harlan Lady Hawks in Bi-District Championship Series on April 30-May 1
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
The high-flying Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles Softball team will face the San Antonio Harlan High School Lady Hawks in a best of three Bi-District Championship series on Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1, 2021 in Eagle Pass and San Antonio, Texas.
The Lady Eagles are the first place team in District 30-6A while the Lady Hawks finished as the fourth place team in District 29-6A.
Coincidentally, the Bi-District Championship playoff series will feature Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles Head Coach Oscar Ruiz against two of his former standout softball players, Alexandra Rodriguez who is the Head Coach of the Harlan Lady Hawks, and Sandra Mendoza, who is an Assistant Coach of the Lady Hawks. Ruiz tutored and mentored Rodriguez and Mendoza for four years as Lady Eagles softball players before they each went on to compete collegiately, Rodriguez with the St. Mary’s University Rattlers and Mendoza with the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks. Now, the young proteges return with collegiate experience against their former mentor who remains under the helm of the longstanding, successful Eagle Pass Lady Eagles Softball program.
The Lady Eagles enter the Bi-District Championship series with an overall 12-6-3 record and a 10-2 district mark while the Lady Hawks sport an overall record of 12-10 and a 10-6 district mark.
The Lady Eagles include Karyna Perez, Alyssa Galvan, Lashay Reyes, Bianca Vielma, Shania Dunn, Valeria Vielma, Gabriela Galvan, Valeria Salinas, Lexi Gonzalez, Kiana Esquivel, Kaylynne Ruiz, Paola Chavarria, Natalie Flores, Janel Ramos, Iliana Luna, Anahi Gutierrez, Lynsey Rodriguez, and Carly Rankin.
The first game of the Bi-District Championship series will be held on Friday, April 30, 2021 at 6 p.m. at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Student Activity Center Softball Field. The second game will be held at the San Antonio Northside Independent School District Softball Complex on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 2 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas. If necessary, a Game three will be held 30 minutes following Game 2 at the San Antonio Northside ISD Softball Complex.
All loyal Eagle Nation aficionados are encouraged to attend the Bi-District Softball Championship series and support the Lady Eagles on to victory over the Harlan Lady Hawks. Go Lady Eagles! Beat the Lady Hawks!
