1 day Ago By The Abilene Reporter-News
With district play starting to ramp up around the Lone Star State, the 2024-25 Texas high school softball and baseball seasons are heating up.Several of the Big Country’s top pitchers and most prolific hitters put on electric performances to power their teams to pivotal victories last week.Here’s a closer look at the Big Country’s top performers on the baseball and softball diamonds for the week of March 24-30, 2025:Keagan Ables, Hawley baseballAbles powered Hawley to a big 15-3 win against Haskell in District 8-2A play, tallying a 3-for-3 mark at the plate with four RBIs, a pair of runs scored, a double and a stolen base.
Lynette Aguilar, Abilene Cooper softballAguilar was a clutch hitter for the Cougars in their 11-4 victory over Wichita Falls Memorial and 7-6 loss to Coahoma. She went 3-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs, three runs scored, a triple and a walkLea Aviles, Snyder softballAviles shined in a pair of huge District 5-4A victories for the Tigers last week against Lubbock Cooper Liberty (16-1) and Big Spring (11-0). She finished the week 4-for-6 at the plate and tallied six stolen bases, five runs scored, three RBIs, three walks, two home runs and a pair of doubles.
Tye Briscoe, Abilene Wylie baseballBriscoe helped the Bulldogs split a pair of District 4-5A matchups last week, beating Wichita Falls Legacy (13-3) and narrowly losing to crosstown rival Abilene Cooper (3-2). The Arkansas Razorbacks commit finished the week 3-for-6 at the plate with three RBIs, three walks, a pair of doubles and a run scored for Wylie.Camp Churchill, Abilene High baseballChurchill locked up Abilene High’s 4-2 win over Boyd on the mound, racking up 10 strikeouts with four walks, three hits and one earned run allowed in six innings pitched.
He also went 3-for-5 at the plate with six RBIs, five runs scored, three walks and a triple during a 3-0 week for the Eagles.More: Texas high school baseball: Big Country’s top 85 baseball players to watch in 2025More: Texas high school softball: Big Country’s top 85 softball players to watch in 2025More: Texas high school football: Abilene Reporter-News 2024 All-Big Country Football SuperteamMore: Stamford head coach Wayne Hutchinson named 2024 All-Big Country Football Coach of the YearMore: Texas high school football: Stamford’s Kaston Vega named 2024 All-Big Country Football MVPColby Clinkscales, Tuscola Jim Ned baseballClinkscales played a major role in locking up back-to-back wins for the Indians against Sweetwater (8-2) and San Angelo Grape Creek (5-0) in District 6-3A play. Jim Ned’s shortstop went 4-for-7 at the plate with three RBIs, two runs scored, two doubles and a pair of steals.
Fallan Everette, Stephenville softballEverette was virtually unstoppable at the plate last week in the Honeybees’ 10-3 win over Mineral Wells. She finished 3-for-4 at the plate with seven RBIs, a home run, a double and a run scored.Easton Meador, Coleman baseballMeador helped the Bluecats secure back-to-back blowout wins over Winters by going 6-for-10 at the plate with four RBIs, three stolen bases, a double and a run scored.
Jacci Pate, Comanche softballPate posted a 3-for-5 performance at the plate with seven RBIs, seven runs scored, five walks, two stolen bases, a home run, a triple and a double in the Maidens’ dominant District 8-3A wins over Tolar (10-7) and Breckenridge (24-7). She also picked up a pair of wins in the circle for Comanche, tossing nine strikeouts with 16 hits and four walks allowed in 13 innings pitched.Jackson Poole, Clyde baseballPoole tossed a shutout for the Bulldogs in their 6-0 win over Merkel and tallied 12 strikeouts with four walks and one hit allowed through six scoreless innings pitched.
Cheyenne Rush, Bangs softballRush crushed the ball at the plate during the Dragons’ runaway 17-2 victory against De Leon. She finished 3-for-5 with five RBIs, a pair of runs scored, a home run, a double and a walk.Andie Simpson, Early softballSimpson went 4-for-8 at the plate for Early and slugged six RBIs, three runs scored, a pair of stolen bases, two doubles and a home run in wins against Dublin (18-4) and Millsap (9-2).
Hudson Smith, Hamlin baseballSmith smoked the ball in the Pied Pipers’ back-to-back victories over Jayton (11-4) and Baird (19-3) He ended the week with a 6-for-7 mark at the plate and racked up seven RBIs, four runs scored and a stolen base.Cade Strube, Ballinger baseballStrube picked up a win on the mound during Ballinger’s two-game sweep of Cisco last week, tallying eight strikeouts with two hits and one walk allowed through seven scoreless innings in a 7-0 victory. He also posted a 3-for-7 mark at the plate with three runs scored, two RBIs, a double and a stolen base.
Raylan Villanueva, Stamford softballVillanueva had a monster week offensively for Stamford in wins against Albany (18-0) and Anson (11-1). She went a perfect 6-for-6 at the plate, mashed three extra-base hits and racked up eight RBIs, seven runs scored, two doubles, a pair of walks and a home run.Hannah Wells, Coahoma softballWells was terrific for the undefeated Bulldogettes during a 3-0 week that featured wins over Crane, Abilene Cooper and Stanton.
The Texas Longhorns signee went 5-for-6 at the plate with six RBIs, five runs scored, two home runs, a double, a walk and a steal. She also earned a win in the circle against Cooper, collecting 14 strikeouts with five hits and two walks allowed in seven innings pitched.This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Big Country HS baseball, softball top performers (March 24-30).
