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The Dripping Springs High School Lady Tigers have gotten off to the kind of start expected of them.
The Lady Tigers softball team was able to muscle their way to a 5-1 record in the Comal tourney and then add an opening 5-0 win over Austin High School in district play. With the Brittany Tuck tourney looming this past weekend, the Lady Tigers are 7-1 on the season and looking for more wins.
At the Comal tourney, Dripping Springs started off with a rematch with New Braunfels High School. An eight-run fourth quarter was key to the 12-9 win. Erika Kanetzky and Haiden Anderson headed up the 14-hit attack with three apiece. Elianna Amato and Jai-Lynn Flores added two each. H. Anderson and Flores kicked in a homerun each. Pitch: H. Anderson 4IP, 6H, 8R, 4ER, 7W, 3K. Flores tossed the final inning.
Smithson Valley High School fell next, 0-9 against the DSHS team. H. Anderson had three of the 12 hits. Jordan Cox, Kate Tressler and Flores had two. Taylor Anderson and Cox homered. Cox pitched a complete game: 5IP, 3H, 4W, 7K.
Plano West High School was the next to fall with Dripping Springs winning 9-2. Leading hitters were T. Anderson, Linan Scott, H. Anderson, Flores. H. Anderson had another homer. Pitch: Flores 6IP, 6H, 2R, 1ER, 2W, 5K.
Allen High School was blanked 10-0. Kanetzky, Cox, Flores and Keira Hector had two of the 13 hits. Pitch: H. Anderson 6IP, 4H, 1W, 1K.
Switching things up, Boerne High School jumped off to a 5-0 lead, and the Lady Tigers could not make up the difference in the 8-6 loss. T. Anderson had two of the eight hits. Hector, Scott and Tressler added doubles. Pitch: Cox 2.1IP, 5H, 6R, 4ER, 1W, 3K. Flores: 3.2IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 1W, 1K.
Smithson Valley did not fare any better the second time around, dropping a 2-8 decision as a four-run first quarter got the Lady Tigers off on the right foot. H. Anderson pitched the complete game.
The Austin High School game may have been a little tougher than imagined. Cox pitched a seven-inning gem, giving up two hits, walking one and striking out 10. Flores got two of the five hits while T. Anderson scored twice and stole three bases.
