Baseball, Softball teams lose heartbreakers

From Staff Reports

Wednesday was not in the cards for Jefferson baseball and softball teams at Elysian Fields. Both teams lost their games.

Jefferson Softball lost 3-16 to EF

Highlights of the game include:

  • Marleigh Mears with 2 hits 
  • Tawny Foster with an RBI
  • Falicia Craver with 2
  • Vanesa Bautista with an RBI. 

Lady Bulldogs will be playing Waskom, Friday at Home beginning with JV at 4:30 p.m. and Varsity to follow

ETHS takes over in 7th

ELYSIAN FIELDS TOURNAMENT –  The Jefferson Bulldogs held a 4-0 lead entering the top of the 7th inning in the Brandon Goyne Elysian Fields Tournament, but ETHS came storming back with the help of timely hits & a costly Bulldog error – scoring 5 runs to snatch a 5-4 victory.

ETHS             0 0 0 0 0 0 5      8      1
JEFFERSON 1 0 0 0 3 0 0      7      3

WP: Dragoo  7IP/1K/1BBLP: Judsen Carter (1-1)  7IP/5K/0BB
2B – Jefferson:  Knox Tomlinson, Judsen Clark, Lucas Polver, Ryan Yeater     – ETHS: Dragoo, Fontenot3B – Jefferson:  Ryan Yeater 

Waskom pitching takes out Jefferson 9-1

JEFFERSON, TX – Waskom’s Carson Gonzalez threw a 112 pitch complete game, 9-1 win over the Jefferson Bulldogs on Wednesday night, striking out 10 and allowing a lone hit by the Bulldog’s Luke McMullen. 

The game was tied 1-1 going into the top of the 7th, before 8 straight walks by Bulldog pitching iced the game for Waskom. 

Jefferson issued 15 walks and hit a batter in the contest, while using 5 pitchers.  Waskom had 4 hits, including 3 by catcher Jaxon Prince in the win. 

 It was the district opener for both teams.   Jefferson falls to 2-4 on the season.