The Varsity softball team played the defending 6A state champ Katy Tigers on Friday. The Longhorns struck first when Kayte Martinez scored on a hit by London Diller. Katy answered in the 4th inning by scoring 2 runs, but the Longhorns quickly answered back in the bottom of the 5th to tie it up when Lily Pearson scored on a Tiger error. Alexis Tovar went the distance on the mound keeping the Longhorns in the game until the Tigers busted it open in the top of the 10th to score 3 runs and went on to beat the Longhorns 5-2. The Varsity softball team continued play in the Katy ISD tournament on Saturday. The Longhorns went 2 and 1 for the day by defeating Fort Bend Travis 1-0, losing to Seven Lakes 2-1, and then beating Cy Falls 7-5. In game one against Travis, the Longhorns had 6 hits, an RBI by Kim Williams, and London Diller had 6 strikeouts on the mound to get the win. In game two against Seven Lakes, Larissa Eversole hit a double and had a stolen base. In the final game of the day against Cy Falls, the Longhorns had 14 hits with Senior Sydney Scott leading the way with 3 hits and 3 RBI’s.
