In what looks more like a football score than a baseball score, the Bearcats were able to outscore Hico 19-12 this past Friday night in the gusting wind. The game was not only a marathon in score, but also in time as it lasted a painful 3.5 hours.

Both defenses really struggled against extremely strong winds that caused the fielders all kinds of difficulties in catching the ball while in flight.

Offensively, the Bearcats hit the ball very well as Kevin Smith had three hits with four runs batted in, Ryan Newton had three hits with a double and reached base all five times at bat, Joe Vitalec scored five times and recorded two stolen bases, Gustavo Chavarria and Kia McCarty both had home runs and L.C. Williams had a legitimate in the park home run.

Chavarria was the winning pitcher while McCarty and Williams had two innings each in relief.

"I think we hit the ball extremly well, and ran the bases well," said Coach Mark Adams, "Defensively we just walked too many hitters (11). I credit our pitching weakness to the game conditions. It's tough to throw with heavy wind and blowing dirt, but we got the win and that is what counts!" The Bearcats have three district ball games left. They will play in DeLeon against Dublin and will travel to Hamilton and Eastland to finish off the season. At this point and time, they are in second place in district.