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Wednesday, March 29, 2000

Flour Bluff boys advance to Region IV-4A finals
One half of play good enough to get Hornets past New Braunfels Canyon, 1-0, in semifinal
From staff and correspondent reports
VICTORIA - One half of play was good enough Tuesday night for the boys soccer team from Flour Bluff High School.
   Arron Foust's goal in the 30th minute was all the scoring the Hornets needed to score a 1-0 victory over New Braunfels Canyon in the Region IV-4A semifinals at Memorial Stadium.
   "We came out the first half and finally played our game," Bluff coach R.D. Hinojosa said. "We basically came out on top in the first half. We came out flat in the second half."
   Defense played the key role in the final 40 minutes. Canyon was able to muster only five shots on Hornets' goaltender Joel Santrock.
   The Bluff (18-7-2), runners-up in District 31-4A, will face either Austin Travis or Sharyland for the regional title and a berth in the state tournament.
   "I think we're playing around a 7 1/2 or an 8. We're playing about 60-70 minutes,'' Hinojosa said. "We've only had two games where we've had 80 minutes of play. There's still some room for improvement, and that's a positive. We're not making the same mistakes."

   Soccer
   GIRLS: Belton ended Gregory-Portland's season in the Region IV-4A semifinals with a 2-1 overtime victory. The Tigerettes move on to face Spring Branch Smithson Valley for the regional title. Smithson Valley eliminated Flour Bluff, 2-1.

   Baseball
   DISTRICT 31-4A: Robstown's Tony Garcia cracked two home runs and Luis Davila tossed a three-hit shutout as the Cotton Pickers whipped Gregory-Portland, 11-0, in a game pitting two of the area's five state-ranked teams. The 18-5 Cotton Pickers, ranked sixth in the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association poll released Tuesday, also got homers from J.D. Nerio and Davila to improve to 4-1 in district, a game behind top-ranked Calallen. G-P, ranked ninth, slipped to 2-3 and 12-7-1. . . . Calallen (5-0, 20-1) got a one-hitter and 14 strikeouts from Dwayne Wagnon and Derek Ruschaupt belted two home runs as the Wildcats downed Rockport-Fulton, 10-0, in five innings.
   DISTRICT 28-5A: Moody, ranked second in the state and seventh nationally by Baseball America, improved to 4-0 in district by blasting Carroll, 11-0, in six innings. The Trojans (20-1-1) pounded 15 hits, led by outfielder Bobby Mora's 4-for-4 effort with four runs batted in. Gene Flores and Jared Cooper added three hits each, while Rene Recio (4-0) and Isaac Cantu combined on a one-hitter. . . . Ray's Mike Olmos scattered five hits as the Texans earned their first district win with a 14-0 triumph over Miller in five innings. Manuel Mungia and Daniel Vargas had two hits each for Ray (1-4, 10-8-1).
   DISTRICT 31-3A: Falfurrias, at No. 8 in 3A the final area ranked ballclub, edged Mathis, 4-3, scoring its eventual game-winning run in the top of the seventh. Gilbert Hinojosa had three hits and drove in two runs and Rey Guerra (4-2) got the win with seventh-inning relief from Brian Boerjan. The Jerseys improved to 4-0 and 12-3, while Mathis slipped to 1-3 and 6-9. Mike Carranza homered for the Pirates.
   Softball
   DISTRICT 28-5A: Ray solidified its hold on second place behind front-running Victoria by blanking Moody, 10-0, in six innings. Audrey Guerra drove in two runs and Serena Ochoa (11-4) scattered four hits as the Lady Texans (6-1, 19-4) took advantage of nine errors by the Lady Trojans. . . . Miller (5-2, 16-6) overcame eight errors and held off a three-run rally by King to post an 8-7 win. Rebecca Luna drove in two runs for the Lady Buccaneers.

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