Sports

   Here are the Bay City Ladycat powerlifting results from the Regional Meet on March 4.
   Lizbeth Amezquita- 2nd in 148, 325 Squat, 175 Bench, 270 DL, 770 Total 
   Xandria Garcia- 5th in 105, 185 Squat, 90 Bench, 215 DL. 490 Total 
   Celine Reyes- 6th in 181, 275 Squat, 110 Bench, 250 DL, 605 Total 
   Ashlynn Flores- 7th in 148, 275 Squat, 135 Bench, 275 DL, 685 Total 
   Jessica Frasier- 9th in 198, 200 Squat, 105 Bench, 235 DL, 540 Total 
   Alexis Alvarez- 9th in 114, 175 Squat, 85 Bench, 185 DL, 445 Total 
   Donna Palencia- 11th in 114, 135 Squat, 75 Bench, 155 DL, 365 Total 
   State Qualifier:   Lizbeth Amezquita-148

   The Tiger baseball team has a rain out on Tuesday vs Bay City.  
   On Friday and Saturday they traveled to East Bernard for the EB tournament.  
   In the first game, the Tigers lost 3-0 to Flatonia.  
   Taking the loss on the mound was Kyus Saha throwing 5 innings striking out 7, giving up one unearned run. 
   Hunter Saha threw the last 2 innings and had 2 K s and gave up 2 runs.  
   Getting 1 hit each were Saha and Logan Crow. In their second game of the day they defeated Lexington 8-6. Taking the win in relief was Crow, pitching 4 innings 3 K s and 3 runs. 
   Jackson Sones got the start and pitched the first 3 striking out 2 and giving up 3 runs, 2 of which were earned.  
   Leading the team with 3 hits was Saha and Taylor Rickaway.  
   Nicholas Rodriguez and Connor Claxton had 2 hits each.  
   Collecting 1 hit was Crow and Ricky Rubio. 
   On Saturday after trailing 3-2 in the last inning,  

   We closed out our short course club swimming season last weekend at the Texas Age Group Swimming (TAGS) Championships in Conroe. 
   All distances in yards. 
   Over 400 swimmers (aged 14 & under) from 45 USA Swimming clubs across Texas sent qualifiers to the 4-day meet. 
   Bay City’s Oliver Spencer qualified for finals in the 50 freestyle Saturday with lifetime best of :22.90. He finished 16th overall in finals. 
   Sunday, Spencer swam a personal best in the 100 free.  He entered the meet seeded 34th and his time of :50.33 helped him to a 26th place finish. 
   Our Bay City USAS swimmers represent Swim Houston Aquatics Center (ShAC), which finished 13th overall in the meet - the best placing in program history.  We’re fortunate to be a small part of the program Gilbert & Karol Legaspi are building!

   The Matagorda Clippers Men’s Fast Pitch Softball team was formed in or around 1948, just after WWII. 
   The team was organized by Captain Bob Parker, owner of Matagorda Shell Company, which, in later years, became Parker Brothers. 
   The name, Matagorda Clippers, was selected due to the nautical theme with Matagorda, at one time, being the largest port in Texas. 
   Also, organizer Bob Parker was an important part of the marine industry on the Texas gulf coast, thus the theme for the team name. 
   In the early years, many of Capt. Parker’s employees, along with local Matagorda men, made up the team. 
   In the later years, the majority of players were always from Matagorda, with a few area players helping round out the team. 
   Parker also made sure that the team had uniforms in the early years and Matagorda County supplied the land for the softball field.  

  Newly appointed Tidehaven ISD trustee Mike Pierce took his oath of office at the regular board meeting, Thursday, Feb. 25.
   He is filling the board vacancy left by Lee Edward Pierce, who died in November.
   Pierce is a Tidehaven graduate and former head coach and athletic director for the district.
   He will hold the board position until the next board election in November 2022, where he would have to file as a candidate and win to carry out the end of Lee Pierce’s term.
   Pierce cited a family history of serving as a school board member, including his great-grandmother, grandfather, and cousin Lee Edward.
   Board members also discussed and approved just over $52,000 in door and window replacements, fan installation, and other renovations to the old high school girl’s gym.
   Those expenses are part of a plan to renovate the building into an indoor training facility primarily for baseball and softball training.

   This past weekend the Tigers opened up their 2021 campaign with a three-game series with Boling. 
   On Friday they traveled to Boling and lost 16-1. Taking the loss on the mound was Kyus Saha. 
   Getting the lone hit was Landon Piwonka. 
   On Saturday we hosted a double header. In game 1 we lost 9-4, taking the loss on the mound was Logan Crow. 
   Leading the team in hits with two was Crow. 
   Collecting one hit each were: Chance Robinson, Kevin Rickaway, Connor Claxton and Kyus Saha. 
   The third game the Bulldogs won as well 7-2. 
   Taking the loss was Robinson.
   Collecting one hit each were: Robinson, Crow and Ricky Rubio. 
   Tough way to start the season but looking forward to getting better.