CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — After nine seasons, the Veterans Memorial Lady Eagles (22-8, 9-0) won their first district championship in softball program history on Monday. A 19-4 run-rule victory over Victoria East in four innings.
Veterans Memorial senior Alyssa Burdge hit 2 home runs, one each in the second and third inning, and drove in 5 RBI. Two more Lady Eagles hit solo homers in the second inning, Maddie Aguilar and Emilee Holmes.
The Lady Eagles sealed their fate in the fourth inning when they scored 9 runs on 9 hits. Burdge doubled scoring 2 runs, Holmes hit a 2 RBI single, Desi Garcia hit a 2 RBI double and Kenadie Cavazos ended the game with an RBI single.
Veterans Memorial pitcher Meredith Cavazos earned the win, only surrendering 6 hits and 4 runs over 4 innings while striking out 4 batters.
Bi- District Playoffs vs. Mission Veterans Memorial
Game 1: Thursday- 6 p.m. at Mission
Game 2: Friday- 5:30 p.m. Cabaniss
Game 3: Saturday- 11a.m. Cabaniss
Congrats to @Vmhs_softball on winning district! Thank you for joining us with twirling like Eva! 💛💃🎗️#TwirlLikeEva #TexasTwirl @Jada_Zepeda3 @AlyLozPez @alyssa_burdge https://t.co/snrfCEVrRj
— Alaunah_Almaraz_2024 (@Alaunah2024) April 23, 2024
