Heading into their matchup at Brownwood last Friday, the Steers baseball team had a 1-1 split in two games with the Lions so far this season.
As the game progressed, it looked like Graham might be headed for a second win to take the season series before the Lions ultimately came back in the final inning and won on a walk-off, handing the Steers a 6-5 loss.
The Steers and Lady Blues track teams finished their two-day competitions at the District 6-4A meets in Mineral Wells last week with every team finishing in the same position.
Varsity and JV boys and girls teams all finished in third place in their respective divisions. The varsity boys earned 115 points, behind Brownwood’s 158 points. The varsity girls came the closest to finishing higher with 128.5 points, just behind Stephenville’s 134.5 points. The JV boys scored 114.5 points while the JV girls recorded 99 points.
Graham’s baseball and softball teams each earned huge wins this past week in different ways. The Lady Blues crushed Mineral Wells 12-0 in a five inning “run rule” game while the Steers held on for a close 2-1 win over Brownwood.
Zoey Harrell of the Lady Blues and Tate Loesch of the Steers earned selections as Athletes of the Week for their roles in their respective teams’ wins, in addition to the hard work they’ve put in all season to this point.
Zoey Harrell, infielder/pitcher, Lady Blues softball
For the seventh time this season, the Graham Lady Blues won a game by the “run-rule” after they defeated the Mineral Wells Lady Rams 12-0 in a district matchup.
With the game against Mineral Wells, the Lady Blues (18-7 overall, 3-1 in district) have now faced all their district opponents one time and currently sit in first place. Two of the three district wins were by 10-plus runs and in all three of the victories the team hasn’t allowed a single run to the other team.
An opportunity to take down a team with a perfect district record doesn’t happen very often, so the Graham Steers took full advantage when they defeated the Brownwood Lions 2-1.
Brownwood came into the game Tuesday, April 2 with a perfect 6-0 record in district play, having already beaten the Steers earlier this season.
Graham held a 3-3 district record but made all the right plays necessary to topple the first-place Lions.
The season has come and gone for the Graham Steers soccer team, but while the competition has ceased, the postseason awards have come in with multiple players getting recognition.
It was a difficult season for the Steers as they struggled in district play and missed the playoffs. The team finished the year with a 6-13-1 record and ended in fifth place in District 4-4A with a 2-6 record. However, Graham had plenty of quality athletes whose work stood out both on the field and in the classroom.
The track and field season is nearing its end for many individuals, but this week the Steers and Lady Blues participated in the District 6-4A meet at Mineral Wells, where many athletes put themselves up against other top competition.
The meet was held over two days — Monday, April 1 and Thursday, April 4 — with events getting divided up to accommodate the large number of competitors. This article contains the results from Monday, which included about half the field events and the running preliminaries.
A few days after making program history with their first bi-district playoff win, the Graham Lady Blues took on San Elizario, one of the top-ranked teams in the state, and saw their season come to a close with a hard-fought 2-1 loss in the area round of the playoffs.
After Graham defeated Borger to earn the team’s first playoff win ever, the Lady Blues traveled to Midland for a neutral site game with the Lady Eagles, who came into the matchup ranked No. 2 in Class 4A in the Texas Girls Coaches Association poll.
In their final regular season meet before the district meet at Mineral Wells, the Steers and Lady Blues track teams headed to Stephenville to compete in the Col Mobley Optimist Relays.
The day was full of sports for multiple Graham teams, as girls soccer, baseball and softball all had games later in the day, so some athletes were missing. But all those who competed put on excellent performances and represented the school well Thursday, March 28.
The Graham Lady Blues have shown all season long that they can win games in different ways. Their offense has demonstrated an ability to explode for wins of 10-plus runs, but they’ve also won a fair share of low-scoring games, as well.
When the team traveled Thursday, March 28 to Glen Rose for another district matchup, the Lady Blues came home with a low-scoring 2-0 win in a game dominated by pitching on both sides.
