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DHS Tennis/Girls Singles - Isaura Guido with Coach Holguin –first place at South Plains College. -
DHS Tennis/Girls Double Team - Klarissa Maldonado and Audree Ruiz - second place at South Plains College. -
DHS Tennis/Boys Singles - Marco Chavez with Coach Holguin – third place at South Plains College.
The Swifts kicked off their season participating in the Ira Tournament, losing two games and winning two.
Swift v Hermleigh
The Swifts defeated Hermleigh 13-2 on Thursday thanks to seven runs in the first inning.
Braden Bullard, Tanner Birkenfeld, Sterl Welps, Jack Welps, Brett Heitschmidt, and Owen Dyer all contributed in the big inning with RBIs.
Welps led the Swifts to victory on the hill with 34 pitches and three strikeouts. The lefty surrendered one run on one hit over two innings and walked three. Bullard threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen for 18 pitches, giving up one hit and one run, and one walk, and recorded the last three outs.
Nazareth totaled nine hits in the game. Birkenfeld, Dyer, and Bullard all managed multiple hits, and. Bullard, Dyer, and Birkenfeld each managed two hits.
Luke Schulte had two at bats, two runs, two hits, one RBI and one walk; Braden Bullard, three at bats, two runs, two hits and two RBIs; Carson Heiman, one at bat, one run and two walks; Tanner Birkenfeld, two at bats, two runs, two hits, three RBIs and one walk; Sterl Welps, two at bats, one run, one hit and two RBIs; Jack Welps, two at bats, two runs, one RBI and one walk; Brett Heitschmidt, three at bats, one run, one hit, one RBI and strikeouts; Will Young, one at bat, one run, two walks and one strikeout; Owen Dyer, two at bats, two hits and two RBIs; and Alejandro Guerrero, one run.
The Swifts had one error.
Swifts v Borden County Carson Heiman threw a gem on Friday for the Swifts, allowing zero runs and besting Borden County by a score of 8-0 The Swifts secured the victory thanks to six runs in the second inning. The offensive onslaught was led by Owen Dyer, Carson Heiman, Sterl Welps, Jack Welps, and Brett Heitschmidt, who each had RBIs in the inning.
Nazareth got things moving in the first inning, when Tanner Birkenfeld singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run.
Heiman was the winning pitcher with 65 strikes for 85 pitches over six innings, striking out nine and walking zero, and surrendering no runs on four hits.
Luke Schulte had three at bats, two runs, one hit, one RBI and one walk; Braden Bullard, four at bats and one strikeout; Carson Heimen, three at bats, one run, one hit and one RBI; Tanner Birkenfeld, two at bats, one run, one hit, one RBI and one walk; Sterl Welps, two at bats, one hit, one RBI and one walk; Jack Welps, two at bats, one run and one strikeout; Brett Heitschmidt, two at bats, two runs, two hits and one walk; Will Young, two at bats, one walk and two strikeouts; and Owen Dyer, three at bats, one run, one hit, two RBIs and one strikeout.
Swifts v Trinity Christian
The Swifts fell to Trinity Christian in the third game of the tourney, 8-1.
Trinity Christian took an early lead with five runs, with Naz putting single run on the board. Trinity added another three runs in the third innings.
Sterl Welps took the loss for the Swifts, pitching two innings with 32 strikes and one strikeout in 69 pitches, surrendering six hits, eight runs and five walks; Tanner Birkenfeld pitched 22 strikes in 34 pitches with three strikeouts in two inning, and surrendered one walk.
Luke Schulte had two at bats, one run, one hit and one walk; Braden Bullard, three at bats and two strikeouts; Carson Heiman, two at bats and one walk; Tanner Birkenfeld, two at bats and one hit; Sterl Welps, one at bat, one RBI, one walk and one strikeout; Jack Welps, two at bats, one hit and one strikeout; Brett Heitschmidt, two at bats and one strikeout; Will Young, two at bats and one strikeout; and Owen Dyer, two at bats, one hit and one strikeout.
Swifts v Ira
The Swifts fell to Ira in the fourth game of the tournament, 3-2.
Nazareth put a run on the board in the first inning and added another in the sixth, with Ira scoring three runs in the fifth.
Pitcher Tanner Birkenfeld took the loss, with 43 strikes in 73 pitches, with eight strikeouts in 4.2 innings, surrendering three hits, three runs and one walk. Will Young pitched for 1.1 innings for 12 strikes in 22 pitches with one strikeout, surrendering two walks.
Luke Schulte had three at bats, one run and two hits; Carson Heiman, three at bats; Tanner Birkenfeld, two at bats, one hit and one walk; Sterl Welps, three at bats; Braden Bullard, three at bats, one run, one hit and one RBI; Jack Welps, three at bats, one hit and one RBI; Brett Heitschmidt, two at bats; Will Young, two at bats and two strikeouts; and Owen Dyer, two at bats and one strikeout.