KEVIN NARRO | Staff Writer
RIO HONDO — The Lady Bobcats are alive and well in the playoffs and they will continue that playoff journey tonight in a one-game playoff against Devine at Tuloso-Midway at 7:30 p.m. in the Class 4A area round.
Senior catcher Abbie Alvarado has been a driving force behind the plate for the Lady Cats, and in last week’s bi-district’s sweep against Robstown, Alvarado showed up.
Alvarado went 4 for 8 against Robstown, scored six runs, laced in a triple and drove in two RBI’s. With her efforts, Alvarado was named this week’s female player of the week.
“This is great, it is exciting. I’ve never won any award like this before,” Alvarado said. “I wouldn’t be player of the week without my team. They push me to get better each day. They’re the reason why I am the way I am.”
On the year, Alvarado is batting .409 with 27 RBI’s, 36 hits and 34 runs. Behind the plate is where Alvarado shines best with a strong .954 fielding percentage with 136 putouts.
“I made sure I kept my pitchers focused and motivated throughout the series,” said Alvarado. “I kept it positive and wanted them to keep their focus, and to keep the mentality that they were going to get the outs no matter what batter they faced.”
“At the plate it was good to see the ball well, I had been in a slump, but I saw the ball well and got some hits that helped the team. That felt good for sure.”