KEVIN NARRO | Valley Morning Star
HARLINGEN — The wins just keep coming for Harlingen South.
Tuesday’s home game versus Los Fresnos was also Parent’s Night and the Lady Hawks did not disappoint their folks as Kytana Muniz and Alyssa Rodriguez combined for seven hits en route to a 13-3 win in six innings.
The Lady Hawks remain the cream of the crop in District 32-6A with a 9-0 league record and will travel to Brownsville Hanna Friday.
“Tonight, I was looking to make contact. I had runners on base and I needed to move them over,” Muniz said. “I have been working on getting speed with my hands and my hips, and those things have worked for me and I’m seeing the ball well at the plate.”
South built a 3-0 lead after two innings but couldn’t find the big hit to open things up.
In the first inning, South plated a run but left the bases loaded.
It was in the fourth inning that the bats came alive as the Lady Hawks batted around and scored five runs to extend their lead to 10-2. Ledesma and Muniz highlighted the frame with a run-scoring RBI by Ledesma and an RBI triple by Muniz.
Muniz finished the night 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs and a run scored while Ledesma went 4 for 4 and finished with four RBIs and two runs scored.
“We’re a young team but we have experience,” said Hawks coach Elias Martinez. “Right now, we’re enjoying it. The girls are having fun and working hard. We answer the call; when a team scores one run we want to score two. The way we fought tonight is the way we have fought all year and that says a lot about our girls’ character, and I’m proud of them.”
Ledesma, who is a freshman, continues to thrive at the varsity level, much like her battery mate Muniz, who is a sophomore. The two received high praise from their skipper.
“The girls continue to step up, and they get better and better each day,” Martinez said. “The kids put the work in and it shows in the game. I tell the girls they can’t practice half speed and expect to turn it on during the game, so they practice and play hard.”