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Edinburg High dominated Del Rio 10-0 in five innings in their Class 6A area play-off Friday night in Laredo to earn a ticket to next week’s regional quarterfinals.
The Bobcats, making a return trip to the regional quarters, scored nine runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by a three-run bomb by senior John Henry Gonzalez. Edinburg High also scored two runs on errors and had 12 hits total.
Edinburg High advances to play Laredo Alexander in next week’s third round of the playoffs. The Bulldogs swept Los Fresnos on Friday to earn a trip to the regional quarters for the sixth straight season.
The Bobcats are 18-9-2.
CLASS 5A
Calallen 2, Valley View 0. At Edcouch, the Tigers fell short in a valiant effort against No. 1 state-ranked Calallen.
Valley View finishes its season 17-9-2.
Flour Bluff 7, Mission Veterans Memorial 5. At Kingsville, Flour Bluff took a 1-0 series lead by scoring five runs in the fifth inning to overcome an early four-run deficit against the Patriots.
Game 2 is today at 1 p.m. at Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Victoria East 17, Edinburg Vela 2 (5): At Corpus Christi, the SaberCats fell to trail 1-0 in the best-of-3 series.
Game 2 is today at Cabaniss Field.