Champion’s 4-0 win over Kerrville Tivy last Friday, coupled with the New Braunfels victories over Boerne High (11-6) and Pieper (1-0) last weekend gives the Chargers and Unicorns a share of this year’s District 26-5A title.
The playoff picture also cleared up and the four postseason teams from 26-5A are locked in.
Champion (12-4) and New Braunfels (12-4) finish tied for 1st, Smithson Valley (11-6) is 3rd and Pieper (10-6) ends up in 4th.
The Chargers head to the 5A-DII playoff bracket and open the postseason Thursday at home against Cedar Park, 7 p.m. They play at Cedar Park Friday, 6 p.m., and a third game, if needed, is Saturday at New Braunfels Long Creek at noon.
Kerrville Tivy kept it close last Friday in Boerne and the Chargers were only up 1-0 through the first five innings.
Champion scored its first run in the third with two outs. After Austin Garritano singled and stole second, Jaedyn Yamaguchi singled and Garritano scored on the throw.
It stayed 1-0 until the Chargers padded their lead in the sixth with 3 more runs. A walk to Cal Isley, followed by singles from Yamaguchi and Garland Whitehead loaded the bases.
Aidan Smith grounded out but scored Isley from third and it was 2-0 with runners at second and third.
With two outs, Sam Miller brought in Yamaguchi and Whitehead and pushed the lead to 4-0 before the Antlers could get out of the inning.
Kerrville had one last chance in the top of the seventh but only put on one base runner via a walk with two outs before Charger pitcher Sawyer Smith induced the next Tivy batter to fly out to centerfield.
Smith picked up the seven- inning shutout victory from the hill. He scattered 6 hits, walked only 1 and struck out 4.
The Chargers finished with 8 hits and Yamaguchi and Aidan Smith had 2 hits apiece. Miller drove in 2 runs, while Yamaguchi, Isley, Whitehead and Garritano all scored one run each.
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