Wolverines thump Clayton

CLAYTON — Texico’s baseball team began District 6-2A action on Monday with a 19-0 victory over Clayton.

The second game of the scheduled twin bill was suspended by darkness with the Wolverines (5-4 overall) leading 9-1 in the middle of the fifth. The teams plan to finish it prior to their third and final scheduled meeting when the Yellowjackets visit Texico on April 23, Wolverines coach Todd Kuykendall said.

Junior Tristan Chavez worked all five innings of Game 1, shortened by the 10-run rule. He threw 56 pitches, allowing just one hit with one walk and seven strikeouts.

Senior Jonathan Herrell and Tristan Lucero led Texico’s attack, both going 3-for-3. Herrell had a triple and a walk while Lucero collected a double and a hit-by-pitch.

Meantime, brothers Jadyn and Kyle Gonser each had two hits and scored twice. Kyle drove in two runs and also walked, while Jadyn doubled and knocked in one run.

Texico was slated to host a three-team event on Friday and Saturday, also including Portales and Texico. The Wolverines’ next outing is in district play on Tuesday at Santa Rosa.

Dora 20, Floyd 19 — In the District 4-1/2A opener for both teams at Dora, the Coyotes (1-3-1) held on for their first win of the season after building a 9-3 lead through four innings.

Floyd (0-6) scored 16 runs over the final three stanzas, including an eight-run seventh, but still came up short as Dora tallied eight in the bottom of the fifth and three more in the sixth.

Both teams return to action on Monday in district play, with Dora playing at Elida and Floyd visiting Gateway Christian in 3 p.m. single tilts.

In another 4-1/2A opener on Monday, Gateway Christian shut out Elida 14-0 in Roswell, scoring nine runs in the first and four more in the second. The Tigers (0-3) were limited to one hit, a single by freshman Gunner Tipton in the second innings.