Lady Coyotes dominate Logan

LOGAN – It's probably safe to say Logan's softball team is glad it won't be seeing Dora again any time soon.

The Lady Longhorns have opened their season with home-and-home doubleheaders against the Lady Coyotes, and they've been run-ruled in all four contests.

Dora (5-2) won on Monday 25-8 and 20-8 as junior Faith Jasso went 5-for-5 with a home run in each game.

The Lady Coyotes won the opener in four innings on the 15-run rule, and Game 2 in five on the 10-run rule. They scored 10 runs in the second and eight in the third in the first contest, and took an 11-0 lead in the top of the first in the nightcap.

In the first game, sophomore Justice Deason was 4-for-4 while senior Jenna Ramirez and junior Bre'Ann Rodriguez were both 4-for-5. All three players scored four runs, while Rodriguez had two doubles, a triple and four RBIs.

In the second tilt, eighth-grader Kinsley Inge was 3-for-4 while Ramirez, Rodriguez and Deason each finished 3-for-5. Deason had a double and a home run, while Rodriguez collected a double and a triple.

Junior Brookel Smith was 2-for-3 for the Lady Longhorns in Game 2.

In baseball games on Monday:

Melrose 16-24, Cimarron 1-15 – The visiting Buffaloes improved to 5-0, scoring in all but one inning.

The first game only went three frames. Melrose, which scored nine times in the top of the first, got a 3-for-3 outing with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs from sophomore Josiah Roybal, while junior Ryker Loomis went 2-for-3 and scored three times.

Junior Dathan Yeary struck out eight of the 10 batters he faced and allowed only one hit, a first-inning double by Rams eighth-grader Orion LeDoux.

The second tilt actually went seven innings as the Rams, playing their first games of the spring, scored just enough in the fifth and sixth innings to avoid the 10-run rule. Neither team scored in the seventh.

Josiah Roybal, sophomore Josh Roybal and eighth-grader Trevin Yeary were all 3-for-4 for the Buffs, combining to score 11 runs. Josh Roybal and Trevin Yeary each hit a two-run triple, while Josiah Roybal also knocked in a pair of runs.

Another eighth-grader, Andrew Gonzales, paced the Rams with 4-for-4, with two doubles, two RBIs, a walk and four runs scored. Senior Cameron O'Neill went 3-for-5, with a double, four RBIs and three runs.

Jal 20, Dora 3 – Leading 2-0, the Panthers (4-10) came up with eight runs in the fourth and 10 in the sixth. Jal's 15-hit attack was led by seniors Angel Franco (3-for-3) and Connor Andrae (3-for-4), the latter driving in five runs.

Sophomore Aaron Combs went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Coyotes (0-3), while sophomore Roddy Neal was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

In Saturday baseball action:

Texico 13, Tularosa 2 – Coming off a tough loss to Capitan in Friday's consolation semifinals, the Wolverines made short work of the Tigers, scoring nine times in the top of the first and ending the game in five on the 10-run rule.

Senior Tristan Chavez went 2-for-3 with a three-run triple in the first inning for the Wolverines (3-3). Junior Kyle Gonser finished 2-for-3, including a two-run double in the initial stanza, while junior Daltyn Cain also went 3-for-4 with a run scored and three RBIs.

Also in the first, Cain and freshman Hunter Bowman each had an RBI single and freshman Bryce Cooper hit a run-scoring double. For the Wildcats (3-5), junior Ezekial Bigas hit an RBI single and senior Jayden Phillips had a triple.

In another game on Saturday played, at Magdalena, Elida (3-2) absorbed its second setback in two days, a 15-3 setback in six innings to Mesilla Valley (3-1).