CONGRATS

The Howe 12U Bulldogs advanced to the regional tournament in Texarkana and came up just short of the a state tournament berth The Dogs lost our first game on Saturday, which was a tough loss according to Head Coach Steve Hance Howe was leading by a score of 5-1 most of the game Howe ever the New Boston bats came alive in the bottom of the fourth inning to score 16 runs Howe scored one run and were threatening to score more when a close call at third base didn't go the 'Dogs way Howe ended up losing, 17-6

Then next tournament game was played against Whitewright in an elimination game Being down three runs going into the bottom of the first inning, Howe scored four runs to take the lead The Bulldog bats came alive and beat Whitewright 13-3 in four innings sending Whitewright home With the win, Howe advanced to play on Sunday against Red River County It was a close game the entire game according to Hance "Being down 7-5 with time running out we scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to win on a walk off past ball," said Hance

The win sent Red River County home and sent the 'Dogs to the semifinals against White Oak on Monday

Another nail-biter ensued and Howe won, 6-5, on a walk-off single that scored two runs to win it in the bottom of the sixth inning

"We were given the nick name by a Dixie official as "The Cardiac Kids" for our last two walk-off wins," said Hance

Being the home team in those two games was definitely beneficial for Howe as that put them in the championship game against New Boston

New Boston pitched a jewel of a game only allowing three base runners in the championship game - two singles and one walk They went on to beat Howe, 10-0, in four innings

"I am very proud of our boys," said Hance They played hard and fought all weekend to become Dixie Youth North Division 2 Regional runner up I would like to take this time to say thank you to the players, coaches and parents we have a great group of people here "