Walk-off galore; Bulldogs lose d i ith b k

There was not much going on the town this past week as kids were out of school for spring break, however, the was high drama with the Howe Bulldogs in two dynamic games The most exciting for the Bulldogs fans came on Friday night in Howe as the Dogs trailed Whitewright 10-1 as late as the fifth inning But a 9-run bottom of the fifth gave plenty to cheer about at the old field by the railroad tracks Howe's number nine hitter Garret Johnson did most of the damage with four RBI and a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate

In the fateful bottom of the fifth, Mason Riggs led off with a single followed by a one-out RBI single by Johnson After a Cade Courtney walk, Kyler Anderson tripled on a line drive to center to score two That resulted in a Tiger pitching change where the first batter, Cirby Coheley, was hit by a pitch Dyson Dillard reached on an error which scored both Anderson and pinchrunner Chase Barnett Moments later, Peyton Reagan singled to drive in Dillard Riggs then walked for the second time in the inning before Bryce Krantz singled Johnson then hit a 2-run double to tie the game at 10-10

Barnett eventually scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a "literal" walkoff as Courtney walked with the bases loaded to bring home Barnett

Krantz toed the rubber for Howe and allowed eight hits and nine runs

Mavs Man making an appearan

Howe Middle School and Howe Elementary School are hosting the Mavs Man today as a part of an anti-bullying program His truck will be parked in front of the gym for set up purposes before school

The information provided by Mavs Man will be a key message of STOP which is an acronym for Students – Identifying who’s involved Together

Role play of objectives Organize

Think before speaking and doing Peace – Demonstrates how a peaceful mind can effect your life with solutions

For drop-off purposes, the school will have cones set up Just guide around the cones and truck and follow the normal drop locations over three innings, striking out four and walking zero Reagan then finished the game pitching four solid innings, walking none, allowing one run on four hits, and striking out six

On Tuesday night, two errors in the bottom of the seventh inning took Howe from a 2-1 lead to a 3-2 loss to Lone Oak After pitching 2 1 perfect innings in relief of Riggs, Dillard was pulled in the bottom of the final inning as Peyton Reagan came in for a hopeful quick save However, Dillard, who moved to third base committed an error with one out that put the go-ahead run on base after a single The Buffaloes Alvis then singled to left to tie the game and Krantz misplayed a ball that allowed the winning run to score

Howe out-hit Lone Oak, 7-4, but committed three overall errors to the Buffaloes one Riggs went 3 2 innings, striking out two, walking four and allowing one earned run on two hits Dillard struck out three and allowed no baserunners in his 2 1 innings

Dillard also helped himself out at the plate by going 3 for 3 Courtney also had two hits to go along with two walks, however, the Bulldogs couldn't get an extra base hit the entire game and all seven hits were solo baggers

The Bulldogs will travel to Farmersville on Tuesday The Farmers defeated Van Alstyne, 109 on Friday