BASEBALL: Post Oak holds off PN in state Little League final
Published 9:25 pm Tuesday, July 17, 2018
TYLER — Houston Post Oak smashed a two-run home run and stranded two Port Neches runners in the sixth inning to take a 2-0 win and clinch the Little League Texas East state championship Tuesday night.
Post Oak was the team that beat Port Neches in its first game at state, 11-1. Since then, Port Neches had beaten Northwest Austin 5-4 and Sugar Land Lamar American 9-8 in seven innings, the latter coming after PN trailed 8-3 going into the sixth.
This was the first state tournament appearance for this group of Port Neches 12-year-olds, who won the District 32 and Section 2 titles after being section runners-up as 11-year-olds. Post Oak has qualified for the Southwest Regional in Waco, scheduled for Aug. 2-8. The regional is the last step before the Little League World Series.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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