Weiss, Dripping Springs, Bowie move on in UIL high school softball playoffs

And Game 2 was all Weiss as well, as the first five Weiss batters collected singles on the way to the 15-0 rout. Gomez had eight RBIs over the two games, the Wolves sent 14 batters to the plate in the second inning and at one point hit four consecutive doubles.

Jillian Herridge got the pitching win in Game 1, going the full four innings and throwing only 77 pitches against 24 batters faced. Booe pitched the Game 2 win by facing only 13 batters — one over the minimum, with six strikeouts and no walks.

Weiss, the No. 2 team in the state, has a tall task this week against No. 1 Montgomery Lake Creek, which has twice topped the national rankings this

Class 6A playoffs

• Bowie swept San Antonio Brennan 8-7 and 9-8. Josie Busceme hit a triple and scored two runs while Cadie Hays and Bella Nungaray each hit home runs in the 8-7 win, and Busceme went 3-for-4 with a triple, Celia Alvidrez had three RBIs and Lillie Gideon drove in the game-winning run with her two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning.

• Dripping Springs swept San Antonio O'Connor, 10-3 and 5-4.

• Vista Ridge swept San Antonio Madison 9-4 and 6-3.

• San Benito beat Johnson 10-8.

• Hutto was eliminated by San Antonio Clark 16-13 and 6-5. Makenna Castillo hit .556 for the series with two doubles, Kenna Spence hit .484 and both Keyouna Harris and Kaelyn Price hit .429. M’Kayla Hicks hit .375 with two doubles, a home run and five RBIs.

Class 5A playoffs

• Georgetown won a one-game playoff over Lamar Consolidated 11-2, blowing open a 5-2 game with six runs in the seventh inning. Emma Miloch had two hits and three RBIs, Kynleigh Ball scored three runs and Gabi Acosta had a pair of RBIs. Caitlin Gomez scattered four hits over six innings pitched to earn the win.

• East View swept Victoria East 6-3 and 8-7. The Patriots (28-8) have won seven straight games and now have an 80% winning percentage in games that have been decided by three runs or less this season.

• Hendrickson had an impressive sweep of highly regarded Victoria West, 7-1 and 6-3. Zoey Kellam doubled and had an inside-the-park home run in the first game and Kara Luongo pitched a complete-game three-hitter with 14 strikeouts. In the second game, Leah Trevino's three RBIs, Kellam's two RBIs and another strong effort from Luongo (12 strikeouts) led the Hawks.

• Leander pounded Seguin 15-0 and 13-3 as Kendel Akers had four hits in four at-bats and an RBI while Aliyah Allen had six hits in seven at-bats with a home run, nine RBIs and four runs scored.

In other series, Bellville beat Jarrell 13 and 6-1 while Smithville lost a pair of close games, 2-0 and 5-2, to Salado. Liberty Hill beat San Antonio Burbank 16-1 and 15-0 while Thrall beat McGregor 10-0, then lost 3-2, then won 11-6 to advance.