Lady Winds Tennis Duo Headed to Austin

The girls doubles team of Jennifer Rainwater and Lexie Terrell brought home the Silver Medal at the Regional Tennis tournament. In their first round they defeated the team of Rachel Westmoreland and Veronica Zamora from Littlefield 6-0, 6-0. In a tough quarterfinals match the girls defeated Candace McClure and Corey Burnsen of Jim Ned 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. In Semifinals action the team of Monica Taylor and Hillary Borrego of Sonora were the next to fall the the duo from Floydada 6-4, 6-2 and in the Finals the team of Rainwater and Terrell were defeated by Martiza Sosa and Victoria Marquez of Reagan County. 2-6, 0-6.

" I am so very proud of each and every player that represented Floydada High School. They all competed to the best of their ability and showed great pride and determination. These student-athletes are extremely talented not only on the tennis courts but in the classroom as well." said Coach Nixon

In Girls Singles action Brityn Helms defeated Anna Neuzilova a foreign exchange student from Olney 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and in the Quarterfinals fell to the regional champion from San Saba Taylor Hibler. 1-6, 0-6.

In Mixed Doubles the team of Titus Miller and Kaylie Nutt were defeated by Marcus Medellin and Mica McGuire of Shallowater 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 in an exciting 3 setter. "I want to say a few comments on this team. Titus and Kaylie have been a bright spot on the courts in Mixed doubles. I love watching Titus just get after everything. He is all over the place and Kaylie has such a sweet nature until you give her a short shot at the net then she will make you eat that ball. Lots of fun watching these two. "

In other Girls Doubles action the team of Kelbie Day and Lindsey Beedy fell to a very athletic team from Shallowater Haley Burton and Claire Blackwell 06, 1-6. " The girls doubles team of Kelbie and Lindsey you guys have played super tennis all year. Kelbie and her crush the opponents at the net and Lindsey’s solid."

District 2-2A Tennis Results

Varsity Boys Singles

Championship
Tyson Turnbow (Muleshoe) def. Rolando Castanon (Friona)
6-1, 6-1

Third Place
Haden Lipham (Floydada) def. Trace Skinner (Childress)
6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Varsity Boys Doubles

Championship
Wood/Wood (Muleshoe) def. Lipham/Diaz (Floydada)
6-0, 7-5

Third Place
Dickson/Reed (Friona) def. Escarcega/Charez (Dimmitt)
5-7, 6-0, 6-3

Playback
Dickson/Reed (Friona) def. Lipham/Diaz (Floydada)
4-6, 3-6, 3-6

Varsity Girls Singles

Championship
Janee Denman (Dimmitt) def. Brityn Helms (Floydada)
6-0, 3-6, 6-1

Third Place
Hannah Griffin (Floydada) def. Yesenia Ortiz (Friona)
6-3, 6-2

Playback
Brityn Helms (Floydada) def. Hannah Griffin (Floydada)
7-6, (7-4) 7-5

Varsity Girls Doubles

Championship

Rainwater/Terrell (Floydada) def. Beedy/Day (Floydada)
6-0, 6-1

Third Place

Prince/Richards (Childress) def. Anthony/Sandoval (Friona)
6-1, 7-6 (7-1)


Mixed Doubles

Championship

Miller/Nutt (Floydada) def. Smith/Hall (Muleshoe) 6-2, 6-3

Third Place

Brock/Martinez (Tulia) def. Stanberry/Murphree (Friona)
6-4, 6-1

Playback

Brock/Martinez (Tulia) def. Smith/Hall (Muleshoe)
7-5, 6-3


OVERALL TEAM CHAMPIONS
FLOYDADA

BOYS TEAM CHAMPION
MULESHOE

GIRLS TEAM CHAMPION
Floydada ISD

Three Straight for Seago and Company

photos courtesy of Holly Campbell

Tuesday afternoon's 10-0 victory over the Friona Chieftans moved the Whirlwinds into the winning side of district play for the first time this season and may have brought a playoff berth even closer.

Junior pitcher Anthony Segura played maybe his best performance of the season from the mound for the Whirlwinds. Segura threw a perfect game until a shot to center field, from Matthew Stanberry of Friona and an error, in the bottom of the fourth gave Friona thier first baserunner of the afternoon.




Floydada hit the ball very well also starting with a two run frame in the top of the first. Things would continue to improve as Floydada would score 8 more runners in the next five innings. "We have gone to some different hitting drills really concentrating on getting our hands through the zone on certain pitches and just understanding how to attack balls in the zone." said Floydada head Coach Jaime Seago "The bunt game has been a big success with our hitting because the kids are seeing the ball better."


It appeared in the 5th inning that there would be a pitching change and bring in the Freshman closer, but that was not the case. "He thought I was going out there to pull him and he let me know right away that he was fine. I really went out there to give Garza a hard time about booting a routine ground ball and just let everybody catch their breath and relax."


Segura had an outstanding performance from the mound, pitching near the 80 pitch mark, and allowing zero runs off of only 1 hit with 5 strike outs and only one walk in 6 innings.



The victory over Friona moves the Whirlwinds to 4-3 in district play and keeps alive a chance for a playoff appearance. "The win streak has been nice and it has not been a problem keeping the guys focused as of late. We talk everyday about coming to work and getting better. Not to be satisfied with winning a few games but playing great baseball and win as many as possible in the few games left." said Seago. "Our current task is to get into the playoffs, but we have the attitude of just a one game approach and that if we take care of business, maybe that will become a reality. We are not looking into the future at all. Win one at a time."




Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E



Floydada 2 0 1 3 0 4 10 17 5
Friona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Whirwinds fall Short of Tulia

By Sharese Covington

The Whirlwinds faced league leader Tulia at Tulia, March 31st. The Winds managed 14 impressive hits off of Tulia’s ace pitcher, however, the Whirlwinds failed to convert all of them into runs. The Winds left a total of 10 base runners stranded, and a final score of 12 – 5 with Tulia on top.

Randy Lerma pitched the first 3 innings. He faced 18 batters, struck out 2 and allowed 6 runs. Joseph Segura pitched a partial inning. He faced 4 batters and allowed 3 runs. Jose Martinez finished the game pitching the final 2 ½ innings. Martinez faced 13 batters, struck out 2 and allowed 3 runs.

Senior, Colton Covington led all hitters. Covington was 4-4 with one RBI on the day. Joe Luis Suarez was 2-4 with one RBI. Joseph Segura was also 2-4 at the plate with a single and a double. Troy Morales, Anthony Segura and Manuel Delafuente each added 1 RBI.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final

Floydada 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 5
Tulia 4 0 2 3 1 2 - 12