Check out the Friday, March 27, 2026 baseball edition of the Fastball: Arlington Heights downs Paschal, plus area scores
Bob Booth
Special to the Star-Telegram
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Arlington Heights scores early, holds off Paschal
Fort Worth Arlington Heights scored 3 times in the bottom of the second inning and made it hold up as the Yellow Jackets slipped past Fort Worth Paschal 3-2 in a District 7-5A game on Friday at Arlington Heights High School.
Arlngton Heights (8-10-2 overall, 5-1 district) moved into a tie for first place in district with the win. Ben Harris singled with one out in the third and Adrian Tristan followed with a walk.
With two outs in the third, Jayden Lee tripled to center to score Harris and Tristan. Lee scored shortly after on a wild pitch to make it 3-0 Heights.
Paschal (16-3, 5-1) rallied in the top of the fourth when Simon Pate drilled a hard grounder past second to score John McInnis, running for Griffin Lee who had singled, and Sebastian Piria who had doubled cutting the lead to 3-2.
Roy Perez went the distance for Arlington Heights scattering 4 hits and allowing 2 runs, both earned, with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk. Owen Settle pitched well for the Panthers allowing only 3 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 13 and walking 1.
SCORES
Thursday
Ferris 8, Venus 4
Friday
Weatherford 9, Rockwall 1
Mansfield Legacy 4, FW Boswell 2 (10)
Mansfield Lake Ridge 11, North Crowley 0 (6)
Mansfield 10, Crowley 1
Keller 9, Southlake Carroll 8
Haslet Eaton 5, Keller Central 3
Keller Timber Creek 4, Trophy Club Byron Nelson 2
Arlington Martin 7, Arlington Bowie 4
South Grand Prairie 3, Arlington Lamar 1
Arlington 9, Arlington Sam Houston 3
Grand Prairie 8, Haltom 2
Saginaw 6, Azle 0
FW Brewer 4, Keller Fossil Ridge 1
Aledo 15, FW Chisholm Trail 6
Denton Ryan 6, NRH Richland 0
Colleyville Heritage 3, Argyle 2 (8)
Grapevine 11, Denton 0 (5)
FW North Side 18, FW Wyatt 1
FW Arlington Heights 3, FW Paschal 2
FW Trimble Tech 12, FW Polytechnic 2 (6)
Burleson 19, Cleburne 4
Burleson Centennial 17, Arlington Seguin 3 (5)
Everman 8, Mansfield Timberview 2
Joshua 13, Mansfield Summit 1
Brock 10, Graham 0 (5)
Stephenville 13, Brownwood 3 (5)
Mineral Wells 4, Glen Rose 2
Springtown 16, Bridgeport 1 (5)
Burkburnett 10, River Oaks Castleberry 4
Decatur 20, Lake Worth 0 (5)
FW Diamond Hill-Jarvis 17, FW Dunbar 0 (4)
FW Carter-Riverside 17, FW Southwest 7 (5)
Benbrook 15, FW Western Hills 0
Godley 16, Alvarado 2
Waxahachie Life 22, Hillsboro 1
Kennedale 5, Mabank 1
Peaster 11, Tolar 10
Keene 18, Dallas Madison 3 (3)
Paradise 10, Boyd 0
Ponder 10, Pilot Point 0
Grandview 12, Palmer 5