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Check out the Tuesday, April 14, 2026, softball edition of the Fastball: Byron Nelson set a school record for wins, plus area scores.<\/p>\n
Welcome to the high school softball edition of the Fastball, a Star-Telegram series highlighting Fort Worth-area teams. See coverage and results.<\/p>\n
Byron Nelson sets school record in win over L.D. Bell<\/p>\n
Meredith Hambric tossed a 3-hitter and struck out 15 to lead Trophy Club Byron Nelson past Hurst L.D. Bell 6-0 in a District 4-6A game on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats picked up their 29th win of the season, setting a new single season record. Byron Nelson is 29-3-1 overall and clinched at least a share of the district title at 13-2. Additionally, Nelson head coach Dani Hadnot recorded her 100th career win.<\/p>\n
Kaylee Vien\u2019s RBI single started the scoring in the first inning. She added an RBI sacrifice fly to right in the fourth that made it 2-0. Elle Dearing added RBI singles in the sixth and seventh innings.<\/p>\n
Gabby Cuellar hit an RBI triple to drive in McKenna Cleary in the seventh that extended the lead to 5-0. L.D. Bell fell to 4-20-1 overall and 1-14 in district play.<\/p>\n
Legacy homer dooms Lake Ridge<\/p>\n
Shayla Gonzalez broke open a 1-1 tie with a 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and Mansfield Legacy hung on to beat Mansfield Lake Ridge 4-3 in a District 3-6A showdown on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Legacy (19-11 overall, 10-2 district) completed its district slate with the win. Lake Ridge (17-13-1, 9-2) falls into a tie for second alongside Fort Worth Boswell, which beat Weatherford on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez\u2019s RBI single gave the Broncos a 1-0 lead in the third, but the Eagles tied it in the fourth with a solo home run by Zoey Pratt.<\/p>\n
Kaylyn Marstaller drew a 1-out walk in the Legacy seventh followed by a single from Caldwell. With 2 outs, Gonzalez drove a pitch to deep center to give Legacy a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Lake Ridge got back-to-back, 2-out singles in the bottom of the seventh followed by a 2-run double from North Carolina State commit Ryan Roberts. Julia Harper (North Carolina) was intentionally walked, becoming the game-winning run at first base, before Gonzalez, who also started in the circle, got a ground out to shortstop Lillie Gaudio, who\u2019s headed to LSU.<\/p>\n
LaRoche has big night for Martin in rout of Sam Houston<\/p>\n
Arlington Martin sophomore Alexa LaRoche had a night going 4 for 4 with 2 home runs, a double and a triple while knocking in 8 runs during the Warriors\u2019 17-2 win over Arlington Sam Houston in a District 8-6A game on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Sam Houston (8-14-1 overall, 4-9 district) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a double by Daisy Armendariz. LaRoche smacked a 2-1 pitch to deep right for a 3-run home run in the bottom of the first. Her triple in the second pushed Martin\u2019s lead to 6-2.<\/p>\n
Martin (19-10-1, 11-2) added 7 runs in the third with LaRoche\u2019s 2-run double to center extended the margin to 12-2. LaRoche scored in the inning on an RBI double by Adrianna Correa, who drove in 4 runs.<\/p>\n
LaRoche hit a 2-run home run in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Grandview rolls by Rice led by Tarleton State commit<\/p>\n
Tarleton State commit K.J. Hubbard had a big night to lead Grandview past Rice 14-0 in a District 18-3A game on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Hubbard hit a grand slam in the top of the fourth inning that extended the Zebras\u2019 lead to 10-0. Taryn Jackson added a 2-run single in the frame to push the Grandview lead to 12-0.<\/p>\n
Hubbard finished with 6 RBIs and a pair of hits. S.J. Mann (Abilene Christian) went 3 for 4 with 1 triple and 2 RBIs. Kenna Collins added an RBI single in the first inning and a 1-out triple in the fifth.<\/p>\n
Hubbard pitched all 5 innings and allowed 4 hits with 7 strikeouts. Grandview is 25-2-1 overall, 9-0 in district and won its 63rd straight district game.<\/p>\n
Boyd rallies to clinch district title<\/p>\n
Down 4-1, Boyd erupted for 5 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to go on and beat Ponder 10-4 to claim the District 10-3A title on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Boyd (27-2 overall, 11-0 district) won its 22nd straight game. Ponder (8-15, 3-8) took a 4-1 lead in the third inning on 2-run singles by Kami Thorson and Skylar Kysiak.<\/p>\n
Bella Tipton hit a 2-out double to center that drove in 2 runs and gave Boyd a 5-4 lead. Tipton scored to make it 6-4 on an RBI double from Stanford commit Abby Atkinson, who picked up the win on in the circle, registering 9 strikeouts.<\/p>\n
RBI doubles from Savannah Davis and Gabby Salas in the fifth extended Boyd\u2019s lead to 9-4.<\/p>\n
MONDAY\u2019S SCORES<\/p>\n
FW Trimble Tech 19, FW Wyatt 3<\/p>\n
Springtown 11, Decatur 5<\/p>\n
Benbrook 21, FW Dunbar 0<\/p>\n
FW Southwest 17, FW Western Hills 6<\/p>\n
FW Diamond Hill-Jarvis 22, FW Eastern Hills 0<\/p>\n
Peaster 11, Comanche 1<\/p>\n
Paradise 11, Pilot Point 1<\/p>\n
Boyd 10, Ponder 4<\/p>\n
Valley View 20, Callisburg 3<\/p>\n
Grandview 14, Rice 0<\/p>\n
TUESDAY\u2019S SCORES<\/p>\n
FW Boswell 13, Weatherford 3<\/p>\n
Mansfield Legacy 4, Mansfield Lake Ridge 3<\/p>\n
Mansfield 20, North Crowley 4<\/p>\n
Euless Trinity 3, Justin Northwest 1<\/p>\n
Trophy Club Byron Nelson 6, Hurst L.D. Bell 0<\/p>\n
Southlake Carroll 17, Keller Central 0 (5)<\/p>\n
Keller Timber Creek 14, Haslet Eaton 12<\/p>\n
South Grand Prairie 5, Haltom 1<\/p>\n
Arlington 13, Grand Prairie 4<\/p>\n
Arlington Bowie 12, Arlington Lamar 2<\/p>\n
Arlington Martin 17, Arlington Sam Houston 2 (5)<\/p>\n
Aledo 15, Granbury 1 (5)<\/p>\n
Saginaw 14, FW Chisholm Trail 3 (6)<\/p>\n
FW Brewer 10, Azle 3<\/p>\n
Argyle 4, Denton Ryan 1<\/p>\n
FW Paschal 16, FW Polytechnic 0<\/p>\n
FW South Hills 13, FW North Side 1 (5)<\/p>\n
Cleburne 15, Mansfield Summit 3 (5)<\/p>\n
Burleson Centennial 12, Burleson 2 (6)<\/p>\n
Joshua 15, Everman 0 (4)<\/p>\n
Mansfield Timberview 13, Arlington Seguin 8<\/p>\n
Brock 7, Glen Rose 3<\/p>\n
Mineral Wells 6, Stephenville 0<\/p>\n
Plano John Paul II 16, FW Eagle Mountain 1 (3)<\/p>\n
Godley 15, Ferris 0<\/p>\n
Kennedale 18, Alvarado 2<\/p>\n
Venus 11, Waxahachie Life 5<\/p>\n
Early 5, Tolar 2<\/p>\n
Breckenridge 23, Millsap 6 (5)<\/p>\n
This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out the Tuesday, April 14, 2026, softball edition of the Fastball: Byron Nelson set a school record…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-250535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}