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The Fort Worth Paschal softball team poses with hardware after defeating Cleburne in a Class 5A Division I bi-district game on Friday, April 24, 2026 at Wildcat Field in Kennedale, Texas.<\/p>\n
Darren Lauber<\/p>\n
Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n
Welcome to the high school softball edition of the Fastball, a Star-Telegram series highlighting Fort Worth-area teams. The UIL bi-district round is in full swing so check out coverage and results.<\/p>\n
Paschal holds off Cleburne for first bi-district title in 10 seasons<\/p>\n
Fort Worth Paschal pitcher Angela Cisneros threw a gem at Cleburne, walking away with a 2-1 win in a Class 5A Division I bi-district single-game series on Friday at Kennedale High School.<\/p>\n
Paschal (15-15) moves on to the area round and will face the winner of the Aledo-North Richland Hills Birdville series that is tied 1-1 with a Game 3 on Saturday. The Panthers last bi-district win came in 2016 against Abilene.<\/p>\n
Cisneros tossed a complete game giving up just 2 hits and 1 unearned run in 7 innings while striking out 3 and walking 1 for the Panthers. Paschal scored a run in the fourth inning on two controversial calls, both involving Victoria Hultgren.<\/p>\n
Hultgren singled to lead off the fourth then was called out stealing second base, but the call was overruled by another umpire allowing Hultgren to remain on base. A perfect bunt by Margaret Bozarth moved Hultgren to third and a ground ball to short by Melanie Patino scored Hultgren who looked to be clearly out on a force play at the plate.<\/p>\n
Paschal scored again in the fifth, but this time there was no controversy. A 1-out infield single to short by Julia Padilla was followed by a passed ball and a run-scoring single by Hultgren for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Cleburne (16-19) got its only run in the top of the seventh when Payton Slovak led off with a fly ball to right-center field that created a collision between the center fielder and right fielder allowing Slovak to circle the bases. Cisneros got a ground out, fly out and line out, however, to end the game.<\/p>\n
Dayana Mitchell was solid on the mound for the Yellow Jackets going 6 innings, scattering 7 hits, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.<\/p>\n
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Fort Worth Paschal pitcher Angela Cisneros gets ready to deliver a pitch against Cleburne in a Class 5A Division I bi-district softball game on Friday, April 24, 2026 at Wildcat Field in Kennedale, Texas. Darren Lauber Fort Worth Star-Telegram Brewer sweeps Colleyville Heritage<\/p>\n
Fort Worth Brewer had a hotter start in Game 2 of its Class 5A Division 2 bi-district series, sparked by a first-inning home run from Avery Welch as the Bears eliminated Colleyville Heritage 12-2 in 6 innings on Thursday at Euless Trinity High School.<\/p>\n
Brewer (19-8), which rallied back to beat the Panthers 7-4 in extra innings during Game 1 on Wednesday, advance to the area round to take on Burleson (23-7), which swept Fort Worth South Hills (14-13-2).<\/p>\n
Welch drilled the first pitch she saw to deep left field for her ninth home run of the season that gave Brewer a 1-0 lead in Game 2. After Lexi Ladd doubled for Collyeville Heritage (14-18-1) in the second, Bella Kappus drove her in to tie the game with a triple to center.<\/p>\n
Brewer tacked on 5 runs in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI double from Sammi Aguirre and an RBI single from Ava Pena. Then with the bases loaded, Welch hit a high fly ball that dropped in shallow left that cleared the bases to extend the Brewer lead to 6-1.<\/p>\n
Cozy Tyson, the Game 1 winner for Brewer, hit a solo home run to highlight a 4-run fifth inning as the Bears went ahead 11-2.<\/p>\n
In Game 1, Lilly Meller hit the go-ahead 2-run single in the top of the eighth as Brewer went on to score 4 in the inning to pull away from the Panthers.<\/p>\n
Strong Martin pitching ousts Richardson<\/p>\n
Alexa LaRoche allowed 1 earned run and scattered 3 hits across 7 innings to lead Arlington Martin past Richardson 8-3 in their Class 6A Division I bi-district one-game playoff on Friday night at Hurst L.D. Bell High School.<\/p>\n
Martin (21-10-1) advances to the area round to play the winner between Hebron and Allen.<\/p>\n
Trailing 3-0 in the third, Richardson (14-17-1) tied the game in the bottom of the inning off a Martin throwing error and a 2-run single from Amanda Rich.<\/p>\n
But Jaclyn Blakney drove in the go-ahead run for the Warriors in the top of the fourth and that\u2019s all Martin needed. Martin added 3 runs in the fifth and 1 in the sixth to pull away from the Eagles.<\/p>\n
LaRoche finished the game with 13 strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Keller completes sweep of Boswell, on to area<\/p>\n
Avery Lawton blasted a grand slam in the first inning and drove in 5 runs to lead Keller to a 9-3 win over Fort Worth Boswell in Game 2 of their Class 6A Division 2 bi-district series on Thursday night at Saginaw High School.<\/p>\n
Keller (24-10-1) completed the sweep over Boswell (22-6-1) to advance to the area round to play Wolfforth Frenship or El Paso Socorro. The Indians scored 7 times in the top of the fifth during its 8-5 win in Game 1 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Addy Watson got the Pioneers going with a 2-run home run in the top of the first inning only to see its lead vanish a half inning later fueled by Lawton\u2019s grand slam to deep left field.<\/p>\n
Keller\u2019s lead extended to 6-2 in the fourth on a lead-off home run from Mackenna Jackson. Lawton and Calliee Cribbs picked up RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth for the Indians.<\/p>\n
Joshua rolls past North Side<\/p>\n
Isabella Lambert threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 batters to lead Joshua past Fort Worth North Side 14-0 in 5 innings in their Class 5A Division II bi-district single-game series playoff on Thursday night at Joshua High School.<\/p>\n
Lambert came close to a perfect game, but hit a North Side batter in the fourth inning. She still faced the minimum of 15 batters as catcher Bella Brown threw out the runner trying to steal second.<\/p>\n
Leading only 3-0 after 3, the Owls brought up 16 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs, 8 with 2 outs, in the bottom fourth to activate the mercy rule.<\/p>\n
Landrie Durham and Kinlee Alexander drove in 3 runs on back-to-back at-bats and Joshua led 6-0. After the second out, Leilanie Sam and Julia Stewart hit RBI singles and Taylor Proffitt belted a 2-run home run to left field to make it 10-0.<\/p>\n