{"id":303288,"date":"2026-05-21T18:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/303288\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:22:05","slug":"early-home-run-upends-calallen-softball-in-game-1-of-state-semifinals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/303288\/","title":{"rendered":"Early home run upends Calallen softball in Game 1 of state semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen pitcher Jordyn Thibodeaux delivers a pitch during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen pitcher Jordyn Thibodeaux delivers a pitch during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway’s Makennah Barrera celebrates after hitting a double in the first inning of Friday’s District 31-4A game against Calallen at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen freshman Addison Juarez circles the bases after hitting a home run during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Kristin Leal (6) celebrated with Kylie Butcher during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway head softball coach Sally DeLeon talks to one of her players during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Calallen at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen faces Tuloso-Midway in a District 31-4A high school softball game at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway pitcher Madison Gummelt delivers a pitch during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Calallen at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Early home run upends Calallen softball in Game 1 of state semifinals<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Audryna Almaraz connects on a grand slam during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen players celebrate as Audryna Almaraz crosses home plate after hitting a grand slam during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen players celebrate the team’s 12-0 win against Tuloso-Midway on Friday, March 27, 2026 at Tuloso-Midway High School.<\/p>\n

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Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend high school softball playoff schedules, scores<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway’s Makennah Barrera delivers a pitch during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Calallen at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Kristin Leal beats out a throw to reach first base during Friday’s District 31-4A game at Tuloso-Midway High School on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Coastal Bend high school softball scores, top performers for April 7-11<\/p>\n

Calallen faces Tuloso-Midway in a District 31-4A high school softball game at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen head softball coach Teresa Lentz walks back towards the dugout during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen faces Tuloso-Midway in a District 31-4A high school softball game at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Calallen senior Bailey makes the out at first base during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen faces Tuloso-Midway in a District 31-4A high school softball game at Tuloso-Midway High School on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Dallin DeBellas, left, talks to Drayson Gamez as they walk off the field during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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This week’s Corpus Christi and Coastal Bend high school baseball schedule<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway’s Everett Vernon delivers a pitch against Calallen on Friday, March 27, 2026 at Warrior Field.<\/p>\n

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Calallen’s Carroll strikes out all 15 batters in five innings of perfection<\/p>\n

Calallen pitcher Coll Carroll pitches against Tuloso-Midway during Friday’s District 31-4A game on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Calallen’s Drayton Mitchell drinks some water before walking to the on-deck circle against Tuloso-Midway on Friday, March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Drayton Mitchell, left, leads off of first base as Tuloso-Midway’s Jaden Smith (22) waits for the pitch during the seventh inning of Friday’s District 31-4A game on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Dallin DeBellas waits on first base after reaching on an error during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Wyatt Duke hustles to reach first base during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway head baseball coach JK Moody stands near the Warriors’ dugout during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Calallen on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen head baseball coach Steve Chapman, right, fist pumps Coll Carroll after Carroll left in the game in the seventh inning of Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway’s Kaden Trevino walks back to the dugout alongside Jace Arriago during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Calallen on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Tuloso-Midway’s Jaycee Escareno bats against Calallen on Friday, March 27, 2026 at Warrior Field.<\/p>\n

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See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games<\/p>\n

Calallen’s Aidan Flores preapres for a play at third base during Friday’s District 31-4A game against Tuloso-Midway on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

A three-run home run in the third inning by Brooklyn Brannen was the difference as Bullard earned a 3-2 win in Game 1 to put three-time defending champions Calallen in an 0-1 hole in a best-of-three Class 4A Division I softball series at Cy-Ranch.<\/p>\n

Brannen hit the home run after a hit batter and a walk gave the Patriots to runners on.<\/p>\n

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Bullard had one other hit in the game as Calallen pitcher Jordyn Thibodeaux struck out 11 batters and allowed two hits with two walks.<\/p>\n

The loss is the first for Calallen (27-9-1) since an 8-4 setback against Deer Park on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats had runners on second and third in the sixth inning with one out and pulled within 3-2 on a steal of home, but could not push the equalizer across.<\/p>\n

Thibodeaux was 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI. Audryna Almaraz was had two hits in the game for Calallen who will have to win Games 2 and 3 to return to Red & Charline McCombs Field next week to defend their state championship.<\/p>\n

Game 2 is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at Cy-Ranch.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Calallen edged in Game 1 of state semifinal softball series<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 \/ 29 See the photos from the Calallen vs. Tuloso-Midway softball and baseball games Calallen pitcher Jordyn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[109810,6440,155,157,156,52665,13270],"class_list":["post-303288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-brooklyn-brannen","tag-calallen","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-jordyn-thibodeaux","tag-the-patriots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303288","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=303288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}