Austin, TX
Aggie Softball’s season ends in Austin Super Regional
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) – Julia Cottill’s 3-run bomb in the seventh inning wasn’t enough as Texas beat Texas A&M 6-5 in game three of the Austin Super Regional Sunday night.
All three games in this super regional were decided by one run (a 6-5 A&M win, a 9-8 Texas win in 9 innings, and a 6-5 Texas win).
Cottrill’s home run pulled the Aggies within a run in the seventh inning 6-5. But Amari Harper struck out looking by Teagan Kavan to end the game.
Trinity Cannon started the scoring with an RBI double in the first inning. Cannon finished the weekend with 8 RBI.
Texas scored three straight runs capped off by a Mia Scott home run in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead.
The wheels seemed to fall off a bit for the Aggies in the sixth inning. The Longhorns scored three more runs on a throwing error, a Scott RBI single and a Viviana Martinez RBI triple to take a 6-2 lead.
Texas advances to its seventh Women’s College World Series.
The Aggies finish year two under Trisha Ford with 44-15 record.
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Austin, TX
Did you know Austin has a pro pickleball team?
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Did you know Austin has a pro Pickleball team? The Texas Ranchers are one of the 22 teams in Major League Pickleball.
“Our mission is to become Americas pickleball team and the most valuable and highest grossing franchise in the league,” said Texas Ranchers CEO Evan Floersch.
The team consists of four players who were picked in a draft.
“We’ve got Christian Alshon, who was our number one overall draft pick,” said Floersch. “We have Etta Wright, who is the only Tongan in the sport. We’ve got Tina Pisnik who is an ex-Olympian tennis player and then we’ve got Pablo Tellez.”
The Ranchers play in the premier division with 12 of the best teams, one of those teams being their rival.
“We’ve got a Texas rivalry budding right now,” said Floersch. “We play the Dallas Flash, Mark Cubans team.”
The Ranchers are supported by a list of more than 30 owners, including celebrities, like Kendra Scott, Bobby Bones, Lil Wayne and Bijan Robinson, to name a few.
This year the team won’t play any tournaments in Austin, but fans can still go to local watch parties or catch the games on TV.
“Right now we have two linear deals with ESPN and FOX,” said Floersch.
As for the future of the sport in Austin, Floersch said there is a lot of excitement building around the Ranchers and pickleball in general.
“I definitely think that the sport at the pro level will continue to grow and it will continue to be a part of Austin’s culture and community,” said Floersch.
Austin, TX
Round Rock Juneteenth shooting: No suspect in custody, police say
ROUND ROCK, Texas – The city of Round Rock’s Juneteenth celebration ended early Saturday night after an altercation broke out between two groups. Round Rock police say during the altercation someone pulled a gun and fired it during the concert.
“It is unfortunate that we are here celebrating a wonderful event, and we have a tragedy that happens. My thoughts, my prayers go out to our victims. My condolences go out to the families of the deceased at this time,” said Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks.
Chief Banks confirmed during Sunday morning’s press conference that two people died at the scene. According to ATCEMS, four adults and two children were taken to local hospitals with potentially serious injuries.
“All the victims and the deceased were not emergency personnel or first responders. They were actually folks that were there enjoying the concert,” said Chief Banks.
Chief Banks says at this time the Round Rock Police Department and the FBI are investigating this mass shooting.
“As you can imagine, with a traumatic incident like this, people are going to have different accounts of what happened and different accounts of what that suspect might have looked like. And so, this is why it’s an ongoing investigation. We’re trying to piece that together,” said Chief Banks.
“Our goal is to put those folks behind bars. And our goal is to get them put away for life, and, and we’re going to work tirelessly to do that. No stone left unturned,” said Chief Banks.
Round Rock PD says there’s no suspect in custody at this time. They are asking for the public’s help. Anyone with any information on Saturday night’s shooting is asked to report it to the police department at 512-218-5500.
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