Lurking In The Water
Shadow Creek lining up for historic season as Sharks remain undefeated
Joshua Koch
Oct 24, 2018, 5:00 am
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There was a lot of unknowns when it came to Shadow Creek entering the program's first-ever varsity season.
The players had only faced junior varsity squads the past two seasons. The team had fared well in those campaigns going 5-3 in 2017 and 7-2 in 2016.
But what would happen when the Sharks went head-to-head with a varsity program.
Well, since the season-opening 43-7 victory against Summer Creek all Shadow Creek has done is win.
Shadow Creek enters Week 8 with a 7-0 record, has beaten Friendswood, Angleton and Magnolia along the way, and still seem to be an underdog.
"We feel like we have to prove people wrong every game," Shadow Creek defensive end Alec Bryant said. "We’re spacial because we have a lot of talent and we have bought in to what our coaches are saying every day."
The fact that Shadow Creek has won games in its first varsity season is already remarkable. But the run they are on right now is lining up for a historic season.
According to research done on texashighschoolfootballhistory.com, only 10 teams have ever gone undefeated in the regular season in history.
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Michael Wacha scattered four hits over six innings, Vinnie Pasquantino homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 2-0 for the second straight night Saturday to run their winning streak to six.
Wacha (1-3) once again received little run support, but the veteran right-hander made the meager production stand up on chilly evening at Kauffman Stadium. He struck out six while walking two and never allowed a runner past second base.
Steven Cruz worked the seventh for Kansas City, his seventh appearance this season without allowing a run. John Schreiber left runners on the corners in the eighth, and Carlos Estévez had a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
Bobby Witt Jr. doubled and scored in the first inning for the Royals, extending his career-best hitting streak to 18 games.
Framber Valdez (1-3) gave up a sacrifice fly to Mark Canha in the first inning and Pasquantino's shot down the right-field line in the fifth. Otherwise, the Astros left-hander kept Kansas City in check, allowing three hits and two walks over eight innings.
Valdez had tossed seven shutout innings against the Royals last August in a 3-2 victory.
The Astros, who have lost five straight at the K, have managed just nine hits while getting shut out over the first two games of the series. They had rolled into Kansas City having won three straight and five of their last six games.
Key moment
Isaac Parades hit a two-out double and Jeremy Peña followed with a single to give Houston runners on the corners in the eighth inning. Schreiber bounced back to strike out Christian Walker with a four-seam fastball to end the threat.
Key stat
The Royals have only scored seven runs in the 32 innings that Wacha has pitched this season.
Up next
RHP Hunter Brown (3-1, 1.16) tries to extend a 24-inning scoreless streak for Houston in the series finale Sunday. LHP Kris Bubic (2-1, 1.45) gets the start for Kansas City after tossing seven shutout innings against the Rockies his last time out.