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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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.