High School Swimming
TWHS Boys & Girls Swimming Finish 2nd at UIL State
Feb 20, 2019, 8:13 pm
The Woodlands' girls swim team was the UIL 6A state champ in 2017. Via Vype
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The Woodlands' community has enjoyed a lot of swim success over the years. McCullough, which was the area's high school before The Woodlands opened in 1996, won six state championships (four girls and two boys) before it was turned into a Conroe ISD junior high. To no one's surprise, Highlanders' athletes have continued the tradition with 10 titles of their own (six boys and four girls).
The expectation was there when The Woodlands arrived at the University of Texas' Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center for Saturday's UIL 6A championship meet. The girls were going for a three-peat, while the boys were going for their first title since 2010.
The program ultimately fell short of the ultimate prize, but Lillie Nordmann and Tyler Hulet still made a splash in the pool. They picked up early wins, which set up the teams' runner-up finish in the boys (216 points) and girls' (221 points) divisions. Nordmann topped the Girls' 200 yard freestyle with a 1:45.55 time, and Hulet recorded a 48.82 in the Boys' 100 yard backstroke.
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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.