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Most of Zach Poe's pitching outings this season have been effective. It has been a handful of appearances that have soured the Madisonville High School graduate's statistics.

The Madisonville baseball team split a pair of district matchups with a road loss at China Spring March 29 and a victory over Connally at MHS Friday. The Mustangs also defeated Fairfield in a non-district matchup Saturday before returning to league play at Mexia Tuesday. “We got two wins last

Madisonville catcher Cody Borgfeld points to his dugout in celebration following a two-RBI double in the bottom of the third inning to give the Mustangs a lead they would never relinquish Friday. Borgfeld would plate two more in the bottom of the sixth with a two-RBI triple to lead the team with four RBIs in an 8-2 win over Robinson. (See News for more) CAMPBELL ATKINS

The Madisonville softball team dropped a pair of district matchups last week to La Vega and Robinson, both at MHS, to fall to 1-2 in league play. The Lady Mustangs looked to bounce back Tuesday with a road matchup in China Spring.

Madisonville’s Mason Railsback and Elizabeth Guevara competed in a 5A/6A tournament at Rudder High School last week as a mixed doubles unit and earned third place by defeating Irving Nimitz. The duo suffered their only loss of the season at the prestigious tournament to 6A Tomball Memorial.

Cap: Madisonville native Tra’Dayja Smith recorded six assists and 11 points to lead the Longwood Lancers to a 74-70 victory over Mount St. Mary’s in the NCAA Tournament’s opening round Thursday. She also led the Lancers with 25 points and six assists in a loss to the number one seeded North Carolina State Wolfpack in Raleigh Saturday. Smith has immortalized herself as a Lancer legend in her two seasons at Longwood, holding two of the top six single-season assist totals COURTESY PHOTOS

The Madisonville softball team defeated Mexia 18-6 to open district play 1-0 at MHS Friday. The Lady Mustangs looked to make it two straight in league play with another home matchup against La Vega Tuesday.

The Madisonville baseball team split a pair of non-district matchups over the week with an 11-0 loss at Bellville March 15 and a 12-2 win over Palestine at MHS Friday. The Mustangs competed against Giddings in their non-district finale Tuesday and will host Robinson in their league opener Friday.