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LAMESA – The Brownfield Cubs baseball team traveled to Lamesa in District 3-3A play and lost 7-4 on Saturday, April 2. The Cubs trailed 2-0 at the end of the first inning but tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the third inning. The tie did not last long with Lamesa scoring a run in the bottom of the third against Brownfield to lead 3-2, and added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Cubs were held scoreless in the fourth and fifth inning, but added a run in the top of the sixth to trail 5-3. Yet the defense could not keep the home team scoreless as Lamesa added its final two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Brownfield went into the final inning trailing 7-3, and added a run but could not find a way to tie or take the lead. Head Coach Eric Morin spoke on his team’s performance. “It wasn’t the best, we definitely played better,” he said. “We did have a little run there in the end, we were still in the fight. But it’s a varsity sport and when you start getting behind it’s very difficult to come back. We have done it before but it didn’t go our way today.”
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The Wellman Union tennis team competed in the District 7-1A tennis tournament on Monday, April 4th at the Brownfield tennis courts. The district tournament was played between the Wildcats and Lady ‘Cats, Whiteface, and Loop. At the end of the tournament, Wellman Union had four players qualify for the Class 1A Regional tournament on April 11 and 12 at South Plains College, and five who medaled. Mixed doubles team of Mary Garcia and Darien Munoz came in second place, and the girl’s doubles team of McKenzie Harp and Kaley Cavazos came in second to qualify for regional and Van Underwood came in third place in boy’s single, missing out on regional by a spot. Head Coach Crista Gray spoke on her team’s performance.
Read moreLAMESA – The Brownfield softball team fell short 9-6 against the defending District 3-3A champions Lamesa on the road Saturday, April 2nd. The afternoon game was a match up between the top two undefeated teams vying for the top spot in the district. The Lady Cubs were in an uphill battle from the bottom of the first inning and tried to make a final run in the sixth inning but it fell short.
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A man from Brownfield was involved in a fatal crash in Ward County Sunday evening that took the life of a man from Monahans. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Anatolio Gallegos from Monahans was driving a pickup “at an unsafe speed” around a curve along State Highway 18 near Grandfalls. Micheal Navarrette, also from Monahans, was riding a motorcycle along the same curve, and Shawn Ried of Brownfield was driving a pickup behind the motorcycle. The report from DPS stated Gallego’s truck crossed over into the southbound lanes, Navarrette laid down his bike to avoid a crash, and the two pickups collided. Navarette and Reid were both taken to area hospitals; according to DPS, they were both in “stable condition.” It was unknown if Gallegos was wearing a seat belt; conditions were dry and clear on Sunday. Anatolio Gallegos died in the crash.
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