Hawley Baseball Progam makes History

The Hawley Bearcat Baseball Team continues to make history for the program this season. After a somewhat slow start in the beginning of district play the Bearcats steadily improved and won the games that were needed to secure a playoff spot. The turning point of the season came against Colorado City in the second half of district. "That was the game we needed to jump start our playoff run" said Brad Schoonmaker head coach. "Going into that game we knew how important it was to our season and would tell us what type of team we were" Hawley advanced to the Bi-District round where they met a very tough Coleman team. With the pitching of Senior Colter Welch and a clutch two run homerun by Senior Casey Wilkerson Hawley swept Coleman in two games. The Bearcats then earned an opportunity to avenge last years loss to Crane that knocked them out of the playoffs. The Area round games were played in Snyder where Crane took game one on Friday 7-3 but that was the last time in the series that Crane showed any life. Hawley won game two on Saturday 7-3 with a strong pitching performance by Sophomore Josh Harris. Game three showcased some of the Freshman that have stepped up thru the season with a key hit by Tanner Thompson that started an 8 run 4th inning and Daniel Brewer on the mound allowing only three hits in 4 1/3 innings shutting out Crane in 5 innings with a final score of 11 - 0. Hawley advances for the first time in school history to the Regional 1/4 finals where they will meet district opponent Anson for the right to move on in the state playoffs.