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Akins Eagles Baseball 2013

Eagles in Action

Photos of the 2013 Akins Baseball Teams from practices and games

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Eagles Varsity
v.
Bel Air (El Paso) Highlanders
at Canyon High School - New Braunfels, Texas
Friday, March 1, 2013 10:06 AM - 12:01 PM CST
2013 Comal Independent School District Baseball Tournament

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Visiting Eagles begin warming up in left field at Canyon.

Canyon grounds crew does a bit of pregame gardening at home plate.

Eagle student manager (and cheerleader) Kaitlyn Cortez.

Eagles arrive at Canyon High at 9:32 AM for the 10 AM game. It's the 1st of the day at this venue and the 3rd game of the Comal ISD tourney for the Eagles.

Clockwise from botttom: Eagles Head Coach Steve Velasquez, Coach Steve Riojas, Sylvia McNicholas, Luke McNicholas.

PLAY BALL! The game starts at 10:06 AM. Eagle leadoff batter Austin McNicholas stands in the box, while the visiting Eagles watch from behind the wall of the 3rd base dugout.

Bel Air RHP Eric Gurrola plonks McNicholas with his very 1st pitch.

Medrano sprints past pitcher Eric Gurrola on his way to 1st base.

RC Medrano sends a perfect 1st-inning bunt down the 1st base line.

Bel Air Highlanders huddle near their dugout, as plate umpire Greg Wharton prepares to start the game.

Eagle Head Coach Steve Velasquez signals his runner to apply the brakes, plate umpire Greg Wharton races for a better view, Bel Air 3rd baseman Chris Estrada waits for the throw, as Eagle base runner Austin McNicholas tags up at 2nd and advances to 3rd on the Candelas fly to right field.

The ball is atop the bag, but so is Medrano. Pitcher Gurrola makes an errant throw to 1st baseman Mendoza, who makes a pretty good open field tackle.

Sam Davilla swats the 1st pitch he sees into left field for a 2-RBI double.

Austin McNicholas scores on Davilla's 2-RBI extra-base hit.

Jonathan Candelas feigns a 1st-inning bunt, but would fly out to right field for the 1st out of the inning.

Ryan Medrano stands on 1st, following a 1st-inning base hit that advanced Nick Vega (running for catcher Davilla).

With the Eagles up by 2 in the top of the 1st, Steve Martinez comes to the plate.

Eagle base runner Nick Vega takes a lead at 3rd base in the top of the 1st inning.

Running for catcher Sam Davilla. Nick Vega scores on an RBI single by Martinez. Eagles 3, Bel Air 0.

RC Medrano sprints for home on Davilla's hit.

Medrano scores on Davilla's 2-RBI double. Eagles 2, Highlanders 0.

Running for pitcher Ty Snyder, Peter Duran takes a lead at 2nd base, still in the top of the 1st inning.

Rene Castro, who got on base with an RBI double of his own, takes a lead at 3rd base, as Coach Velasquez keeps an eye on the Bel Air pitcher.

As Bel Air conducts a 1st-inning mound summit, Coach Velasquez meets on the sideline with Eagle batters and runners.

Meanwhile, Coach Riojas confers with plate umpire Greg Wharton.

Eagle starting pitcher Ty Snyder would hit an RBI double, scoring Martinez.

Field umpire Lynn Seymore.

Eagle batter Austin Scully takes a ball on the way to a 1st-inning base on balls that loads the bases.

Eagle RHP Ty Snyder takes the mound in the bottom of the 1st.

RC Medrano is on 3rd after a fielder's choice that scored Duran and Scully.

With the bases loaded and Castro at 3rd, Coach Velasquez points to Duran.

Eagles bat around. McNicholas is hit by a pitch for the 2nd time in the 1st inning, forcing Castro home. Eagles lead 6-0.

Candelas runs to 1st on an error by the pitcher.

Eagle shortstop Austin McNicholas.

Eagle Right fielder Ryan Medrano.

Eagle 3rd baseman Jonathan Candelas.

Highlander batter Steven Franco lines up an incoming 1st-inning pitch from Eagle pitcher Snyder. Franco would send the ball to deep left-center field for a triple.

Bel Air batter John Martinez is out at 1st 6-3. Eagle 1st baseman Steve Martinez fields the throw.

Ty Snyder prepares to deliver a pitch.

Highlander Chris Estrada drew a base on balls and then advanced to 2nd on a passed ball. Eagle shortstop Austin McNicholas shadows him as left fielder Austin Scully gets ready.

Estrada scores on a fielding error by the shortstop. The score is Eagles 8, Bel Air 3 in the bottom of the 1st inning.

Candelas stands at 3rd and field ump Lynn Seymore moves in for a closer view, but there would be no play at 3rd. Bel Air's Franco has a 1st-inning stand-up triple,

Officiating crew takes time out to consider a suspect Bel Air bat.

Eagle RHP Ty Snyder.

Eagle dugout: Kaitlyn Cortez, Ryan Medrano, Sam Davilla.

Ryan Medrano runs in from right field, as a John Martinez foul ball drops past Eagle 1st baseman Steve Martinez.

Ty Snyder delivers a 2nd-inning base hit, advancing Castro to 2nd.

Coach Velasquez holds Castro at 3rd after a throwing error by the shortstop.

Eagle 3rd baseman Jonathan Candelas.

Ty Snyder attempts a pickoff of courtesy runner John Ramirez at 1st base.

As Coach Riojas watches, Austin Scully sprints to 1st on a dropped 3rd strike, but is out.