BELTON — Sometimes, there’s one play that sums up the cold hard fact that it’s just not your day.
The St. Pius X baseball team had an exciting, successful season, but the defending TAPPS 5A State Champions couldn’t get past Argyle Liberty Christian in a 6-1 title game loss on Tuesday morning at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Red Murff Field.

St. Pius X freshman Kade Stewart is a proud member of the Panthers’ first family of athletes. His older brother, Kohl, is a senior All-American in baseball and football, while his older sister, Kelly, is a junior volleyball standout.

The St. Pius X baseball team came up short in its effort to repeat as TAPPS 5A State Champions on Tuesday morning at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Red Murff Field.

Argyle Liberty Christian scored six unanswered runs to claim a 6-1 victory over the defending state champions.

St. Pius X’s Jordan Jackson won the TAPPS Class 5A State High Jump championship with an effort of 6 feet, 8 inches last weekend at the TAPPS State Championships in Waco.
Jackson defeated the second place competitor, Fort Worth Nolan’s Michael Hoffman, by two inches. Teammate Zack Knight finished sixth in the 100 meter (11.17).

When he was 10 years old, Mike Truelove was already taking care of athletic fields.
“I used to have a tractor, cut the field and change sprinklers,” said Truelove, the Delmar-Tusa Athletic Complex Director who celebrated his 58th birthday on May 4.

The Oaks Dad’s Club 12 and under softball team won the HASA Recreation Softball Tournament on April 21 in Spring with an undefeated record.

Lutheran High North senior shot putter Meaghan Quickel is excited about her third and final trip to the TAPPS Class 4A Track & Field Championships this weekend at Baylor University in Waco.

The St. Pius X baseball and softball teams are respectively one step away from the TAPPS 5A State Tournament.