Daingerfield Tigers lose to District 16-2A leaders

The Daingerfield Tiger baseball team had a tough week losing to Hughes Springs and Queen City, the top two teams in District 16 2A.
In the first game of the week Daingerfield took it on the chin to the #1-ranked team in Class 2A, Hughes Springs in a 12-2 loss. The Tigers could never rebound from the Mustangs’ big 7-run second inning.
Malik Higgins suffered the loss for the Tigers, going two innings and giving up 6 earned runs on six hits, with five walks. Josh Terry pitched three innings and gave up 1 earned run on one hit, with two strikeouts and two walks. Stone Kelley pitched the final inning for Daingerfield giving up 1 earned run on one hit, with two walks. The leading hitter for Daingerfield was Kelley with a home run and a double. Shawn Hooks, Colton Gibbs and Terry all contributed one hit each.
The Tigers only trailed Queen City 4-3 in the fifth inning but a 7-run sixth inning and multiple errors proved costly for Daingerfield in a 12-6 loss to the Bulldogs.
Terry took the loss for Daingerfield, and Cameron Precise came in to finish out the game for the Tigers. The leading hitters for Daingerfield were Ruben Mims who was 2-for-4 with a triple, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Terry was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Precise had a double and 1 run scored, and Hooks added a single to round out the hitting for Daingerfield.
The Tigers hosted their cross county rival the Paul Pewitt Brahmas on Tuesday and will travel to Hooks to square off against the Hornets on Friday afternoon with game time at 2 p.m.
The Daingerfield Tigers are currently 1-4 in District 16AA play.