Friendswood Mustangs High School Baseball News

6/5/10 - FW falls to Brenham 8-6 in a great series. FW got behind 6-0 in the first and never quit. We scrapped back and made it an 8-6 final. Great job of pitching by Andrew Bossert to keep us in the game, 4 strong innings! FW should be very proud of this team, they pulled together and had a great playoff run, one of the top 3 playoff runs in FW history. Way to keep the legacy alive team!!

6/4/10 - Exciting doubleheader at Sam Houston. Mustangs win game 1 8-2 in 8 innings. Tyler Sullivan pitched a Complete game gem and put us up 5-1 with a grand slam in the top of the 8th! Nice job of quieting the critics, media and Brenham fans. Brenham came out in Game 2 and their ace pitched a gem as well, beating us 4-1. Sophomore Jared Gaspard pitched very well also, throwing a complete game and allowing only 2 earned runs! Mustangs showed they are in the same league as this team, holding the Potent Brenham offense to 6 runs in 2 games, and they had been averaging 11 runs a game in their 16 game win streak!!

5/29/10 - Play by Play FW beats PNG 9-8 in 9 innings. Headed to Regional finals for the 2nd time in 3 years!! FW got out to a quick lead off of Kyle Singletons 2 run homerun. However the 2nd inning was not kind to us. We allowed 6 runs on 3 hits and 2 errors. Starting pitcher Speck pitched well enough to get out of that jam with no runs, but FW was now in a big hole. Sullivan relieved Speck in the 2nd and pitched well in the 3rd and 4th. We allowed 2 more runs in the 4th with 2 hits and 2 errors! We were now down 8-2. Will Hibbs came into pitch in the 5th inning and shut them down. Will allowed only 5 hits, no runs and struck out 7. Simply put - he fooled them with his stuff. The offense started the comeback in the 4th behind hits by Neuman, Michael Goodwin and Gibbs. Kennemer, Johnson and Hollier walked. Speck, Kennemer and Gibbs had RBI's! We tied the game up in the 5th off of Specks two run homer!! Game went into extra innings and the real fun was in the 9th! Gibbs doubled to start the inning. Singleton was intentionally walked. Will Hibbs laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Holle, pinch running for Gibbs, and Singleton over to 3rd and 2nd. Connor Neuman laid down a squeeze bunt but Holle was gunned down at home. With 2 outs and 2 strikes to Michael Goodwin - Connor timed his break to 2nd to draw a throw perfectly, the pitcher was distracted and balked home the winning run, Kyle Singleton!! Wow!

Here is the play by play of one of the most exciting games in FW's history!!

5/28/10 - Wow - We came out flat and PNG came out hot. No need to talk about this one too much more PNG 17 - FW - 0. All that means is that we have won one and so have they!! Game 3 tomorrow at 2:00!!

5/26/10 - BIG BIG BIG win for the Stangs over a very good PNG team!! Tyler Sullivan pitches 4 strong innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 earned run. Kyle Singleton came in and pitched 4 more strong innings allowing 1 hit, no earned runs and striking out 8! PNG tied the game up in the bottom of the 7th on a 2 base error, a passed ball and a hit. But the Mustangs came roaring back in the top of the 8th. Jordan Gibbs got on base with an error by the 2nd baseman on a sharp hit ball up the middle. The Indians intentionally walked Tyler Sullivan. Pinch Hitter Turner Goodwin laid down a perfect bunt single which plated the go ahead run. Mike Speck then drove a single to right field scoring 2 runs to make it 6-3!! Singleton shut em down in the 8th and the Mustangs win!! Way to go!

5/22/10 - Friendswood wins Game 3 9-3. Tyler Sullivan and Kyle Singleton pitched the Stangs to victory. Jordan Gibbs led the offensive charge going 3-4 with 3 RBI. Matt Kennemer stroked a HR and had 2 runs scored. Michael Goodwin had 2 hits and an RBI. Good win Stangs.

5/20/10 - Friendswood crushes Waltrip 10-1 in game 1! Jordan Gibbs pitched a complete game 5 hitter. Jordan lead the way offensively with 4 RBI's also. Kyle Singleton was 3-5 with 2 RBI's. Tyler Sullivan and Connor Neuman were 3-4 . Great game. Game 2 tonite at 7:00 in FW!! Come out and cheer for the big blue!!

PLAYOFF UPDATE - FW vs Davis round 2 series - Friendswood wins Game 1, 12-0 behind combined no hitter by Gibbs and Sullivan. Friendswood wins rain impacted series, leading game 2, 12-0 in the bottom of the 2nd. Game was rain called Friday night, tried to play it again Saturday am and got rained out again. Coaches agreed to call it a series.

5/7/10 - Friendswood wins game 2 , 9-8. Foster jumped out to a 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 4th and was feeling good. FW scored 4 runs in the 5th and 6th to take the lead! Kyle Singleton hit a 2 out 2 RBI double to give us the lead. He then entered as the pitcher in the top of the 7th and struck out the side with 10 pitches!! Awesome comeback!

We will play the winner of the Davis vs Scarborough. Davis won game 1 10-0.

4/30/10- Varsity loses 6-4 to Angleton. Will not know seeding till after the TC vs Santa Fe game at noon today.

JV dominated Angleton en route to an 11-5 win. Gaspard had 4 RBI's and a Homer. Rhodes, Holle and Henry had 2 RBI's each. Taylor, Mendenhall and Wood combined to shutdown the Wildcats! Great season - Undisputed District Champs - 20-4-1 , 11-1-1 Record!

Sophs beat Angleton!

4/23/10 -

Varsity loses 4-3 to fall into a 3 way tie for 2nd place. They did however clinch a playoff berth since Manvel defeated Dawson.

JV ties TC 2-2 in 10 inning game called due to time/curfew/umpire fatigue! Will Hibbs and Jordan Wood pitched great. TC really wanted this one, bringing down Barnes from the Varsity who threw 7 innings and close to 100 pitches.

Sophs get the only win against TC, winning 7-5. Good job.

4/16/10 Varsity wins 7-0. Gibbs picks up the win, a complete game 5 hit shutout! Another strong pitching outing from Jordan! Friendswood scored 2 runs in the first two innings but broke the game open in the 6th. Johnathan Johnson's rbi single scored Tyler Sullivan who had doubled to lead off the inning. Following a walk to Tanner Mertel, Matt Kennemer reached on an error to load the bases. Brandon Hollier singled to score two runs and Jordan Gibbs doubled to score two more.

4/16/10 - JV wins 7-6. Trevor pitched 4.1 innings allowing 3 earned runs and Joe Taylor finished the game coming in with the bases loaded and escaping with 1 run that inning. Allowed 2 earned runs in the 6th and then 3 up three down in the 7th. Forrero hit a two run homer and David Frank hit a double off the fence! Gaspard had a double and a triple.

4/13/10 - Varsity loses 4-3 to Manvel.

4/13/10 - Sophs lose to Manvel 11-4.

4/12/10 - JV wins 6-1. Will Hibbs strokes a Homer and Pitched 3 scoreless innings. Jordan Wood pitched 4 strong innings in relief and picked up the win.

4/9/10 - Varsity defeats Dawson 5-4 in 13 innings. Brandon Hollier drove in Matt Kennemer with the game winning run on a ball hit to the SS and they could not get Matt at home. Kyle Singleton pitched an awesome game in relief! Way to go Stangs!

4/9/10 - JV sweeps Dawson 8-1. Jared Gaspard pitched a complete game, allowing only one run, 2 hits and had 10 strikeouts. Jared was also 3-4 with one run scored. Other strong offensive showings, Gunner Holle was 2-3 with and RBI triple and 2 runs scored, Kevin Rhodes was 1-1, on base 4 times with an RBI double and and 2 runs scored. David Frank had 2 RBI's also! Great game.

4/9/10 - Sophs lose 3-1 to Strake Jesuit.

4/6/10 - Varsity loses 8-2 to Friendswood. Santa Fe scored 4 runs in the first two innings and added on 4 more over the last 5. FW bats were not alive and the energy level did not produce a win. FW is now in a 4 way tie for first.

4/6/10 - Sophs beat Santa Fe 11-4. Joe Kalla and Brent Janak pitched well and recieved lots of run support as the Soph boys routed Santa Fe 11-4. Aron Miller tripled, scored and had two RBI, Gunnar Hollier had two hits including an RBI double, Johnny LeBlanc knocked in two runs, Nick Treybig had an RBI single and Christian Dao had an RBI single.

4/5/10 - JV sweeps Santa Fe 10-6. Hibbs pitched a strong 6 innings allowing only one run. Joe Taylor come on in relief of Jairus Alexander with two men on and escaped the situation earning the save. Mustangs move to 6-1 in district. Santa Fe's only two district losses have been to FW.

4/2/10 - The Friendswood Mustangs took sole possesion of first place in district 24-4A with a convincing 9-4 win over the Angleton Wildcats. Andrew Bossert pitched 7 strong innings to get the win. Great complete game effort by Andrew! Pitching has come thru big in the last 8 innings of the TC game and this game! Kyle Singleton had two hits and drove in 3 runs, including a 2-run homer in the third inning to give the Mustangs the early lead. Brandon Hollier was 2-3 with an RBI double and 2 runs scored. Jordan Gibbs added an 2 RBI's including a double in the seventh to extend the lead. Tyler Sullivan also had 2 hits and an RBI, and Ethan Erenwert added an RBI. Josh Ganze took the loss for the Wildcats.

4/2/10 - JV defeated Angleton 4-1 behind a strong game on the mound by Jordan Wood, who limited them to 3 hits. Logan Varner came in and shut them down in the 7th.

4/2/10 - Sophs Defeated Angleton 10-3.

3/30/10 - Varsity wins a 10 inning thriller, 4-3 over Texas City! Matt Plitt was dominating for TC, throwing 5 shutout innings but Friendswood struck late to defeat the Stingarees 4-3 in 10 innings. Plitt pitched 9 innings for Texas City but came away with a no decision. Allen Cook started for Friendswood but left after 2 innings after giving up 2 runs. Jordan Gibbs came on and pitched well giving up one run in 4 innings, and senior Kyle Singleton earned the win by pitching 4 shut out innings while striking out 7. Texas City had a chance to win it in the bottom of the 7th, leading 3-2 with 2-out and a runner on second, senior Brandon Hollier singled up the middle to tie the game. It would stay that way until the bottom of the 10th, when Friendswood would load the bases with no outs. The Mustang's Johnathon Johnson hit a slow roller to short that enabled Michael Goodwin to score the winning run. Texas City, Friendswood and Angleton are now tied for first in district 24-4A with 5-1 records. Bradley Barnes took the loss for Texas City. Hollier was 3-4 with a run scored and an RBI, Gibbs hat 2 hits and an RBI, Michael Speck and Michael Goodwin also added hits for the Mustangs.

3/30/10 - Sophs lose 5-4 vs Texas City.

3/29/10 - JV loses ugly to TC, 9-5. Too many errors and we could not find enough holes with the bats. There will be another game!

3/26/10 - FW defeats LM to stay tied for 2nd in district.

3/26/10 - JV defeats Lutheran South 12-1 behind a complete game 4 hitter by Trevor Mendenhall. The Mustangs stranded 12 runners in the first 6 innings before busting it open with an 8 run 7th. Mustangs were led offensively by ; Jared Gaspard - 3 hits, 3 RBI's and 2 runs scored, Tyler Henry - 1 hit , 2 RBI's, TJ Scott - on base 5 times, 2 runs scored, Kevin Rhodes - 1 hit, on base 4 times, 2 runs scored.

3/26/10 - Sophs lose 11-2 to St. Thomas.

3/26/10 - Varsity defeats LM to stay tied for 2nd in district. Home runs by Hollier and Speck.

3/26/10 - Sophs lose 11-2 to St. Thomas.

3/23/10 - Varsity beats Bport 2-1 in a pitchers duel. Andrew Bossert goes the distance. Michael Speck drove in the winning run with a triple. Wood goes to 3-1 in district.

3/23/10 - Sophs beat Brazoswood 5-3! Well done.

3/22/10 - JV wins 10-0 over Brazosport behind a complete game one hitter by Will Hibbs. JV is undefeated in district play.

3/20/10 Mustangs Sweep Manvel - Varsity won 8-5. Jv won 8-7 and Sophs won 2-1, well done teams!

3/19/10 - The Mavericks jumped out to a 3 run lead in the top of the first but it didn’t last long. Friendswood's Kyle Singlton hit an opposite field 3-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the first and the Mustangs went on to score 6 total in the inning on their way to a 9-5 win. Allen Cook threw 6 innings to get the win, giving up 5 runs on 9 hits and striking out 12. Doug Orta took the loss for Manvel. Matt Kennemer continued his hot hitting going 2-3 with an RBI, Andrew Cook and Michael Goodwin also had RBI's for the Mustangs.

FHS--9-6-1

MHS-5-10-2

3/17/10 - The Mustangs fell to Pearland Dawson on the road 5-2. Andrew Bossert took the loss for the Stangs. There were just too many errors behind the pitchers to pull this one out. Kyle Singleton had an RBI triple and Jordan Johnson added a sac fly RBI to account for the Mustang runs. Jordan Gibbs, Michael Goodwin and Matt Kennemer also had hits for Friendswood.

3/15/10 - JV ran its District Record to 2-0 with a tight 4-3 game vs Dawson in the first home game of the season for them. Friendswood jumped out on top 4-0 with an exciting First inning. TJ Scott led off the game with a single and stole 2nd. Jairus Alexander doubled him home. Will Hibbs walked. The catcher then made a 2 base throwing error attempting a pick off on Will, Jairus scored and Will advanced to third. Jordan Wood got the RBI by grounding out to third. Matthew Trayor singled. Kevin Rhodes got Traylor home with a double over the right fielders head but was thrown out with a perfect relay on the cutoff. That was it for FW scoring! Hibbs pitched a strong 5 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. Logan Varner came in in relief in the 6th inning and got 2 quick outs. Joe Taylor relieved Varner with the bases loaded and a one run lead. He struck out the next batter to get out of the jam! He then allowed 1 hit and faced 4 batters to end the game!

3/13 - Friendswood Varsity run ruled Alvin 16-6. Kyle Singleton stayed red hot with 2 homeruns and 6 RBI's. Brandon Hollier, Matt Kennemer, Ethan Erenwert, Michael Goodwin, Jared Gaspard, Jonathan Johnson and Tyler Sullivan all had hits, RBI's and runs scored!

3/13/ - JV lost an extra inning thriller to Dobie in the championship game. Will Hibbs had a 2 run homer to give us the lead in the 7th. However Dobie tied it up in the 7th and won it in the 8th.

3/13 - Sophs lost 12-8 in the championship game.

3/12 - Friendswood wins one and loses one. Varsity beat Pearland 9-8. Kyle Singleton was 3-4 with 2 homeruns, Tyler Sullivan was the winning pitcher. The next game was against Mayde Creek and we fell behind 11-1 with too many errors in the first couple innnings. Mike Speck pitched well, but the errors did not help. FW mounted a comeback behind Turner Goodwin's grand slam. Jordan Gibbs remains hot at the plate, going 5-8 for the day.

3/12/ - JV beat an overmatched Fort Bend Baptist 13-2.

3/12 - Sophs advance in the Santa FE tournament against Pearland, relying on 3rd base penetrations to break a 9-9 tie.

3/11/10 - Varsity lost to Fort Bend Austin 8-7. Jordan Gibbs was the offensive highlight - going 3-4 with a double, 2 home runs and 4 RBI.

3/11/10 - JV defeated Pasadena Memorial 3-1.

3/11/10 - Sophs defeated Angleton 18-2!

3/10/10 - Mustangs broke out the big bats and run-ruled area-ranked Santa Fe 18-8 in their first district game of the season. Matt Kennemer had 2 hits and 2 RBI's. Bam Hollier had 2 hits, double, 3 runs scored and 3 RBI's. Tyler Sullivan was 3 for 3 with a Homerun, 2 RBI and 4 runs scored. Michael Goodwin added 3 hits, double, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. Jonathan Johnson had 2 hits including a double. Jordan Gibbs added a double, RBI and run scored, and Connor Neuman scored 2 runs and had one RBI. Andrew Bossert got the win for the Mustangs and Allen Cook came in and shut the Indians down at the end. Great start to the district season.

3/10/10 - JV defeated Santa Fe 4-2. Will Hibbs had another complete game 5 hitter! Kevin Rhodes was 2-3 with a run scored. Jared Gaspard hit a solo homerun!

3/10/10 - Sophs defeated the Santa Fe Indians 9-8!

3/6 - Seven Lakes outslugged the Friendswood Varsity Mustangs and won easily 14-8. Tyler Sullivan took the loss for Friendswood and Kyle Bocha got the win for Seven Lakes. Kyle Singleton hit his second homer in as many days; a 3-run shot to cut the lead to 4-3. Jonathan Johnson and Jared Gaspard added RBI doubles for the Mustangs, while Matt Kennemer added two hits including an RBI double. Connor Neuman added two doubles and Jordan Gibbs also had two hits.

3/6 - JV beat Clear Lake 10-1 on a complete game 5 hiiter by Will Hibbs to get to the Championship game. JV then beat Pearland 4-3. In the top of the 7th Kevin Rhodes got on base on a hard hit ball to the first baseman that he did not handle. Joe Taylor advanced him to 2nd with a sac bunt. Jordan Wood advanced him to 3rd. TJ Scott hit a single up the middle to score Rhodes with the winning run. Jordan Wood then shut them down in the bottom of the 7th for the Championship win.

3/6 - The Mustang Sophomore team destroyed the Brazoswood Bucs in the championship game of the Brazoswood Tournament 12-2. Trailing 1-0, Gunnar Hollier ripped a 2-RBI triple to give the Mustangs a 2-1 lead. Ryan Hart followed with an RBI single and was outstanding behind the plate. Aron Miller launched a 2-RBI double to left to make it 5-2. Mathew Ruiz blasted an RBI double of his own to make it 6-2, and not to be outdone; Christina Dao followed with another 2 RBI double pushing the lead to 9-2. Janik got the win for the Mustangs and added an RBI single.

3/5/10 - The Mustangs bats came alive today as they broke open a close game with the Morton Ranch Mavericks and cruised to a 14-6 win. Ethan Erenwert homered in the 4th inning to give Friendswood a 5-3 lead. The Mustangs broke it open in the bottom of the 5th, scoring 6 runs. Michael Goodwin's 2-out 2 RBI single made it 7-6 and the hits kept coming. Brandon Hollier had 2 hits 3 RBI's, Turner Goowin (2B) 3 RBI's, Kyle Singleton had 2 doubles 2RBI, Ethan Erenwert had 2 hits (HR) 2 RBI, and Jordan Gibbs added an RBI single. Allen Cook got the win for the Mustangs and Jake Stewart took the loss for the Mavericks.

3/5/10 - Jordan Gibbs pitched six strong innings and was equally stellar at the plate going 3-4 with three RBI’s leading the Mustangs to a 12-6 victory over the Clear Springs Chargers. Brandon Hollier scored two runs and had two hits including a leadoff homer and Kyle Singleton added a 2-run shot in the top of the 7^th. Other Mustangs joining in on the hit parade were Tyler Sullivan RBI double, Matt Kennemer RBI double, Michael Goodwin RBI single, Tanner Mertel RBI single and Jordan Johnson single.

3/5- JV beat Manvel 8-1 behind a complete game from Joe Taylor.

3/5 - Sophs beat Dobie using tiebreaker in a 3-3 game. Game was tied 3-3 after 7 innings and was still tied after 9. Friendswood advanced using the tiebreaker of the team with the most players reaching 3rd base. Sophs play in championship game at 1:30, Wilson Field - Brazoswood High!

3/4/10 - Mustangs drop their second in a row falling to Clear Lake 10-4. Erenwert, Andrew Cook, Kennemer and Hollier had hits for the Mustangs.

3/4/10 - Mustang JV beat Ball 8-1 to move to 4-2 on the year. Trevor Mendenhall pitched a complete game 2 hitter, striking out 6. Blake Gazzier had 2 RBI's. Tyler Henry, Kevin Rhodes and Gunner Holle each scored 2 runs.

3/4/10 - Mustang Sophs beat Clear Lake 10-0 to move to 2-01 on the year!

3/3/10 - Mustangs lose a tough one vs Rosenburg Terry 3-2. Jordan Gibbs led off the second inning with his first homerun of the year to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead. They made it 2-0 in the 3rd on a hit and run single by Matt Kennemer scoring Bam Hollier. But walks and poor defense allowed the Rangers to win it in their last at bat.

2/27/10 - Friendswood rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th to beat Alvin 6-5. Tyler Sullivan was 2-3 with 2 RBI,s and scored the winning run when Andrew Cook walked with the bases loaded. Andrew Bossert pitched 5 strong innings and Brandon Hollier got the win for the Mustangs.

2/25/10 - Friendswood 5, Huntsville 3 The Mustangs erased a 3-0 deficit to remain perfect on the season. Andrew Bossert had a two-run single, while Jordan Gibbs, Kyle Singleton and Brandon Hollier each had one RBI. Michael Speck got the win for Friendswood (2-0).

2/25/10 - Friendswood JV 9 - Pasadena 1. Very ugly game vs an overmatched Pasadena team. We scored 9 runs with 6 hits. Pitching looked good against this team. Two real tough games next will make us forget this one - Clear Lake and Pearland, get ready for some real Baseball.

2/20/10 - Varsity game moved from Tuesday 2/23 to Monday 2/22. All teams beat Dickinson in Scrimmages Friday. La Porte games were mixed results, Varsity tied, JV lost 2-0 in a shortened 3 inning mini scrimmage.

February 7th 2010 - Sweeny coach does not want to scrimmage according to CT. He will confirm - but very good chance the JV will not be travelling to Sweeny!! Get to watch the LaMarque Basketball game!