Knights win Wolf Pack Classic
The play didn't start well for Harker Heights, but it ended with a championship.
A near pickoff led to the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, while Irvin Santamaria came through for the second consecutive day, hitting a two-run triple as the Knights went on to beat Burnet 5-3 in the Wolf Pack Classic baseball tournament championship at Shoemaker.
Harker Heights, which lost 13-2 to Argyle Liberty Christian during pool play Thursday, ended the tournament with three straight wins, including a win over the Warriors on Friday in the semifinals.
"You can say it's just another tournament game when you're just playing a game," said Heights coach Glenn Cunningham, whose Knights improve to 6-3. "But being under the gun and playing for a championship, you're playing for something. You're playing for some pride and a chance to bring a first-place trophy home.
"That's why you go out and play."
And as both Cunningham and Santamaria said afterward, it's games like the final Saturday that the Knights can use in preparing for the District 12-5A schedule.
"It really helps experience-wise," the junior said. "I just hope we can back it up the whole season and not just ride this."
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