Softball: Lady Highlanders are Austin bound

Junior pitcher Abby Langkamp and The Woodlands Lady Highlanders are headed for the state tournament.
Junior pitcher Abby Langkamp and The Woodlands Lady Highlanders are headed for the state tournament.

What a difference a day makes. After combining for 23 runs on 28 hits in the series opener on Thursday, The Woodlands High School softball team engaged Rockwall in a pitcher’s duel on Friday at Getterman Stadium on the campus of Baylor University.

Lady Highlanders junior lefty Abby Langkamp got the better of it and The Woodlands completed a sweep of the Region II-5A finals playoff series with a 2-1 decision. And they did it in walk-off fashion. Fittingly, it was Aubrey Leach who drilled a bases-loaded single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, breaking a 1-1 tie, with courtesy runner Roma Thorton crossing the plate. click here for complete story