District champs
The Pershing Middle School softball team (pictured) won the Houston Independent School District’s end-of-season tournament to claim the district championship title. The girls had a great regular season and finished with a record of 13-2, before beginning the tournament. After two preliminary tournament games, Pershing advanced to the championship game and beat Black Middle School 8-7. The team is: (top row, from left) Ellie Plummer, Braidee Glenn, Cole Johnson, Rebecca Windle, Sami Johnson, coach Leisa Brents, Grace Parker, coach David Burgan, Kelsey Koenig, Julia Sanchez, Demi Coronado and coach Caroline Cox; (bottom row, from left) Olivia Alejandro, Rylee Glenn, Emily Alvarado, Adah Marvin, Laura Cantu and Raegan Burns.
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