The game ended up being an 11-inning affair that started at 7 p.m. and ended at 11:20 p.m. between No. 1 Reagan (15-3, 8-1 District 26-5A) and No. 4 Smithson Valley (12-8, 6-3).

"That was definitely one of the craziest games I've ever been involved in," Chapman said. "It was so back and forth, no doubt. If games like this build character, we have plenty."

Reagan was leading 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning and had Smithson Valley down to its last out when Rangers starting pitcher Derek Moczygemba scored the tying run with two outs on an infield single by Cory Bafidis.

Reagan broke through in the 11th with six runs. Catcher Alex Kendall doubled to start the inning and scored on a Matt Harrell single. Corbin Oakes' three-run double put the game out of reach.

Rattlers freshman Bryce Dorn pitched the final 52/3 innings for the victory.

"It's the best Baseball game the city has seen this season," Koehl said. "They came through and beat us, but the score doesn't do justice. Everybody on the field kept fighting as long as they could."

Lorne Chan

Boys basketball

New Clark coach: Steve Sylestine, who spent the past four seasons as the Stevens girls basketball coach, was named the boys coach at Clark.

Sylestine, 50, has a 245-156 record in 13 seasons as a head coach. The last boys team he coached was at Jay in 1997-98.

He replaces Kevin Hamilton, who left Clark after 24 years and 13 as head coach to become a Northside ISD assistant athletic director.

"Kevin's a close friend of mine and it's going to be a neat thing replacing him," Sylestine said. "We're going to try to continue the tradition that's been established at Clark."

Lorne Chan

Boys soccer

Spreading the wealth: In earning a place among the state's elite, Reagan always seemed to have a dynamic goal-scorer to get things done.

This season, though, the Rattlers have taken more of a goals-by-committee approach.

In playoff victories against Austin Bowie, Stevens and Lee, Reagan has scored six goals - all by different players.

The different approach has yielded similar results - another appearance in the Region IV-5A tournament.

Nose for the goal: Alamo Heights senior forward Brandon Roane dismissed his two-goal effort against Lake Travis as nothing more than him simply doing his job.

If nothing else, he's very good at his job.

Of the 19 goals Roane has scored this season, nine have been game-winners. Counting his assists, he has accounted for 13 game-winning goals.

Terrence Thomas

Softball

High Wattage: As Smithson Valley coach Wayne Daigle put it Tuesday night, the run Rangers ace Bailey Watts yielded in a 2-1, nine-inning victory against top-ranked New Braunfels earlier that night was "the first run she's given up in Comal or Bexar County this year."

Let that soak in for a minute.

A Houston signee, Watts has gone 8-0 against District 26-5A opponents, helping the Rangers (20-5, 9-1) surge past the Unicorns and back into sole possession of first place in the district.

Smithson Valley has outscored opponents 55-1 in games in which Watts started. The Rangers, in pursuit of their 12th straight league title, are 107-2 against district foes over the past eight seasons.

Chad Peters

Track and field

Where's Rynell? Stevens track coach Greg Felux said senior sprinter Rynell Parson will not compete in this weekend's Texas Relays as he continues to rehab an undisclosed injury.

"We will be heading up there; he will not be," Felux said.

Felux declined comment on the nature and severity of Parson's injury. He also would not say whether the injury would affect Parson's availability for the postseason. The injury comes on the heels of a lost junior season in which Parson was unable to defend his Class 5A state championship in the 100-meter dash after aggravating a lingering hamstring pull in the district meet.

Sky queens: One of the top matchups of the Texas Relays should be between New Braunfels junior Demi Payne and Allen senior Rachel Fisher. Fisher, who will compete as an unattached athlete, has the nation's top pole vault this season according to dyestat.com at 13 feet, 3 inches. Payne is just behind her at 12-11, the area record she set earlier this season.

Dan McCarney