Week 4 Recap & Top Performers (2026)
RECAP AND SEASON MID-POINT | WRITTEN BY JAVIER GUZMAN
Week 4 is in the books, and we are officially at the mid-season point. District play has started for some teams, and this week and the following week, the rest of the teams will begin.
In the 6A classification, Laredo United South is off to its best start in years, as they just swept perennial district favorite Laredo Alexander and made a statement by winning 8-0 and 8-1. The Panthers will definitely be a team to watch in the playoffs, capable of making a deep run. Another 6A team to watch in Region IV is the La Joya Coyotes, who are also off to a strong start at 17-3. The Coyotes are led by a large senior class that is performing at a high level. Last but not least, don’t count out the PSJA Bears. Their schedule was loaded with top teams across Texas in tournament play. They have also been without their ace, Jesse Garza, who was a big part of the pitching staff during the Bears’ regional final run last year. It looks like the Bears are playing consistent baseball right now heading into district play, and if Garza returns, you may see them make another deep playoff run.
In the 5A classification, which may be the deepest pool of talented teams in years, Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial, Corpus Christi Ray, Gregory-Portland, and Flour Bluff lead the way with a strong start for the Coastal Bend region. Victoria East, just a bit east of the Coastal Bend, is one of those teams that could easily make a deep playoff run, but they play in a talented Region III, which will be tough. The Valley is deep with quality teams such as Mission Sharyland, Sharyland Pioneer, Weslaco East, La Joya Palmview, Rio Grande City, Brownsville Rivera, and PSJA North. Don’t be surprised if one of these teams shows up in the Final Four when it’s all said and done. The “Big 12” (District 29-5A) is once again going to go down to the wire—sit back and enjoy the madness.
The 4A classification is living up to expectations, as the usual teams such as Calallen, Sinton, and Tuloso-Midway lead the way. Calallen is hitting its stride, Sinton will be a tough out come playoff time, and Tuloso-Midway is always solid. It’s state or bust for the Wildcats, and I do believe they will be in Round Rock when it’s all said and done.
In the 3A ranks, this season seems more open than in previous years. Yes, the London Pirates can repeat and certainly can be in Round Rock again as they try to find consistency heading into district play. The Pirates no doubt have the team, and with their multi-sport athletes back from a state appearance in basketball, they now look to get hot at the right time. Looming in the background will be the Falfurrias Jerseys and Goliad Tigers in 3A Division I, while Orange Grove and Hebbronville try to get back to the regional final in 3A Division II. Don’t count out Bishop either—they played three tough tournaments and competed well. They have a long history of playoff runs, so it will be no surprise if they do it again. Raymondville and Santa Gertrudis are dark horse teams as well. The “Little Big 12” (District 30-3A) will be another dogfight, as Bishop, London, and Orange Grove are favorites, but Santa Gertrudis, Banquete, and San Diego will put up a fight.
In the 2A classification, Region IV has been tough, with teams like Shiner, Johnson City, Weimar, and D’Hanis consistently making appearances at the state tournament. Refugio, Agua Dulce, Port Aransas, and Kenedy look to make some noise once again. Don’t count out Freer or Riviera, which are mainstays in the playoffs year after year.
- Javier Guzman
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WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS
Minimal Movement in our week 4 power rankings
College Spotlight - Rocco Garza Gongora, UT-Rio Grande Valley
Branching out to Laredo, we focus on Rocco Garza Gongora, a redshirt junior at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. Shoutout to the Laredo Times for highlighting him first, and putting him on our radar. Gongora is a native of Laredo, Texas, and a graduate of Laredo Alexander High School. He is in his first season with the Vaqueros, and has contributed immediately at the plate while playing the outfield.
Against New Orleans, Gongora was fantastic at the plate, going 6-for-12 and hitting a homer. That's great at any level of play. He is hitting .263 on the season and has 21 hits, 8 RBI, and 6 doubles. There are guys like this all over the country, so if you know any college guys that have a great week, let us know! We want to spotlight as much as possible.
Rocco Garza Gongora had a great weekend at the plate against New Orleans, batting .500
Pro Spotlight - BLAKE MITCHELL, KANSAS CITY ROYALS CATCHER
Blake Mitchell, the Sinton HS grad, and 2023 Kansas City 1st Round Draft Pick, has gotten some good reps with the big league club during 2026 spring training. Now playing with the minor league squads, Mitchell seems to be healthy and thriving as the season opener nears. This is good after he missed the first chunk of the 2025 season due to hamate surgery that sidelined him. After a strong showing at the Arizona Fall League, things are looking to be back on track for Blake. Our guess is that he starts the season in Double-A Northwest Arkansas, but a generous guess would have him starting in Triple-A Omaha.
Hopefully we get to see Blake here in Corpus at Whataburger Field this season!
Blake Mitchell will likely start the season in DoublE-A after some reps with the big league club in spring training.
Notable performances from MARCH 9th - MARCH 14th
Teams of the Week-4A/5A/6A
6A - La Joya (2-0)
6A - Laredo United South (2-0)
6A - PSJA (2-0)
6A - Weslaco (2-0)
5A - Mission Sharyland (2-0)
5A - Victoria East (2-0)
5A - La Joya Palmview (2-0)
5A - Mission (2-0)
5A - Sharyland Pioneer (2-0)
5A - PSJA North (2-0)
5A - Weslaco East (2-0)
5A - Brownsville Rivera (2-0)
5A - Donna (2-0)
5A - Gregory-Portland (3-0)
5A - CC Ray (3-0)
4A - Calallen (2-0)
4A - Tuloso-Midway (2-0)
4A - Rio Grande City La Grulla (2-0)
4A - Valley View (2-0)Teams of the Week 2A/3A/TAPPS
3A - George West (2-0)
3A - Santa Gertrudis (2-0)
3A - Hebbronville (2-0)
2A - Kenedy (2-0)
2A - Agua Dulce (2-0)
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4A/5A/6A Pitchers of the Week
Calallen | Coll Carroll | 1GP 1W 7IP 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 15K’s *No Hitter*
Calallen | Drayton Mitchell | 1GP 1W 6.2IP 5H 0R 0ER 5BB 6K’s
CC Veterans Memorial | Jordan Garza | 1GP 1W 7IP 7H 2R 2ER 0BB 12K’s
CC Veterans Memorial | Jon Reyes | 1GP 1L 7IP 4H 2R 0ER 3BB 7K’s
Gregory Portland | Dominic Guerra | 1GP 1W 7IP 6H 0R 0ER 2BB 6K’s
Gregory Portland | Landen Mayer | 1GP 1W 6.2IP 5H 1R 0ER 2BB 4K’s
Floresville | Jacob Guevera | 1GP 1W 7IP 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 13K’s
Flour Bluff | Roland Vera | 1GP 1W 7IP 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 5K’s
Ingleside | Marcos Pina | 1GP 1W 7IP 2H 0R 0ER 3BB 13K’s
CC Moody | Landen Trevino | 1GP 1W 7IP 5H 0R 0ER 1BB 4K’s
Robstown | Anthony Gonzalez | 1GP 1W 5IP 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 2K’s
Robstown | Aiden Lozano | 1GP 1W 6IP 3H 2R 1ER 1BB 7K’s
Victoria East | Jayden Salas | 1GP 1W 5IP 1H 1R 0ER 0BB 7K’s
Victoria West | Aiden DeLeon | 1GP 1W 5IP 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 11K’s *No Hitter*
CC Ray | Orlando Ruiz | 1GP 1W 7IP 5H 2R 1ER 2BB 8K’s
CC Ray | Aaron Castillo | 1GP 1W 5.2IP 1H 0R 0ER 2BB 4K’s
Weslaco East | Eduardo Hernandez | 1GP 1W 6IP 0H 2R 2ER 8BB 6K’s
Valley View | Carlos Espinoza | 1GP 1W 6.1IP 7H 2R 0ER 4BB 7K’s
Laredo United South | JP Briseno | 1GP 1W 6IP 6H 0R 0ER 3BB 6K’s
Laredo United South | Roman Martinez | 1GP 1W 6IP 5H 1R 0ER 0BB 7K’s
Sharyland | Heber Garza | 1GP 1W 5IP 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 9K’s
Sharyland Pioneer | Roque Vela | 1GP 1W 5IP 3H 2R 0ER 2BB 8K’s
Brownsville Rivera | Andres Rocha | 1GP 1W 6IP 0H 1R 0ER 3BB 13K’s *No Hitter*
Rio Grande City | Hiram Lopez | 1GP 1W 5IP 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 10K’s
La Joya Palmview | Jaime Cordova | 1GP 1W 6IP 3H 0R 0ER 2BB 6K’s
La Joya Palmview | Joseph Martinez | 1GP 1W 6IP 6H 0R 0ER 1BB 5K’s
PSJA North | Mateo Herrera | 1GP 1W 5IP 2H 0R 0ER 3BB 5K’s
Mission Veterans | Mario Garcia | 1GP 1W 7IP 3H 1R 1ER 3BB 4K’s
La Joya | Alex Bocanegra | 1GP 1W 6IP 1H 1R 1ER 2BB 7K’s
La Joya | Gael Zambrano | 1GP 1W 5IP 1H 1R 0ER 1BB 5K’s
Rio Grande La Grulla | Jaythen Salinas | 1GP 1W 7IP 0H 2R 0ER 4BB 9K’s *No Hitter*
Edinburg | Mariano Garza | 1GP 1W 6IP 4H 1R 0ER 1BB 8K’s2A/3A Pitchers of the Week
Freer | Eli Luna | 1GP 1W 5IP 1H 0R 0ER 4BB 12K’s
San Diego | Noah Bowen | 1GP 1W 5IP 2H 1R 1ER 2BB 4K’s
Agua Dulce | Alek De La Garza | 1GP 1W 5IP 2H 1R 1ER 3BB 7K’s
Kenedy | Aaron Lopez | 1GP 1W 5IP 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 4K’s *No Hitter*
Lyford | Cole Busse | 1GP 1W 6IP 5H 1R 1ER 4BB 7K’s
Port Aransas | August Riedesel | 1GP 1W 5IP 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 7K’s
Port Aransas | Straton Mills | 1GP 1W 5IP 3H 2R 0ER 1BB 10K’s
Refugio | Laytan Garza | 1GP 1W 6IP 1H 0R 0ER 5BB 14K’s
Goliad | Kayden Caka | 1GP 0W 6IP 3H 2R 2ER 5BB 11K’s
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4A/5A/6A Hitters of the Week
Victoria West | Hector Hernandez | 1.000 Avg 4-AB 4-H 4-R 4-RBI 2-BB 1-2B 4-RS
Kingsville | Eric Cason | .750 Avg 8-AB 6-H 4-R 1-RBI 0-BB 4-RS
Victoria West | Aiden Deleon | .667 Avg 6-AB 4-H 5-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 5-RS
Sinton | Augie Castillo | .667 Avg 6-AB 4-H 2-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-HR 2-RS
Tuloso Midway | Richard Sanchez | .667 Avg 6-AB 4-H 2-R 1-RBI 2-BB 2-RS
CC Veterans Memorial | Ryan Morgan | .625 Avg 8-AB 5-H 0-R 1-RBI 1-BB 1-3B
CC Moody | Nehemiah Vega | .625 Avg 8-AB 5-H 0-R 4-RBI 0-BB
Uvalde | Jordan Albarado | .600 Avg 5-AB 3-H 1-R 0-RBI 1-BB 1-RS
Calallen | Reese Rusher | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 1-R 0-RBI 1-BB 1-RS
CC King | Aiden Reyes | .500 Avg 8-AB 4-H 2-R 2-RBI 2-BB 1-2B 2-RS
Kingsville | Xavier Garza | .500 Avg 8-AB 4-H 3-R 6-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 3-RS
Kingsville | Sam Gomez | .500 Avg 8-AB 4-H 5-R 5-RBI 0-BB 3-2B 5-RS
Victoria East | Parker Baros | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 2-R 2-RBI 0-BB 2-RS
Gregory Portland | Triston Gore | .444 Avg 9-AB 4-H 3-R 3-RBI 0-BB 1-HR 1-3B 3-RS
Mission Sharyland | Nic Valdez | 1.000 Avg 5-AB 5-H 5-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 1-3B 1-HR 5-RS
Sharyland Pioneer | Roque Vela | .875 Avg 8-AB 7-H 1-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 1-RS
Weslaco | Rick Aguirre | .857 Avg 7-AB 6-H 3-R 2-RBI 0-BB 2-2B 1-3B 3-RS
Rio Grande City | Hiram Lopez | .833 Avg 6-AB 5-H 1-R 5-RBI 0-BB 1-HR 1-2B 1-RS
Brownsville Rivera | Unknown | .714 Avg 7-AB 5-H 4-R 3-RBI 0-BB 2-2B 4-RS
McAllen Rowe | Unknown | .714 Avg 7-AB 5-H 3-R 1-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 1-HR 3-RS
McAllen Memorial | Eloy Lozano | .600 Avg 5-AB 3-H 0-R 4-RBI 2-BB 1-2B
McAllen | Danny Estrada | .625 Avg 8-AB 5-H 3-R 1-RBI 2-BB 3-RS
PSJA | TJ Ayala | .625 Avg 8-AB 5-H 6-R 3-RBI 0-BB 1-HR 1-2B 6-RS
La Joya Palmview | Adrain Martinez | .600 Avg 5-AB 3-H 0-R 1-RBI 1-BB 1-2B
Rio Grande City | DeAndre Rodriguez | .571 Avg 7-AB 4-H 3-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-HR 1-2B 3-RS
Brownsville Veterans | Lalo Alcantar | .571 Avg 7-AB 4-H 2-R 2-RBI 0-BB 2-RS
Weslaco East | Eduardo Hernandez | .571 Avg 7-AB 4-H 1-R 2-RBI 0-BB 1-3B 1-RS
Weslaco | Matt Cortez | .571 Avg 7-AB 4-H 4-R 3-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 4-RS
Valley View | Julio Sierra | .556 Avg 9-AB 5-H 3-R 2-RBI 0-BB 2-3B 3-RS
Weslaco | Evan Rodriguez | .556 Avg 9-AB 5-H 2-R 2-RBI 0-BB 2-RS
La Joya Palmview | Osi Lopez | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 3-R 4-RBI 2-BB 2-2B 3-RS
Mission Veterans | Jose Cruz | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 2-R 1-RBI 0-BB 2-RS
Mission Veterans | Mario Garcia | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 1-R 1-RBI 0-BB 1-RS
Brownsville Veterans | Francisco Jiminez | .500 Avg 8-AB 4-H 2-R 0-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 2-RS
Weslaco East | Antonio Solis | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 4-R 0-RBI 0-BB 2-3B 4-RS
2A/3A Hitters of the Week
San Diego | Omar Aleman | .833 Avg 6-AB 5-H 6-R 1-RBI 3-BB 1-2B 6-RS
Agua Dulce | Kalab Castillo | .750 Avg 8-AB 6-H 6-R 5-RBI 0-BB 4-2B 1-HR 6-RS
Refugio | Zander Wills | .714 Avg 7-AB 5-H 2-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 2-RS
Refugio | Ray Lewis | .667 Avg 9-AB 6-H 5-R 3-RBI 0-BB 1-3B 5-RS
Premont | Manny Vega | .667 Avg 9-AB 6-H 4-R 2-RBI 0-BB 1-3B 4-RS
Premont | James Jaime | .667 Avg 6-AB 4-H 4-R 2-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 4-RS
Taft | Jacob Barrios | .625 Avg 8-AB 5-H 3-R 3-RBI 0-BB 3-RS
Agua Dulce | John Aguilar | .600 Avg 5-AB 3-H 5-R 2-RBI 4-BB 3-2B 5-RS
Odem | Caleb Gonzalez | .600 Avg 10-AB 6-H 1-R 6-RBI 0-BB 1-RS
Port Aransas | Bostyn Wagner | .600 Avg 5-AB 3-H 6-R 3-RBI 0-BB 2-3B 6-RS
Hebbronville | Ruben Rodriguez | .571 Avg 7-AB 4-H 4-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 4-RS
Odem | Kaleb Price | .556 Avg 9-AB 5-H 5-R 3-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 5-RS
Refugio | Matthew Perez | .556 Avg 9-AB 5-H 4-R 3-RBI 0-BB 2-2B 4-RS
Agua Dulce | Joaquin Longoria | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 4-R 5-RBI 4-BB 4-RS
George West | Dylan Thomisee | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 2-R 2-RBI 3-BB 2-RS
Riviera | Jose Guevara | .500 Avg 8-AB 4-H 1-R 0-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 1-RS
Refugio | Kaydyn Garza | .500 Avg 8-AB 4-H 0-R 3-RBI 0-BB 1-2B 1-3B
Taft | Hunter Montemayor | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 5-R 4-RBI 0-BB 1-3B 1-HR 5-RS
Port Aransas | August Riedesel | .500 Avg 6-AB 3-H 2-R 4-RBI 2-BB 2-RS
