Cougars take title at Huffman Tournament

The Nimitz High baseball team took top honors at the Huffman Falcon Baseball Tournament.

The Cougars, under the direction of head coach Kirk Thompson, won three straight games to earn the tournament title.

Nimitz opened the tourney with a 3-1 win over host Huffman High. Tomas Gonzales pitched a one-hitter and Cole Aguon picked up the save. In their second game of the tourney, the Cougars defeated Caney Creek 3-0 as Aguon hurled a one-hit complete game. In the title game, the Nimitz bats came to life as they toppled Beaumont Ozen, 17-6.

Nimitz improved to 7-0 on the season with the three-game sweep.

“Overall, I think we did really well throwing strikes and playing defense,” Thompson said. “We didn’t have many walks or errors and that will always give you a chance to win. The guys played hard and did a good job of playing together.”

The Cougars open District 18-5A play March 11 against Alief Hastings in Alief.