Lobo softball punches playoff ticket

For the first time in nearly five seasons, Lehman High's softball team is postseason bound.

By virtue of a 9-7 extra innings win over the Akins Eagles Friday, paired with a key Del Valle Cardinals loss to the Hays Rebels on the same night, Lehman (24-9, 10-6) secured the fourth and final playoff spot out of 25-6A and the program's first playoff berth since the 2014 campaign. It also marks the first time Lehman High's softball team has reached the postseason at the 6A level.

Lehman trailed Akins 4-2 through three innings before battling back in the fourth and fifth frames. Five unanswered runs scored over those two innings gave the Lobos a 7-4 advantage.