Fastball - Tuesday private schools baseball and softball: Faith softball rallies past FWC, more
Welcome to the Tuesday, April 21, 2026, private school baseball and softball edition of the Fastball, a Star-Telegram series highlighting Fort Worth-area teams. See coverage and results.
SOFTBALL
Late rally lifts Faith Christian past FWC
Grapevine Faith Christian rallied to score 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning then held off Fort Worth Christian 10-9 in a TAPPS Division II District 1 contest on Monday at Faith Christian School.
Alixandria Ciccone, Michaela Hamilton, Jocelyn Monroe and Paige Weaver all had RBI singles in the sixth inning as Faith Christian (18-6-1 overall, 6-3 district) turned around a 9-5 game. Ciccone’s liner to left drove in Kylee Sabo (double) and Addison Skelly to start the scoring in the inning.
Monroe’s single to right drove in Hamilton (single) to tie the game and Weaver lined a single to center to score Madison Stewart, running for Monroe, to take the lead. Monroe, who got the win in the circle, allowed a 1-out double to Leyton Lehner, but followed with a ground out and strikeout to end the game.
Fort Worth Christian (22-7, 5-4) had scored 5 runs of its own in the top of the second with the big blow being a 2-run double by Gabby Bright.
Jessica McCann had 3 hits for the Lions with Ciccone (3 runs, 2 RBI), Hamilton, Monroe (3 RBI), and Weaver (2 RBI) recording 2 hits each for Faith. Grace Johnson (2 runs), Bright (2 runs, 3 RBI), Elle Andujar and Lehner had 2 hits each for the Cardinals.
MONDAY’S SCORES
FW Trinity Valley 16, Azle Christian 1
Grapevine Faith Christian 10, Fort Worth Christian 9
TUESDAY’S SCORE
Dallas Parish Episcopal 7, FW Nolan Catholic 5
BASEBALL
Willow Park Trinity holds off Lubbock Christian
Willow Park Trinity Christian got a strong pitching performance from Colt Brinkman and held off Lubbock Christian 5-3 in a key TAPPS Division III District 1 contest on Tuesday.
Trinity Christian (13-7 overall, 8-2 district) got an RBI ground out by Lucas Smith and a run-scoring single by Patrick Gullatt to take a 2-0 lead after 1 inning. It was 5-1 after RBI singles by Zander Gasowski and Logan Lee in the fifth and Hank Nash in the sixth.
Brinkman, who tossed 6 1/3 innings of 2-hit ball, got the first out of the seventh, but Lubbock Christian (22-6, 9-2) touched Brinkman for a pair of singles before being lifted. LC loaded the bases and scored twice without the benefit of a hit before Gullatt closed the door with a strikeout and fly out to center.
Caleb Hart (double), Nash, Gullatt and Gasowski all had 2 hits for Trinity Christian.
MONDAY’S SCORES
Lubbock Christian 5, FW Lake Country Christian 4
Abilene Christian 10, FW Christian Life Prep 6
Arlington St. Paul’s Prep 4, Haslet Heritage Christian 3
Mansfield HomeSchool 12, Dallas Shelton 1 (5)
TUESDAY’S SCORE
Willow Park Trinity Christian 5, Lubbock Christian 3