Four months of the grind begin to pay dividends this week as softball teams around Texas embark on their 2026 postseason journeys.
Six HCP-area teams get started this week with Lubbock Christian poised to push off from the dock in two weeks after the early rounds of the TAPPS postseason shake out.
Two city teams lift the lid on Thursday, with Lubbock-Cooper starting a Class 5A Division II best-of-three series and Memorial sticking a toe in the playoff water for the first time ever.
The Lady Pirates (16-12) are the No. 1 seed from District 3-5A in the D-II bracket and take on Wichita Falls Memorial (14-14-1) in the first round with Game 1 slated for 5 p.m. Thursday at First United Bank Park. The teams heads to Wichita Falls on Friday for Game 2 at 4 p.m. with the third game to follow, if necessary…