2007 Harlingen South High School Hawks Baseball Team Celebrates State
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For the first time in Harlingen South High School history, the school’s baseball team advanced to the state competition in 2007. And the Hawks did really well.
Under head coach Tony Leal, the Harlingen South Hawks put together an impressive 37-5 regular season and then advanced all the way to the finals of the 5A state playoffs. The Hawks lost 6-1 to Houston Cypress Fairbanks in the championship game.
Leading the team in 2007 were pitchers Danny Gidora and Javier Torres. Gidora compiled a perfect 17-0 regular season record, while Torres posted an 11-2 mark.
The team also had 11 players who had better than .300 batting averages. That included five players who hit better than .400 – Logan Brown, Kaleb Bryan, Michael Johnson, Adrian Ramon and Torres.
