By Brandon C. Williams
The Post Newspaper Editor
Go crazy, Friendswood. Go crazy.
Friendswood has every reason to be beyond ecstatic. After all, their Mustangs are rulers of Region III-5A after downing Lake Creek 8-3 on Thursday night to sweep the best-of-three Regional Final series, putting them in the state semifinals for the first time since 2008.
After narrowly missing a trip to Round Rock a year ago, coach Cory Benavides’ team locked into making the state’s Final Four its primary goal. Friendswood rolled through District 22-5A and bounced off each postseason opponent on its way to Dell Diamond, where they will play at either 4:00pm or 7:00pm on Thursday in the 5A semifinals.
The Mustangs topped Lake Creek 4-1 in Wednesday’s opener at Rice University’s Reckling Park before unloading its potent offense in Thursday’s win. Friendswood amassed 11 hits, including a booming home run from Boots Landry that gave them a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, a lead they would never relinquish.
Friendswood is Galveston County’s first team to advance to the state semifinals since the 2019-20 Dickinson boys’ basketball squad, which had the misfortune of not being able to play for a state title as the pandemic led to the cancellation of the 6A state Final Four.
