Pampa hosted the Randall Raiders in the final home game and final game of the regular season on Saturday. The game was moved from Friday due to rain in the area. The Raiders defeated Pampa 12-2 via run-rule in five innings. With Hereford taking care of Borger, also on Saturday, Pampa was now eliminated from the playoffs. Pampa’s final record was 12-15 and 7-7 in District play.
From the mound, the biggest highlight came early in the game as senior Tyler Reed recorded his 100th career strikeout as a Pampa Harvester. Reed will now prepare to head to Southern Nazarene University, where he signed to play college baseball. Another highlight from the mound was sophomore Isaiah Anguiano ending his season on a high note with one inning of no hits, no runs and a strikeout on the mound.
The highlights for Pampa from the offensive side of things were hits by senior Michael Campos, freshmen Max Neff and Boston Botello, and a bunt single by senior Huston Skinner. Botello also recorded a stolen base and one of the two Harvester runs. Junior Zanden Salazar had the other Harvester run. The lone RBI was compiled by Campos. Reed had a walk for Pampa.
It was a great season for the Harvesters despite not making the playoffs. A big reason for missing the playoffs was the massive district. One could argue District 4-4A is one of the toughest in the state. Randall is #3 in the current state rankings. Canyon is #14. Hereford and West Plains are just as tough as those two schools as well.
Head Coach Austin Samulowitz took some time to reflect on the season:
“Looking back on the season, I am extremely proud of how our athletes fought. Coming into this season we had to replace 10 seniors from last year’s playoff team. We knew we were going to be young but that didn’t scare us because we knew we had talent coming up. Our 3 seniors that we had coming back did a great job for us. Tyler Reed threw a ton of innings, Michael Campos caught every pitch behind the plate this year and Huston Skinner played almost every game at shortstop for us. We will definitely miss those seniors,” Samulowitz said. “I look forward to next season while we bring back 7 starters and we will be working in the offseason to get back in the playoff hunt. I want to thank both my assistant coaches, Reid Bradley and Clint Watson for sacrificing their spring to help our program improve. Also want to thank Zach Green for running our video broadcast system and our stats/scouting reports, I couldn’t do it without those guys!”
Team Stat recap
Pampa batted .251 as a team on the season. The Harvesters recorded 40 extra base hits, including six triples and a homerun. Exactly 100 walks and 88 RBIs on the season as well. Pampa recorded 65 stolen bases with an 86% success rate!
In District play, Pampa again batted .251 as a team. They recorded 24 extra base hits with three triples and a homerun. There were 41 walks and 38 RBIs. Pampa had 40 stolen bases with an 87% success rate!
Harvester pitching combined for a 7-7 record in district play with a 4.136 ERA and 1.784 WHIP. There were 99 strikeouts in just 88 innings pitched by the Harvesters.
Individual Stat recap
Max Neff hit .344 on the season and .389 in district play. He had five doubles, one triple and one homerun. He also had 18 stolen bases on the year, 12 coming in district play. He recorded 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored. He had 10 walks on the year.
Huston Skinner hit .317 on the season with six doubles. He hit .290 in district play. He recorded four stolen bases on the year and 13 RBIs and 13 runs scored. He had eight walks on the year.
Judsen Hancock hit .301 on the season with eight RBIs and 21 runs scored. He had 13 walks and eight stolen bases. He hit .333 in district play with six steals in district. He had eight doubles on the year.
Boston Botello hit .255 on the season with four RBIs, eight runs scored and four walks. He had six stolen bases. He hit .256 in district play. He had two doubles and a triple on the season.
Michael Campos hit .243 on the season with 10 RBIs and seven runs scored. He drew 12 walks and had six stolen bases. He recorded a triple this year.
Isaiah Anguiano recorded nine RBIs, 14 runs scored, eight walks and four steals on the year. He recorded a triple this year and three doubles.
Tyler Reed had six doubles, four RBIs, a run scored and 10 walks. He also had one stolen base this season.
Zanden Salazar had a double, eight RBIs, 12 runs scored, six walks, and five steals on the season.
Jarren Hill recorded two triples, eight RBIs, eight runs scored, seven walks, and five steals on the year.
Isaiah Estrada had six RBIs, five runs scored, four walks, and two steals.
Brooks Barton had two doubles, four RBIs, seven runs, 17 walks, and three steals on the year.
Brenton Stowers had three steals on the season. Stowers also got a single in his lone at-bat during district play so he finished with a 1.000 AVG.
Chace McLaughlin had a run scored.
Dalton Booth had a walk during the season.
Tyler Reed had a 2-4 record with a 3.415 ERA on the season. He had a 2-3 record with a 3.595 ERA in district. He recorded 46 strikeouts in 37 innings of district play with 16 of those being strikeouts looking.
Brooks Barton had a 3-6 record with a 4.375 ERA on the season. He was 2-4 in district with a 5.654 ERA. He had 32 strikeouts in 26 innings of district play.
Isaiah Estrada was 4-2 on the season with a 3.051 ERA. He was 3-0 in district with a 2.333 ERA and 17 strikeouts.
Isaiah Anguiano also pitched this season for Pampa and had 19 strikeouts in 18.2 innings of work.
Dalton Booth had five strikeouts on the mound. Chace McLaughlin had a scoreless inning of work. Jarren Hill had one strikeout pitching this year.
Schedule recap
Pampa’s opponents in non-district play went 228-146 on the season. That is a 61% winning percentage. Three of them won first in district and three of them got second in their district. Only two of the 13 teams that Pampa played in the non-district portion missed the playoffs (Big Spring and Roosevelt). Elk City and Boyd are the major highlights. Both went undefeated in district and could be competing for a state title. Boyd currently is #8 in 3A.
Now, add in district opponents, Pampa’s opponents went 333-236-2 overall which is a 58% winning percentage. They played 20 teams. 15 of those made the playoffs. Four of them finished first in their district. Four of them finished second in district. Randall makes a third team who went undefeated in district play and could compete for a state title.
The Harvesters wil bid adieu to Michael Campos, Tyler Reed, Huston Skinner, and Brenton Stowers. Good luck to all of you in your future endeavors and thank you for leaving your mark on PHS baseball.
Harley Organ was another senior who ran the film and livestream. He will continue on now with softball playoffs. He will be missed as the livestream is a huge part of this program as well.
Final District 4-4A standings (and playoff opponent round one)
Randall 14-0 - District Champions v. Seminole
Canyon 10-3 - 2nd place v. Pecos
West Plains 8-5 - 3rd place v. Midland Greenwood
Hereford 8-6 - 4th place v. Andrews
Pampa 7-7, Dumas 4-9, Perryton 3-10, Borger 0-14
Monday night games: Canyon @ Perryton. West Plains @ Dumas. These games will not affect the final standings as West Plains swept the season series with Hereford 2-0.
Personally, I would like to thank head coach Austin Samulowitz for letting me tag along for another season of Harvester baseball. Thank you to Jamison Hanock and Ben Campbell for bringing the radio call this season. Thank you to everyone involved in the home games via the press box, ticket booth, concession stand, etc. Thank you to the booster club for all their hard work. Thank you to all the parents for coming out to the games as well as the fans!
Pampa was able to get loads of experience for a young ballclub. The Harvesters will hope to build on this over the offseason and into next year. We will be back around January or February 2024 for a season preview next season!
Until next year, so long everyone!
