Christina Huang

San Antonio

High School Sports Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News

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See who got top honors on the 2025 Express-News All-Area Baseball team

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

Article continues below this ad Highlights: Cunningham was named the 2025 Gatorade Texas Baseball Player of the Year, the first San Antonio area baseball player to earn the award...2024 USA Baseball Player of the Year...Two-time Express-News Baseball Player of the Year...Committed to Texas...Projected first round pick in this year's MLB Draft...MVP for the USA Baseball Under-18 Team in last year's World Cup Americas qualifier...slashed .509/.607/.769 for Johnson this season...District 27-6A...
San Antonio Missions are pushing to win first half of season

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

The San Antonio Missions are making a push to finish win the Texas League South and lock up a playoff sport during the season's first half. San Antonio is two games back from first place Midland and just half a game back from second place Frisco. The Missions are 31-26 overall with twelve games to go before the first half ends. San Antonio split a six-game series against Midland at home last week.
Smithson Valley falls to Aledo in state title game as historic season ends

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

ROUND ROCK - Smithson Valley baseball's momentous season was always going to come to a close Friday night at Dell Diamond. It just didn't happen the way the Rangers wanted. The Rangers fell 8-1 to Aledo in the UIL Class 5A Division I state championship game in Smithson Valley's first state title game appearance. Smithson Valley trailed 2-1 through the end of the fourth inning before Aledo piled on runs in the final three innings of the game.
Smithson Valley going for first state baseball title against Aledo

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

Smithson Valley baseball is on the verge of not only making program history, but San Antonio area history as well. The Rangers take on the Aledo Bearcats (31-8) at 7 p.m. Friday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock for the UIL Class 5A Division I state title. Smithson Valley (27-12) is the first 5A baseball team from the San Antonio area to make a state championship game since Alamo Heights accomplished the feat in the 2015-16 school year with current Houston Astros pitcher Forrest Whitley on the roster.
Kayson Cunningham named Gatorade Texas Baseball Player of the Year

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

Johnson senior shortstop Kayson Cunningham was selected as the 2024-25 Gatorade Texas Baseball Player of the Year. He is the first San Antonio area player to earn this award since it began in the 1985-86 school year. Cunningham, the District 27-6A MVP, hit .509 in his senior season with 27 RBIs, 23 extra-base hits and 39 runs scored. Johnson finished the season 21-13 and went to the second round of playoffs.
Missions continue hot streak, Bradgley Rodriguez called up to Padres

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

The San Antonio Missions continued to play their best baseball this season last week. The Missions took four out of six games at the Arkansas Travelers last week and have now won their latest two series, going 9-3 in its last 12 games. Prior to May's series win over Wichita, San Antonio last won a series in April. "We're starting to see it come together," Missions manager Luke Montz said. San Antonio's strong week brought its overall record to 28-23.
Smithson Valley advances to state final with sweep of Barbers Hill

4 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

CORPUS CHRISTI - Smithson Valley baseball is headed to the state championship. Barbers Hill pushed Game 2 of the best-of-three Class 5A Division I state semifinals to the brink, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut Smithson Valley's three-run lead to 4-3. However, Ranger junior pitcher Jake Kirk came in for the final two outs of Friday afternoon's game at Whataburger Field to secure Smithson Valley's spot in next week's state finals at Dell Diamond.
Smithson Valley baseball gears up for first state appearance since 2020-21

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

Four years ago, Bryce Wells went down to Corpus Christi to watch a Smithson Valley baseball team that ultimately made state. That day Smithson Valley defeated Los Fresnos in a one-game regional final playoff game that sent the Rangers into the UIL Class 6A state semifinals. "It got rain delayed so I ended up staying the night," Wells recalls of the experience that capped off his eighth grade year.
Missions best Wind Surge in first series win in May, Padres pitchers rehab

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

After a sluggish start to the month, the San Antonio Missions put together their best series so far this season. The Missions won five out of six games against the Wichita Wind Surge last week, bringing their overall record to 24-21. San Antonio sits in third place in the Texas League South, 2 ½ games back from division leader Frisco. "The couple of weeks leading up to that, I think we were uncharacteristically not taking care of the baseball," Missions hitting coach Eric Del Prado said.
Smithson Valley wins two in a row to advance to state semifinals

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Christina Huang

BEEVILLE - Smithson Valley continues to find ways to win. Smithson Valley took Game 2 over La Joya Palmview 8-2 after its seventh inning scoring barrage Saturday afternoon to force a winner-takes-all Game 3 that evening at Coastal Bend College. The Rangers built on that momentum in the deciding game of their best-of-3 Class 5A Division I regional final series, leading the entire contest in and defeating the Lobos 7-0 to advance to the state semifinals.