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Haley Carmona's shutout leads New Braunfels Canyon past Colleyville Heritage in Texas (UIL) 5A softball semis

Sixth inning triple from sophomore Markaylee Maldonado broke open the pitching duel

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Haley Carmona's shutout leads New Braunfels Canyon past Colleyville Heritage in Texas (UIL) 5A softball semis
Haley Carmona's shutout leads New Braunfels Canyon past Colleyville Heritage in Texas (UIL) 5A softball semis /

Sophomore left fielder Markaylee Maldonado's line drive triple deep to the right field wall drove in two runs to break open a pitching duel in the the sixth inning of the Texas 5A state semifinals. 

New Braunfels Canyon held on to beat Colleyville Heritage 2-0 on Friday afternoon at University of Texas' Red and Charline McCombs Field to advance to the Texas 5A state softball championship game. 

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Senior pitcher Haley Carmona (30-0) delivered the shutdown performance of her career. She allowed just two hits and a walk in a complete game shutout for the Cougars. She struck out four of the 22 batters faced and threw 72 pitches in seven innings. 

Colleyville Heritage's junior pitcher Lindsey McConnell struck out five, walked three, allowed three hits and gave up two earned runs — the two Maldonado drove in — across six innings.

Maldonado attempted to sneak home for an inside the park home run on her triple, but was tagged out at the plate. 

Canyon will face Montgomery Lake Creek, the nation's No. 1 ranked softball team and defending 5A champs, in the title on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Led by Ava Brown, Montgomery Lake Creek thumped Frisco Heritage 9-0 in the 5A semifinals the game prior.

This story will be updated.

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ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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