Battlin’ Billies are area champions - Fredericksburg Standard

Davis Lochte (8) celebrates after hitting a triple for the Billies during Friday night’s 3-2 Billies’ win over Uvalde at Somerset High School. — Standard-Radio Post/Annie Bresee

Sports

By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor, on May 13, 2026

Battlin’ Billies are area champions

The Billies needed late game heroics to pull off an area championship win over the Uvalde Coyotes last week in a best of three game series, 2-1.

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