Tompkins has a goal in mind every time they take the baseball field.

The Falcons come off a district title last season, and their goal is to defend that title even while battling with some of the strongest teams in the region with the competition in Katy ISD.

The Falocns have had some turnover with their team this season, especially among pitching that has had to step up from JV to varsity ball, but the team has answered the bell at the start of the season.

Tompkins won their first two district games over Katy, with both coming in strong fashion and then followed that up with a huge run rule win over Cinco Ranch on Tuesday, beating a Cougars team that was out to their best start in program history 11-0 to stay undefeated in district.

“This game just shows we can beat anyone,” said senior shortstop Drew Markle. “We just have to do our job at the plate. When we struggle it’s because we aren’t doing that. When we keep fighting every at bat and put the pressure on opposing pitchers, we’re a really good team.”

Tompkins offense was great in the game, but so was the teams pitching led by Gavin Brewer, who was a force on the mound, going four innings on the mound and pitching a shutout while allowing just two hits and striking out four.

“This is a different type of team than we’ve had in the past,” said Tompkins head coach Kyle Humphreys. “This group, especially the pitching, a lot of them are juniors who were on JV last year. I’ve just been surprised at how much work they’ve put in and how hard they work. They’ve learned how to hit their spots with their fastball and pitch off that and they’ve done it all year. I’m couldn’t be prouder of these guys, especially that group of juniors.”

Neither team got on the board in the first inning, but Tompkins found a breakthrough in the second, getting two across to take the lead. The Falcons added another in the third inning when Ivan Gomez drove in a run on a single before they truly broke the game open in the fourth inning.

Tompkins loaded the bases in the fourth and Markle came up to promptly empty them, hitting a three-run triple to double the Falcons lead. Landon West, Gomez and Daruis Woodson all drove in runs on singles of their own before Tompkins made things 10-0 after an error allowed another run to come in. The Falcons got one more in the top of the fifth before Daniel Deaton came on in relief to close things out, allowing just one hit in his inning of work to secure the win.

“I know when I’m finding the zone and I let the defense do the work that they will make plays for me,” Brewer said. “I took some time and deep breaths and tried to execute my pitches in the zone. They give me a lot of confidence and I know that all I have to do is attack the zone and make my pitches.”

The win moves the Falcons to 11-4-1 on the season and 3-0 in district play and gave Tompkins the solo lead in district play after three games. They’ll look to keep things going when they play Cinco again on Thursday.

“We’ve played some really good teams already, it’s been a tough schedule in tournaments and it’s really prepared us for what we’re going to face throughout district,” Humphreys said. “We were lucky enough to start 2-0 in district and it gave us confidence coming in to today. The guys are starting to understand the really good pitching that they’re going to see, that helps us a lot going forward.”