With the light rain, humidity, windy, and cooler temperatures on Wednesday, the Temple College Leopards and Weatherford Coyotes began their final North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference series of the year at the Danny Scott Sports Complex.

The relentless Coyotes offense drilled 12 home runs over two games, with Ty Waid hitting three in the opener and Joseph Sandusky hitting three of the two games as Weatherford downed TC, 18-6 and 14-3.

Weatherford improved their record in conference to 22-8. Based on Grayson's sweep of Hill, the Vikings clinched the regular season title. Weatherford has a one-game lead over McLennan, who swept Cisco, for third.

The Leopards did not lose ground, as they remained one game in back of Hill for the final spot. However, they are down to two games remaining. TC would have to beat Weatherford on the road twice and Grayson to sweep Hill for the Leopards to get into the playoffs.

Weatherford jumped on the board with two runs in the first inning and seven runs in the second to take an early 9-0 lead.

Temple scored in the third as Wade Stallones' sacrifice fly scored Sage Sanders to cut the margin to eight.

After the Coyotes scored four runs in the fourth, Temple answered with three runs in the fifth. Stallones doubled home Kash Millar, Kade Davis grounded out to score Elias Leon-Padilla, and Stallones scored on a wild pitch to make the score 13-4 and push the game out of run-rule.

The Leopards scored on a double play in the bottom of the sixth, as Chase Fricke scored.

Weatherford scored four more times in the seventh before Stallones ended the scoring with a homer in the bottom of the seventh.

The Coyotes collected 18 hits, 11 of which were extra base hits.

Waid went 4-of-4 with three homers and four RBI. Sandusky clubbed two homers and drove home six runs. Austin Godwin, Walt Jones, and Caden Mitchell had multi-hit games for the Coyotes.

Stallones had two of Temple's seven hits and three of the four RBI.

Spencer Butt's two-run single put Weatherford on the board in the top of the second inning of game two.

The Leopards got the equalizer in the bottom of the frame, as Leon-Padilla walked to force home Sanders and an error scored Fricke to tie the game at 2-2.

Temple took the lead in the third inning on Sanders' solo homer to right field.

Sandusky's third homer of the doubleheader tied the game in the four, and Butt's single in the sixth gave Weatherford a lead they would not relinquish. The Coyotes scored a run in the seventh, two in the eighth, and seven in the ninth.

The Coyotes smacked 16 hits, with six being extra-base hits.

Godwin had five RBI and Butt added three, four different players had multi-hit games.

Sanders and Fricke each had two hits in Temple's seven-hit output.

Temple and Weatherford will play a doubleheader Saturday at Roger Williams Park.