Check out how teams at the UIL state baseball tournament fared
Class 1A
STATE SEMIFINALS
Abbott 5, Kennard 4
Abbott got a walk-off RBI single by Connor Sullins with two out in the bottom of the seventh as the Panthers downed Kennard 5-4 on Wednesday morning in the Class 1A state semifinals at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
Abbott (22-4) will face Fayetteville (20-6) for the 1A state title at 9 a.m. on Thursday back at Dell Diamond.
The Panthers, who are making their fifth trip to the state tournament and third to the state championship game, started the seventh with a line out and ground out before rallying for the winning run.
Abbott catcher Karsyn Johnson was hit by a pitch and promptly stole second. After an intentional walk to Will Kazda, Sullins singled through the left side to knock in Johnson.
Kennard (22-13), which was making its third trip to the tournament and third in a row, took a 4-2 lead with three runs in the third and another in the fourth. Dakota Murray’s single to center with one out in the third drove in Jaden Kulms and Liam McMinn for the Tigers.
The Panthers tied it at four in the bottom of the fourth.
Hogan Warren led off with a single to right and Max Stalker followed with a double down the right-field line sending Warren to third. Brady Schulz grounded out to short to score Warren and Stalker scored on a passed ball later in the inning.
Kazda (9-2) battled through seven innings on the mound allowing four runs, three earned, on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts. Kulms (8-3) took the loss giving up six hits with four walks and three Ks.
Fayetteville 4, Nazareth 0
Fayetteville pitcher Chance Konvicka tossed a three-hit shutout and second baseman Easton Jaeger went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI as the Lions took care of Nazareth 4-0 in the second Class 1A semifinal on Wednesday at Dell Diamond.
Fayetteville (20-6), in its ninth appearance in the tournament, will face a familiar foe in Abbott (22-4) in the championship game on Thursday. The Lions have defeated Abbott twice in the semifinals in 1985 and 2018, but lost to the Panthers in the 2017 championship game.
Fayetteville will be making its seventh appearance in the title game with championships in 1997, 2012 and 2021.
Nazareth (18-5) was making its third trip to the state tournament and third in a row. The Swifts reached the title game last season, but lost to D’Hanis.
Konvicka (5-1) only needed 86 pitches in his seven-inning gem where he allowed one walk and stuck out nine.
Fayetteville scored once in the first when Lions third baseman Keagan Supak led off the game with a walk and then stole second. Jaeger followed with an RBI single to left for a 1-0 lead.
Supak’s bases-loaded single to left drove in two in Fayetteville’s three-run fifth. Jaeger then doubled down the line in left to drive in Jake Kubala (2-for 3), who had singled in front of Supak.
Jack Welps had two of the three hits for the Swifts.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Abbott 6, Fayetteville 5
Abbott jumped out to an early 5-0 lead then held off Fayetteville 6-5 in the Class 1A state championship game on Thursday at Dell Diamond.
Abbott (23-4) captured its second state title. Fayetteville finished 20-7 on the season.
Karsyn Johnson’s RBI single through the left side of the infield plated Riley Sustala who walked to lead off the first inning. The Panthers would score again in the inning on a fielder’s choice RBI by Connor Sullins to make it 2-0.
Abbott score three more in the third on an RBI single by Sullins, a bases-loaded walk to Hogan Warren, and a balk.
The Lions cut the lead to 6-5 in the bottom of the seventh on RBI singles by Logan Fritsch and Reid Gross, but Riley Sustala came on in relief of Preston Pustejovsky for Abbott and got the final two outs on a fly out to left and a strikeout to get the save.
Pustejovsky (4-0) went 6.1 innings for the Panthers allowing eight hits, five runs (four earned), with one walk and four strikeouts.
Class 2A
STATE SEMIFINALS
Harleton 4, Collinsville 3
Harleton scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh including a two-run, walk-off double by Braden Hopkins as the Wildcats stunned Collinsville 4-3 in a Class 2A state semifinal on Wednesday at Dell Diamond.
Harleton (36-1) is making its fourth trip to the tournament and first since 2015. It will be the second trip to the championship game for Harleton, which has never won a state title.
Collinsville (32-7-1), the 1999 Class 1A state champions, has now made it to the state tournament three times, but this was the first time in 24 years.
Collinsville starting pitcher Logan Jenkins twirled a gem through six innings not allowing a run on four hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts. Jenkins left the game after throwing 111 pitches.
Peyton Murray doubled to left-center to open the bottom of the seventh for Harleton and was pinch ran for by Alex Holt. A popped out bunt to the pitcher and a fly out to center left the Wildcats little room for error, but Gage Shirts (2-for-4) doubled to left to drive in Holt to cut the lead to 3-1.
Carson Wallace was intentionally walked and Mason Clark was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The Pirates changed pitchers again and Shawn Booth greeted the new hurler with a walk to score Shirts and cut the lead to 3-2.
Hopkins followed with a double to right to end the game.
Wallace, a sophomore, went six innings for the Wildcats allowing three runs, one earned, scattering six hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Hopkins came in and pitched a perfect top of the seventh for Harleton.
Jenkins doubled with one out in the first and came home on a single by Garrett Trevino. Jenkins (2-for-4) led off the third with a single to left and was plated on a base hit by Trevino.
Trevino scored later in the third on an infield hit by Reed Patterson to give Collinsville a 3-0 lead.
Shiner 11, New Home 0 (5 innings)
Shiner scored five runs in the first and four more in the third as the Comanches cruised to an 11-0 run-rule victory over New Home in a Class 2A state semifinal on Wednesday at Dell Diamond.
Ryan Peterson (11-0) picked up the win for Shiner (32-4), which is looking for its fifth state title in seven trips to the tournament. The Comaches are making their third consecutive showing at state.
Peterson allowed one hit over the five innings of work issuing two walks and striking out nine.
Cale Shows had the big hit for Shiner in the first inning with a bases clearing double down the left field line that made it 5-0. The Comanches scored four times in the third on a pair of wild pitches, an error and a ground out.
Shiner scored its 11 runs on just five hits. Right fielder Kaidan Booth was 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored for the Comanches.
Ryder Watkins had the only hit for the Leopards.
It was the fourth trip to state for New Home (30-5-3) all since 2018. The Leopards have never won a state baseball title.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Harleton 10, Shiner 5
Harleton scored six runs in the top of the second and made it stand up as the Wildcats downed Shiner 10-5 in the Class 2A state championship game on Thursday at Dell Diamond.
Harleton (37-1) captured its first state baseball championship. The Wildcats’ only loss this season came against Garrison, 3-2, in the regional semifinals.
Carson Wallace had the big hit in the second with a two-run single to right to give Harleton a 6-0 lead.
Carson Schuette singled in a pair of runs in the third for Shiner (32-5) to cut the lead to 6-3, but Harleton tacked on single runs in the fourth and sixth and had a two-run fifth.
Wallace, the championship game MVP, doubled to drive in Gage Shirts in the sixth to give the Wildcats a 10-3 lead.
Dylan Armstrong (10-0) got the win tossing five innings of five-hit ball allowing three runs (two earned) with two walks and two strikeouts.
Class 3A
STATE SEMIFINALS
Boyd 8, Maypearl 7
Aiden LeMasters singled in a pair of runs to walk it off in the bottom of the seventh as the Yellowjackets rallied to reach their first state championship game in an 8-7 thriller over Maypearl on Friday morning at Dell Diamond.
Boyd (39-5) trailed 5-0 after Maypearl (30-10) put up three runs in the top of the fifth, but the Jackets answered with four in their half of the fifth and a single run in the sixth to tie the game.
Cord Rager tripled down the left field line for the Panthers to lead off the seventh and scored on a wild pitch later in the inning to take the lead back at 6-5. With one out Isaiah Munguia singled to right to score Tanner Terry to push the lead to 7-5.
Eric Rogers (13-2), who pitched the final two innings to pick up the win, drove in Aaron McGilvery with a sacrifice fly to center to set up LeMasters’ heroics.
Terry, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored, singled in a pair of runs in Maypearl’s three-run top of the fifth. Colton Patton, 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, had a two-run single for Boyd in the Yellowjackets’ four-run bottom of the fifth.
STATE SEMIFINALS
Boyd (39-5) d. Maypearl (30-10)
1G: Boyd 8, Maypearl 7
Wall (35-6-1) d. Corpus Christi London (32-4-1)
1G: Wall 5, London 1
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Boyd (40-5) d. Wall (35-7-1)
1G: Boyd 6, Wall 4
Class 4A
STATE SEMIFINALS
Texarkana Liberty-Eylau 15, Amarillo Randall 5
Texarkana Liberty-Eylau scored six runs in the first inning then pulled away late with five more in the sixth as the Leopards pounded Amarillo Randall 15-5 in a Class 4A state semifinal on Wednesday at Disch-Falk Field in Austin.
Liberty-Eylau (33-6) will play for its second state title in three state appearances at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday back at Disch-Falk Field. The Leopards were the Class 3A state champions in 2006.
Randall (38-5) was making its second state tournament appearance and first in 16 years.
Cal Jones doubled to right center to lead off the game which was followed by a bunt single by Trison Haugh. W.T. Jones then tripled down the line in right driving in Cal Jones and Haugh, before scoring himself on the play on an error on a throw.
Later in the first inning, Cal Jones’ single down the line in left drove in two more to give the Leopards a 6-0 lead.
The Raiders cut the lead to 7-5 in the fifth with a pair of runs including an RBI by Payton Bush (3-for-5, two runs, one RBI) on his ground ball to short that was booted for an error.
But Liberty-Eylau scored five times in the sixth to pull away. Aydan Easter (3-for-5, two runs, one RBI) and Collin Evans (3-for-5, two runs, three RBI) each had bases loaded RBI singles to center in the inning.
China Spring 8, Sinton 4 (12 innings)
China Spring scored four times in the top of the twelfth inning to down Sinton 8-4 in a Class 4A state semifinal on Wednesday at Disch-Falk Field in Austin.
China Spring (36-5-1) will be seeking its fifth state title when the Cougars meet Texarkana Liberty-Eylau (33-6) at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday back at Disch-Falk. China Spring is participating in the tournament for the ninth time.
Sinton (37-4), the defending Class 4A state champions, was making its twelfth trip to state. The Pirates have won four championships.
China Spring shortstop Mason Kirk, who went 4-for-7, had the big hit in the four-run twelfth with a two-run single down the line in left field.
The game went back and forth with Sinton tying the game 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh. Kash Wood led off the seventh with a walk and came home on a double to left by Aidan Moody.
Sinton stranded 20 runners in the game.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
China Spring 3, Liberty-Eylau 2 (12 innings)
For the second time in as many days China Spring had to play twelve innings to get a win, but the Cougars pitching held up and they did just that.
China Spring got a walk-off walk by Jacob Klement to score Trevor Black to edge Liberty-Eylau 3-2 in the Class 4A state championship game.
China Spring (37-5-1) won its fifth state baseball title in nine trips to the tournament. The Cougars defeated Sinton in twelve innings 8-4 on Wednesday.
Miles Vaughn (2-0), the championship game MVP, pitched the final 1.1 innings shutting out the Leopards on no hits or walks with one strikeout.
Black’s two-out triple drove in Brenan Daniel and J.C. Hughes to give China Spring a 2-0 lead in the third. Liberty-Eylau (33-7) scratched out single runs in the fifth and sixth to send the game to extra innings.
Black started the game on the mound for the Cougars pitching 4.1 innings allowing two hits and one earned run with six walks and three strikeouts. Hughes following tossing the next 5.1 innings giving up two hits, one earned run with four walks and three strikeouts.
Class 5A
STATE SEMIFINALS
Magnolia West (34-5) vs. Frisco Reedy (28-15)
1G: 4 p.m. Thursday, Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Argyle (34-10-2) vs. Boerne-Champion (33-11-1)
1G: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dell Diamond, Round Rock
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
1G: noon Saturday, Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Class 6A
STATE SEMIFINALS
Cypress Woods (38-4) vs. Flower Mound (35-10-2)
1G: 4 p.m. Friday, Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Austin Westlake (40-4) vs. Pearland (37-6-1)
1G: 7 p.m. Friday, Dell Diamond, Round Rock
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
1G: 4 p.m. Saturday, Dell Diamond, Round Rock
