State Baseball Tournament Information

[GWOOD]

Wednesday, June 4 @ Disch-Falk Field, Austin


Game 1: PLEASANT GROVE 7 MEDINA VALLEY 3


Game 2: SNYDER 7 HUTTO 5




STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

SNYDER 3 PLEASANT GROVE 2 (8 innings)

[GWOOD]

Medina Valley Panthers
Region IV Champion out of 27-3A
Head Coach: Carl Keller
Record: 38-2; 8-0 (District Champion)

Top Pitchers
Zach Dodson 11-0, 0.58 ERA, 132 K's
Isaac Tijerina 8-1, 1.65 ERA, 63 K's
Weston Heiligman 8-1, 1.04 ERA, 40 K's

Top Hitters
Troy Stein .445 Avg, 6 HRs, 51 RBIs
Cameron Payne .435 AVg
Zach Dodson .409 AVg, 7 HRs, 51 RBIs

Playoff Run
Beat La Vernia in Area Round 16-5, 8-0
Beat Bandera in Regional Quarterfinals 3-2, 7-1
Beat Cuero in Regional Semifinals 13-9,5-4
Beat Sinton in Regional Finals 7-2, 10-7

Notes: Medina Valley has a potent offense with five players at .400 or better. They have scored 69 runs in eight playoff games. Zach Dodson leads all 3A players with 0.58 ERA. Medina Valley has been the #1 ranked team since early March in both the THSBCA and the 3ABASEBALL.COM polls. They lead all 3A teams with 38 wins this year. Medina Valley will move to 4A next year

[GWOOD]

Pleasant Grove Hawks
Region II Champion out of 16-3A
Head Coach: Craig Jones
Record: 24-7; 7-1 (District Champion)

Top Pitcher
Michael Wacha, Jr 12-2

Top Hitters
Logan Ashby, Jr
Jake Rogers, Sr
Michael Morriss, Sr

Playoff Run
Beat Kemp in Area Round 2-0, 10-2
Beat Bullard in Regional Quarterfinals 1-0
Beat Kennedale in Regional Semifinals 10-0
Beat Pittsburg in Regional Finals 7-1

Notes: Michael Wacha has given up only one run in four playoff games. It is hard to say who the #2 pitcher would be for Pleasant Grove. Sophomore Jon Phillips came in to finish the regional final game against PIttsburg. The Hawks have outscored their playoff opponets 30-3. Pleasant Grove is a good defensive team led by Catcher Michael Morriss. Pleasant Grove defeated district rival Pittsburg in the Regional Final game. This is the third year in a row that a 3A team from Texarkana has made it to the state playoffs (Liberty-Eylau made it in '06 and '07).

[GWOOD]

Snyder Tigers
Region I Champion out of 3-3A
Head Coach: Charles Bollinger (6th Year)
Record: 33-6; 8-1 (District Champion)

Top Pitchers
Brent Bollinger, Sr 15-1, 0.92 ERA, 150 K's
Lance Day, Sr 10-5, 2.10, 146 K's

Top Hitters
Jesse Conner, Jr, .416 Avg
Dustin Murdock, Sr, .402 Avg, 13 HRs, 50 RBIs
Bollinger, .397 Avg, 6 HRs, 31 RBIs
Riley Davis, Jr .386 Avg, 7 HRs, 39 RBIs

Playoff Run
Beat Presidio in Area Round 8-0, 7-1
Beat Levelland in Regional Quarterfinals 11-0, 7-1
Beat Canyon in Regional Semifinals 4-3, 8-4
Beat Lubbock Cooper in Regional Final 5-2

Notes: This is Snyder's first trip to Baseball State Tournament since 1986. In 1983, Snyder won the AAAA state championship and present Head Coach Charles Bollinger was the winning pitcher in that championship game. Coach Bollinger's son Brent, is a Senior P/SS on this year's team. Snyder has won 19/21 games and has not lost a game in the playoffs. Murdock's 13 HRs leads all 3A players.

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Hutto Hippos
Region III Champion out of 18-3A
Head Coach: Pete Schmidt (8th Year)
Record: 27-7; 5-3 (District Runner Up)

Top Pitchers
Chris Thomison, Sr 7-4, 2.09 ERA, 87 K's
Brett Higginbotham Jr 8-1, 58 K's, 2.21 ERA

Top Hitters
Garrett Carey Sr .446 Avg, 39 RBIs
John Cannon Sr .413 Avg, 33 RBIs

Playoff Run
Beat Gatesville in Bi-District 11-0, 8-1
Beat Groesbeck in Area Round 4-1, 2-0
Beat Carthage in Regional Quarterfinals 3-0, 10-5
Beat Jasper in Regional Semifinals 5-2, 1-4, 8-0
Beat Taylor in Regional Finals 5-1, 5-6, 6-0

Notes: Hutto's pitching is their strength, throwing 5 shut outs and 3 one run games in the playoffs. Four pitchers can be effective for them - Chris Thomison, Garret Carey, Brett Higginbotham, and Catcher John Cannon. Hutto came out of 18-3A which may have been the toughest district this year with four of the teams in the Top 20 at some point this year. Hutto had to beat district rival Taylor in the Regional Finals. Hutto will move to 4A next year.

[pirate4state]

:clap: :clap:

Good stuff GWOOD!!

Good Luck to all the teams, but I'll be rooting for Medina Valley!!

[SintonFan_inAustin]

those times are terrible :(

for baseball fans more than 3 hours away, there is no way to get half a day off and go see a game.

[Sweetwater Red]

Why does Region I play III and II play IV?:confused:

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Why does Region I play III and II play IV?:confused: From what I was told Medina Valley was ranked #1 in the tournament and Snyder #2. The other 2 teams flipped to see which side of the bracket they would be in.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by DaHop72
From what I was told Medina Valley was ranked #1 in the tournament and Snyder #2. The other 2 teams flipped to see which side of the bracket they would be in. That is correct. :)

[footballgal]

http://www.rgvsports.com/sports/calallen_2317___article.xml/resendez_run.html


Calallen advances to 4A title game
By The Associated Press

Jun 5, 2008 12:37 am



ROUND ROCK - Patrick Frasier and Roland Resendez each had two RBIs Wednesday to help lead Corpus Christi Calallen to a 7-1 victory over Friendswood in the state Class 4A baseball tournament.

Calallen (41-1) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. Frasier hit a two-run single. Resendez had an RBI single and two runners came home on fielders' choices. Calallen added two runs in the fifth, one on a double by Resendez.

Logan Verrett (18-0) got the win, allowing one run on four hits and striking out 12 in seven innings.

CLASS 3A
TEXARKANA PLEASANT GROVE 7, CASTROVILLE MEDINA VALLEY 3: At Austin, Jon Phillips went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for Texarkana Pleasant Grove.

Michael Wacha (13-2) threw a complete game for Pleasant Grove (25-8) allowing three runs on five hits and striking out five. Kaleb Brown homered and Rylan Stephens drove in two runs for the Hawks.

SNYDER 7, HUTTO 5: At Austin, Snyder (34-6) used a five-run first inning to pull away early from Hutto (27-8). Jake Crenwelge tripled and drove in three runs for Snyder.

Snyder's Lance Day (11-5) allowed one earned run on six hits in a complete game.

CLASS 2A
SALADO 11, SAN ANGELO GRAPE CREEK 0: At Austin: Kevin Jackson tossed a no-hitter and struck out eight batters as the Salado Eagles shut out San Angelo Grape Creek.

Jackson also led Salado (31-6) offensively, finishing 2-for-3 with three RBIs.

CORSICANA MILDRED 7, BUNA 5: At Austin, Corsicana Mildred scored three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Cougars. With one out, Austin Melton hit a bases-clearing line drive to the gap in left field that scored two runs.

Corsicana Mildred (31-6) took a 4-0 lead in the second with four runs off three hits.

Trevor Burnett went 3-for-4 and Melton was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Corsicana Mildred.

Cory Roper (15-2) held off Buna for two innings before the Cougars (22-7) scored in each of the next four innings to take a 5-4 lead into the top of the seventh inning. Ryan Sheppard tied the game at 4-4 on a solo home run in the fifth inning. Justin Carrell, who went 2-for-4, scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning off a sacrifice fly by Kyle Clark.

But Corsicana Mildred took advantage of a walk, hit batter and two hits off Buna pitcher Brandon Hillin (10-1) in the seventh for the win.

State baseball tournament glance
Results of the the UIL state baseball tournament scheduled for Wednesday-Saturday in Round Rock and Austin:
Wednesday, June 4
At Disch-Falk Field, Austin
Class 3A semifinals
Texarkana Pleasant Grove 7, Castroville Medina Valley 3
Snyder 7, Hutto 5
At Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Class 2A semifinals
Salado 11, San Angelo Grape Creek 0
Corsicana Mildred 7, Buna 5
Class 4A semifinals
Corpus Christi Calallen 7, Friendswood 1
Waxahachie 6, North Richland Hills Birdville 0
Thursday, June 5
At Disch-Falk Field, Austin
Class 3A Final
Texarkana Pleasant Grove (25-8) vs. Snyder (34-6), noon
At Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Class 2A final
Salado (31-6) vs. Corsicana Mildred (31-6), 2 p.m.
Class 4A final
Corpus Christi Calallen (41-1) vs. Waxahachie (32-8), 6 p.m.
Friday, June 6
At Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Class 1A semifinals
Flatonia (24-5-1) vs. Seymour (17-12), 10 a.m.
Pineland West Sabine (26-7) vs. Bosqueville (19-6-1), 1 p.m.
Class 5A semifinals
Plano West (38-2) vs. Laredo United (32-7), 4 p.m.
Houston Bellaire (39-8) vs. Southlake Carroll (22-18), 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 7
At Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Class 5A final, noon
Class 1A final, 4 p.m