Softball

HEATH -- Carthage successfully forced a third and final game in its best-of-three Class 4A Region II championship series with Krum, but it had nothing left in the tank for the meeting at Rockwall-Heath High School. Krum responded from a 2-1 loss in nine innings Saturday afternoon with a thorough 17-0 victory against the Lady Dawgs in the evening hours. Paired with a 5-0 series-opening win Thursday

BASEBALL CLASS 4A Region II Pleasant Grove 8, Argyle 0 (Pleasant Grove advances, 2-0) CLASS 3A Region II Whitesboro 2, New Diana 0 (Whitesboro advances, 2-0) Gunter 12, Beckville 3 Beckville 7, Gunter 6 (Beckville advances, 2-1) Region III Nacogdoches Central Heights 3, Franklin 2 (Central Heights advances, 2-0) CLASS 2A Region III Groveton 5, Simms Bowie 1 (Groveton advances, 2-0) CLASS A

BASEBALLCLASS 4ARegion II Pleasant Grove 6, Argyle 1 (PG leads series, 1-0)

GRAND SALINE -- Carthage will have to pull off another two-game rally to reach next week's Class 4A softball state tournament. The Lady Dawgs' bats were largely silenced by Krum starting pitcher Tristan Bridges in a two-hit shutout and a 5-0 loss in the first contest of their three-game Region II championship series. Up next is the potential swing game, or elimination game, 4 p.m. Saturday at Rock

CLASS 4A Region II Carthage vs. Krum (Best-of-three series) Game 1: Krum 5, Carthage 0 Game 2: Carthage 2, Krum (9 innings) Game 3: Krum 17, Carthage 0 CLASS 3A Region II Hughes Springs vs. Howe (Best-of-three series) At Texas A&M-Commerce Game 1: Hughes Springs 8, Howe 3 Game 2: Hughes Springs 9, Howe 6 CLASS 2A Region III Joaquin vs. Wo...

BASEBALL CLASS 4A Region II Kilgore 2, Gilmer 1 Gilmer 6, Kilgore 5 (Gilmer advances, 2-1) Pleasant Grove 1, Canton 0 (Pleasant Grove advances, 2-0) CLASS 3A Region II Whitesboro 4, Edgewood 1 (Whitesboro advances, 2-0) New Diana 9, Hooks 6 (New Diana advances, 2-0 Beckville 10, Troup 3 (Beckville advances, 2-0) Region III Nacogdoches Central Heights 10, Danbury 0 (Central Heights leads serie

BASEBALL CLASS 4A Region II Gilmer 3, Kilgore 0 (Gilmer leads series, 1-0) Pleasant Grove 9, Canton 0 (Pleasant Grove leads series, 1-0) CLASS 3A Region II Whitesboro 8, Edgewood 3 (Whitesboro leads series, 1-0) Beckville 9, Troup 4 (Beckville leads series, 1-0) Region III Kirbyville 8, Pollok Central 1 (Kirbyville leads series, 1-0) CLASS 2A Region III West Sabine 3, Woden 2 (West Sabine l

CLASS 4A Region II Carthage vs. Aubrey (Best-of-three series) At Mineola HS Game 1: Aubrey 5, Carthage 4 Game 2: Carthage 7, Aubrey 5 Game 3: Carthage 12, Aubrey 1 Rusk vs. Krum (Best-of-three series) At North Forney HS Game 1: Krum 1, Rusk 0 Game 2: Krum 1, Rusk 0 CLASS 3A Region II Hooks vs...

LONGVIEW -- What a difference a night's sleep or, as Friday's walk-off hero Kaitlynn Earle put it, a bowl of great cereal can do for a team. Carthage shelled Pittsburg, 9-0, Saturday at LeTourneau University in Game 2 of its Class 4A regional quarterfinal series for a series sweep. The Lady Dawgs had to claw back for a 12-11 win in Game 1, a meeting which featured four multiple-run lead changes. R

LONGVIEW -- Kaitlynn Earle hit a walk-off single over Pittsburg's second baseman and gave Carthage a thrilling 12-11 win and a 1-0 series lead in perhaps the region's most anticipated regional quarterfinals setup. But it depends who you ask whether Earle's rally back from an 0-2 count for the winning contact was a top play or the top play.