UIL Baseball State Championships: Upstart Whitehouse Meets Grapevine in 5A Semifinal

CLASS 5A STATE SEMIFINAL

Whitehouse Wildcats (25-11)

vs.

Grapevine Mustangs (33-6-2)

4 p.m. Thursday

Dell Diamond, Round Rock

Coaches

• Whitehouse: Derrick Jenkins
• Grapevine: Steven Hutcherson

Road to Round Rock

Whitehouse

• Bi-district: def. Texas High, 2-1 (4-9, 7-3, 9-8)
• Area: def. Ennis, 2-0 (5-3, 7-6)
• Regional quarterfinal: def. Corsicana, 2-0
• Regional semifinal: def. Wylie, 2-0 (7-6, 3-2)
• Regional final: def. Lufkin, 2-1 (3-5, 1-0, 5-4)

Grapevine

• Bi-district: def. Denton, 2-0 (11-0, 2-0)
• Area: def. Granbury, 2-1 (1-2, 3-0, 5-3)
• Regional quarterfinal: def. Wichita Falls Rider, 2-1 (7-6, 0-1, 9-1)
• Regional semifinal: def. Canyon, 2-1 (7-2, 5-6, 6-1)
• Regional final: def. Lake Dallas, 2-0 (9-2, 6-1)

State tournament appearances

• Whitehouse: 2 (2013, 2016)
• Grapevine: 1 (2016)

Next up

• Winner faces winner between College Station and San Antonio Alamo Heights, 7 p.m. Friday in 5A state championship game