UIL Class 1A Texas high school baseball brackets: Regional semifinal playoff matchups, updates
After a hectic regular season and a dramatic opening two rounds of playoff action, the top high school baseball squads across the Lone Star State are moving on and continuing their postseason push in the third round of the 2023 UIL baseball playoffs.
The road to the UIL Baseball State Championships in Austin rolls on after postseason play began with fiercely competitive bi-district and area rounds leaving the state’s 16 most elite Class 1A teams still standing to march into the regional semifinals of the Texas high school baseball playoffs.
Which teams will win their third-round matchups this weekend to secure spots in the regional finals and move one step closer to punching their ticket to the UIL Baseball State Tournament?
Here’s a closer look at game times and locations for every matchup this weekend (May 18-20) in the regional semifinals of the Class 1A UIL baseball playoffs, as Round 3 of the 2023 Texas high school baseball playoffs begins.
2023 TEXAS (UIL) BASEBALL PLAYOFFS — CLASS 1A REGIONAL SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS
Editor’s Note: Head coaches of UIL playoff teams playing against each other may choose to compete in a one-game playoff or a best-of-three series to determine the winner during the regional semifinals round of the UIL baseball playoffs.
Region I:
R2 Claude Mustangs (16-9) vs. W2 Nazareth Swifts (14-4)
Game 1 — Nazareth 8, Claude 4 (Thursday, May 18th)
Game 2 — Nazareth 14, Claude 1 (Thursday, May 18th)
Nazareth wins series 2-0; advances to Region I-1A championship series.
W7 May Tigers (8-3) vs. R7 Gorman Panthers (11-10-2)
Game 1 — Gorman 7, May 4 (Thursday, May 18th)
Game 2 — 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 20th, at Stephenville HS
Game 3 — 30 minutes after Game 2 (If Necessary)
Region II:
W11 Ector Eagles (12-11) vs. W12 Dodd City Hornets (17-4)
Game 1 — Dodd City 7, Ector 2 (Thursday, May 18th)
Game 2 — Dodd City 14, Ector 6 (Thursday, May 18th)
Dodd City wins series 2-0; advances to Region II-1A championship series.
W15 Abbott Panthers (17-3) vs. R13 Graford Jackrabbits (10-2)
Game 1 — 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19th, at Cleburne HS
Game 2 — 30 minutes after Game 1
Game 3 — TBD on Saturday, May 20th, at Cleburne HS (If Necessary)
Region III:
W19 Leveretts Chapel Lions (10-13) vs. W18 Sulphur Bluff Bears (10-8)
Game 1 — Leveretts Chapel 5, Sulphur Bluff 4 (Thursday, May 18th)
Game 2 — Leveretts Chapel 5, Sulphur Bluff 2 (Friday, May 19th)
Leveretts Chapel wins series 2-0; advances to Region III-1A championship series.
R24 Brookeland Wildcats (16-7) vs. W22 Kennard Tigers (18-11)
Game 1 — Kennard 4, Brookeland 3 (Thursday, May 18th)
Game 2 — Kennard 5, Brookeland 4 (Friday, May 19th)
Kennard wins series 2-0; advances to Region III-1A championship series.
Region IV:
R26 Round Top Carmine Cubs (7-9) vs. W26 Fayetteville Lions (15-6)
One Game Playoff — Fayetteville 10, Round Top Carmine 0 (Wednesday, May 17th)
Fayetteville wins series; advances to Region IV-1A championship series.
W31 Pettus War Eagles (14-12) vs. W30 D’Hanis Cowboys (15-5-1)
Game 1 — D'Hanis 10, Pettus 0 (Thursday, May 18th)
Game 2 — D'Hanis 14, Pettus 2 (Thursday, May 18th)
D'Hanis wins series 2-0; advances to Region IV-1A championship series.
