We are entering the home stretch of the UIL high school softball and baseball playoffs. The softball postseason has two weeks left with the Dumas Demonettes left as the lone Texas Panhandle team still standing. The Demonettes will battle Prosper Richland in the state semifinals. On the baseball side of things, there are still five squads remaining across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains that include West Plains and Gruver.
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SOFTBALL
CLASS 4A
Division I
State Semifinals
Dumas (35-2-1) vs. Prosper Richland (33-7)
Game 1: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Iowa Park Softball Complex
Game 2: 4 p.m. Saturday, Lubbock-Cooper Softball Complex
Game 3: 30 minutes following Game 2, if necessary
Bullard (34-7-1) vs. Calallen (27-8-1), at Cypress Ranch Softball Complex
Game 1: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Game 2: 7 p.m. Thursday
Game 3: 8 p.m. Saturday, if necessary
BASEBALL
Region I-4A championship
Division I
West Plains (29-7) vs. Mineral Wells (22-13-2), at Lubbock-Cooper Baseball Complex
Game 1: 6 p.m. Friday
Game 2: 1 p.m. Saturday
Game 3: 30 minutes following Game 2, if necessary
Region I-4A championship
Division II
Lubbock-Cooper Liberty (29-10) vs. Brock (28-5), at Crutcher Field, Abilene Christian University
Game 1: 6 p.m. Friday
Game 2: Noon, Saturday
Game 3: 30 minutes following Game 2, if necessary
Region I-3A championship
Division I
Shallowater (33-3-1) vs. Iowa Park (31-4), at Angelo State University
Game 1: 4 p.m. Wednesday
Game 2: 3 p.m. Saturday
Game 3: 30 minutes follwing Game 2, if necessary
Region I-2A championship
Division I
New Deal (27-5) vs. New Home (26-7), at Lubbock-Cooper Liberty Baseball Complex
One game: Noon, Friday
Region I-2A championship
Division II
Gruver (19-1) vs. Ropes (26-5), at Bushland Baseball Complex
Game 1: Noon, Thursday
Game 2: 30 minutes following Game 1
Game 3: 2 p.m. Saturday, if necessary