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MARSHALL, Texas—In tee ball Hailey White’s two-foot bunt would have been labeled a home run.

Liberty-Eylau’s fleet-footed outfielder bunted the first pitch in the sixth inning, and when the third baseman overthrew first she circled the bases for the game’s only run, giving the Lady Leopards a 1-0 victory over Bullard Friday in the opener of the best-of-three Region II-3A quarterfinal series at East Texas Baptist University’s Taylor Field.

The two teams meet today at noon in Game 2 of the series, and if a third game is necessary it will follow 30 minutes after the opener...