CARTHAGE, Texas—New Boston’s Cinderella season continues at 7 today at Jim Reeves Memorial Field when the Lions open a best-of-three series against a playoff-experienced Buna team in the Region III-AA semifinals.

The second game of the series is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, and if a third game is necessary it will follow after a 30-minute break.

“This is basically the same Buna team that lost to Hooks in the regional semifinals last year,” New Boston coach Lonnie Henry said. “I’ve been told they have two decent pitchers. If we continue to get good pitching and play goo...