PARIS, Texas—When you’re hot, you’re hot.

The red-hot Pleasant Grove Hawks jumped on the fourth-ranked Kennedale Wildcats early and often, played a “textbook game” according to head coach Craig Jones and clinched another berth to the Region II-3A finals with a 10-0 run-rule win Friday in the semifinal playoff game at Paris Junior College’s Hub Hollis Field.

It’s the fourth trip to the regional championship round for PG under Jones.

“Even with their scary lineup, I knew if we came out and scored five or six, with the way we throw strikes, we would have a good...