SITE, TIME: Best-of-three series, all games are at East Texas Baptist University. Game 1's first pitch is slated for 5 p.m. today, Game 2 is Friday at 5 p.m., and a Game 3, if needed, will be on Saturday at 11:30.
LAST ROUND: Hughes Springs swept New Diana, 3-2, 6-3. White Oak defeated Queen City, 10-0, 4-2.
AT STAKE: Class 3A regional quarterfinal championship.
HUGHES SPRINGS LINEUP: P-Riley McKinney, C-Cooper Perry, 1B-Harrison Reagan, 2B-Austin Bruce, 3B-Bo McEntire, SS-Alex Bruce, LF-Triston Hickey, CF-Brady McEntire, RF-Andrew Gaul, DH-Garrett Golden.
COACH'S COMMENTS: Hughes Springs' Brandon Green-"White Oak is really good. They have a really good pitcher who is committed to the University of Arkansas. He has won a lot of games for them this year. They are good offensively and play good defense. It will be a good series.
"We didn't make any mistakes defensively in our previous playoff game. We are working on cutting down on our strike outs. We are going to try to have a different approach at the plate when we have two strikes. I tell them to just go play and do what they do. We just need to stay consistent in what we do."
NEXT ROUND: The winner advances to the regional semifinals to play either Grand Saline or Pottsboro.