SITE, TIME: Best-of-three series with all games at Sulphur Springs High School. Game 1 is today at 7 p.m., Game 2 is at Friday at 5 p.m., and a Game 3, if needed, will follow.
AT STAKE: Class 3A regional semifinal championship.
LAST ROUND: The Lady Lions thumped New Diana, 9-3, 4-0. Howe swept past Mineola, 4-0, 6-4.
NEW BOSTON LINEUP: P-Morgan McAlexander, C-Angel Evans, 1B-McKenzee Thomas, 2B-Alaysia Henderson, 3B-Lauren Hurst, SS-Carlee Ratcliff, LF-Haley McAlexander, CF-Grace Duffer, RF-Alexis Morden.
COACH'S COMMENTS: New Boston's B.J. Brown-"Howe has pretty decent pitching. Their starter has multiple pitches that she can throw. They are pretty scrappy at the plate, and they will put the ball into play. At this point, offensively, defensively, everyone is going to be worth their weight because that is how you get here.
"We have to be able to not give away at-bats. Our pitchers will need to control their pitches really well. If we can't make the pitcher come to us, we will have to play small ball and run the bases well. We will have to execute in order to get some runs across the board. We are going to stick with what has worked for us during the season."
NEXT ROUND: The winner advances to the Class 3A regional finals to tangle with Pilot Point or Hughes Springs.