UIL playoffs: 3 Central Texas teams win Game 1 of regional final series

Lake Travis pitcher Cooper Webb pumps his fist and screams after striking out Cedar Ridge's Luke Irwin to end the 2nd inning of Wednesday's 6A, Division 1, Region 4 championship series game played at Concordia University Texas. Webb struck out 10 in 6 innings and Lake Travis held off Cedar Ridge 3-2 in the opener of the best-of-3 series. (Jay Plotkin/Special to American-Statesman) Lake Travis , Rouse and Wimberley all won Game 1 of their best-of-three regional finals series Wednesday in the UIL high school baseball playoffs .

Here’s the roundup for Central Texas: Lake Travis 3, Cedar Ridge 2 Cooper Webb isn’t exactly sure what he figured out on the mound to get out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the fourth inning. But whatever it was, it played a big part in Lake Travis’ win over Cedar Ridge in the opener of an all-Austin area Class 6A Division I series at Concordia University. With the Raiders seemingly poised for a big inning, Webb sandwiched a lineout to right field around two strikeouts.

“I really just had to dig deep,” said Webb, who struck out 10 and will play at Texas next year. “I’ve done a lot of mental training over the offseason, and through the years we do a lot of it in the fall. And it came in clutch.

” RBI singles from James Tudor and Nelson Molina highlighted the Cavs’ three-run third, which also included CJ Hansford’s sacrifice fly. Kai Rice tripled and scored on Jake Shoemaker’s sacrifice fly for Cedar Ridge in the bottom of the third, then Paul Hernandez Jr. hit an RBI single in the fourth to bring the Raiders within a run.