Barbers Hill advances to the Texas UIL Class 5A Division I state championship
No. 4 Barbers Hill will play for the Texas UIL Class 5A Division I state championship next weekend.
Barbers Hill advances to the Texas UIL Class 5A Division I state championship originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Madison Ray's two-run blast in the bottom of the fifth inning gave the Barbers Hill [Mt.
Belvieu] Eagles an 11-1 lead over the Leander Lions, ending the game via the 10-run rule. The win gave the Eagles a 2-0 series win over the Lions, and they advance to the state championship series next weekend against the winner of the Aledo Bearcats and the Melissa Cardinals. That matchup would pit the No.
3 and No. 4 teams in the country against each other for the Texas UIL Class 5A Division I title as Melissa is currently ranked one spot ahead of Barbers Hill in the latest edition of the MaxPreps national rankings . The winner of that series would have a strong case to be named the national champion in that scenario.
HOW TO WATCH : Barbers Hill vs. Leander on the NFHS Network __________ Refresh for updates __________ FINAL — Barbers Hill 11, Leander 1 __________ FIFTH INNING — Barbers Hill 11, Leander 1 __________ Madison Ray with a two-run shot, and Barbers Hill wins the game, 11-1, via the 10-run rule. __________ Leander is unable to score in the top of the fifth, and it's still 9-1 with Barbers Hill coming up to bat again.