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Arl. Martin, Rock.-Heath reach state in baseball

Arlington Martin, Rockwall-Heath and Cleburne were pushed to the limit before winning their best-of-three regional final series to clinch spots in the UIL state baseball tournament.

Martin beat Southlake Carroll 5-2 in Saturday's Game 3 of the Class 5A Region 1 finals. That came after Carroll won Game 2 earlier in the week 2-0 to force the deciding game.

Rockwall-Heath bounced back from a 1-0 blanking against Frisco Wakeland in Game 2 of the Class 4A Region 2 finals to win the clincher 9-2 on Saturday.

Rockwall-Heath will be joined in the 4A state tournament by Cleburne, which beat Waco Midway in three games in the Region 1 finals.

Here is the the UIL baseball state tournament schedule:

WEDNESDAY

1A SEMIFINALS, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

9 a.m. - Price Carlisle (25-2) vs. Fayetteville (19-6)

Noon - Stamford (23-1) vs. Dodd City (27-7)

2A SEMIFINALS, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

4 p.m. - Brock (33-1) vs. Bushland (30-6-1)

7 p.m. - Elkhart (36-4) vs. Jarrell (25-4)

3A SEMIFINALS, UT's Disch-Falk Field

1 p.m. - Sweeny (31-2) vs. West (31-8)

4 p.m. - Robinson (29-2) vs. Texarkana Pleasant Grove (33-5)

THURSDAY

1A FINAL, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

9 a.m. - Price Carlisle/Fayetteville winner vs. Stamford/Dodd City winner

2A FINAL, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

Noon - Brock/Bushland winner vs. Elkhart/Jarrell winner

4A SEMIFINALS, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

4 p.m. - Rockwall-Heath (34-9) vs. Montgomery (29-13)

7 p.m. - Austin Lake Travis (33-10) vs. Cleburne (29-10)

3A FINAL, UT's Disch-Falk Field

6:30 p.m. - Sweeny/West winner vs. Robinson/Texarkana Pleasant Grove winner

FRIDAY

5A SEMIFINALS, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

Noon - Arlington Martin (36-5-1) vs. Houston Cypress Ranch (30-8)

3 p.m. - Corpus Christi Carroll (32-4) vs. College Station A&M Consolidated (28-11)

4A FINAL

7 p.m. - Rockwall-Heath/Montgomery winner vs. Austin Lake Travis/Cleburne winner

SATURDAY

5A FINAL, Round Rock's Dell Diamond

11:30 a.m. - Arlington Martin/Houston Cypress Ranch winner vs. Corpus Christi Carroll/College Station A&M Consolidated winner