Baseball Playoffs: Scots Fall to Emerson
Frisco Emerson rallied with two straight wins to eliminate Highland Park in the first round of the Class 5A Division I baseball playoffs.
The Mavericks blanked the Scots 3-0 on Saturday in Frisco in the third and deciding game of the Region II showdown. Both teams won on the road in the first two clashes — HP by a 5-1 score on Thursday and Emerson by a 9-2 count on Friday.
The Scots (20-12) continued their bi-district struggles, dropping their fifth consecutive opening-round series since 2019. HP played well in finishing the regular season in a tie for second place in District 12-5A.
Zach Richard threw a complete-game shutout in Game 3 for the Mavericks (25-7), who tied for the runner-up spot in 11-5A during the regular season. Emerson is the only one of the four 11-5A playoff teams to advance to the area round.
In other first-round postseason action over the weekend:
- Jesuit Dallas swept Arlington Bowie with back-to-back shutouts in Class 6A Division II. The Rangers (24-7) won 10-0 in the series opener and 8-0 in the clincher on Friday. They will face Flower Mound Marcus in the next round.
- W.T. White cruised past Bryan Adams in 5A Division I, sweeping the Region II series by scores of 12-2 and 8-0. The Longhorns (17-14) advance to meet Midlothian next, beginning Thursday in Grand Prairie.
- Hillcrest suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Mesquite Poteet in the third and deciding game of a 5A Division II series. The Panthers (19-12) snapped their string of seven straight first-round triumphs dating to 2017.
