For the second straight season, the Gordon Longhorns’ baseball team will play its final game of the year in the UIL baseball state title game.
The Longhorns (23-4) will look to bring another state title home to Gordon when they square off against the Groveton Centerville Bulldogs (23-1) in the Class 1A UIL Baseball State Championship game with first pitch scheduled for noon on Saturday, June 6, at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
Both Gordon and Groveton Centerville will be looking to bring home their first UIL baseball state championships in school history.
Follow along with live updates throughout the day as the Longhorns and Bulldogs collide in the Class 1A UIL Baseball State Championship game:
Gordon vs Groveton Centerville – Class 1A UIL Baseball State Championship live updates
7:30 a.m. — Starting lineups are set. Here is the pitching matchup for today’s game: Aiden Shank (Gordon) vs. Kolt Larsen (Groveton Centerville).
7:37 p.m. (Friday, June 5) — Gordon and Groveton Centerville will begin the 1A state title game with the first pitch tentatively scheduled for noon at Round Rock’s Dell Diamond. If the postponed 5A DII state title game runs late, Gordon and Groveton Centerville will start 40 minutes after the end of the preceding UIL state title game.
7:30 p.m. (Friday, June 5) — The 5A DII UIL Baseball State Championship game between Sharyland and Lucas Lovejoy has been postponed and rescheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, delaying the start times of Saturday’s scheduled Class 1A, 6A DI and 6A DII state title games.
6:59 p.m. (Friday, June 5) — The Class 5A Division I UIL Baseball State Championship game enters a weather delay. Aledo leads Montgomery Lake Creek 1-0 with no outs in the top of the third inning.
Gordon starting lineup
Aiden Shank, P
Noah Kostiha, LF
Stryker Reed, CF
Brayden Walters, C
Evan Jackson, 1B
Hudson Campbell, 2B
Gatlin Simmons, SS
Corvin Seymour, 3B
Jasper Clark, RF
Head coach: Ligon West
Groveton Centerville starting lineup
Drew Larsen, C
Hardy Brown, SS
Kolt Larsen, P
Wyatt Clede, 3B
Chris Fry, 2B
Brandon McWhorter, LF
Brice Selman, 1B
Westin Cornelius, RF
Eli Emmons, CF
Head coach: Lawton Trekell
Gordon’s Road to State (2026 UIL Baseball Playoffs)
Bi-district – Aquilla (12-1, 9-10, 19-6)
Area – Milford (18-2, 5-2)
Regional semifinals – Oglesby (13-2, 10-6)
Regional finals – Dodd City (12-9, 15-5)
State semifinals – Hamlin (1-0, 18-8)
Groveton Centerville’s Road to State (2026 UIL Baseball Playoffs)
Bi-district – Slocum (11-0, 19-0)
Area – Chester (5-0, 9-1)
Regional semifinals – Apple Springs (1-0)
Regional finals – Gilmer Union Hill (6-1)
State semifinals – Fayetteville (11-1)
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Gordon vs Groveton Centerville in 1A UIL Baseball State Championship: Live updates
Reporting by Andrew McCulloch, Abilene Reporter-News / Abilene Reporter-News
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