The heat is on Fridaybrnight when Carroll Baseball, the District 5-6A champion, faces Plano in a Classbr6A Region I Bi-District playoff series. The series kicks off Friday at 7 p.m.brat Plano Prestonwood Christian (6801 W. Park Boulevard).
Plano was the fourth-placebrteam in District 6-6A. Game 2 will be played at 3 p.m. Saturday at Prestonwoodbrand Game 3 (if necessary) would follow 30 minutes later.
The winner of this seriesbrfaces the winner of Waco Midway vs. Irving Nimitz next week in the area round. Carrollbrfinished the regular season last Friday with 4-3 extra-inning loss to Hebron.brThe Dragons are 22-9-1 and went 11-3 in district.
Arkansas signee Kole Ramage, who has two previous years of playoff starting experience, leads the Dragons on the mound.
Carroll (22-9-1)brvs. Plano (16-16) – Bi-District Playoff Series
Game 1: 7 p.m. Friday,brGraham Field, Prestonwood Christian
Game 2: 3 p.m. Saturday,brGraham Field, Prestonwood Christian
Game 3: (if necessary) 30brminutes later