The Early Longhorns loaded the bases and scored twice in the top of the seventh inning, but their rally was quashed one run shy of pulling even with the undefeated Jim Ned Indians, who advanced to the Region I-3A semifinals with a 3-2 victory in Thursday night’s one-game regional semifinal playoff.

No. 2 Jim Ned (30-0-1), which also defeated Early by a 7-4 count back in March, broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and added what turned out to be the decisive run in the top of the sixth.

Early finishes the year 23-10.  Read the complete report on the game at this link to Brownwoodnews.com.

(story and photo by Derrick Stuckly)