HALLSVILLE, Texas Pleasant Grove wanted some tough opposition to prepare for district play, so baseball coach Riley Fincher entered the Hawks in tournaments like Whitehouse, Lufkin and Hallsville.
MARSHALL, Texas A game that began as tense as a racehorse waiting for the starting gun turned into a runaway win for Pleasant Grove, which posted a 12-3 win over Lindale in Game a of the teams best-of-three regional quarterfinal baseball series Thursday night.