Bartell deals, Spring Hill wins Texas Class 4A Division II state championship; live scoring, highlights, recap

Longview Spring Hill and Wimberley are set to face off Friday morning at Dell Diamond in Round Rock with the Class 4A Division II state championship on the line. First pitch is scheduled for 9 a.m., and one of these two programs will walk away with the first state title in school history.

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Spring Hill (34-7) has turned it on at the right time, entering the title game on an 11-game winning streak. The Panthers have posted five shutouts in the postseason and 15 on the year. They dropped Game 1 of their regional final series to Carthage but bounced back to win the next two. The pitching staff is deep, led by Cayden Rhodes (8-0), Grant Burton (12-2), Mason Barnes (5-1) and Landon Bartell (5-0). Trenton Beall (.463) and Trent Thompson (.447) anchor the lineup.

Wimberley (26-7-1) is playing in its first state tournament and has made the most of it, winning 10 of 12 playoff games. The Texans survived a three-game battle with Lago Vista in the first round and haven’t lost since. They’ve taken down Sinton and Bridge City in back-to-back rounds and rely on arms like Gentry McGinnis (10-1) and Ty Thames (5-1), along with offensive production from Bryson Anderson (.416), Jayden Hall (.327) and Sage Hall (.326).

This one feels like a true coin flip. Both teams are built around pitching and experience, and both have proven they can grind out close wins. With the margin likely to be razor thin, limiting mistakes and taking advantage of scoring chances will be critical.

Longview Spring Hill vs. Wimberley: Texas Class 4A Division II state championship; preview, live scoring, updates

Lineups

Wimberley

Bryson Anderson, CF; Jayden Hall, SS; Ty Thames, P; Wyatt Yeatter, 3B; Sage Hall, LF; Cody Stoever, 1B; Gentry McGinnis, 2B; Jake Dewell, C; Maverick Jacobs, RF.

Spring Hill

Travis Allen, CF; Corbin Broyles, 2B, Trent Thompson, 3B, Cayson Wilkins, RF; Eli Emery, C; Grant Burton, 1B; Cayden Rhodes, LF; Mason Barnes, SS; Trenton Beall, DH; Landon Bartell, P.

Top 1: Wimberley 0, Spring Hill 0

Ty Thames and Wyatt Yeatter collected back-to-back 2-out singles to give Wimberley their first rally of the game.

RUN(s) - Sage Hall ripped a single to right center, scoring Thames with the game's first run. Wimberley leads 1-0.

Bottom 1: Wimberley 1, Spring Hill 0

Thames, a Rice football commit, came out pumping 95 mph on the stadium's radar gun. He worked around a 1-out walk, got a strikeout and finished the first frame unscathed.

Top 2: Wimberley 1, Spring Hill 0

Landon Bartell worked a clean 1-2-3 inning with a line out and two pop fly outs.

Bottom 2: Wimberley 1, Spring Hill 0

Thames matched Bartell with a 1-2-3 inning of his own and ended the inning with his second strikeout.

Top 3: Wimberley 1, Spring Hill 0

Sage Hall picked up his second hit of the game, a single, and went to second on a throwing error, but he's stranded there after a pair of fly balls.

Bottom 3: Wimberley 1, Spring HIll 0

Mason Barnes led off with a single - Spring Hill's first hit of the game - and Trent Beall walked to give Spring Hill its first threat. Thames responded with back-to-back strikeouts and a harmless tapper to third base to escape the jam. That was Spring Hill's best chance at a run, so far. Thames and his mid 90's fastball are proving difficult to square up.

Top 4: Wimberley 1, Spring Hill 0

Bartell hit a batter with 1 out, but got a strikeout, flyout and a fielder's choice to escape the inning unscathed.

Bottom 4: Wimberley 1, Spring Hill 0

Cayson Wilkins led off the bottom of the fourth with a single, but Thames coaxed a 6-4-3 double play, which turned out to be huge when Grant Burton singled and stole second to set up a 2-out rally.

RUN(s) – Cayden Rhodes poked a single back up the middle, past the diving shortstop, and Burton came home to tie it, 1-1.

Rhodes stole second to give Spring Hill another threat, and Mason Barnes got plunked by a pitch to keep the inning going.

RUN(s) - Trenton Beal kept the rally going with an RBI single to right on a 3-1 pitch. Spring Hill leads, 2-1.

RUN(s) - Leadoff man Travis Allen drove in Barnes and Beall with a single up the middle (after Beall took second on defensive indifference) to give Spring Hill a crooked inning. All of this started with 2 outs. Spring Hill leads 4-1.

After Allen stole second base, Thames finally got the elusive third out on a grounder to end the inning.

That stolen base was a milestone for the Spring Hill program, as Allen entered the day chasing the program's stolen bases record.

Top 5: Spring Hill 4, Wimberley 1

Bartell got two very quick outs - a strikeout and a groundout - before an error on a pop fly gave Wimberley some life with two away, but Bartell coaxed a fielder's choice to end the frame.

Bottom 5: Spring Hill 4, Wimberley 1

Thames struck out the first batter of the inning, but Cayson Wilkins draws a 1-out walk on four pitches.

Thames was replaced on the mound by Jayden Hall after 85 pitches. Thames will remain in at designated hitter.

After getting plunked with a pickoff throw, Cayson Wilkins stole second base on a delayed steal.

RUN(s) - With two outs in the inning, Grant Burton ripped a single past a diving third baseman and Wilkins scores from second. Spring Hill extended its lead to 5-1.

Spring Hill threatened to get more, but a fielder's choice with 2-on, 2-out ended the inning.

Top 6: Spring Hill 5, Wimberley 1

Bartell was really rolling, getting two quick outs in the top of the sixth before back-to-back walks gave Wimberley some life.

But Bartell dug deep and got a fielder's choice to end the threat. It was a huge out.

Bottom 6: Spring Hill 5, Wimberley 1

Jayden Hall looked sharp in a strong 1-2-3 inning.

Top 7: Spring Hill 5, Wimberley 1

Bartell's day is done to a standing ovation after the senior, who fought back from an injury to make it back for these playoffs, left it all on the mound. He was dealing until seemingly running out of gas - allowing a leadoff single and hit a batter to lead off the seventh.

Spring Hill brought in right hander Cayden Rhodes to face Wimberley with two runners on and nobody out. Rhodes immediately got a pop up for the first out.

BIG PLAY! Ty Thames reached on a fielder's choice on what could have been a game-ending double play. Instead, Spring Hill doesn't get any outs, loading the bases for Wimberley with 1 out.

RUN(s) - Wyatt Yeatter poked a 2-run single back up the middle into center. Wimberley trims the deficit to 5-3. Runners at first and second with one out.

Sage Hall did his job and moved runners up to second and third. With two outs, Wimberley was down to its final out with the tying run at second.

GAME OVER! In dramatic fashion, Cayden Rhodes gets a strikeout on a 3-2 pitch and Spring Hill wins the state championship, 5-3.

Final: Spring Hill 5, Wimberley 3

One crooked inning and strong pitching from two pitchers who fought injuries in the 2025 season was enough for Spring Hill to get it done. In the final game of his high school career, Landon Bartell left everything he had on the mound, pitching until he had no gas left in the tank before handing it over to Cayden Rhodes, who walked a tightrope in the final innings to nail down the win.

Bartell (6-0) got the win after allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Rhodes got the save after allowing 1 hit in a scoreless seventh inning with one strikeout.

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