SEMINOLE — The bad news for Stephenville is that the Yellow Jackets didn’t bring their absolute “A” game to the opener of the Region I-4A semifinal series with Seminole on Thursday. 

The good news for the ‘Jackets is … neither did Seminole. And by the end of the evening, Stephenville had notched a 5-1 win to take the early series lead.   

Mason Haynes was 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Wacey Dill worked five shutout innings to lead Stephenville (27-10-1) which can close the series with a win in Game 2 set for 4 p.m. on Saturday in Stephenville.  Game 3 (if needed), will follow 30 minutes after Game 2.