The Region 8-AAA championship series is the second step in setting up a deep baseball playoff run for Gainesville and North Hall. Both already satisfied the first step by winning their respective subregions, Gainesville in the South and North Hall in the North. Now, the second-ranked Red Elephants (23-0) and Trojans (16-7) will play a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. today at Ivey-Watson Field to see which program takes the region’s top spot into the playoffs.