DFW Just Went 9-for-9 In The UIL Boys Basketball State Championships.
North Crowley Photo Photographed by: Farhan Badaru
Little Elm Photo Photographed by: Connor Elias
Summit Photo Photographed by: Joshua Betancourt
Heritage Photo Photographed by: Luka Fraza
DFW just went 9-for-9 in UIL Boys Basketball State Championships. From 2A to 6A, North Texas didn't drop a single title game. The metroplex ran the entire bracket this weekend in San Antonio and it wasn't close most of the time.
6A Division 1 - North Crowley 65, Northside Brennan 52
Let's start at the top. North Crowley took down Northside Brennan to end an 18-year championship drought. Head coach Tommy Brakel pointed out after the game that his seniors were born the same year as the program's last title. That kind of symmetry doesn't happen by accident. It happens because a community locked in and built something over time.
6A Division 2 - Little Elm 57, Austin Westlake 35
Little Elm put on a dominant performance, beating Austin Westlake by 22 points. A blowout in a state championship game is a statement. Little Elm didn't come to San Antonio to compete. They came to win.
5A Division 1 - Frisco Heritage 60, Beaumont West Brook 47
Frisco Heritage knocked off Beaumont West Brook to claim the program's first ever state banner. Cameron Lomax, a four-star SMU signee averaging over 26 points a game, was the engine all season long. That one meant everything to that program and that community.
5A Division 2 - Mansfield Summit 52, Beaumont United 40
Mansfield Summit locked in and never let go. The culture inside that program showed up on the biggest stage and they handled their business from start to finish.
4A Division 1 - Dallas Kimball 62, Fort Bend Crawford 42
Dallas Kimball handled Fort Bend Crawford by 20 points. A dominant win on the biggest stage in Texas high school basketball is not an accident. The Knights were the better team from start to finish and made sure everyone knew it.
4A Division 2 - Dallas Carter 67, La Marque 41
Dallas Carter put together arguably the most dominant performance of the entire weekend, rolling past La Marque by 26 points. Carter came into the tournament hungry for their first UIL title and junior point guard Amarion Hunter, averaging nearly 24 points, six assists, and four rebounds a game, made sure they got it. Vintage Carter.
3A Division 1 - Dallas Madison 70, Orangefield 59
Dallas Madison kept the Dallas ISD run going, beating Orangefield who came in on a 26-game winning streak making their program's first ever state final appearance. Madison didn't care. The Trojans were locked in and took care of business. Dallas ISD went 3-for-3 on the weekend. Three schools, three classifications, three state championships. That doesn't happen anywhere else in the country.
3A Division 2 - Paradise 52, Palestine Westwood 51
Paradise provided the most nerve-wracking finish of the entire tournament, holding on by a single point. One point. That's all that separated DFW from an 8-for-9 weekend. Paradise didn't flinch and punched through to claim the title.
2A Division 2 - Lipan 47, Martin's Mill 34
And then there's Lipan. Sitting about 55 miles southwest of Fort Worth, the Horns capped off the full DFW sweep with a convincing 13-point win over Martin's Mill. Small school, small town, big trophy.
Nine title games. Nine DFW champions. From Lipan to North Crowley, from 2A to 6A, the metroplex owned the Alamodome this weekend. No region in the state of Texas came close to matching what DFW put together. This wasn't a fluke and it wasn't luck. This is what happens when an entire region builds winning programs from the ground up, year after year.
DFW basketball is in a completely different stratosphere right now. And based on the talent coming up through these programs, it is not slowing down anytime soon.