UIL State Championship Recap | Dell Diamond, Round Rock
The 2026 UIL Baseball State Championships are done. Dell Diamond in Round Rock hosted three days of the best high school baseball in the country, and when the final out was recorded Saturday evening, eleven programs walked away with state championship trophies. Some of them were expected. Some of them were not. And a few of them delivered the kind of moments that remind you exactly why Texas high school baseball is the greatest show in the sport. Here is how it all went down.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4
NEW HOME HOLDS ON - 2A DIVISION I CHAMPIONS New Home 7, Iola 2
New Home came into Dell Diamond at 29-8 and left as state champions. Iola at 26-4 had been one of the most dominant programs in the state all season but New Home had the right answers when it counted. A 7-2 final gives New Home their state title and caps off a season that the program and their community will be talking about for years. Small school baseball in Texas does not get bigger than this moment and New Home delivered.
BURTON WINS GOING AWAY - 2A DIVISION II CHAMPIONS Burton 6, Ropesville Ropes 1
Burton at 28-4 made a statement against one of the more dominant records in the entire tournament. Ropesville Ropes came in at 32-5 with one of the best win totals in any classification this weekend - but Burton controlled this game from the first inning to the last and the 6-1 final tells the story of a team that came to Round Rock ready to win. Burton is the 2A Division II state champion and it was never really in doubt.
BOYD SURVIVES A THRILLER - 3A DIVISION I CHAMPIONS Boyd 9, Corpus Christi London 8
This was the game of Thursday. This was the game of the entire opening day of the state tournament. Boyd at 38-3 against Corpus Christi London at 33-7-1 - and the two programs gave Dell Diamond exactly what the crowd came to see. A 9-8 final in the 3A Division I state championship is the kind of scoreline that means every single inning mattered, every single at-bat had stakes, and the outcome was not decided until the last out. London had their Texas-commit Christian Olivares on the mound and made Boyd earn every run of that 9-8 margin. Boyd finishes the season at 39-3 as state champions and they earned every bit of this title in the most dramatic game of the weekend.
PARADISE DOMINATES - 3A DIVISION II CHAMPIONS Paradise 9, Franklin 0
Nobody saw this one coming the way it happened. Franklin came in at 35-2-2 - one of the most dominant records in the entire state tournament - and Paradise at 37-5 shut them out completely. A 9-0 final in a state championship game is a statement performance of the highest order. Paradise did not just win. They dominated. Franklin's remarkable regular season record could not have predicted what happened Thursday night under the lights at Dell Diamond. Paradise is the 3A Division II state champion and they made it look easier than anyone thought possible.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5
PLEASANT GROVE EDGES CALALLEN IN AN ALL-TIME CLASSIC - 4A DIVISION I CHAMPIONS Texarkana Pleasant Grove 2, Corpus Christi Calallen 1
Save this one. This is the game of the entire championship weekend. Texarkana Pleasant Grove at 38-4 against Corpus Christi Calallen at 38-2 - two programs with nearly identical records, both built for exactly this kind of moment. And they delivered a 2-1 state championship game that will be talked about in Texas high school baseball circles for a very long time. Calallen is one of the most storied programs in the history of Texas prep baseball. They have been here before. They know what this environment feels like. And they pushed Pleasant Grove to the absolute limit in a game where every pitch, every hit, and every out felt like the season itself. Pleasant Grove won 2-1. One run. That is the margin that separates a state champion from a state runner-up on Friday morning in Round Rock. Texarkana Pleasant Grove is the 4A Division I state champion and they earned it in the most pressure-packed game of the entire weekend.
ROBINSON GETS IT DONE - 4A DIVISION II CHAMPIONS Robinson 3, Brock 1
Robinson at 29-10 was one of the more fascinating tournament stories of 2026 - a record that did not scream state championship contender but a team that kept finding ways to win when the moment demanded it. And in the 4A Division II state final, Robinson found a way again. Brock at 32-6 was the program with the stronger regular season resume and they made Robinson work for every run of the 3-1 final. But Robinson held on, played their best baseball on the biggest stage, and capped off one of the best postseason runs of any team in any classification this spring. Robinson is the 4A Division II state champion and this title belongs to every player who believed in that team when the regular season record gave others reasons not to.
ALEDO RUNS IT BACK - 5A DIVISION I CHAMPIONS Aledo 3, Montgomery Lake Creek 1
Defending champions. Back-to-back. Aledo at 38-3 came to Round Rock to do exactly what they did last year - win a state championship - and they delivered a 3-1 victory over Montgomery Lake Creek that showed exactly why this program is one of the best in Texas. Lake Creek at 26-17 was the wildcard nobody knew what to do with. The defending 5A-D1 champions with the experience of having won it all before. But Aledo had too much. The pitching was sharp. The defense held. And when the final out was recorded, Aledo stood on the Dell Diamond field as back-to-back 5A Division I state champions. This program is not rebuilding. This program is not reloading. This program is simply winning. And they showed it again on a Friday afternoon in Round Rock.
SATURDAY, JUNE 6
LOVEJOY GETS THE TITLE THEY HAVE BEEN CHASING - 5A DIVISION II CHAMPIONS Lucas Lovejoy 7, Mission Sharyland 2
Lovejoy made the 5A Division II semifinals last season. They made the championship game in 2024 and came up short. This year there was no coming up short. Lucas Lovejoy at 33-6-1 came to Dell Diamond Saturday morning with a chip on their shoulder the size of Texas and they showed Mission Sharyland - one of the most dominant programs in South Texas at 38-5 - exactly what a motivated Lovejoy team looks like. A 7-2 final. Dominant from the first inning. This is a program that knew exactly what they left on the table the last time they were on this stage and came back to finish the job. Lovejoy is the 5A Division II state champion and this title has been a long time coming. Enjoy every second of it.
CENTERVILLE MAKES HISTORY - 1A CHAMPIONS Groveton Centerville 2, Gordon 0
Groveton Centerville at 23-1 shut out Gordon at 23-4 in a 2-0 final to claim the 1A state championship. In a one-run or shutout environment, every pitch matters and Centerville's pitching was simply untouchable on Saturday morning at Dell Diamond. Gordon had been one of the most dominant programs in their classification all season but Centerville came to Round Rock ready to write the final chapter of their historic year. A 2-0 shutout in a state championship game is one of the most dominant performances of the entire weekend. Groveton Centerville is the 1A state champion.
KELLER SENDS COACH STRAMP OUT WITH A RING - 6A DIVISION I CHAMPIONS Keller 2, Austin Lake Travis 1
This was the game everyone waited all weekend to see. And it delivered everything it promised.
Keller at 39-4-2. Austin Lake Travis at 32-11-1. Two programs looking for their first-ever state baseball title. One game. Winner take all. The atmosphere at Dell Diamond for the 6A Division I championship was unlike anything the weekend had produced to that point - and the game matched every bit of that energy with a 2-1 final that came down to the very last pitch.
Lake Travis had Cooper Webb on the mound - the Texas-commit with a fastball up to 94 miles per hour who had been one of the most dominant pitchers in the state all season. And Webb was excellent. But Keller was better. Kyle Brauchle, who had been batting .563 in the postseason heading into the game, continued to be one of the most dangerous hitters in Texas when the stakes are highest. Keller manufactured two runs, their pitching staff held Lake Travis to one, and when the final out was recorded the Keller Indians had done something their program had never done before.
This was head coach Rob Stramp's final season. And his players sent him out the only way that was worthy of everything he built at Keller - with a state championship trophy in his hands at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. First title in program history. A 2-1 classic against one of the best pitchers in the state. Keller is the 6A Division I state champion. And it does not get more special than this.
TOMBALL CAPS OFF THE GREATEST SEASON IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL HISTORY - 6A DIVISION II CHAMPIONS Tomball 9, Houston Memorial 1
43-1-1. That is Tomball's final record. And it might be the most dominant single-season record in the history of Texas high school baseball.
Tomball came into the 6A Division II state championship at 42-1-1 as the most talked about program in the entire state tournament. And Saturday evening at Dell Diamond, they proved that every bit of the hype was real. Houston Memorial at 34-7 had earned their spot in this game and they were not going to give Tomball anything easily - but Tomball had a different idea. A 9-1 final. Dominant, complete, and exactly what you would expect from a team that had been doing this to opponents all season long.
This is not just a state championship. This is one of the most remarkable seasons any Texas high school baseball team has ever put together. 43 wins. One loss. A state title to cap it off. Tomball did not just win the 6A Division II championship. They put together a season that is going to be measured against for decades to come.
The Cougars are state champions. And they earned every single win of this historic run.
ELEVEN CHAMPIONS. ONE HISTORIC WEEKEND.
Thursday through Saturday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas high school baseball delivered everything it promised and then some. New Home. Burton. Boyd. Paradise. Pleasant Grove. Robinson. Aledo. Lovejoy. Groveton Centerville. Keller. Tomball. Eleven programs. Eleven state championships. Eleven communities that are going to be celebrating all summer long.
This is why Texas high school baseball is the best in the country. See you next June.
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