UIL State Championships Preview | June 4-6, 2026
Every single game played since February. Every district matchup, every bi-district series, every regional grind - all of it has led to this. Dell Diamond in Round Rock. The home of the Triple-A Round Rock Express and the most hallowed ground in Texas high school baseball. Starting Thursday June 4th and running through Saturday June 6th, eleven state champions are going to be crowned. These are the programs that survived everything Texas high school baseball threw at them for four months. And now there is nowhere left to hide. Winner takes all. Loser goes home. This is what it is all about.
Here is your complete preview of every state championship matchup.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - CLASSIFICATIONS 1A, 2A, AND 3A
NEW HOME VS. IOLA - CLASS 2A DIVISION I | 9:00 AM
New Home takes on Iola in the 2A Division I state championship to open the week at Dell Diamond. Two small-school programs that have earned their way to Round Rock the hard way - through loaded districts, competitive regions, and a postseason grind that tests everything a program has. New Home has the kind of tight-knit community behind them that makes small-school Texas baseball so special. Iola is no different. This is the kind of game where you understand exactly why Texas high school baseball is the best in the country. Two programs from small towns with everything on the line at 9:00 AM on a Thursday morning at a professional ballpark. Does not get more Texas than that.
BURTON VS. ROPESVILLE ROPES - CLASS 2A DIVISION II | 12:00 PM
Burton against Ropesville Ropes in the 2A Division II championship follows at noon. Burton has been one of the more consistent small-school programs in Central Texas all season, coming in at 28-4 with a record that speaks to a team that has handled business every single week. Ropesville Ropes at 32-5 has been equally dominant in their region. Two programs with near-identical profiles of excellence meeting at Dell Diamond to settle it in one game. The noon window on Thursday is one of the most anticipated small-school matchups of the entire championship weekend. BOYD VS. CORPUS CHRISTI LONDON - CLASS 3A DIVISION I | 4:00 PM
Boyd takes on Corpus Christi London in the 3A Division I state championship. Boyd comes in at 38-3 - one of the most dominant records in the entire state tournament across all classifications. Nearly 40 wins and only three losses heading into a state championship game is a level of excellence that very few programs ever reach. Corpus Christi London at 33-7-1 has been outstanding as well and brings a South Texas brand of baseball that has produced state champions before. London's Christian Olivares is signed to USC and is a key player to watch - a college-committed arm that gives London the kind of pitching advantage that can completely change the outcome of a one-game championship. Boyd is going to have to bring everything they have to handle a London program that is built to compete in this exact moment.
FRANKLIN VS. PARADISE - CLASS 3A DIVISION II | 7:00 PM
Franklin against Paradise in the 3A Division II state championship closes out Thursday night at Dell Diamond. Franklin at 35-2-2 has been one of the most dominant programs in the entire state tournament - that record is elite at any classification. Paradise at 37-5 has been equally excellent and brings a strong North Texas brand of baseball to Round Rock. Two programs with over 35 wins each meeting under the lights on a Thursday night in a winner-take-all game. This is the kind of matchup that ends a long day of championship baseball on the perfect note. Both programs have earned this moment and both are going to leave everything they have on that field.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 - CLASSIFICATIONS 3A, 4A, AND 5A
PLEASANT GROVE VS. CALALLEN - CLASS 4A DIVISION I | 9:00 AM
Texarkana Pleasant Grove takes on Corpus Christi Calallen in what is one of the most compelling matchups of the entire championship weekend. Pleasant Grove comes in at 11-2 - a record that looks modest on the surface until you realize that record reflects a team that has been battle-tested in one of the toughest regions in the state and has won when it counts every single time. Calallen at 38-2 is one of the most dominant programs in the entire state tournament. The Wildcats from Corpus Christi have been doing this for decades - Calallen is one of the most storied programs in Texas high school baseball history, a program that shows up to Dell Diamond like they have been there before. Because they have. Over and over again. Pleasant Grove is going to need to play the game of their season to knock off a Calallen team that is built specifically for moments like this.
ROBINSON VS. BROCK - CLASS 3A DIVISION I CONTINUED | 12:00 PM
Robinson takes on Brock in the noon window on Friday. Robinson at 29-10 has been on an incredible postseason run that has brought them to Dell Diamond in what is one of the better tournament stories of 2026. Brock at 32-6 is a program that has been to the state tournament before and knows exactly what it takes to compete on this stage. This is a matchup where the experience edge matters - and both programs have shown throughout this postseason that they are capable of winning in big moments. Robinson has the momentum of a hot postseason run. Brock has the tradition and the pedigree. Something has to give at noon on Friday.
ALEDO VS. MONTGOMERY LAKE CREEK - CLASS 5A DIVISION I | 4:00 PM
Aledo comes in at 38-3 against Montgomery Lake Creek at 26-17 in the 5A Division I state championship. Aledo won this title last season and they are back to do it again. The Bearcats are one of the premier programs in the state of Texas - a program that has built a winning culture that extends from football to baseball and does not accept anything less than competing for championships. 38 wins and only three losses heading into a state championship game tells you everything you need to know about where this program is right now.
For the defending state champions, a return to Dell Diamond always felt like an inevitability rather than the goal, and the Lions arrived with one objective. Montgomery Lake Creek at 26-17 is the ultimate wildcard in this matchup. That record does not scream state championship contender - but Lake Creek is the defending 5A-D1 champion with the experience of having won it all before. They have been here. They know what this environment feels like. And a program with that kind of institutional knowledge is dangerous no matter what their regular season record says. Do not count out Lake Creek simply because the numbers favor Aledo. This is one game. And in one game, anything can happen.
LOVEJOY VS. MISSION SHARYLAND - CLASS 5A DIVISION II | 7:00 PM
Lovejoy comes in at 33-6-1 against Mission Sharyland at 38-5 in the 5A Division II state championship under the lights Friday night. Lovejoy has been one of the most consistent programs in North Texas baseball all season and their playoff road to Dell Diamond has been impressive from start to finish. Their playoff road included wins over Whitehouse 2-0, Frisco Lone Star 2-0, Corsicana 2-0, Midlothian Heritage, and Argyle 2-1. That is not an easy path. That is a gauntlet that has prepared Lovejoy for exactly the kind of pressure that comes with a state championship game.
It was hard not to view Lovejoy as an on-paper favorite to win 5A Division II after making the semifinals last season and falling short in the championship game in 2024. This is a program that has been here before and knows exactly what they left on the table the last time. That kind of motivation does not go away. It builds. And Mission Sharyland at 38-5 is going to find out exactly how motivated a Lovejoy team that has been waiting for this moment all year truly is. The Friday night finale at Dell Diamond - this is the game of the night.
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 - CLASS 6A CHAMPIONSHIPS
KELLER VS. LAKE TRAVIS - CLASS 6A DIVISION I | 12:00 PM
Save this one. This is the game of the entire weekend.
Keller comes in at 39-4-2 against Austin Lake Travis at 32-11-1 in the 6A Division I state championship. Two programs looking for their first-ever state baseball title. One game. Everything on the line. Does not get more electric than that at Dell Diamond.
Keller's playoff road included wins over Mansfield Lake Ridge 2-0, Odessa Permian 2-0, Flower Mound 2-1, Euless Trinity 2-0, and Rockwall 2-1. The Indians have been one of the most consistent programs in 6A all season and they arrive at Round Rock with something extra on the line. This is head coach Rob Stramp's final season - meaning Keller has a chance to send their long-time coach out with his first-ever state championship. That is the kind of storyline that adds ten degrees of emotion to an already electric environment. Keller's players know what this game means for their coach. And that is going to fuel them from the first pitch.
But Lake Travis has the answer on the mound - and his name is Cooper Webb. Cooper Webb is the ace on staff with a fastball up to 94 miles per hour and a Texas commitment waiting for him after graduation. Webb has been one of the most dominant pitchers in the state all season and in a winner-take-all championship game, having your best arm available is the single biggest advantage any program can have. Webb has described his approach heading into the state final simply - just play the game no matter who is on the other side. Stay focused. Be sound. The goal is to win the state championship and every effort goes toward that goal.
Kyle Brauchle has been one of the top hitters in Texas throughout the postseason, batting a staggering .563 at the plate. That number is not a misprint. .563 in the postseason is historic production at any level of baseball. Lake Travis has the pitching, they have the hitting, and they have a senior class that has been building toward this moment for four years.
This is the marquee game of the entire state tournament weekend. 12:00 PM Saturday at Dell Diamond. First championship for one of these programs is on the line. Be watching.
TOMBALL VS. HOUSTON MEMORIAL - CLASS 6A DIVISION II | 4:00 PM
Tomball comes in at 42-1-1 against Houston Memorial at 34-7 to close out the entire 2026 UIL Baseball State Championship weekend. And that Tomball record deserves every bit of attention it gets. 42-1-1. In a season. At the high school level. The Cougars have been the most dominant team in Texas high school baseball from wire to wire - a record that puts them in a conversation about the greatest single seasons in the history of the sport in this state.
This is an all-Houston 6A Division II state title game - which means the Houston baseball community wins regardless of what happens. But Tomball is not coming to Dell Diamond to share the moment. They are coming to finish what they started in February and cap off one of the most remarkable seasons in Texas high school baseball history with a state championship trophy.
Houston Memorial at 34-7 is not a program that is going to roll over for anyone - not even a 42-win team. The Mustangs have been battle-tested all season, they have earned their spot at Dell Diamond just like everyone else in this field, and they have the talent to make Tomball earn every single out. But 42-1-1 is 42-1-1. Tomball is the class of 6A Division II and Saturday afternoon at 4:00 PM is their chance to prove it one final time.
The last game of the 2026 UIL Baseball State Championships. The perfect way to end the greatest baseball weekend in Texas.
ELEVEN CHAMPIONSHIPS. THREE DAYS. ONE STADIUM.
June 4. June 5. June 6. Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.
Every team left standing has earned this moment. Every program that steps onto that field Saturday has been through the fire - through district losses that tested them, through playoff series that went to game three, through moments that required everything they had. That is what Texas high school baseball does. It finds out what programs are made of before the bright lights of the state tournament ever arrive.
Now the lights are as bright as they get. Dell Diamond is ready. The brackets are set. And somewhere in Round Rock this weekend, eleven programs are going to make history.
Who takes home the gold? We are about to find out.
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