Four Fort Worth-area baseball teams won state titles: Here’s what to know
Four Fort Worth-area programs captured UIL Texas high school baseball state championships at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
Here are key takeaways:
- Keller defeated Austin Lake Travis 2-1 to claim the Class 6A Division I state championship, the first state baseball title in school and Keller ISD history.
- Keller pitcher Cole Koeninger, a Tennessee signee, earned championship game MVP honors after allowing just two hits with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, despite a hand injury that kept him out of the batting order.
- Longtime Keller head coach Rob Stramp, 72, retired after winning his first state title in his final season, capping a career with more than 750 wins and playoff appearances every year since 2002.
- Aledo defeated Montgomery Lake Creek 3-1 to achieve the first championship repeat in program history, winning the Class 5A Division I title and the program’s third overall.
- Aledo senior pitcher Lucas Nawrocki, an LSU signee, allowed no hits and no earned runs through 4 1/3 innings to earn championship MVP honors.
- Robinson claimed its first state title with a 3-1 win over Brock in the Class 4A Division II championship, with first baseman Caden Coe driving in two runs with a single in the fifth inning to earn MVP honors.
- The Paradise Panthers seized a 9-0 shutout victory over Franklin in the Class 3A Division II state championship, with Jake Ryan going 2-4 with four RBIs and pitcher Colton Walker surrendering no earned runs in six innings.
- Boyd outlasted Corpus Christi London 9-8 to capture the Class 3A Division I state title, with Keelan Clary going 3-3 at the plate and driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly after London tied the game with a five-run sixth inning.
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