Baseball State Champions Since 2000: East Texas No Stranger to Excellence on the Diamond
When the region of East Texas and athletics are brought up, football is normally the first sport that comes to mind. And rightly so.
The area produced a state football champion every year from 2001-2011.
East Texas baseball, while not as consistently successful on the state level, has produced its fair share of state titles. In fact, there has has been a state champion representing East Texas in seven of the past nine season, including a run of four straight years from 2004-07.
Three schools have won multiple titles since 2004 -- Carthage (2005, 2009), Pleasant Grove (2010, 2012) and Bullard Brook Hill (TAPPS 2004, 2011, 2012).
The city of Texarkana has claimed four titles since '06 -- Liberty-Eylau in 2006, Texas High in 2009 and Pleasant's Grove two titles in previous three years.
East Texas Baseball State Champions Since 2000
2012
- Pleasant Grove, 3A, state final: def. West, 4-0
- Bullard Brook Hill, TAPPS 3A, state final: def. Amarillo San Jacinto, 11-6
2011
- Bullard Brook Hill, TAPPS 3A, state final: def. Hallettsville Sacred Heart, 14-1
2010
- Pleasant Grove, 3A, state final: def. Giddings, 2-0 (9 innings)
2009
- Texas High, 4A, state final: def. Corpus Christi Moody, 4-3
- Carthage, 3A, state final: def. Giddings, 5-2
- Tyler All Saints, TAPPS 3A, state final: def. The Woodlands Christian, 10-5
2007
- Jasper, 3A, state final: def. Liberty-Eylau, 14-4
2006
- Liberty-Eylau, 3A, state final: def. Falfurrias, 2-1
2005
- Carthage, 3A, state final: def. Lubbock Cooper, 6-1
- Woodville, 2A, state final: def. Holliday, 2-1
2004
- Nacogdoches Central Heights, 2A, state final: def. Ponder, 4-1
- Bullard Brook Hill, TAPPS 2A, state final: def. Shiner St. Paul, 6-3