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[IMG alt="Texarkana Pleasant Grove's Christian May celebrates after scoring a run against Calallen in the Class 4A Division I baseball state championship Friday, June 6, 2025, at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
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Texerkana Pleasant Grove (Texas.) pulled off an unlikely upset victory over Corpus Christi Calallen (Texas.) to clinch the Texas 4A D1 state title. A rematch of last year’s state title game, the eventual winners trailed 1-0 going into the seventh inning, before a series of unlikely events saw them clinch the title in thrilling fashion.
Going into today’s game, the losers of today’s final were the No. 2-ranked team nationally according to Rivals High School Baseball Top 25 Rankings. Despite that, Pleasant Grove, which was ranked outside the top 25, was able to overturn them against the odds.
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Texas State commit Collier Carroll almost took it the distance with 11 strikeouts, however a series of errors in the seventh inning led to Pleasant Grove’s victory. After an RBI groundout tied the game at 1-1, a wild pitch gifted the Hawks a walk-off victory and the 4A state title. To make their victory even more shocking, Pleasant Grove also managed to snag the win without hitting a single ball into the outfield.
“PLEASANT GROVE WINS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON A WALK-OFF WILD PITCH! After trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the 7th, Walker Wright scores on a wild pitch to win it for the Hawks! A social media user shared the moment that earned Pleasant Grove the state title.
Walker Wright, who scored on the wild pitch to grant his team the victory, is a member of the class of 2026 who is currently uncommitted. Following this victory, the Hawks avenged the 2024 4A D1 state championship final, where they fell in a 3-5 defeat to today’s opponents.
With Pleasant Grove’s victory capping off the 2025 4A varsity season in stunning fashion, the varsity baseball season in Texas is not quite over yet. a slate of 5A and 6A state finals still to go, the formerly No. 1-ranked team in the nation, Tomball (Texas.), headlines tomorrow’s games. They take on HoustonMemorial (Texas) in the 6A D2 state final.
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© Stephen Garcia/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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Texerkana Pleasant Grove (Texas.) pulled off an unlikely upset victory over Corpus Christi Calallen (Texas.) to clinch the Texas 4A D1 state title. A rematch of last year’s state title game, the eventual winners trailed 1-0 going into the seventh inning, before a series of unlikely events saw them clinch the title in thrilling fashion.
Going into today’s game, the losers of today’s final were the No. 2-ranked team nationally according to Rivals High School Baseball Top 25 Rankings. Despite that, Pleasant Grove, which was ranked outside the top 25, was able to overturn them against the odds.
[ $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage ]
Texas State commit Collier Carroll almost took it the distance with 11 strikeouts, however a series of errors in the seventh inning led to Pleasant Grove’s victory. After an RBI groundout tied the game at 1-1, a wild pitch gifted the Hawks a walk-off victory and the 4A state title. To make their victory even more shocking, Pleasant Grove also managed to snag the win without hitting a single ball into the outfield.
“PLEASANT GROVE WINS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON A WALK-OFF WILD PITCH! After trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the 7th, Walker Wright scores on a wild pitch to win it for the Hawks! A social media user shared the moment that earned Pleasant Grove the state title.
Walker Wright, who scored on the wild pitch to grant his team the victory, is a member of the class of 2026 who is currently uncommitted. Following this victory, the Hawks avenged the 2024 4A D1 state championship final, where they fell in a 3-5 defeat to today’s opponents.
With Pleasant Grove’s victory capping off the 2025 4A varsity season in stunning fashion, the varsity baseball season in Texas is not quite over yet. a slate of 5A and 6A state finals still to go, the formerly No. 1-ranked team in the nation, Tomball (Texas.), headlines tomorrow’s games. They take on HoustonMemorial (Texas) in the 6A D2 state final.
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