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Tuesday, February 22
Texas High School Baseball
Courtesy of the University Interscholastic League and bucbaseball.org; This site-specific article is copyright of bucbaseball.org
The University Interscholastic League, or UIL, is the administrative entity for all competing athletics on the high school level in Texas. The UIL divides the state into five student-enrollment categories, four state-specific geographical regions, and in each specific region of the state are eight districts, as each district usually has between five and nine schools. The AAAAA conference (5A), where Brazoswood plays, has an attendance requirement of at least 1910 students, and Brazoswood well meets this with its enrollment of 2600 students. Brazoswood is based in the Brazosport ISD in Southern Brazoria County, yet plays in Region III-District 24 with the Brazoria and Galveston County schools: Alvin, Galveston, and Clear Creek ISD.
First, to make the playoffs, a school has to finish in the top three in district action, with the champion receiving the privilege of a bye in the first round (also called bi-district). There are five rounds of regional playoffs (bi-district, area, regional quarterfinals, regional semifinals, and the regional finals) that a team must advance through before they reach the UIL state tournament. Through the regionals, the coaches from the respective schools decide whether to play a one or three game series. Any further debate is put to rest with a coin flip. To make it even more challenging, a school could end up playing a grueling 15 game postseason schedule before finally advancing to the state tournament, assuming three games are played in all five rounds.
Some ideas that have been thrown about recently include whether or not to allow four schools in the postseason. As of 2005 it happened! (NOTE- takes effect 2006-2007 school year which is the re-alignment year) The idea is to give more schools a share of the fun, and the debates lies in whether or not the proposed fourth place team even belongs in the playoffs at all.
**Feb. 15, 2005 Courtesy University Interscholastic League update:
"Amendments to current UIL rules passed by the Legislative Council of the University Interscholastic League have been approved by Commissioner of Education Dr. Shirley Neeley. The Commissioners approval allows the rule changes to take effect beginning in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years.
Among the changes approved by the Commissioner was the issue placed on the referendum ballot by the UIL Legislative Council to allow an additional team from each district to advance to the playoffs in conferences 1A and 5A for all team sports"
Also, as of late, much debate has risen over whether to go to a "AAAAAA" or 6A division but this has been subdued due to travel constraints on schools. There are already schools in West Texas that routinely travel over 100 miles just to play the current 5A district schedule with schools of similar enrollment size. Perhaps as with football, baseball will go to a "dual-division" state champion format. Time will tell here.
In turn, while Brazoswood has been one of the premier teams in the Houston/Gulf Coast region since its opening (3 state appearances, 2 titles, the only team in history to throw back to back no-hitters in a single state tourney year at any classification), there have been additional programs that have achieved Texas high school baseball glory. Brazoswood has a long-celebrated tradition of winning, and has had legendary baseball minds such as: Jimmy Dodd, Jacky Mayfield, Bill Poland, Clayton Hill, Bobby Williams, David Bacica, and Bret Hodges...to name a very few.
Programs that have been historical state powerhouses include: Bellaire, Abilene Cooper, Lubbock Monterey, Duncanville, South San Antonio (primarily in the Cliff Gustaffson era), Robstown, Corpus Christi Foy Moody High, Round Rock, Dulles, Spring ( produced Josh Beckett), Cypress-Falls and Sugar Land Elkins as of late. League City Clear Creek is an annual power and draws from the baseball wisdom of Coach Jim Mallory. Bellaire has the most state titles of any baseball team in Texas history and has a legendary coach in Rocky Manuel. When it comes to Texas and Houston-Area baseball, the Brazosport Community has more than its share of reasons to be proud.
Overview- Sugar Land/Missouri City Baseball
Texas High School Baseball Champions
The History Of Texas High School Baseball State Champions
Courtesy of the University Interscholastic League
1949
El Paso Bowie 3 Austin 2
1950
Odessa 2 Abilene 1
1951
Beaumont South Park 2 Dallas Highland Park 0
1952
Houston Reagan 8 Dallas Crozier Technical 5
1953
Fort Worth Polytechnic 4 Amarillo 1
1954
Austin Travis 6 Highland Park 1
1955
Paris 2 Abilene 1
1956
UIL
Abilene 13 Dallas Highland Park 0
PVIL 3A Houston Yates
1957
UIL
4A- Abilene 9 Wichita Falls 2
3A- Bryan 6 Cuero 2
PVIL 2A Seguin Ball
PVIL 3A Houston Yates
1958
UIL
4A- Austin 6 Lufkin 4
3A- South San Antonio 11 Corsicana 3
PVIL 2A Seguin Ball
1959
UIL
4A- Beaumont 2 Fort Worth Paschal 0
3A- South San Antonio 7 Odessa Ector 1
PVIL 2A Crockett Bunche
PVIL 3A Waco Moore
1960
UIL
4A- Houston Bellaire 5 San Antonio Harlandale 4
3A- Seguin 3 Snyder 0
PVIL 2A Conroe Washington
PVIL 3A Waco Moore
1961
UIL
4A- Baytown 3 Lubbock Monterey 1
3A- South San Antonio 6 Paris 0
PVIL 2A Crockett Bunche
PVIL 3A Beaumont Hebert
1962
UIL
4A- Houston Bellaire 8 Odessa 6
3A- El Campo 4 Seminole 1
PVIL 2A Brenham Pickard
PVIL 3A Galveston Central
1963
UIL
4A- Lufkin 6 Houston Bellaire 4
3A- South San Antonio 8 Fort Worth Castleberry 1
PVIL 3A Brenham Pickard
PVIL 4A Waco Moore
1964
UIL
4A- Freeport Brazosport 2 Sherman 0
3A- South San Antonio 17 Brownfield 1
PVIL 3A Waco Carver
PVIL 4A Marshall Pemberton
1965
UIL
4A- Dallas Samuell 14 Brownsville 0
3A- Waxahachie 6 Alvin 3
PVIL 3A Corpus Christi Coles
PVIL 4A Houston Kashmere
1966
UIL
4A- Freeport Brazosport 6 San Antonio MacArthur 1
3A- South San Antonio 1 Dumas 0
PVIL 3A Brenham Pickard
PVIL 4A Waco Moore
1967
UIL
4A- Corpus Christi King 1 Abilene Cooper 0
3A- South San Antonio 3 Beaumont Forest Park 0
PVIL 3A Conroe Washington
PVIL 4A Waco Moore
1968
UIL
4A- San Antonio Highlands 3 Pasadena 1
3A- El Campo 3 Lamesa 0
PVIL 3A Marshall Pemberton
1969
4A- Houston Lamar 1 Midland Lee 0
3A- Taylor 3 Andrews 0
1970
4A- Houston Aldine 4 Houston Bellaire 0
3A- Brenham 11 Dumas 2
1971
4A- Houston Bellaire 5 Lubbock Monterey 4
3A- Dumas 4 Taylor 0
1972
4A- Lubbock Monterey 2 Houston Bellaire 1
3A- Taylor 4 Kilgore 0
1973
4A- Midland 3 Houston Westchester 1
3A- La Grange 3 Brenham 1
1974
4A- Lubbock Monterey 4 Houston Spring Woods 2
3A- South Grand Prarie 9 Mercedes 1
1975
4A- Duncanville 6 South San Antonio 3
3A- Brenham 3 Sinton 0
1976
4A- Duncanville 2 South San Antonio 0
3A- Brenham 5 South Grand Prairie 4
1977
4A- Houston Sharpstown 6 Duncanville 1
3A- Uvalde 9 Pecos 1
1978
4A- Houston Bellaire 6 Lubbock Monterey 4
3A- Mount Pleasant 5 Burkburnett 2
1979
4A- Spring 1 Baytown Sterling 0
3A- DeSoto 2 Cleburne 1
2A- Kermit 3 Winnie East Chambers 1
1A- Riviera Kaufer 9 Ore City 3
B- Palmer 6 Colmesneil 3
1980
4A- Pearland 9 San Antonio Roosevelt 4
3A- Austin Westlake 11 De Soto 10
2A- Linden-Kildare 8 La Grange 7
1A- Waskom 13 Falls City 0
B- Colmesneil 8 Palmer 0
1981
5A- Lubbock Monterey 7 Pearland 3
4A- South San Antonio West 3 Lubbock Estacado 2
3A- Somerset 5 Bowie 2
2A- Shiner 3 Waskom 2
1A- Bremond 13 Palmer 3
1982
5A- Houston Sharpstown 8 Fort Worth Southwest 7
4A- El Campo 9 Weatherford 7
3A- Crockett 8 Midlothian 6
2A- Southlake Carroll 7 Pineland West Sabine 3
1A- Palmer 11 Burton 4
1983
5A- Port Arthur Jefferson 6 Corpus Christi Moody 1
4A- Snyder 13 De Soto 4
3A- Kenedy 3 La Grange 2
2A- Pollok Central 9 Gladewater Union Grove 1
1A- Valley Mills 12 Cayuga 0
1984
5A- Brazoswood 5 Houston Cypress-Fairbanks 3
4A- Austin Westlake 9 De Soto 3
3A- Odem 13 Fort Worth Lake Worth 8
2A- Ore City 5 Dripping Springs 4
1A- Prosper 18 Runge 7
1985
5A- Victoria Stroman 3 Pasadena Sam Rayburn 0
4A- De Soto 7 New Braunfels Canyon 2
3A- Sweeny 6 Linden-Kildare 3
2A- Riviera Kaufer 8 Coppell 1
1A- Colmesneil 12 Fayetteville 0
1986
5A- Houston Bellaire 7 Round Rock Westwood 4
4A- Brenham 6 Mercedes 1
3A- Pattonville Prairiland 7 Brownfield 4
2A- Riviera Kaufer 10 Frankston 2
1A- Colmesneil 11 Archer City 1
1987
5A- Abilene Cooper 13 San Antonio MacArthur 3
4A- Brenham 12 Fort Worth Brewer 3
3A- San Augustine 6 Hooks 4
2A- China Spring 6 Three Rivers 0
1A- Burton 7 High Island 4
1988
5A- Abilene Cooper 7 Round Rock Westwood 4
4A- Brenham 11 Waxahachie 5
3A- Sinton 4 Waco La Vega 0
2A- Shelbyville 11 Blanco 1
1A- Apple Springs 11 Maud 6
1989
5A- Sugar Land Dulles 4 Corpus Christi Carroll 1
4A- Paris 11 Austin Anderson 8
3A- Sinton 2 San Augustine 1
2A- China Spring 4 Shelbyville 3
1A- Maud 6 Pettus 1
1990
5A- Duncanville 6 Pasadena Deer Park 5
4A- Carthage 9 Robstown 3
3A- Freer 13 Southlake Carroll 11
2A- Gilmer Harmony 8 Holliday 5
1A- Colmesneil 5 D'Hanis 1
1991
5A- League City Clear Creek 8 Klein Oak 2
4A- Robstown 7 West Mesquite 6
3A- Falfurrias 5 Queen City 2
2A- Van Horn 7 Schulenburg 3
1A- Valley Mills 10 Gunter 2
1992
5A- Brazoswood 5 South San Antonio 1
4A- Robstown 10 Bridge City 1
3A- Queen City 4 Bellville 3
2A- Shiner 5 China Spring 4
1A- Valley Mills 9 Flatonia 4
1993
5A- Arlington Martin 8 Abilene Cooper 0
4A- Mount Pleasant 3 Wolfforth Frenship 2
3A- Bellville 6 Falfurrias 2
2A- China Spring 13 Boling 0
1A- Flatonia 2 Ponder 1
1994
5A- Houston Bellaire 2 Corpus Christi Moody 1
4A- Belton 4 Big Spring 0
3A- Orange Grove 10 Alpine 0
2A- East Bernard 5 Pineland West Sabine 0
1A- Gunter 9 Trinidad 4
1995
5A- Missouri City Elkins 6 Lubbock Coronado 0
4A- Coppell 12 Lamesa 2
3A- Hallettsville 6 Luling 2
2A- East Bernard 14 Pilot Point 2
1A- D'Hanis 7 Corsicana Mildred 4
1996
5A- Lubbock Monterey 5 Klein Oak 4
4A- Fort Worth Arlington Heights 14 Little Cypress-Mauriceville 0
3A- Crockett 8 Graham 6
2A- Weimar 4 Gilmer Harmony 0
1A- Thorndale 7 Spurger 5
1997
5A- Round Rock 7 Lubbock Monterey 1
4A- Fort Worth Boswell 3 Dallas Highland Park 0
3A- Hallettsville 6 Castroville Medina Valley 3
2A- Weimar 9 Alto 2
1A- Fayetteville 6 Spurger 2
1998
5A- Klein 2 Missouri City Elkins 0
4A- Dallas Highland Park 5 Corpus Christi Calallen 2
3A- Atlanta 7 Dripping Springs 4
2A- Gunter 7 Rosebud Lott 0
1A- Thrall 10 Collinsville 3
1999
5A- Houston Bellaire 13 Duncanville 2
4A- Andrews 4 Corpus Christi Calallen 3
3A- West 9 Liberty 7
2A- Cooper 8 Kingsville Academy 7
1A- Collinsville 6 Cross Plains 5
2000
5A- The Woodlands 3 Corpus Christi Moody 2
4A- Corpus Christi Calallen 8 Port Neches-Groves 6
3A- China Spring 4 Yoakum 1
2A- Weimar 7 Colmesneil 1
1A- Evadale 11 Cross Plains 10
2001
5A- Midland High 4 Austin SFA 2
4A- Fort Worth Western Hills 12 Carthage 7
3A- LaGrange 4 Forney 3
2A- Weimar 6 Elysian Fields 5
1A- Bremond 4 Brock 2
2002
5A- Missouri City Elkins 11 Austin Bowie 4
4A- Southlake Carroll 11 Corpus Christi Calallen 4
3A- Sinton 5 Forney 0
2A- Celina 7 Holliday 5
1A- Shiner 5 McLeod 3
2003
5A- Missouri City Elkins 5 Round Rock 4
4A- Hewitt Midway 3 Denton Ryan 1
3A- Lorena 3 Sinton 2
2A- Weimar 9 Holliday 0
1A- Colmesneil 5 D'Hanis 0
2004
5A- Corpus Christi Moody 6 Lewisville Flower Mound 1
4A- Boerne 5 Denton Ryan 1
3A- La Grange 10 Forney 4
2A- Nacogdoches Central Heights 4 Ponder 1
1A- Shiner 13 Follett 3
2005:
5A- Humble Kingwood 10 Rockwall 5
Other 5A Semifinalists: Lubbock Monterey; Smithson Valley
4A- Corpus Christi Calallen 10 Waco Midway 3
Other 4A Semifinalists: Montgomery; Wichita Falls Rider
3A- Carthage 6 Lubbock Cooper 1
Other 3A Semifinalists: Bridge City; Yoakum
2A- Woodville 2 Holliday 1
Other 2A Semifinalists: Maypearl; Comfort
1A- Thorndale 10 Harleton 5 (8 innings)
Other 1A Semifinalists: New Deal; Valley Mills
