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Ava Brown, Montgomery Lake Creek dominate New Braunfels Canyon in Texas (UIL) 5A softball state title

Brown tossed 15 strikeouts and allowed one hit; Florida signee steals show for second straight year

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Ava Brown delivered a 15-strikeout one-hitter to lead Montgomery Lake Creek, the nation's No. 1 team, to an 8-0 win over New Braunfels Canyon in the Texas (UIL) state high school softball championship on Saturday.

Just last like year, the Florida signee and one of the nation's top high school players delivered again in the season's biggest moment. She struck out the side four separate times and kept complete command in the circle.

She opened the game with an RBI double to drive in the game's first run and ended the game by retiring Markaylee Maldonado, Dee Dee Baldwin and star senior Haley Carmona.

The Lions led 1-0 for three innings until their bats came alive in the fourth. They scored two runs and followed it up with three in the fifth and two more in the sixth. 

Canyon only got on base twice — a walk on its first at-bat and a single in the sixth inning. 

In 2022, Lake Creek defeated Georgetown 7-0 in the 5A championship game en route to posting a 40-0 record on the season for its first-ever state championship. Brown pitched a one-hit shutout and had a perfect game in the first five innings had the game's only extra base hit.

This story will be updated.

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Lake Creek's Ava Brown dominates with a 15-strikeout state title showing / Photo by Andrew McCulloch
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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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