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Harleton rides hot start to its first Texas (UIL) 2A state baseball championship

Wildcats put up six runs in the second and keep Shiner's comeback attempts at bay

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

ROUND ROCK, Texas — Harleton is the Texas state high school baseball champion for the first time in school history.

The Wildcats scored six runs in the second inning and didn't look back in a 10-5 win over Shiner on Thursday at Dell Diamond in the UIL Class 2A championship.

Sophomore outfielder Carson Wallace went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI. His single to right field drove in the fifth and sixth runs in the second inning at Harleton built its lead, and he added an RBI double to right-center in the top of the sixth. Wallace was named the game's MVP.

Senior Dylan Armstrong picked up the win on the bump, throwing two strikeouts with five hits, two walks and two earned runs allowed in five innings for Harleton (37-1).

Shiner reached the state title in 2022 and lost to Valley Milles, 4-2.

The story will be updated.

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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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