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Photo Gallery: Abbott fends off Fayetteville, wins 1A Texas (UIL) Baseball State Championship

The Panthers held off a late rally to beat the Lions 6-5 in the Class 1A UIL Baseball State Championship game

Andrew McCulloch

ROUND ROCK, Texas — After reaching the UIL Baseball State Tournament last season and getting knocked out during the state semifinals, the Abbott Panthers made the most of their return to the state tournament.

The Panthers jumped all over Fayetteville early on to seize a commanding five-run advantage. 

But despite a late rally and comeback attempt from the Lions, Abbott used a seventh-inning insurance run and excellent situational pitching to fend off Fayetteville for a 6-5 win in the Class 1A UIL Baseball State Championship on Thursday morning at Dell Diamond.

Preston Pustejovsky was voted MVP of the 1A state title game after throwing for four strikeouts, eight hits allowed, four earned runs allowed, a walk and a .258 OBA through 6.1 innings pitched for the Panthers.

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Fayetteville (20-7) wraps up its 2023 campaign following the loss, which snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Lions and ended their pursuit of a second 1A state title in the last three years.

Abbott (23-4), meanwhile, improved to 8-1 during the postseason with the victory and captured its first Texas high school baseball state title since 2017 during the Panthers' fifth trip to the UIL Baseball State Tournament.

Check out SBLive's exclusive photo gallery from the Class 1A UIL baseball state title game.

PHOTO GALLERY — ABBOTT 6, FAYETTEVILLE 5

All photos by Andrew McCulloch

Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 2
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 25
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 49
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 52
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 63
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 200
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Photo by Andrew McClulloch
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 243
Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 244
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Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 251
Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 257
Abbott Fayetteville 1A UIL state championship Texas baseball playoffs 060823 Andrew McCulloch 259
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