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5 days ago
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Jonesboro repeats as 1A State Champions
AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 44) — The Lady Eagles are staying atop the 1A mountaintop for the second-straight year, rallying to take down Brookeland and defend their first ever state championship from a season ago with a 9-8 win on Saturday morning. The Lady Eagles came out of the gates hot, taking a five-run lead in the top of the third. Brookeland didn't back down, slowly chipping away at the lead in the next two innings to tie the ballgame at five before taking an 8-5 lead in the fifth. Jonesboro responded in the next frame, with back-to-back doubles from Ally Thorman and Ella Gustin helping give the Lady Eagles the lead right back, 9-8 heading into the bottom of the sixth. Ally Thorman held it down in the circle from there, allowing just one hit in the final two innings and getting the final out to clinch back-to-back state championships for the Lady Eagles. Ella Gustin finished as 1A State MVP, going 2-4 with 3 RBI's on the day. After securing their first state championship in 2024, the Lady Eagles are now two-time state champs and finish the 2025 campaign with a 19-10-1 record. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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29-05-2025
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Jonesboro eyes back-to-back state titles
JONESBORO, Texas (FOX 44) — History wasn't the norm for Jonesboro softball all but two years ago but two years later the Lady Eagles won't settle for anything but even more history as Jonesboro looks to bring home its second-straight state championship on Saturday morning. 'If you told me my freshman year that we were going to be state champs in possible back-to-back years, I probably would've laughed in your face,' Jonesboro senior catcher Emily Turner said. Turner earned 1A State MVP honors, helping the Lady Eagles make history by delivering the school's first state title on the softball field in 2024, taking down Neches, 3-1. Now, an experienced group looks to do it again and are confident they can get it done. 'I feel like everyone was expecting [Jonesboro to make it to state] but it wasn't so easy,' Jonesboro sophomore Ally Thorman said. 'We know what we're doing, we've been here before.' Following the departure of coaching tandem Amanda and Cody LeCroy to Cisco College, Emily Turner's dad, James, stepped up to the challenge of leading the Lady Eagles back to this moment. 'Not very many coaches get this opportunity,' James Turner said. 'I'll definitely cherish it for the rest of my life.' As three Lady Eagles seniors, including Emily, try to leave one last mark on Jonesboro and deliver the second state championship in school history. 'That's the hardest part right now is keeping the emotions together to get through it,' James Turner said. 'We have a job to finish and then hopefully we can all share [the emotions] after the end of it.' Jonesboro will try to defend its state championship from a season ago and bring some more hardware back home against Brookeland on Saturday, May 31st at 10:00 a.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
