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Local Teams Excel in State Tournament

State Championship
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Frisco Liberty High School was the only girls’ basketball team from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to win a Texas UIL state championship this season, winning the 5A state title over Lubbock Cooper 57-52 on March 4.

Liberty (27-10) started the season 1-3 but finished the regular season with 18 wins in its last 21 games, won all five playoff games in its regional bracket by double digits, and knocked off San Antonio Wagner in the state semifinals.

Guard Keyera Roseby was named the tournament MVP after scoring 21 points and collecting eight rebounds in the championship game.

Here is the complete list of the girls’ basketball state champions for 2023.

6A — Northside Clark
5A — Frisco Liberty
4A — Waco La Vega
3A — Holliday
2A — Lipan
1A — Nazareth

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Meanwhile, the boys’ UIL state tournaments continue this week at the Alamodome in San Antonio, with the state semifinals on Thursday and Friday and the state finals on Saturday. There are five teams remaining from the DFW area.

Each team won its regional bracket and was re-seeded once it reached the semifinals.

Here is the schedule for this weekend.

6A

Semifinals

Beaumont United (35-1) vs. Northside Brennan (32-7), 7 p.m., Friday

DeSoto (30-8) vs. Lake Highlands (32-3), 8:30 p.m., Friday

Finals

8:30 p.m., Saturday

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5A

Semifinals

Dallas Kimball (31-2) vs. San Antonio Veterans Memorial (36-4), 7 p.m., Thursday

Mansfield Summit (34-4) vs. Killeen Ellison (37-3), 8:30 p.m., Thursday

Finals

3 p.m., Saturday

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4A

Semifinals

Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (31-3) vs. Canyon Randall (28-9),1:30 p.m., Friday

Boerne (32-5) vs. Houston Washington (28-7), 3 p.m., Friday

Finals

7 p.m., Saturday

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3A

Semifinals

Hooks (32-5) vs. Hitchcock (29-7), 1:30 p.m., Thursday

Lytle (34-6) vs. Childress (27-7), 3 p.m., Thursday

Finals

10 a.m., Saturday
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2A 

Semifinals

Lipan (36-1) vs. New Home (31-7), 8:30 a.m., Friday

Flatonia (34-4) vs. La Rue La Poynor (32-7), 10 a.m., Friday

Finals
1:30 p.m., Saturday
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1A 

Semifinals

Benjamin (21-1) vs. Graford (35-3), 8:30 a.m., Thursday

Tilden McMullen County (37-2) vs. Jayton (37-2), 10 a.m., Thursday

Finals

8:30 a.m., Saturday

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