The UIL council met in Austin and voted on proposed changes for the year.
Former standouts from Keller, Flower Mound, Plano West and Melissa are on the rosters of the two softball national finalists.
There is a noticeable dip in number of teams from the Dallas area at the UIL state softball and baseball finals lately.
Here’s everything you need to know after the 2025 UIL softball state tournament.
The playoffs wrapped up with state final games that saw one D-FW team take home a title.
Forney was trying to become the first 6A state champion from the Dallas area since Keller won back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017.
They become only the fourth Dallas-area school to ever win back-to-back state titles in softball with their victory over Barbers Hill Friday.
Aubrey was looking to become the first Dallas-area team to win state in the UIL’s third-largest classification since Celina in 2011.
Tamia Cherry suffered a devastating elbow injury in February, but was able to avoid surgery and return to Aubrey’s lineup.
All three schools are part of boom towns and have seen their enrollments take off over the last decade, landing them in higher UIL classifications over time.
Stars who have signed with Texas, Virginia Tech, Kentucky and North Texas and committed to Florida and Ole Miss will be on display.
Two-pitcher approach has worked well for Forney; six nationally ranked teams will be playing in state title games this week.
Grapevine was also eliminated after losing two one-run games Saturday against Hallsville.
It took eight innings in the deciding Game 3 to separate the two schools in a tightly-contested series.
Flower Mound lost 6-0 in Game 2 of a best-of-three Class 6A Division I state semifinal series.
Flower Mound’s Daphne Galason delivers the big hit to end Waco Midway’s 21-game winning streak; Aubrey advances to state title game with semifinal sweep.
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