The Collinsville Pirates baseball team sailed to Dell Diamond and left with the championship crown for the second year in a row, defeating the Overton Mustangs, 12-0, and becoming the 22nd team in state history to win back-to-back.
The Pirates took their second state title in as many years, using a strong defensive performance to corral the Mustangs’ offense and boat racing their way to a double-digit margin victory.
“We started off really, really strong, and then we went cold for a while,” Collinsville head baseball coach Derrick Jenkins said. “We couldn't figure out how to score from a run, but the first inning is exactly what we talked about all week. If we got the first guy on, we knew we could do some things early and put some pressure on them.”
