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2026 Texas UIL High School Baseball Class 6A D1 State Championship Live recap: Keller beats Austin Lake Travis, 2-1

Indians claim state title in final game for head coach Rob Stramp
Cody Thorn|
The Keller Indians will play Austin Lake Travis in the Class 6A Division I finals on Saturday, June 6 in Round Rock.
The Keller Indians will play Austin Lake Travis in the Class 6A Division I finals on Saturday, June 6 in Round Rock. | Angela Piazza/Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The 2026 Texas high school baseballl state championships continue on Saturday with four title games following weather issues on Friday in Round Rock.

Game three features Keller (39-4-2) vs. Austin Lake Travis (32-11-1) at Dell Diamond. at 3 p.m.

This will essentially be a home game as far as location for Lake Travis. The high school is about 30 miles from the Round Rock Express home field.

Keller, from the DFW area, is about 190 miles away.

High School On SI will update this page with final scores and postgame recaps throughout the day and throughout the UIL baseball championships.

How have we done on our predictions so far? Not great, but you can take a look at what we thought before Day 1.

Class 6A Division 1

How to watch: NFHS Network

Who to watch for on Austin Lake Travis Cavaliers 

Luke McBride, sr., OF/P, . 342 batting average, 3-2 record pitching 

Dallas Witcher, sr., OF, .350 batting average 

Cooper Webb, sr., P, 11-1; was District 26-5A co-MVP; Texas signee

CJ Hansford, OF/P, .355 batting average, 9-1 record pitching; was District 26-5A co-MVP; Wharton County Junior College signee

Kyle Brauchle, INF, jr., .368 batting average 

Ethan Schlotterback, sr., INF, .370 batting average

Yanu Molina, sr., C, was the co-defensive player of the year; UT-Arlington signee, according to social post; son of former MLB star Yadier Molina 

Nelson Molina, sr., 3B, .325 batting average; first-team all-district pick; Wharton County Junior College signee; previously attended Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy in Arecibo, Puerto Rico 

Who to watch for on Keller Indians 

Connor Davenport, sr., P, 6-0 pitching record

Brock Burkett, sr., OF, .350 batting average ; Weatherford College signee

Cole Koeninger, sr., SS/RHP, .436 batting average; 10-1 pitching record; Tennessee pledge 

Logan Brown, sr., 1B, P, .418 batting average; 11-2 pitching record 

Shaun White jr., C, .375 batting average

Cody Miller, sr., OF, .400 batting average

UPDATES

3:40 p.m. start now after last game ran a little long

All-SEC showdown with Koeninger vs. Webb on the mound

Keller's Brock Burkett gets to second base on the first at-bat of the game for Keller, reaching on an erorr

Burkett goes to third base on a passed ball

Max Segura with a sac fly for Keller. 1-0 in T1

After Top 1, Keller 1-0

After bottom 1, Keller 1-0

Another error by Lake Travis. A wild pitch follows and Keller has a runner in scoring position with 0 outs in T2

Webb with back-to-back Ks to escape jam.

After top 2nd, Keller 1-0

Two Ks by Koeninger

After bottom of 2nd, Keller 1-0

Burkett reaches bases for the 2nd time for Keller by drawing a walk

Webb with a K to end the ining

After top 3rd, Keller 1-0

Hansford draws a walk and moves to second, but he is stranded there for Lake Travis

After bottom 3rd, Keller 1-0

Logan Brown reaches on a 1-out walk for the Indians.

Webb gets out of the inning for the Cavs unscathed

After top 4th, Keller 1-0

Cavs go down 1-2-3

After bottom 4th, Keller 1-0

Webb with a web gem on a diving play on a bunt attempt by Keller to turn a double play. No hits allowed through 5

After top 5th, Keller 1-0

James Tudor with a 1-out walk for the Cavs

Action in Keller bullpen now

Hansford with a single through the right side of the infield. 2 on, 1 out for the Cavs

Keller turns a 6-3 double play to escape the jam.

After bottom of the 5th, Keller 1-0

Max Segura with a walk to open 6th for Keller

Maddox McCray with a single to left. 2 on and 0 outs for the Indians 

Strikeout by Webb

Wild pitch moves both runners up a base

Logan Brown draws IBB walk. Bases loaded with 1 out for Keller. This is a big momentum in this game

Carson Lesley, 0 for 2 so far, up now with the bases full of Indians

Chopper to short turns into an out but no play to 1st. One out made, but Keller gets a run. 2-0

Lake Travis coach is talking to the umps to discuss play at second.

Play stands; Grey Crowson, running for Segura, scores.

Left-handed hitting Mason Brower pinch hitting for Keller

Ground ball ends the inning

After top of 6th, Keller 2-0

Koeninger ends 6th with his 7th K

After bottom of 6th, Keller 2-0

Trevor Sumrall with lead off single for Keller

Webb is done now for Lake Travis. Heck of an effort for the future Longhorn

Hansford coming in from RF to pitch; Dallas Witcher to RF for Lake Travis

After top 7th, Keller 2-0

Fly ball out; 2 outs to go for Keller

Koeninger hits 93 on his 99th pitch of the game

He gets a strikeout looking; He's at 103 pitches. Limit is 110, according to UIL/NFHS rules

Brady Skutta draws a walk and Koeninger is done for the day due to pitch count. Tying run coming to the plate for Cavaliers.

Standing ovation for Koeninger, much like Webb got earlier.

Davenport, another right-hander, comes into the game for the Indains.

Nolan Atkins running for the Cavs

He takes second on a defensive indferrence

He now swipes third on a defensive indifference

Pitch high and to the backstop, Atkins scores. Keller 2, Austin Lake Travis 1

Tudor draws a 2-out walk on a pitch that is 96 mph

Hansford hit by a pitch and two on now

Something going with Keller's Davenport. He is getting looked at by trainer. Possibly a blaster

Nelson Molina, a cousin of Yanu Molina and nephew of Yadi Molina, is at the plate

Ground ball to first base and the game is over

FINAL: Keller 2, Austin Lake Travis 1

RECAP

Two baseball talents headed to the Southeastern Conference — or perhaps pro baseball after the MLB First-Year Player Draft next month — put on a pitching clinic at the Class 6A Division 1 UIL baseball championship game.

Tennessee signee Cole Koeninger went 6 2/3 innings to get the win for Keller.

His counterpart, Cooper Webb, struck out six over 6 innings and gave up two runs and two hits. The Texas-bound right-hander was lifted after a leadoff hit in the seventh.

Koeninger, a right-hander, gave up two hits, one run and struck out eight. His five walks contributed to his 110 pitches; the last forced him out of the game due to the UIL/NFHS pitch-count rules.

The future Tennessee Volunteer is ranked as the No. 98 draft prospect by MLB.com and No. 84 on ESPN.com's rankings. He was named the game MVP.

Connor Davenport came in to get the save, but the game did get a little bit interesting.

Davenport, throwing in the mid-90s, allowed an inherited runner to score on a wild pitch.

James Tudor drew a walk and CJ Hansford was hit by a pitch to give the Cavaliers life late.

The Abilene Christian-bound pitcher got treated for a blister and then got a ground ball to end it.

The grounder to second base ended up in Trey Baugus at first base to set off the celebration for Keller’s state championship.

It also came in the last game for Rob Stramp, who is retiring after 28 years.

The game was a true showdown of slanted arms.

Keller got on the board in the first inning without a hit and didn’t have a hit until the 6th inning.

Keller scored a run in the first and another in the sixth inning.

Brock Burkett reached on a two-base error to open the game. A passed ball and a sac fly by Max Segura made it 1-0.

Keller loaded the bases in the sixth. Segura drew a walk and Maddox McCray’s single was the first hit of the game for the Indians.

Webb then intentionally walked Logan Brown to load the bases to try to set up a double play.

The ground ball followed off the bat of Carson Lesley to shortstop. Lake Travis got an out at second base, but couldn’t complete the play at first without a relay play. Grey Crowson, running for Segura, scored what turned out to be the game-winning run on the play.

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Cody Thorn
CODY THORN

Cody Thorn is a veteran journalist who covers high school sports across the state of Texas and Missouri. He is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and has covered sports and news since 1999.

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