Montgomery Lake Creek beats Hallsville to win Texas 5A Division II softball state championship; scoring, recap

Junior pitcher Sara Wiggins fans 11, fires complete game 2-hitter to earn finals MVP as Lake Creek routs Hallsville to win the 5A DII state title

Levi Payton | May 30, 2025

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Are you ready for an action-packed thriller? A possible two-thumbs up bit of entertainment when a perfect season meets at the crossroads with its fearless challenger, and only one walks away with the trophy?

No. We aren't setting the scene of a movie: we are talking about the UIL Texas Class 5A Division II state championship between Hallsville and Montgomery Lake Creek. First pitch at McCombs Field in Austin is set for 4 p.m., though delays from prior games will probably push that start time back some.

Either way, we encourage you to bookmark this page and follow along below once the game begins as we will be posting live scoring and updates from the game as they happen.

Montgomery Lake Creek hasn’t lost a softball game in 2025. Hallsville has refused to lose the ones that matter most. This game should have some fireworks.

Lake Creek (36-0) has crushed nearly every team in its path and enters the title game with a postseason scoring margin of 75-14. With junior Madalyn Davis (.580) leading a deep lineup and unbeaten pitchers Sara Wiggins (21-0) and Chesney Davis (15-0) anchoring the circle, the Lady Lions have looked nearly untouchable. Only three teams - spanning three games - have stayed within three runs of them all year. Everything else has been a relative blowout.

But Hallsville (36-5-1) is no ordinary underdog. The Ladycats have scrapped their way through a pair of do-or-die games, outscored opponents 100-36 in the playoffs, and are built to win close finishes. Senior Lindsey Dubberly, one of East Texas’ best two-way players, has piled up 244 strikeouts and 58 RBI. Freshman Ella Baird has added nine wins and clutch production of her own. Their rally from a Game 1 semifinal loss to beat Grapevine in Games 2 and 3 shows just how dangerous they can be with their backs against the wall.

Both teams bring 13 shutouts into Friday’s matchup. The difference might be who handles the moment better.

For live scoring and full coverage from Austin, follow High School on SI – Texas throughout the UIL softball championships.

Also, be sure to check out our Class 1A-3A previews, as well as previews for 4A, 5A and 6A state championships.

You can also check out other state championship game results from Thursday's games for Class 2A Division I, Class 2A Division II, Class 3A Division I, and Class 3A Division II, or read up on Coahoma making history.

You can also watch the game (subscription fee required) on NFHS Network.

Montgomery Lake Creek vs. Hallsville: Texas Class 5A Division II softball state championship; scoring, highlights, recap

Lineups

Montgomery Lake Creek: Madalyn Davis, LF; Gracee Brewer, CF; Sara Wiggins, P; Chesney Davis, 1B; Laney Galloway, 2B, Maggie Hayward, DP; Annelise Torres, SS; Maci Nowak, C; Miranda Orso, RF; Addison Davis, 3B.

Hallsville: Hope Miles, CF; Lindsey Dubberly, P; Miller Goswick, C; Libby Ford, 1B; Audrey Jones, RF; Heidi Hart, SS; Makena Ellis, LF; Maddie McKinney DP; Ava Martin, 2B.

Top 1: Lake Creek 0, Hallsville 0

RUN(s) - Madalyn Davis drew a leadoff walk and went to third on a single by Gracee Brewer. Sara Wiggns then lifted a sacrifice fly to center to score Davis, making it 1-0.

RUN(s) - Chesney Davis reached on a throwing error and Brewer scored to make it 2-0.

Hallsville gets out of the jam with a pair of pop ups.

Bottom 1: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 0

Sara Wiggins gets two strikeouts and a lineout to complete a fast 1-2-3 innings.

Top 2: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 0

Dubberly was much sharper in the second inning, getting a strikeout and two groundouts in a 1-2-3 inning.

Bottom 2: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 0

Sara Wiggins was dealing in the second inning, as she struck out the side in order.

Top 3: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 0

Madalyn Davis led off with a single and stole second but was stranded on the basepaths.

Bottom 3: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 0

RUN(s) - Hope Miles rips an RBI single to right to score Heidi Hart, making it 2-1. Hart led off the inning with a walk and represented Hallsville's first baserunner of the day.

After Miles stole second, Sara Wiggins got a strikeout to strand her there and end the inning.

Top 4: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 1

Laney Galloway opened the fourth with a triple to the wall in right, but Dubberly sandwiched two strikeouts around a pop up and left runners stranded in scoring position for the second straight inning.

Bottom 4: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 1

After giving up a run in the third, Wiggins responded with a 1-2-3 fourth. The duel between her and Dubberly is living up to its hype through four.

Top 5: Lake Creek 2, Hallsville 1

RUN(s) - Miranda Orso led off the top of the fifth with a single and scored on a Madalyn Davis triple to the gap in right center to make it 3-1.

RUN(s) - Gracee Brewer joined the party with an RBI single, scoring Davis to make it 4-1 with nobody out.

RUN(s) - After Brewer's hit, she stole second, went to third on a throwing error and scored on Sara Wiggins' RBI single to make it 5-1. Chesney Davis follows with another hit to give Lake Creek five straight hits to start the inning.

RUN(s) - Maggie Hayward got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and nobody out to drive in a run, making it 6-1.

RUN(s) - A walk and a hit batter loaded the bases for Lake Creek with nobody out, and Maci Nowak lifted a sacrifice fly to left with one out to score Chesney Davis, making it 7-1.

RUN(s) - Miranda Orso got her second hit of the inning, a 2-run double to right. She was thrown out at thrid trying to strech it into a triple to end the inning, but not before Laney Galloway scored to make it 8-1. Maggie Hayward was coming home on the play and her run doesn't count after umpires rule she hadn't touched the plate before Orso was tagged out.

Bottom 5: Lake Creek 8, Hallsville 1

Hallsville gets nothing in the fifth, as Wiggins struck out the side in order.

Top 6: Lake Creek 8, Hallsville 1

RUN(s) - For the second time in the game, Maggie Hayward is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and brings in a run to make it 9-1. With freshman Ella Baird on the mound for Hallsville in the sixth, Lake Creek loaded the bases before Baird got two quick outs - including one on a strikeout - before plunking Hayward.

Hallsville escaped the inning with the bases loaded when a sure single headed to right field hit a runner to end the inning on interference.

Bottom 6: Lake Creek 9, Hallsville 1

Wiggins works around a pair of 1-out walks with two strikeouts to end the sixth. Wiggins now has 11 strikeouts and 3 walks and has allowed only 1 hit through 6 innings.

Top 7: Lake Creek 9, Hallsville 1

RUN(s) - Maci Nowak singled to lead off the seventh and stole second before Miranda Orso doubled to center to make it 10-1.

RUN(s) - An error pushed across another run for Lake Creek to make it 11-1.

RUN(s) - Chesney Davis lifts a sacrifice fly to right field to help Lake Creek extend it to 12-1.

Laney Galloway flew out to end the inning on a spectacular diving catch by Makena Ellis. Lake Creek is three outs away from a state title.

Bottom 7: Lake Creek 12, Hallsville 1

Wiggins allowed a baserunner but gets a grounder to short with two outs and Annelise Torres steps on the bag to get the force and Lake Creek wins the Class 5A Division II state championship after missing out on Austin in 2024. Final, Lake Creek 12, Hallsville 1

Recap

Lake Creek junior Sara Wiggins was named UIL Class 5A Division II finals MVP after pitching a complete game, allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 11 strikeouts and 3 walks in 7 innings. Wiggins (22-0) also had a hit, a walk and 2 RBI at the plate.

Miranda Orso, Madalyn Davis and Gracee Brewer each had three hits in the win. Orso had 2 doubles, 2 RBI and scored a pair of runs. Davis tripled.