Brackel Wins No. 828, North Crowley Boys Claim First State Championship in 18 Years

San Antonio Brennan and Fort Worth North Crowley meet Saturday for the UIL Class 6A Division I boys basketball state championship at the Alamodome. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m.

Follow along in the live updates section below throughout the game for live scoring, in-game updates, photos and highlights as the action unfolds in San Antonio.

Brennan (33-3) enters the first state championship game in program history riding a 21-game winning streak. The Bears have not lost a district game since Feb. 2, 2023, and are trying to finish a breakthrough postseason run after falling in the state semifinals each of the past two seasons.

Saturday’s appearance also carries regional significance. Brennan is the first San Antonio-area 6A boys team to reach the state final since Wagner in 2017, and the area has not produced a champion in the state’s largest classification since Jay won the 5A title in 2002.

North Crowley (34-3) arrives in the Alamodome after knocking off defending champion Duncanville 52-49 in the semifinals to reach its first state final since 2008. The Panthers are ranked No. 2 in Class 6A by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.

Junior guard Isaak Hayes leads North Crowley with 18.2 points and 4.6 assists per game, while senior forward Trey Hall adds 14.5 points and 8.9 rebounds. Brennan counters with a balanced lineup featuring UTEP signees Donovan Criss and 7-footer Delano Tarpley along with senior guard Talon Todd, giving the Bears multiple scoring options.

Check back once the game tips for live scoring updates, key moments, photos and highlights from the UIL Class 6A Division I championship inside the Alamodome.

Starting lineups

Brennan	North Crowley
2 Delano Tarpley, G	2 Kameron Price, G
4 Talon Todd, G	21 Jonathan Fox, G
5 Jacob Padilla, G	22 Isaak Hayes, G
42 Isaiah Ward, F	1 Alex Barther II, F
00 Donovan Criss, F	11 Trey Hall, F

Live scoring

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Final
North Crowley	14	17	13	21	65
Brennan	6	6	19	21	52

Brennan is the designated home team on the scoreboard.

First Quarter

North Crowley drew first blood on a basket by forward Trey Hall with seven minutes left in the first quarter.

Jacob Padilla answered 17 seconds later with a layin to tie it 2-2. Brennan capitalized on a turnover underneath the basket on North Crowley's prior possession.

Baskets by Hayes and Barther gave the Panthers a 6-2 lead midway through the first.

Brennan called the first timeout of the game with 4:22 left. North Crowley got a basket from Barther off the timeout, however, to extend its run to 6-0 with 4:08 left.

With 2:08 left in the first, North Crowley maintained a 13-6 lead. The Panthers dominated the early going on the boards, out-rebounding Brennan nine to three. The Panthers had only made 4-of-12 shots from the field. Brennan was shooting at a 50% clip over that same span, but North Crowley had limited them to only six shots (making three).

End 1: North Crowley leads Brennan 14-6. Barther leads all scorers with nine points.

More numbers from the first quarter: North Crowley leads 12-6 in rebounding, while Jonathan Fox leads all players with four boards. Kameron Price has two assists to lead all scoers.

Second Quarter

A slow start to the second quarter for both teams had the score standing at 16-8, North Crowley in front, before Hayes splashed a three-pointer to extend the Panthers lead to 19-8 with 5:03 left in the half.

As Brennan approaches three minutes without a basket, the Panthers got another trey from Hayes, a free throw from Barther and another basket by Hayes to extend their lead to 25-10 with 3:02 left in the half.

After managing to shoot only six shots in the first quarter, the Bears came out firing in the second but nothing would fall. Brennan opened the game shooting 4-of-15 (27%) with 2:17 remaining in the half.

SLAM DUNK! With 1:34 left in the half, Hall dunked it on a feed from Hayes to extend the lead to 15 points (27-12).

HALFTIME: North Crowley 31, Brennan 12

Halftime notes: Isaak Hayes leads North Crowley, and all scorers, with 12 points, while Alex Barther II has 10, Kameron Price and Trey Hall four each and Don Grandberry one. ... Donovan Criss and Jacob Padilla, who was shaken up on a play in the second quarter, lead the Bears with four points each, while Isaiah Ward and Delano Tarpley have two each. ... North Crowley has scored only 10 of its 31 points in the paint.

Third Quarter

Trey Hall nearly had a viral moment in the early stages of the third. After getting caught in no-man's land underneath the basket, he attempted to throw the ball off the backboard to himself to complete a dunk, but wasn't quite able to finish. It would have been the biggest moment of the game.

Criss hit a three-pointer to give the Bears a possible spark, but Barther answered on the other end iwth a trey of his own. Sean Mondragon answered with a three of his own for the Bears on the other end to light the spark once again.

The loss of Jacob Padilla, who went down in the second quarter, has been felt by Brennan. Padilla has not re-entered the game with 3:20 left in the third and North Crowley in front 40-25.

Barther scored with just over two minutes left to pull even with Hayes for the game-high with 15 points. The Bears have not found an answer for either player so far.

End 3: North Crowley 44, Brennan 31

A hot finish in the final three minutes of the third quarter saw the Bears score more points in the third (19) than they scored the entire first half combined (12).

Fourth Quarter

SLAM DUNK! Another Panthers dunk from 6-foot-7 Trey Hall with 6:26 left made it 46-31.

With five minues left, the Bears could desperately use some efficient three-point shooting, but they stand only 2-of-11 from beyond the arc.

The Bears continue to claw back, as a pair of free throws by Criss with 4:17 left cut the deficit to 11 (48-37). Crowley called timeout with 4:07 left and the score at 48-37.

Trailing 52-39, Brennan called a timeout with 2:47 left.

Brennan called another timeout with 1:37 remaining, trailing 56-44, on the heels of a three-pointer by Criss, giving him 15 points.

A pair of free throws by Hayes with 50 seconds left made it 61-47 and gave him 20 points.

FINAL: North Crowley 65, Brennan 52

North Crowley secured its first state championship since 2008.

Recap

Isaak Hayes, nicknamed "The Chef," led all scorers with 22 points and chipped in six assists and was crowned UIL 6A Division I state championshp game MVP. Alex Barther II followed with 17 points and Trey Hall had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Kameron Price had eight points and nine boards in the win, while Don Grandberry had four points and Jonathan Fox added three.

Donovan Criss led the Bears with 15 points, while Sean Mondragon added 13 points, Isaiah Ward eight, Delano Tarpley and Talon Todd six, and Jacob Padilla four. Tarpley led the team with eight rebounds and Ward chipped in seven.

North Crowley head coach Tommy Brakel, who owns 23 district titles, picked up win No. 828 in his career.