ROUND ROCK, Texas — Kingwood Baseball captured its first state title since 2005 with a 5-4 win over Tomball in the UIL 6A Division II state championship game.

Kingwood was able to hold off Tomball's bases-loaded threat in the bottom of the 7th inning.

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Ben Mayorga got the win, pitching 4.2 innings, striking out 4 and allowing 4 runs on 7 hits, while sophomore Ryder Renfro was fantastic out of the bullpen and earned the save.

"It's everything. It's a 20-year reunion. Our shirts were exactly the same as the 20 year above the 5 state team. We want to pay homage to them. We also wanted to leave a legacy with these 19 seniors in this team, and that's exactly what they did. They played our brand of ba

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