Jonesboro wins third straight state softball title with 6-5 comeback

Adalyna Andrade, Kylee Gould and Ally Thorman powered Jonesboro back from a 5-0 second-inning deficit Saturday in Austin, where the Lady Eagles beat Brookeland 6-5 to win the Class 1A UIL state softball championship and complete a three-peat.

Andrade’s role carried extra weight. She was Jonesboro’s only senior and the only player on the roster who had not already won a state title with the program. She had been part of the team since a freshman season that ended without a championship, and she finished her final year scoring the winning run on Gould’s seventh-inning hit. Andrade also earned the pitching save in relief of starter and winner Landree Deats.

Brookeland appeared in control early after building its 5-0 lead in the second inning, but Jonesboro answered in stages. Thorman’s home run helped trim the margin, and she later tied the game in the fifth. By the time Gould drove in Andrade in the seventh, the Lady Eagles had turned a deep early hole into the lead they needed for the title.

Jonesboro still had to finish the job in the field. The defense shut down Brookeland’s last push with runners on second and third, preserving the one-run victory and sending the Lady Eagles home with a program-record 24 wins. Jonesboro finished 2026 with an 11-1 postseason mark and built an overall playoff record of 27-2 over the last three seasons, while winning 18 straight playoff rounds.

For Jonesboro, the third straight championship underscored how a tiny Class 1A program can keep producing outsized results. The latest title adds another line to the school’s athletic identity and gives Coryell County another example of a small-town team delivering on the biggest stage in Texas high school softball.