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The Sharyland Rattlers came up short this morning from becoming the first baseball team from the Rio Grande Valley to claim a state title, losing the UIL Class 5A D2 title game 7 - 2 to Lucas Lovejoy at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

Lovejoy scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st, added two more in the 4th and one each in the 5th and 6th to earn their first state title. Lovejoy finished with nine hits on the day. Tyler Scarborough pitched a complete game for the winners.

Sharyland got on the board with single runs in the 2nd and the 6th thanks to run scoring hits from Diego Chapa and IJ Garza. Chapa had another hit in the 5th. Luis Balderas, Edgar Quintanilla and Omar Cantu also recorded hits.

Sergio Ibarra pitched 4 plus innings for the Rattlers before Milo Villarreal came on in the bottom of the 5th.

Despite the loss both Ibarra and Coach Austin Bickerton spoke on the experience of being the first Valley baseball team since 2007 to reach the title game.

“I’m thankful for the experience” , said Ibarra. “It was an amazing experience to be here.”

Bickerton had similar feelings and added how the support shown by both the Sharyland faithful and others from the Valley who came to watch affected him. “It was awesome . . . just the support from the Rio Grande Valley I couldn’t be more proud of where I’m from.”

The Rattlers finished the season with a record of 38 -6, taking the storied program to the state title game for the first time in school history.

Here are some photos from today's game.

Progress Times photos by Alex Garza