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UIL State Championships: Day 2 Takeaways
Recapping the second day of the 2022 UIL State championships, including Franklin's thrilling victory over Brock, Gunter's dominance and Hawley running by Refugio.
ARLINGTON - The first full day of 11-man football at the UIL State Championships started out with more lopsided results, but ended with an absolute bang on Thursday night as the nightcap between Brock and Franklin in the 3A-Division I state title game lived up to the hype and then some.
In the opening game of the day, Hawley capped off an unbeaten 16-0 season with a dominant 54-28 win over Refugio to win their first state title in school history. When head coach Mitch Ables took over at Hawley in 2014, the program had one playoff win in school history and after taking the Bearcats to a title game last year, he got his team over the hump in emphatic fashion led by an offense that was simply unstoppable on Thursday night. Hawley’s win also cemented Big Country dominance in Class 2A as nearby Albany won the 2A-Division II state title on Wednesday night.
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