Two straight seasons ended with Fort Worth Southwest Christian watching Fort Worth All Saints celebrate. The third ended with the Eagles holding the trophy.
Southwest Christian beat Houston Cypress Christian 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 on Saturday at Robinson High School to win the TAPPS Class 5A state championship, the program's first volleyball title, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News.
"It feels remarkable," fourth-year head coach Jasmine Jones told The Dallas Morning News. "I really don't have words to describe it."
Getting past All Saints
The road to Saturday ran through a crosstown rival. All Saints beat Southwest Christian in the 2024 state final in four sets and again in the 2025 final in five, according to The Dallas Morning News. This time the teams met a round earlier, and Southwest Christian won Friday's semifinal 25-12, 25-15, 25-11, per the Star-Telegram's bracket.
That left Cypress Christian, which arrived in Robinson on an 11-match winning streak. The Houston-area team finished 33-6, according to the Star-Telegram's bracket, after sweeping Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian in its semifinal. Southwest Christian trailed only three times all match, The Dallas Morning News reported.
A senior outside hitter who has signed with Memphis led the Eagles with 18 kills, six of them in the opening set, and a senior middle added 13 kills and 11 digs, per the Morning News. Jones has coached the group's eight seniors since they were freshmen.
The Memphis signee told the Morning News that the losses in the previous two finals served as "a great learning experience" for the group.
A season with one blemish
Southwest Christian's only loss came Sept. 4 against Dallas Ursuline, 25-19, 25-18, according to the Morning News' tournament preview. The Eagles won their last 20 matches, and the Star-Telegram counted 90 sets won in 96 played this season.
