GANADO, Texas — The Ganado Maidens are state champions again.
One year after winning the program’s first title in the current run, Ganado finished the job on May 28, 2026, beating Bosqueville 5-2 at Red & Charline McCombs Field in Austin to capture the UIL Class 2A Division I state softball championship.
The win gave Ganado back-to-back state titles, something no Class 2A team had done since Bells repeated in 2017 and 2018.
The state-final stage belonged to Saylor Bures, who delivered the kind of outing championship teams are built around.
The University of Houston commit threw a complete game, allowed two runs on six hits, issued no walks, and struck out 11 while handling a heavy workload of 110 pitches, 82 of them strikes.
She was named the UIL Class 2A Division I State Championship Game MVP after sealing the final out and capping another dominant postseason run.
How Ganado won the title game
Ganado did not wait long to take control. The Maidens scored two runs in the first inning without recording a hit in the frame, taking advantage of Bosqueville mistakes to grab an early lead.
Laci Holt scored first, and Raelynn Peters followed as Ganado put pressure on the Bulldogs before Bosqueville had settled in.
The game changed again in the third inning, when Ganado broke it open with its biggest swing of the afternoon.
Paisley Hajovsky delivered a two-run single to extend the lead, and Avery Torres added an RBI on a bunt play that pushed the margin to 5-0.
Ganado did not need a huge offensive performance to win; it needed timely contact, sharp base running and enough production to back up Bures in the circle.
Bosqueville answered in the fifth inning with a two-run rally of its own, getting RBI damage from Deja Torres to cut the deficit to 5-2.
But that was as close as the Bulldogs would get. Bures shut the door from there, and Ganado’s defense helped keep the title game from slipping away. Bosqueville finished with six hits, but Ganado’s pitching and fielding won the critical moments.
A small town title with a big-time feel
Ganado’s repeat championship carries real historical weight for a tiny Texas town that lives and breathes its school teams.
The Maidens became the first Class 2A program to win back-to-back titles since Bells more than a decade ago, and the result immediately sparked a wave of pride across the community.
Local outlets and social posts around the championship quickly filled with congratulations, praise for Bures, and celebration of a program that has now established itself as one of the standard-bearers in Texas Class 2A softball.
Bures’ numbers explain why Ganado had so much confidence in the circle all season. She entered the title game as one of the state’s most dominant pitchers and came into the final riding a postseason run that regularly featured double-digit strikeout totals.
She had been piling up strikeouts throughout the playoffs, and is also regarded as rising Class of 2027 arm with college attention already in hand.
For Ganado, the championship was more than just another trophy. It was the end of a season built on consistency, pitching depth and a lineup that knew how to make the most of big innings when the chance came.
For Bures, it was another chapter in a career that now has a state title, an MVP award and a growing reputation as the kind of pitcher who can carry a team through the biggest game of the year.
Ganado’s win also keeps the Maidens in rare company. Back-to-back state titles are hard to earn in any classification, and doing it in Class 2A takes a full season of handling pressure, staying healthy and winning close games when everyone in the bracket knows what is at stake.
Ganado did exactly that, and the result is another championship banner for a program that just keeps adding to its place in Texas softball history.
