Pleasant Grove upsets 2-time champ West Orange-Stark

Hawks win first-ever 4A Division II football state championship title

By SEAN SHAPIRO, gotxsports.com
Posted 12/22/17

ARLINGTON -- On the first play from scrimmage TJ Cole found a hole in the defense, caught a pass over the middle, and sprinted untouched toward the end zone.

Seventy-five yards later he leaned into the end zone like a sprinter finishing the 100 meter dash, and Texarkana Pleasant Grove was well on its way to the first state championship in program history.

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