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Tomball pitcher Robert Dugger throws during the Class 4A UIL state baseball championship win
against Corpus Christi Moody at Dell Diamond last week. Dugger was named MVP in a 6-1 win.
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Tomball senior second baseman Eric Dunbar turns a double play against Corpus Christi Moody in
the first inning of the 2013 Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship final at Dell Diamond in
Round Rock on Friday.
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Tomball senior pitcher Robert Dugger works to a Corpus Christi Moody hitter in the bottom of the
first inning in the 2013 Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship final at Dell Diamond in Round
Rock on Friday.
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2. Robert Dugger, right, is greeted by Dillon Menville (75) after his inside-the-park home run.
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Tomball senior Nick Banks follows a drive against Corpus Christi Moody in the 2013 Class 4A UIL
State Baseball Championship final at Dell Diamond in Round Rock on Friday.
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Tomball senior centerfielder Ishmael Edwards drives the ball during the Cougar's 7-1 win over
Corpus Christi Moody in the 2013 Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship final at Dell Diamond
in Round Rock on Friday.
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Tomball head coach Doug Rush, from left, is all smiles as Kyle Workman, Ishmael Edwards, Nick
Banks and Stephan Bonnain hoist the Cougars' 2013 Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship
trophy after their 6-1 win over Corpus Christi Moody at Dell Diamond in Round Rock last weekend.
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Tomball senior pitcher Robert Dugger celebrates his strikeout to finsh off the Corpus Christi Moody
Trojans in the 2013 Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship final at Dell Diamond in Round Rock
on Friday.
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Tomball sophomore third baseman Robbie Gillen makes a play during the Cougar's 7-1 win over the
Corpus Christi Moody Trojans in the 2013 Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship final at Dell
Diamond in Round Rock on Friday.
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Tomball's Dillon Menville (75) rounds third base during the class 4A UIL state baseball semi-final
game between Tomball and Witchita Falls Rider on Thurs., June 6, 2013 at Dell Diamond in Round
Rock, TX.
Photo: Ashley Landis, Special Contributor
Tomball baseball head coach Doug Rush has had a lot to smile about in the 2013 postseason.
Tomball baseball meets Foster at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Rice University for the Class 4A
Region III title and a berth at the UIL State Tournament.
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A few days after capturing the Class 4A baseball state championship, Tomball head coach Doug
Rush was continuing to take it all in.
"It's starting to soak in a little more," said Rush, who directed the Cougars to a 35-4 championship
season that included victories over Wichita Falls Rider in the 4A state semifinals (5-2) and Corpus
Christi Moody in the finals (6-1) last week at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
"We are real proud of the players and how they kept their focus and kept their eye on the goal of
winning state."
Tomball started the 2013 season with a 22-game winning streak, and after capturing a District 22-4A
championship, the Cougars beat Reagan 10-0 in a playoff opener.
Path to the title
What: University Interscholastic League 2013 Baseball State Tournament
Where: Dell Diamond in Round Rock
Class 4A semifinals: Tomball 5, Wichita Falls Rider 2
Class 4A championship: Tomball 6, Corpus Christi Moody 1
More: www.uiltexas.org/baseball/state
Next up was a scheduled best-of-three area series with Friendswood, but weather shortened it to
one game that took two days to complete (started Friday night and finished in less than a half inning
the next day), and the Cougars survived 4-3.
Tomball's only postseason loss followed in an 8-6 setback against Ridge Point, but once again, the
Cougars responded with wins of 6-0 and 13-0 to keep going.
"We really played very good baseball after the loss to Ridge Point," Rush said. "We had set it up to
where we still had our top pitchers after that first game, and the team just really clicked from then
on."
The Cougars swept Montgomery 4-2 and 16-4 in the next round, and won their first region title by
beating Foster 10-0 in the 4A-III finals at Rice University.
"(Senior) Ishmael Edwards' walk-off three-run home run with two outs in the seventh inning in the
first game with Montgomery was another big postseason moment that really stands out," Rush said.
Tomball loses 18 seniors to graduation with six lettermen returning in 2014 including pitchers
Braeden Holub and Stephan Bonnain, left fielder Josh Covey, third baseman Robbie Gillen and
catcher Casey Smith.
"Three of our five playoffs before state were one game, and the Friendswood series turned out to be
a fluke one-game playoff," Rush said. "Our players just kept battling and moving forward, and it was
just a tremendous season."

4. "We have a good core coming back including two really good varsity pitchers," Rush said.
The Tomball junior varsity finished 22-4 and also won a district crown.
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