Under the leadership of second-year head coach Jeremy O'Neill, the Atascocita baseball program has made tremendous strides since being eliminated in the third round of the playoffs a year ago.

After narrowly losing the opener against Pearland (5-6) in last week's Region III-6A-D1 Final, the Eagles rallied to not only tie the series, but eventually punch their ticket to the UIL State Tournament -- marking the first occurrence the team has done so since 2014.