From a program that was nearly shut down two years ago to being a team in the final four two consecutive year, the reward for that perseverance is a shot a state title for Colleyville Covenant.

And while it wasn't the cleanest of games with a number of starters missing due to injury and another that had to leave in the middle of the game and have a cast applied, it was a scrappy win the TAPPS Division III semifinals over district rival Fort Worth Lake Country that made it all the better.