Nationally ranked Grapevine (TX) baseball team removed from UIL playoffs

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The Grapevine (TX) Mustangs, ranked No. 2 nationally, have been disqualified from the UIL playoffs due to the use of an ineligible player. This decision halts their pursuit of a third consecutive state championship.

Key points

Grapevine Mustangs ranked No. 2 nationally
Disqualified from UIL playoffs
Reason: use of an ineligible player
Attempting to achieve a three-peat state championship
First Texas team to do so since 1988

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The nation’s No. 2 ranked high school baseball team, the Grapevine (TX) Mustangs, will not be apart of the University Interscholastic League (UIL) playoffs, according to a report by the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday afternoon.

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Grapevine, ranked No. 2 via the most latest Rivals High School Baseball Top 25 Rankings, has been barred from taking part in the UIL state playoffs due to use of an ineligible player, per the report. The Mustangs were looking to become the first Texas high school baseball team since 1988 to three-peat for a state championship.

“On April 29, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD self-reported the participation of an ineligible Grapevine High School player during the 2025-2026 baseball season,” the UIL’s statement via the Dallas Morning News report. “Per the UIL Constitution & Contest Rules, the minimum penalty is forfeiture of all games in which the player participated. As a result, Grapevine High School has withdrawn from the UIL state baseball playoffs.”

The massive shakeup impacts abruptly ends the season of Grapevine, which now finishes the 2026 campaign with a record of a 28-3 record. Chisholm Trail was slated to face Grapevine in a three-game series starting this week, but instead will take on Colleyville Heritage tomorrow.

The Mustangs were riding a 17-game winning streak heading into the postseason and rose all the way to the second spot in the latest set of national high school baseball rankings. Of the 28 wins on the season, Grapevine has shut out opponents in 13 of the victories.