DeSoto’s Claude Mathis finally got his chance to hoist the hardware. The Eagles defeated Austin Vandegrift for the Class 6A, Division 2 state title. A championship was elusive over his coaching career that spans more than two decades.
DALLAS — DeSoto’s Claude Mathis finally got his chance to hoist the hardware.
Mathis, who’s in his second stint as the Eagles head coach, was coaching in college when DeSoto won its 2016 state championship. DeSoto’s title is actually Mathis’ third ring. He won two state championships as a player at Bartlett High School in the early 1990s.Mahaffey, who coached Mathis and the Bulldogs to their first title in 1990, watched from the DeSoto sidelines for most of this year’s playoff run.
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