The Brock High School boys’ basketball team won the Conference 3A crown on Saturday with a 37-32 victory over Universal City Randolph.
Brock pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Randolph 13-6.
This marked Zach Boxell’s first state championship as a head coach. Zach is the son of Bowie head boys’ basketball coach Doug Boxell.
The Ro-Hawks were up 32-31 with 3:29 left on a traditional 3-point play by Bryan London.
But, Brock’s Lance Ewell responded by scoring the final six points of the game. Ewell hit a jumper, two free throws and scored on a fastbreak layup with 21 seconds left.
This marks the eighth title overall for the Boxell family. It marked Brock’s ninth state tournament appearance, and the Eagles finished the season 37-2.
Doug Boxell won three championships at Ponder and one apiece at Santo and Sudan. Zach also garnered two state titles while at Nazareth, like Sudan way out in west Texas.
“I’m really excited for Zach,” Doug said. “They did a great job all season and deserved to win. It’s pretty neat.”
Zach Boxell has also coached at Greenwood, Lake Dallas, Winters and Blue Ridge. Read more, and see all championship scores, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Zach Boxell, left, and Doug Boxell coach for Brock and Bowie High Schools, respectively. Bowie and Brock played each other in December during the regular season. Zach Boxell’s Brock team won state last Saturday for his third title and eighth for the family. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Blake Wood)