Don’t call it a Cinderella run.
The Crosby Cougars football team is 48 minutes from the first state title in not only the sport, but all team athletics in school history when it kicks off the Class 5A-II state championship game 1 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium in Dallas against the two-time state champions, Aledo (12-1).
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