DENVER CITY — After advancing through the regional tournament with back-to-back one-point wins, the Eula Pirates and coach Josh Fostel believed they had another miracle finish in their back pocket in Friday’s Class 1A state semifinal with Texline. 

They were nearly right. 

On this occasion, however, random chance didn’t work in favor of the Pirates, who fell in a nail-biter 58-56 at Denver City High School.