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TAPPS Final Four Teams Return In One Gym To Start The Season

Cailey Green
Sep 17, 2020

Photo by VYPE Media's Bradley Collier.

Despite no spectators being allowed, a four-team round-robin classic was anything but boring this past Saturday at San Antonio Christian School. The annual September Showdown that typically hosts 16 private and public schools had to be cancelled this year due to the UIL restrictions on tournaments and the various precautions taken due to COVID-19. Knowing the value of tournament play and all that you can learn about a team's strengths and weaknesses, four TAPPS schools wanted to still make it happen. All four teams were represented at the TAPPS final four in 2019. 3A state champion New Braunfels Christian Academy, 3A runner-up Round Rock Christian Academy, 5A runner-up San Antonio Christian, and 5A semifinalist Holy Cross of San Antonio were all back in action and made for a competitive day on the courts.


Host school, San Antonio Christian, walked away 3-0 on the day, but many sets came down to the wire. Leading attackers for the Lions were junior Lauren Crismore's 38 kills and junior Sadie Nelson's 37 kills. Setter Rebekah Wilks helped secure those kills with 61 assists on the day. The Lions, who have now moved up to TAPPS 6A, are coached by San Antonio's second all-time winningest coach Robin Gerlich. Gerlich is starting her fourth season at SACS and each year has earned a berth to the TAPPS final four. With a strong team returning, the Lions set their sights on returning to the big stage in November, regardless of moving up a division.

Photo by VYPE Media's Bradley Collier.

Traveling in from North Austin, Round Rock Christian returns this season focused, tall, and aggressive. Staying in TAPPS 3A for this alignment, the Crusaders looked ready to earn their way back to the Final Four. After losing to New Braunfels Christian in the state final last year, they came out this weekend and were hungry to come out on top. The Crusaders ultimately beat the Wildcats in two. With their leading attackers being sophomores Kelli Northup and Savannah Johnson on the day, the season seems promising. Ryan Holley, another Crusader sophomore, led all tournament teams' players with 11 aces. This young, but talented squad finished the day 2-1 and will be a fun team to follow this season.

New Braunfels Christian's Wildcats are the defending TAPPS 3A state champion and look to make that run again. They proved to be competitive and ready to defend the title. Although they only came out on top against Holy Cross, the Wildcats took SACS to three sets and only lost by two. The Wildcats have a dynamic offense matched with a steady defense. Lefty outside hitter and TCU sand commit Hailey Hamlett was consistent throughout the day on both front row and back row. The Wildcats have a dual-threat, as Hamlett's opposite is Stanford beach commit Camdyn Doucet. Both players led the team well and should be expected to be back at the final four this year.

The Holy Cross of San Antonio Knights have been to the TAPPS final four in four out of the last five years. Moving down to 4A for the new alignment, the team looked as though they are ready to work hard to make it back this year. Although they came out of the day 0-3 against some of the top private school teams in the city, they still know how to fight and put the ball away. Leading scorer Faye Wilbricht, who has committed to Texas A&M, continued to show her talents in the front and back row all day. Although the wins didn't come, the talent and drive are still there. The Knights' libero Alyssa Barrera was found covering all areas of the court and was a key component for the team. Barrera, now a junior, has been a varsity starter since her freshman year and continues to help the Knights succeed.

Even though the games and tournaments look different this year, the game is still the game. The rules are still the same, and you still play one point at a time. This season for these TAPPS schools is sure to be successful and fun to watch. We look forward to hopefully once again seeing these four teams back at the state tournament in their respective divisions.

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VYPE San Antonio Softball Rankings: Week of 4/12/21 presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors

Joshua Waclawczyk
Scott Terrell
Vype SATX
13 Apr, 2021

Each week VYPE's own Joshua Waclawczyk and Scott Terrell sit down and take a look at the teams from each area and rank them based on their super-secret formula. Rankings of the top Baseball and Softball programs in the area are then broken up into 5A-6A, 1A-4A, and Private Schools. Will you agree with our rankings? Most assuredly not. After all, these are just our opinions and we are sure there are much smarter people out there that may have better opinions/rankings. So if you have your own thoughts on these rankings let us know on Twitter (@vypesatx) and Instagram (@vypesatx).

This week we got some movement from some teams, but the top stands pat, check out the rankings below!

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VYPE San Antonio Baseball Rankings: Week of 4/12/21 presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors

Joshua Waclawczyk
Scott Terrell
Vype SATX
12 Apr, 2021

Each week VYPE's own Joshua Waclawczyk and Scott Terrell sit down and take a look at the teams from each area and rank them based on their super-secret formula. Rankings of the top Baseball and Softball programs in the area are then broken up into 5A-6A, 1A-4A, and Private Schools. Will you agree with our rankings? Most assuredly not. After all, these are just our opinions and we are sure there are much smarter people out there that may have better opinions/rankings. So if you have your own thoughts on these rankings let us know on Twitter (@vypesatx) and Instagram (@vypesatx).

Check out our San Antonio rankings below!

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Coaches Corner: Kyle Johnson of SACS Athletic Training

VYPE
08 Apr, 2021

This Spring the VYPE Media team visited the campus of San Antonio Christian School for our annual Spring media day! We had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented athletes and coaches at San Antonio Christian School to take you inside the program.

VYPE goes to the Coaches Corner with San Antonio Christian School Athletic Trainer Kyle Johnson!

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