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6:15 p.m. Pre-game; 6:30 First Serve
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Samantha Landry single-handedly pulled VYPE (@vype_texas001) into the Tik Tok World.
The Barbers Hill pitcher is a national recruit and signed with national power Louisiana-Lafayette in November.
She's a beast on the mound with a mean rise ball and change-up. The 5-foot-10 flamethrower hits 65-68 MPH.
<p>But she's a fun, teenager scrolling through Social Media on the daily. She's pretty chill, honestly, and reluctantly posted a Tik Tok a while back.</p><p>"Like everyone, me and my friends made a ton of videos that were in my drafts," she laughed. "One day we made a dance and just posted it. It got like 13 follows. Then we just started doing them for fun and got a few thousand followers.</p><p>"Then I made one for one of my best friends and it got 1.8 million views. I was like, wow."</p><p>To date, @sammmmmmyyyyy02 has over 50,000 followers in a short period of time.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@vype_texas001/video/6919154830103563525" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6919154830103563525" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@vype_texas001" target="_blank" title="@vype_texas001">@vype_texas001</a> @sammmmmyyyyyy02 @kaitlynnnbrianna @ambert_0318 <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp" target="_blank" title="fyp">##fyp</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/softball" target="_blank" title="softball">##softball</a><br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Mhm-Mhm-6878442747355727874" target="_blank" title="♬ Mhm Mhm - Cdot Honcho">♬ Mhm Mhm - Cdot Honcho</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></div><p>She made one for VYPE during our 2021 Baseball/Softball shoot and it got over 250,000 views. Boom, welcome to Tik Tok.<br></p><p>"I don't take it too serious," the National Honor Society honoree said. "It's just for fun and making jokes. Everyone is into Tik Tok and it's just something everyone has in common. I've done so many dances with all my softball friends. It's fun."</p><p>She likes Tik Tok star Charli D'Amilio, of course, and finds inspiration sometimes from a guy "Nate in the Army".</p><p>"Charli has a great presence on Tik Tok and Nate has helped me get through some personal stuff and is just inspiring," she said.</p><p>If you are wondering, she does read all her comments.</p><p>"I have a thing about reading them all," she said. "Look, I get it. I'm putting myself out on Social Media, not everyone is going to like me. "I don't really respond to the rude ones, but they can affect you. The nice comments can really make you have a good day."</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>Her current favorite Tik Tok?</p><p>"I love 'Big Gansta', it's so fun," she said.</p>
<p>…</p><p>Landry's life has been softball since she was about seven-years-old. It got really busy in middle school as she began to build a name for herself.</p><p>"I was so young when the recruiting process," she laughed. "My friends were planning their birthdays and I'm on a trip looking at colleges."</p><p>Her career came to a screeching halt as a ninth-grader. While playing junior varsity basketball, she blew out her ACL during practice on a layup.</p><p>"That was the prime recruiting-time back then," she said. "I didn't know what was going to happen. I was devastated. It took a toll on me mentally."</p><p>Schools started backing off, but one stayed true – ULL.</p><p>"I love the vibe of Louisiana. My dad is from there and I love the culture. The coaches also have so much confidence in me," she said. "That was the difference. On my visit, there were a ton of fans… at an intra-squad game. Softball and baseball are a culture there."</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>I bet Tik Tok is a "thing" there too.</p>
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BEING NATIONALLY RANKED IS SOMETHING SOPHIA SIMPSON WORKED FOR.
It was her goal to be amongst the best softball prospects in the nation when it is all said and done. Well, mission accomplished. "It's overwhelming, it scares me because like, wow I'm actually up there," Simpson, who is the No. 9-ranked prospect by Softball America, said. "But it's inspiring at the same time because these younger girls are watching me and wanting to be me."
<p>Simpson has worked her way up. The senior has moved up from being on the JV team her freshman season at Barbers Hill to now being the ace in the circle for the Eagles. It was after her sophomore season at the 16U PGH Premier Nationals that she found her groove. She led her club team, the Texas Bombers, to the title game. In 32 innings of that tournament, she posted a 0.18 ERA. </p><p>"It was overwhelming. We got second place but I felt deep down that we should have won. That inspired me to get better and work harder," Simpson said. "Try to achieve higher expectations." She has achieved those higher expectations, with the culmination of her hard work coming to fruition when she signed with the Texas Longhorns. "It was nerve-racking. I was fearful, excited and all the emotions were there," Simpson said about signing with Texas. "Tears and laughter and all of that."</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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Coach Brett Cleveland and his crew move up a level in TAPPS due to enrollment. The competition will be tougher but the Warriors of TWCA have some elite talent.
<p>Let's start on the mound. Dual-sport athlete Caedmon Parker is one of the best pitchers in the nation as an Under Armour and Perfect Game All-American. Parker is a TCU-signee with a 90-plus fastball and a great mix of pitches. He's a bulldog on the mound. Austin Boyd is his senior battery-mate, who can also swing it at the plate. </p><p>Marshall Hale is versatile at the corner infield positions while Carson Queck will lead the outfield. Queck is a Kansas State-commit as a junior and is lethal at the plate. The Warriors will see Lutheran South, Second Baptist, and Emery/Weiner on a nightly basis in district play. </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.shopvype.com/products/2020-vype-houston-magazine-vype-baseball-softball-preview-volume-13-number-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE 2021 VYPE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL MAGAZINE</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.vypephotos.com/p909373673" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE 2021 VYPE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL PHOTOS</a></strong></p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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