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THE RANKINGS: No. 9 - Deer Park Deer
Deer Park is coming off a year that saw them go 29-8 overall and reach the Area Round of the playoffs. Amy Vidal-Bush enters her fifth year of leading the program and has a 141-31 overall record and the 2021 UIL Class 6A State Championship in that time.
Six starters return for Vidal-Bush including Texas Tech-commit Braelynn Jones, the District Pitcher of the Year in 2024, Texas State-commit Camryn Plocheck (firstteam, all-district), and Temple College-commit Madi Alvarado.
Other key returners include first-team, all-district picks Izzy Mendoza, Kayla Barras, and Mia Montemayor (Texas Southern-commit) and secondteamers Aleena Carrizales (Texas Southern-commit), Mariah Ramirez and Zoie Powell (San Jac-commit). Other players to watch include Caitlyn Wade and Reily Hernandez.
Keys to success for Vidal-Bush’s crew include being more efficient offensively, pitching, and “learning from our lack of success last season and becoming the toughest, most competitive versions of ourselves”.
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BASES LOADED: Chemistry is key to No. 11 Deer Park
No. 11 Deer Park Deer
As Deer Park enters the 2024 season, they are eyeing to give opponents “7 Innings of Us”.
Coming off a 32-win season, which included a trip to the Regional Final, the Deer return three starters for Amy Vidal-Bush, who enters her fourth year of leading the program.
Four-year letterman Hanna York (Houston Christian-commit) and three-year letterman Kylie Wilson (Prairie View A&M-commit) are back in the fold. Wilson was also the District 22-6A Pitcher of the Year in 2023.
Other players to watch for the Deer include Camryn Plocheck (Texas State), Payton Tullis (Southern Arkansas-commit), Mia Montemayor and Aleena Carrizales.
Keys to success include finding key role players within their new players, leadership from the returners and overall chemistry, according to Bush.