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PLAY BALL: No. 5 LSA setting out for TAPPS run
No. 5 Lutheran South Pioneers
The Lutheran South Pioneers are coming off a 14-win season, which saw them reach the Regional Round of the playoffs. Seven starters return for Nicole Andrade’s crew as they look to make a run at the TAPPS State Tournament. Andrade is in line to get her 100th career coaching victory in 2024.
Katiana Maldonado (Southern University) returns with the big bat after hitting .672 with 13 homers and 54 RBIs a year ago. Texas Lutheran-commit Caroline Ledbetter is back after a second-team, all-district performance in 2023.
Other key returners for the Pioneers include Addi Smith (.677, 29 SB, Second-Team, All-State), Lauren Brown (.533, 37 RBIs, Honorable Mention, All-State) and Briana Collazo, who is coming back from an injury. Brown and freshman Jill Whitehead will be leaned on to hold it down in the circle.
“I am looking for my junior and senior class to lead the team,” Andrade said. “We have a big freshman class that we are looking to fill in the gaps for us this season along with the returners.”
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FOLLOWING THROUGH: LSA Girls Golf claims TAPPS 5A Title
Following a tremendous season, in which they progressed up the ranks against some stellar competition, Lutheran South Girls Golf had finally reached the State Final.
Coach Geoff Stresman and his group of methodical competitors traveled to Glen Rose, TX on Monday, to take part in the TAPPS 5A Championship which took place at Squaw Valley Golf Course.
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Being one of three teams to advance to State, it goes without saying that LSA has displayed next-level efficiency between the links throughout the Spring, which was further evidenced by how the girls performed in the final tournament.
Once the tournament had concluded on Tuesday, the Lady Pioneers had become TAPPS 5A State Champions with a final composite score of 689, which was five strokes below the second-place finisher.
LSA's Addison TrahanBradley C. Collier (VYPE)
In addition, LSA freshmen Addison Trahan and Emma Poffinbarger were named TAPPS All-State Golfers after individually finishing in 8th (160) and 9th (162) place, respectively.
LSA's Emma PoffinbargerBradley C. Collier (VYPE)
This was no simple feat to accomplish, as it marks only the second time in school history that a golf team has won it all.
What’s even more impressive is the remarkable talent these girls possess, in spite of their considerable youth.
Given that fact, who’s to say they won’t run it back a year from now?