Baseball: The varsity team finished the year strong with a 2-1 win over Antonian Prep in the TAPPS Area Final and 4th in TAPPS District I. Key players like Nick Chiappetta, who led the team with a batting average of .356, and Sebastian Aguirre, who recorded an ERA of 2.944, and JR Reed with an ERA of 3.308, were instrumental this season. The Vikings fell to Houston St. Pius X in the TAPPS Regional Final.
The baseball team also signed Nick Chiappetta (Belmont College), JR Reed (Missouri Valley College), Gabe Jackson (Kansas Wesleyan University), and Noah Lara (University of Valley Forge) to play at the next level.
Softball: The Lady Vikings would represent the five seed from district I in the TAPPS playoffs. They fell to Concordia Lutheran in the TAPPS Area Final after a game broken up by rain delays. The team was led in batting this season by seniors Emily Johnston (.493) and Sophia Shuff (.459). Both will also be continuing their careers at Benedictine College and Hendrix College, respectively.
Tennis: In a year that had a slow start for our Viking tennis teams, they finished it strong by qualifying both the men's doubles (James Le and Chip Martin) and men's singles player, Andrew Merkle, for the TAPPS State Championships.
Track and Field:
TAPPS 6A District and State Meet Results
Ava Talabock '26 qualified for state in the 3200m by finishing 4th place at TAPPS District I Championships. She finished 7th place at state.
David Granado '26 qualified for state in the 3200m by finsihsing 4th place at TAPPS District I Championships. He also qualified for state in the 1600m with a 3rd place finish at district. He would finish 8th in the 3200m and 7th in the 1600m at state.
The men's 4x100m Relay (Hunter Zenk '26, Brayden Meche '26, Nicholas Koelzer '26, and Sidney Sholars-Anderson '26) finished 3rd at TAPPS District I Championships. They also finished 3rd at state.
Georgia Giesinger '27 finished 3rd place in the 800m at TAPPS District I Championships and 1st PLACE in the 1600m at district. She would go on to be STATE CHAMPION in the 800m and STATE RUNNER-UP in the 1600m.
Lyrix Sallee '26 was the district runner-up in the 800m. He finished 7th place at state.
Joshua Pearson '25 finished 4th at districts in the 110m hurdles and was district runner-up in the 300m hurdles. He finished 8th in the 110m and 6th in the 300m hurdles at state.
The women's 4x200m Relay (Hampton Hohenberger '24, Lillian Delvac '24, Sofia Marklin '24, and Samantha Davis '26) finished 3rd at TAPPS District I Championships. They would finish 7th at state.
The men's 4x200m Relay (Lyrix Sallee '26, Sean Smith II '26, Brayden Meche '26, and Nicholas Koelzer '26) were district Runner-Up. They finished 3rd at state.
Asam Veasey '24 finished 4th at districts in the 400m. He finished 6th at state.
Sidney Sholars-Anderson was TAPPS District I Championships Runner-Up in the 100m.
Golf: This season was led by a young squad of golfers. Elizabeth Cao, only a freshman, led the women's side this season and was named VSPY Player of the Year golf. The men's team also returns their number one, John Delatore.
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