TAPPS 5A State Championship

<p>Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) has grown to a membership of 230 schools with a combined enrollment of over 40,000 students. Schools are presently aligned in six (6) classifications with districts across the state of Texas.  These schools have quite a few athletes that are listed on our State Rankings list.  TAPPS just completed is State Tournament also.  Here is a recap of what transpired in the 5A Division. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Victoria St. Joseph versus Carrollton Prince of Peace for the State Championship.  This matchup was between the last two teams to hoist the trophy. Both are previous State Champs so this matchup was huge.  Prince of Peace came in to the championship match with an overall record of 17-11 and a district record of 9-2.  They beat Fort Worth Christian in five grueling sets (20-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 15-10) in the Semi-finals to reach the championship match.  St. Joes had an impressive season with an overall record of 17-5.  St. Joseph defeated Austin Hyde Park to reach the finals.   Now the two best teams in the state would have to square off in order to call themselves Texas TAPPS State Champs. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Carrollton Prince of Peace volleyball team is led by super sophomore Autumn Perry and senior Hannah Perry. Autumn had 15 kills on the night and Hannah had 4 kills.  The setting is handled by a 6-2 rotation of senior Carlee Miller and highly touted freshman Keegan Schmidt.  They are the defending TAPPS State Champs and they definitely were not going to go down without a fight to try for the back to back titles.     </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Victoria St. Joseph Flyers volleyball, led by [player_tooltip player_id="87489" first="Ryan" last="Ward"] (10 kills, 6 blocks, 4 digs) Maiya Tillman (17 kills, 16 digs), Kerrigan Baumgartner (10 kills, 2 blocks, 7 digs, 2 assists), Madison Korinek (24 assists, 1 block, 10 digs), and Morgan Korinek (5 kills, 1 block, 8 digs, and 13 assists) showed to be too much for the Prince of Peace team to handle.  The Flyers were able to win the championship in straight sets (29-27, 25-22, 25-17). Even though it was in straight sets, Both teams competed in every set and the scores were very close.  It was their second Championship in three years and first for newly approinted head coach Christa Swanlund.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The All Tournament honors from TAPPS were given to St. Joseph’s Maiya Tillman, Taylor Foeh, senior Madison Korinek, and junior Kerigan Baumgartner.  Prince of Peace players Autumn Perry, Hannah Perry also received All Tournament honors.  </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>We would like to congratulate Victoria St. Joseph Lady Flyers on their amazing season and way to cap it off with their State Championship!!! Enjoy it ladies. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We will be publishing more articles weekly to give recognition to those teams and athletes who are playing great in their matches.  Stay tuned for more articles on your favorite athletes.  If you have anyone that you think deserves to be recognized as a player of the week, feel free to send me a message with their information. Or if you have anyone that you think have what it takes to be added to our database, please shoot me an email with some info at nov8vb@yahoo.com.  As always, thanks for following our publication. </p>