Panther Sports Highlights - February 25 - March 2, 2019

Baseball
Parish Varsity Baseball played in the Hillcrest HS Tournament which lasted three days February 28 - March 2. Panthers won all four of their games and were named the tournament champions. The scores for each game were: 15-4 against Episcopal School of Dallas; 12-8 vs Dallas Lutheran School; 5-4 vs St. Mark's School of Texas; and 7-3 against Hillcrest HS. Congratulations to Panther Baseball on going undefeated and winning the tournament!

Golf
On February 25, Boys' and Girls' Varsity Golf played in the Jesuit Golf Invitational Tournament at Brookhaven Country Club, along with two JV boys. Blake Eisenberg ’19 had an exciting round, shooting an 83 with holing an Eagle on #1 of the Masters Course. The team of Eisenberg, Mason Wilderom ‘20, Keller Welton ‘20, Cole Barclay ‘22, and Robert Rogers ’22 had a little bit of a tough day, but they are just starting to get warmed up for the season. The JV Boys' Medalist of Camden Clure ‘21 and Richmond Binkley ’21 also had a challenging day on the Champs Course, but they are looking forward to the next tournament after Spring Break. Panther Girls' Varsity team of Koko Olson ‘20, Brooke Burnecke ‘20, Elizabeth Walsh ‘20, and Michelle Mijares ’22 played on the Presidents Course, and struggled with the cold temperatures. However, Mijares shot a 97 for her first high school tournament. Great job Panthers, and keep swinging!

Lacrosse Boys
Parish Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse played at home for the first time last Saturday, March 2 against Fort Worth Lacrosse (divisional opponent and last year’s district play-off qualifier). The Panthers were down just 3-1 at halftime, but penalties and mistakes throughout the game caught up and the team ended up losing 10-3. Panthers are back at home on March 23 against Fort Worth Country Day.
  
 

 

Softball
Parish Varsity Softball played the first home game of the season against Lakehill Prep on February 26. Pitcher Jazelle Bartley ‘22 started the game for Panthers getting her second strike out of the season. In the bottom of the first inning, the game was tied at two when Natalie Aguirre ’22 drew a walk, bringing in one run. Sarah Johnson ’20 went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead Panthers in hits and RBI’s. Alana Grissom ’20 had two hits while Freedom Foster ’21 made the most defensive plays with two hits at third base. Panthers were sure-handed and did not commit a single error in the first two innings. Despite multiple hits, four runs and an improving defense, Panthers took a loss for the second game of the season.
 
Tennis
On February 25, Parish JV Tennis had a home match against Prestonwood Christian Academy (PCA). The team went out strong and had many successful wins. At doubles line one, Claudia Held ’20 and Hope Brown ’22 pulled out an 8-4 victory, and Jack Helms ’22 and Rishul Rai ’22 at doubles line two had an intense match, coming out on top in a nail biter 8-7 (11-9). Dalya Dogru ’22 and Aoife Kelly ’21 handily won their doubles match at line two and girls line three Caroline Knize ’22 and Maggie Hoffman ’22 also pulled out the win. Held went out again at singles line one and came away with an 8-0 win, and Ajay Wood ‘22 and Ethan Fisk ’21 at doubles line four won 8-1. 

Parish Varsity Tennis defeated PCA in the first district match of the season on February 26. On the girls’ side, Panthers swept 5-0 with solid wins from line two singles player, Jordan McGonnell ‘22, 6-1, 6-0, and line two doubles team, Dalia Charif ’20 and Vennela Vattikuti ‘21, 6-0, 6-1. Line one doubles duo of Blaire Wartell ’20 and Anna Katharine Sullivan ’20 secured another win for Panthers, 6-0, 6-4 followed by another doubles team at line three, Maggie Bienko ’20 and Josephine Zucker ‘20, 8-3. Lastly, Captain Kate Musselman ‘19, battled it out at line one singles and came back from one set down. She completed the Panther sweep of PCA by winning the third set match tiebreaker, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 10-4. Parish 5, PCA 0.

Varsity Boys’ Tennis also knocked off PCA. Line three doubles team of Blake Eisenberg ‘19 and Winston Harrah ’20 secured the win for their team 9-8 (2). They fell behind at the start of their match, but fought hard and worked together to finish off their opponents. Also, securing wins for Panthers were our singles players, Captain Chase Barclay ‘20 at line one and Grant Carrington ’20 at line two. Both players bageled their opponents, 6-0, 6-0. Line two doubles duo, Blake Elliott ’20 and Sidd Mampilli ’20, had a close match and played hard scrambling down every short, but unfortunately they could not seal their comeback in the second set. They lost their first set, 3-6, and lost 16-18 in the second set tiebreaker. Parish 3, PCA 2.