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TRACK & FIELD

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THE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN TRACK TEAMS ADVANCED TO THE STATE MEET. The boys finished 11th overall as a team, led by Ryley Klefstad, who finished with a silver medal in the pole vault with a jump of 15-feet . Michael Peltier (23.17) took bronze in the 200 meters. Oliver Burnette finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 51.54, while William Karim had a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.14. The 4x200-meter relay team of Peltier, Tate Elder, Paxton Huempfner and Isaac Parikh placed sixth with a time of 1:32.14. Pole vaulter Abby Groeschel finished seventh overall with a vault of 8’06’ to lead the girls.

TOP PHOTO: Ryley Klefstad, William Karim, Paxton Huempfner, Tate Elder and Oliver Burnette

BOTTOM PHOTO: Anna Talley, Adele Neuhaus, Kate Ostermiller, Shelby Hadrick and Jessica McGavern

TENNIS

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THE TENNIS TEAMS AT CONCORDIA LUTHERAN WERE BOTH REPRESENTED AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. The doubles team of Yaotong Liu and Gavin Borne carried the banner for Concordia Lutheran in tennis. The Crusader pair reached the TAPPS Class 6A State Semis, falling to eventual State Champs David Boylan and Blake Muschalek of Trinity Christian Academy. On the girls side, Ellie Waltman and Ashley Ells also advanced to State but fell to the eventual State Champs from Ursuline Academy. LACROSSE

Above: Gavin Borne, Chase Cook, Joshua Henson, Anders Kleyn and Jack Sherman Below: Ryan Bell and Yaotong Liu

Sofia Micklas, Alessandra Dewenter, Ellie Waltman and Cecilia Dailey

The 2022 CLHS Lacrosse Team

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CLHS FINISHED 4TH IN THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE LEAGUE (THSLL) CLASS D SOUTH DISTRICT IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS OF THE CITY PLAYOFFS TO EVENTUAL CHAMPION AND TOP SEED, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. The Crusaders were led on offense by Carter Segura, Christian Johnson and Jadon Finn, who earned all-state selections. Finn leaves the program as the leader in career points (59), career goals (43) and career assists (16). Defensively, Andrew Blades led the way and was named to the all-state team. Caleb Symons and Ryan Hubenak received all-district nods. Matthew Brady, Philip Semple, Evan Wilson, Alec English, Brandon Stanley, Jake Cook and Hudson Huempfner were honorable mentions.

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