The Plano Star Courier recently published an article featuring the Plano East Lady Panthers:
Productive starts aplenty for area softball teams
Quote from the article:
It has been a resurgent start for the Lady Panthers. After going 13-17-1 last season, finishing tied for seventh in 6-6A, East is out to a 9-1-1 start under first-year head coach Lauren Peterson.
Peterson inherits a roster that returns two-thirds of its lineup from last season and has built off that continuity early into the year. East has already picked up wins over area powerhouses Prosper, Lovejoy and John Paul II, averaging 10.6 runs per game during the team's 4-0-1 stint at the Allen varsity tournament.
Sophomore Jadyn Dawson has been a force in the circle and at the plate, tallying a whopping seven RBIs against John Paul and hitting .625 over the course of five tourney games in Allen, while junior Marli Kennedy, sophomore Cassandra Lupo, junior Reese Ramos and senior Victoria Jackson-Sears are among the litany of Lady Panther batters who have shined early on.
Closing out its preseason at a tournament in McKinney, East gets to test its high-powered offense early into the start of 6-6A. Two of the team's first three district ballgames are against a couple elite arms in Hebron's Lucy Crowder and Flower Mound's Landrie Harris.
