Lady Panthers back at state tournament on mission

Chuck Charlton

By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

There are several schools of thought on how a previous season’s result influences the next season’s mindset. For some teams, they want to look forward instead of backwards. Others use it as fuel for the following season.

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For the Ridge Point Lady Panthers’ soccer team, it has been both. When the final whistle blew on their season last April, head coach Evelyn Torres said the result – a 4-2 loss to Rockwall in the Class 6A semifinals – stuck with them for months afterwards. It became the standard, she said.

But as soon as the first whistle sounded to begin the 2023 campaign, it was one match at a time. And that dual mindset, she said, has been a key for the Lady Panthers’ success this season.

Last weekend, the Lady Panthers defeated Stratford 3-0 in the Region III-6A final, punching their ticket to the state tournament in Georgetown for a second straight season. Ridge Point (23-0-5) is set to square off with Wylie East (28-0) in the Class 6A state semifinals at 9:30 a.m. Friday. The winner would play either Flower Mound Marcus or Round Rock Westwood in the final the following day.

“Once the season started, as a group, we didn’t talk much about it. We always focused on the game ahead of us,” Torres said Tuesday. “But if you asked everyone individually, that was their goal – get back to Georgetown.”

For Torres, it was difficult to pinpoint one reason why this season’s team has stood out. After all, last season’s team was unde -