SPRING ALL-AREA: Columbia freshmen Lord, Stone named LCR's Co-Softball Players of the Year

Before they understood the full weight of expectations at Columbia, two freshmen were already reshaping them.

Ryleigh Stone and Alannah Lord didn’t just break into the Tigers’ lineup — they took over games. The freshmen duo turned postseason pressure into routine, helping carry a program to a state championship that felt years in the making but arrived in their very first season.

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