Netters advance to regionals




Port Aransas High School tennis player Vivian Frank returns the ball during the recent District 31A tennis tournament, held April 2-3 in Port Aransas.

Port Aransas High School tennis player Vivian Frank returns the ball during the recent District 31A tennis tournament, held April 2-3 in Port Aransas.

Port Aransas High School will send three doubles teams and one singles player to the Region 4 Class 1A tennis tournament at College Station next week after winning at the district tournament last week.

Jessica Borden took first place in girls’ singles and Nazmi Sayed and Shelby Stephenson won girls’ doubles to advance from district to regional.

Connor Collins and Savannah Guillot won the mixed doubles division, and teammates Fallon Zollars and Chris Wright took second. Both teams advance to regional, since first and second place winners are allowed to compete at the next level.

Tennis coach Dante Cage (back to camera, right) takes Brundrett Middle School tennis players through some practice recently. The middle school tennis schedule hasn’t yet been firmed up.

Tennis coach Dante Cage (back to camera, right) takes Brundrett Middle School tennis players through some practice recently. The middle school tennis schedule hasn’t yet been firmed up.

Competing at the district tournament April 2 and 3 in Port Aransas were teams from Kenedy, Benavides, Ben Bolt, Woodsboro, La Villa and Yorktown.

Junior varsity play ends at the district level.

Following are results by division.

Varsity

Mixed Doubles

Collins/ Guillot defeated Lopez/Torres (Kenedy), 7- 5, 6-2; defeated Keys/Pendleton (Benavides), 6-2, 6-3; defeated Zollars/Wright, 6-2, 6-3, for first place.

Zollars/Wright defeated Briseno/Castaneda (Benavides), 7-5, 6-4; defeated Atkinson/ Bell (Kenedy), 7-5, 7-6; lost to Zollars/Wright (Port Aransas) 6-2, 6-3; defeated Keys/Pendleton (Benavides), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 for second place.

Boys Singles

Aaron Kenigsberg lost to Stark (Yorktown), 6-2, 6-2.

Said Morales defeated Pendleton (Benavides), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Starr (Woodsboro) defeated Morales, 6-1, 6-3.

Boys’ Doubles

Ty Morris/Paul Voyles lost to Aguilar/ Villegas (Benavides), 6-2, 6-2.

Jack Goodgion/ Chris Eggleston defeated Reyna/ Garza (La Villa), 6-1, 6-2; lost to Maldonado/ Razo (Ben Bolt), 6-3, 6- 3; defeated Navejar/Cline (Kingsville), 6-3, 6-4, for third place.

Girls Singles

Jessica Borden had byes in the first round and semifinals, then defeated Ashley Alaniz (Benavides), 6-3, 6-2, for first place.

Emily Klein defeated Longoria (Ben Bolt), 6-3, 6- 3; lost to Alaniz (Benavides), 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 for third place.

Girls Doubles

Sayed/ Stephenson defeated Croft/ Z aragosa (Kenedy), 6-0, 6-2; defeated Hasting/Battice (Ben Bolt), 6-3, 7-6; defeated Gonzales/ Vajello (Benavides), 6-0, 6-3 for first place.

Vivian Frank/ Marian Smith defeated Fuentez/ Cantu (Ben Bolt), 7-5, 6- 4; lost to Gonzales/Vajello (Benavides), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; lost to Hasting/Battice (Ben Bolt ), 6-2, 6-4 to finish fourth.

Junior Varsity

Boys Singles

Randy Borden defeated Moses (Woodsboro), 8-0; defeated Payne (Woodsboro) 8-1; defeated Cliburn (Woodsboro), 8-7, for first place.

Collin Barr defeated Cortez (La Villa), 8-0; lost to Cliburn (Woodsboro), 8-4; defeated Payne (Woodsboro), 8-2, for third place.

Ellistt Morris lost to De La Santos (Kenedy), 8-0.

Girls Singles

Jenna Socha defeated Daniels (Ben Bolt); 8-4; defeated Pendleton (Benavides), 8- 7; lost to Han (Woodsboro), 8-3, for second place.

Finished 2nd place in JV Girls Singles

Varsha Patel lost to Mary McCann (Port Aransas), 8-7.

Mary McCann defeated

Patel, 8-7; lost to Han (Woodsboro), 8-2.

Mixed Doubles

Hunter Roos/Mamta Patel defeated Torres/Losoyo (Ben Bolt), 8-4 ; defeated Pendleton/Guerra (Benavides), 8-3; defeated Jalamo/ Silva (Ben Bolt), 8-3 for first place.

Girls Doubles

Mercedes Guillot/Hannah Ferguson Johns defeated Gonzales/Schrimpsher (Woodsboro), 8-1; defeated McEnnerny/ Thompson (Port Aransas), 8-2, for first place.

Samantha McEnnerny/ Cambry Thompson defeated Galvez/Soberson (La Villa), 8-4; defeated Garcia/ Steele (Woodsboro), 8-2 ; lost to Guillot/Ferguson Johns, 8-2.


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