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Panther spring tennis performs well at San Angelo
The Panther tennis team kicked off their spring season as they traveled to San Angelo on Thursday, January 31st, to participate in the West Texas Tennis Championships.
Genna Young had the best showing as she captured the silver medal in the first flight of the girls singles division. Genna defeated Singh of Midland High in her first match 6-3, 6-1; Bates of Lakeview High 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 in her semi-final match; and then she was defeated by Nhan of Abilene High 6-2, 6-2 in the final to finish in 2nd place. Jessica Santos played in the 2nd flight of girls singles where she lost her opener to Leiker of Midland High 6-0, 6-1; and then she lost her consolation match to Geomets of San Angelo Central High 6-0, 6-1.
In the 1st flight of girls doubles, Sayra Natividad and Desiree Navarette lost their first match 6-2, 6-0 to Buck and O'Conner of Central; they then lost their next match to Milligan and Adam of Wall High 6-1, 6-2; and then they won their final match 6-3, 3-6, 13-11 over Gloria and Alcaide of Del Rio High to finish the tournament in 6th place.
Playing in the 2nd flight of girls doubles were Christi Valadez and Alexia Armendariz where they gained valuable experience as they lost to Pena and Ramirez of Del Rio 7-6 (7-1), 6-0; and Barnes and Hernandez of Lakeview 6-1, 6-0.
On the boys side, Jorge Sanchez fared very well as he finished in 3rd place in the 1st flight of the boys singles division. Jorge defeated Spinks of Midland 6-3, 6-4 in his first match; he then lost to the number one seed Cole from Central 6-1, 6-3; and then Jorge gained a bit of revenge as he beat Dean of Central 8-2 to capture the bronze medal.
Alec Milam represented the Panthers in the 2nd flight of the boys singles as he lost his opener to Perez of Lakeview 6-4, 6-2; and then he lost a very close match to Hodgins of Midland 9-8 (7-5) in his consolation match.
Jose Reyes and Dylan Magee played in the 1st flight of the boys doubles where they lost their first round match 6-4, 6-4 to Poer and Torres of Abilene High; and then they lost their consolation match 1-6, 6-4, 10-6 to Lomes and Haire of Lakeview.
Anthony Agundiz and Kalan Thomas played in the 2nd flight of boys doubles where they lost their first round match to Pickens and Aguirre of Central 6-1, 6-1; and then they lost their consolation match to Rangel and Thomas of Del Rio 8-6.
The mixed doubles was not flighted and Fort Stockton had two team entered in this division. Jacob Rascon and Leslee Bliznak lost their first match to Talley and Bubenik of Wall 6-0, 6-1; and then they lost their consolation match to Badva and Fischer of Abilene 6-3, 6-1. Also representing the Panthers in mixed were Branden Gonzales and Amy Baiza who defeated Bishop and Harding of Lakeview 6-3, 6-3; they then lost a very close match to Love and Wright of Abilene; and then they finished their day with another close loss to Martia and Barnett of Midland.
"I felt very pleased with the overall performance of the players in this very tough tournament as we were able to compete with some of West Texas' tennis powerhouses. We had some very close matches which will make us better tennis players in the future, and for two of our players to be able to medal in this prestigious tournament is simply outstanding.
This was a great experience for all of our players as they were able to compete against some great tennis players, but they also had to endure some extreme weather conditions as well."
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