The Fort Stockton tennis team showed plenty of promise to start the spring season on Friday, Jan. 29 at Big Spring High School.

“It went as well as one could hope for with a young team,” Fort Stockton coach Victor Garcia said.

Colton King advanced to the boys singles finals and finished the day as a runner-up, falling to Midland Christians No. 1 singles player. Jacob Pacheco placed fourth, ending the day with a loss to Monahans’ top singles player.

King and Pacheco played on the boys No. 1 doubles team together this past fall.

Audrey Gonzales was the top female performer for the Prowlers. She fell in the girls semifinals to Midland Christian’s No. 2 singles player and dropped the girls singles third-place match to Odessa High’s top female.

Mallorie Crenshaw fell in the first round of the girls singles to Midland Christian’s top girl, placing herself in the consolation side of the bracket where she worked her way up to that final before coming up short to Big Springs top girl.

Garcia was also impressed with the younger athletes on his team.

“As for the younger side of team, they have shown great improvement since the fall,” he said.