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Owl duo eliminated at state
Austin -- After sitting through a
five-hour rain delay on Monday, May 5, Hondo’s entry at the UIL State
Tennis Tournament saw their hopes for bringing home the gold cut short.
Juniors Taylor Knox and Alli Matthews, who were
runners-up in girls’ doubles at the Region IV tournament, ran into the
Region I champions in the quarterfinals, falling 6-0, 6-1 to Abilene
Wylie’s sophomore twins, Caitlin Cramer-Courtney Cramer.
The match came toward the end of a long day at
Penick-Allison Tennis Center on the University of Texas campus.
The day’s singles matches were scheduled to
start at 9 a.m., but were pushed back to a 2 p.m. start. The girls’
doubles match was set for 11:30, and finally got started well after
that. The delay allowed only the quarterfinals to be played, with all
semifinal and final action for 2A and 3A pushed back to Tuesday, which
was originally scheduled only for finals.
The Wylie team, state runner-up a year ago, on
Tuesday, played and defeated a team from Bellville in the semis, and
then defeated Region IV champs, Sara Howard-Morgan Wilkins of Wimberley
in the state finals, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Weather also delayed the start of action at
Lakeway World of Tennis Monday, where 1A action was taking place.
In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, played late
Monday, the Sabinal freshman pair of Ben Hawkes-Brittany Horton needed
three sets, but defeated Travis Cassady-Haley Cagle of Frost, 6-3, 2-6,
6-2.
On Tuesday, they lost in the semifinals to
Ericka Medina-Guillermo Medina of Lenorah Grady, also in three sets,
2-6, 6-2, 6-1. The Knippa sibling pair of Ed Salazar-Ashley Salazar had
won twice as of early Tuesday afternoon to reach the finals against the
Grady team. In the finals, the Medinas defeated the Salazars, 6-2, 6-4.
Also reaching the finals was the 1A girls’
doubles team from Nueces Canyon, Laken Palermo-Brittany Luce, who lost
in the finals to a team from Menard.
At Lakeway, where 4A and 5A matches were also
being played, singles play reached the semifinals on Monday, with all
doubles semis pushed back to Tuesday, along with all championship
matches.
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