Pleasant Grove, Texas High tennis play in Longview Invitational

LONGVIEW, Texas— Pleasant Grove’s varsity tennis team traveled to the Longview Invitational on Friday to compete against 26 other teams.

“There was a gauntlet of teams [Friday], including 4A, 5A and 6A schools,” Pleasant Grove coach Erik Pickett said. “It was exciting to see our Hawks battling hard as we close out our spring season preparing for districts, regionals, and state coming up next.”

The event saw more than 480 matches being played.

District play begins April 22-23 in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

HIGHLIGHTED RESULTS BOYS ‘A’ DOUBLES: John Tomberlain/ Jackson Tomberlain- 5th; Aryes Fuqua/ Zachary Bobo- Conso Winner

BOYS ‘B’ SINGLES: Dylan Yost- 3rd; Skye Carter- 12th

MIXED ‘A’ DOUBLES: Lynleigh Henderson/andy Tye- 4th

MIXED ‘B’ DOUBLES: Hinsley Patterson/heath Wood- 5th

GIRLS ‘A’ DOUBLES: Marley Haak/ Cambrie Jackson- 14th

GIRLS ‘C’ DOUBLES: Staten Crossland/jasmine Kahler- 5th

GIRLS ‘B’ SINGLES: Caroline Shipp6th; Lauren Walker- 12th

TEXAS HIGH VARSITY IN LONGVIEW

LONGVIEW, Texas — Texas High’s varsity squad also played well at the Longview Invitational and returned to Texarkana with some good wins on Friday, tennis coach Toby Watson said.

HIGHLIGHTED RESULTS BOYS SINGLES: Zain Suelzer went 2-2; Bramlett Baird went 1-3

GIRLS SINGLES: Abigail Thomson 2-2; Gabriella Cowan 2-2 BOYS DOUBLES: Alan Miller/ben Soyars 2-2; Carter Shuffield /Adam Mccarter 1-3

GIRLS DOUBLES: Elle Floyd/grace Wilson - 4th place; Girls A Doubles 2-2;

Brooklyn Ballard/hayden Henry - 2-2 MIXED DOUBLES: Max Currie/ Rebecca Coleman - 2nd place

MIXED ‘B’ DOUBLES: Ricky Luna/ Charlotte Shelton - 0-4

TEXAS HIGH JV AT L-E INVITATIONAL

TEXARKANA, Texas— Texas High’s junior varsity team competed in the Liberty-eylau Varsity Invitational this week and won some hardware against stiff competition.

“Very proud of how these kids competed in some tough matches,” Watson said. “Several of our kids brought home some hardware.”

HIGHLIGHTED RESULTS BOYS SINGLES: Wyatt Boyette - 3rd place

GIRLS SINGLES: Lakota Mcgough - 4th place

GIRLS DOUBLES: Hadlee Sherman/ Eden Gonzalez- 4th place; Lillie Orgeron/ Payton Shuman - 1st place Consolation MIXED DOUBLES: Brayden Ahrens/ Karleigh Salisbury - 2nd place