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2 weeks ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
With district tournaments just around the corner, local high school tennis players were getting in some of their last few practice swings this past weekend in Katy and Baytown. At the Katy Tournament, Friendswood walked away with three first-place finishes, including top honors in the girls “A4” singles flight won by Alyssa Borda. The Mustangs also grabbed firsts in the girls “A3” doubles (Bella Benson/Neela Juarez) and boys “A4” doubles (Emerson Houghton/Lane Soileau).
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3 weeks ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Clear Creek’s Katelyn Gross/Dylan Ferraro, Clear Springs’ Priyanka Kamath and Dickinson’s Pablo DeAoritta each turned in impressive third-place finishes at two of the state’s biggest high school tennis tournaments held throughout the county on Saturday. Gross/Ferraro teamed up in the “A” top-8 flight mixed doubles to claim bronze at the 18th annual Kemah Boardwalk Invitational, while Kamath was doing likewise in the “A” top-8 flight girls singles.
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3 weeks ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Mother Nature certainly had the upper hand on the Kemah Boardwalk Invitational and Beachcomber Classic tennis tournaments, teasing the two with off-and-on rain predictions Friday and Saturday. But the show must go on, and tournament officials of both eventually were able to pull off the near improbable. Wet weather forecasts early last week prompted the two to erroneously cancel Friday’s action completely.
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4 weeks ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Because of inclement weather, tournament officials of both the 37th annual Beachcomber Tennis Classic and 18th annual Kemah Boardwalk Invitational were forced to push back their respective opening-round starts to Saturday.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Tournament action will be aplenty for local tennis enthusiasts this weekend, beginning Friday with the 37th annual Beachcomber Classic in Galveston and the 18th annual Kemah Boardwalk Invitational. The ever-popular high school events, featuring 76 programs from all parts of Texas, then will coincide with Saturday’s start of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston. The City of Galveston Parks & Recreation Department and J.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Dickinson racked up a pair of impressive first-place finishes at the first-ever Pasadena Eagle Invitational tennis tournament. Natalie Dale and Kobe Rodriguez teamed up to win the “A” girls doubles, while John Hillenkamp walked away with the “B” boys singles title. In their championship match, Dale/Rodriguez held on for a three-set thriller over Pasadena Dobie’s Alena Morgan/Cindy Nguyen, claiming the decisive set with a nail-biting 10-8 super-tiebreaker.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Locals headed to all parts of the state for pre-spring break tennis tournaments over the weekend, with the Clear Creek Wildcats traveling the furthest and coming away with the second most medals at the prestigious Coppell Varsity Invitational. Clear Creek, in fact, won three doubles events and finished second overall as a team in the 24-school field. “It was a very successful trip,” Wildcats head coach Derick Geise said.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Clear Creek grabbed a first and second at the Pearland Invitational Tennis Tournament on Friday. At the same time, Ball High was finishing 1-2 at a team tournament hosted by West Columbia, the winning Tors beating their second-team teammates in dramatic fashion. For the Wildcats, it was a winning debut for the mixed doubles team of Katelyn Gross/Dylan Ferraro, as the two teamed up for the first time ever.
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2 months ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Clear Falls and Friendswood were the big winners at this past weekend's Deer Park Invitational Tennis Tournament. The Knights ruled the boys doubles court, sweeping the “A” and “B” events, while also winning first in the “B” mixed consolation. At the same time, the Mustangs were reaching the finals in both the “A” mixed and “B” boys doubles, and taking top honors in the girls “B” singles consolation. “I'm super proud of our players,” Clear Falls head coach Patrick Marrie said.
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2 months ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Local tennis players continued to make a splash at tournaments held in Corpus Christi and Pasadena over the weekend. Clear Springs’ Priyanka Kamath led the way with a first-place finish at the “Battle on the Bay” in Corpus, rallying past Friendswood’s Maadhvi Bhojani in the championship match, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. At the same time, Charger teammates Maddie Duong/A.J. Galvan were claiming third place in the mixed doubles, defeating Laredo United in the bronze-medal matchup, 6-4, 5-7, 4-4 retired.
