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5 days ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
While watching the Louisiana State University Tigers win their eighth NCAA baseball championship, it brought back memories of an impromptu road trip to Omaha, Neb., and then Rosenblatt Stadium. The 1997 Tigers had worked their way to the title game against Southeast Conference rival Alabama, and one of those LSU starters was former Ball High standout Danny Higgins. Made only sense to pack Jimmy Rasmussen's car for a 15-hour drive to Nebraska.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Covering this past week's University Interscholastic League State Tennis Championships brought back some wonderful memories 51 years later. Yes, you read correctly, 51. It is, indeed, hard to believe I played my last high school tennis match for O'Connell that long ago.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
HELOTESClear Creek’s mixed doubles team of Katelyn Gross/Dylan Ferraro advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals before being eliminated from the University Interscholastic League Class 6A State Tennis Championships at Northside Tennis Center. Gross/Ferraro, the Region III-6A runners-up, first collected a hard-earned 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Cypress-Fairbanks Bridgeland’s Akshaya Vinod/Zachary Gaudin in their opening round before losing to El Paso Franklin’s Kendall Olivas/Ayden Fraire, 6-2, 6-2.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Galveston County will have five representatives at the University Interscholastic League State Tennis Championships in San Antonio on Thursday and Friday, including mixed doubles runners-ups from Class 6A Clear Creek and 5A Friendswood, Katelyn Gross/Dylan Ferraro and Evia Rand/Thomas Arboleda.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
Clear Creek and Friendswood both walked away with runner-up finishes in mixed doubles at their respective regional tournaments, advancing to Thursday and Friday’s University Interscholastic League State Tennis Championships in San Antonio. The Mustangs also claimed three more spots in the state meet with third-place performances in girls singles, girls doubles and boys doubles.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
DEER PARKRound two of the tennis postseason gets underway Wednesday, with the Region III-6A Championships taking place at Deer Park High School South and the Region III-5A meet happening at A&M Consolidated High School in College Station.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
LEAGUE CITYFriday is the last day to sign up for the Joe Barlow and Jay Gurry Memorial Tennis Tournament, set for the weekend of May 16-18 at The Fitness Center at South Shore Harbour. The all-doubles charity event benefits the Clear Creek Education Foundation, which is dedicated to enriching and enhancing student academic achievement in all academic areas, including mathematics, science, social studies, language arts, technology and fine arts.
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1 month ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
DEER PARKAll four of the county's Class 6A schools qualified for next week's Region III-6A Tennis Championships, with Clear Creek, Clear Falls and Clear Springs each winning District 24-6A individual titles on Tuesday. Adding to that list of qualifiers was Dickinson's Pablo De Arroita, a surprise regional-qualifying second-place finisher in the boys' singles.
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2 months ago | 
galvnews.com | Manuel Moreno Jr.
GALVESTONAs expected, the Friendswood Mustangs dominated the District 20-5A Tennis Championships, winning four of the five individual titles up for grabs and nabbing five regional berths overall. At the same time, Ball High grabbed three regional-qualifying seconds to send five Tors, as well, to the Region III-5A Championships at College Station’s A&M Consolidated High School on May 8-9.
