On March 31st and April 1st, the 6-AA District Tennis Tournament was held at Rose Park in Abilene. San Saba qualified seven players for regionals and the Girls Team won the District Championship. Qualifying for regionals were Tayler Hiber, Sophia Flores, Hannah Crosby, Kara Davis, DeLana Cisneroz, Justin Barker and Chase Key. Tayler Hibler won first place in girls singles by defeating last years champion and 3rd place winner at regionals, Mallory Briggs from Jim Ned by a score of 6-0, 6-3. Hannah Crosby and Sophia Flores won first place in girls doubles by defeating teammates DeLana Cisneroz and Kara Davis in the finals 7-5, 5-7, 6-1. DeLana Cisneroz and Kara Davis came back and won second place in a playback match against Burson-Burson from Jim Ned 6-1, 6-2. Justin Barker and Chase Key came in second place in boys doubles by defeating Knox and Pfingstem from Wall 6-3,6-3 in a playback match for second place.

Casey Phillips just missed going to regionals for the fourth year as he lost in a hard fought match in a playback match for second place to Taylor Lloyd of Jim Ned 2-6, 6-3,6-3. Miranda Wilson and Derek Sears came in third place in mixed doubles as they also lost in a playback match for second place to Bubenik and Talley from Wall 6-1, 6-1. Tarah Crosby came in fourth place in girls singles.

Quarterfinalists were Reid Casco in boys singles, Kobe Cisneroz and Diego Gonzales in boys doubles, Ann Carpenter and John Henry in mixed doubles.

The girls team won the district team championship and the boys team came in third place behind Wall and Jim Ned.

In the JV Division Ryan Parks won first place in boys singles, Regan Hartranft came in 4th place in girls singles and Kayce Ellis and Kayla Ellis won 4th place in girls doubles. The JV Boys came in second place as a team and the JV Girls came in 3rd place.

Regionals will be on April 23-24, at Abilene Christian University in Abilene.

District Team totals are as follows:

Girls Division; Boys Division; Girls-Boys Combined

1. San Saba 36 pts 1. Wall 29 pts. 1. San Saba 58 pts

2. Jim Ned 25 2. Jim Ned 27 2. Jim Ned 52

3. Wall 17 3. San Saba 22 3. Wall 46

4. Coleman 5 4. Coleman 7 4. Coleman 12

5. Bangs 2 5. Early 4 5. Early 4

6. Ballinger 0 6. Ballinger 0 6. Bangs 2

7. Early 0 7. Bangs 0 7. Ballinger 0

8. Grape Creek 0 8. Grape Creek 0 8. Grape Creek 0

Individual results are as follows:

Varsity Boys Singles

Round of 16: Reid Casco defeated Bart Arocho (Bangs) 6-0, 6-2

Quarterfinals: Casey Phillips defeated Jake Collett (Wall) 6-2, 6-4

Reid Casco lost to Tye Barnett (Coleman) 6-1,6-2

Semifinals: Casey Phillips lost to Hunter Lloyd (Jim Ned) 6-1,6-1

3rd Place: Casey Phillips defeated Tye Barnett (Coleman) 6-1, 6-3

Playback for second: Casey Phillips lost to Taylor Hunter (Jim Ned) 2-6,6-3,6-3

Varsity Girls Singles

Round of 16: Tarah Crosby defeated Vivian Carrigas (Bangs) 6-3,6-3

Quarterfinals: Tarah Crosby defeated Kenna Cornelius (Coleman) 6-3, 6-2

Tayler Hibler defeated Meagan Ogden (Coleman) 6-0,6-0

Semifinals: Tarah Crosby lost to Mallory Briggs (Jim Ned) 6-0,6-0

Tayler Hibler defeated Larissa Lambert (Jim Ned) 6-1,6-1

Finals: Tayler Hibler defeated Mallory Briggs (Jim Ned) 6-0,6-3

3rd Place: Tarah Crosby lost to Larissa Lambert (Jim Ned) 6-2,6-1

Varsity Boys Doubles

Round of 16: Kobe Cisneroz – Diego Gonzales defeated Wells – Buford (Coleman) 6-0, 6-1

Quarterfinals: Justin Barker – Chase Key defeated Britts – Runnels (Jim Ned) 6-1,6-0

Cisneroz – Gonzales lost to Shaw – Yarborough (Jim Ned) 6-2,6-2

Semifinals: Barker – Key lost to Gibson – Foster (Wall) 6-4,6-2

3rd Place: Barker – Key defeated Shaw – Yarborough (Jim Ned) 6-3, 6-2

Playback for second: Barker – Key defeated Knox – Pfingstem (Wall) 6-3, 6-3

Varsity Girls Doubles

Quarterfinals: DeLana Cisneroz – Kara Davis defeated McClure – Yarborough (Jim Ned) 6-3, 6-4

Semifinals: Cisneroz – Davis defeated Wilde – Millican (Wall) 6-3, 6-0

H. Crosby – Flores defeated Burson – Burson (Jim Ned) 6-4,6-1

Finals: H. Crosby – Flores defeated Cixneroz – Davis 7-5,5-7,6-1

Playback for second: Cisneroz – Davis defeated Burson – Burson (Jim Ned) 6-1, 6-2

Varsity Mixed Doubles

Quarterfinals: Miranda Wilson – Derek Sears defeated Wright – Bacon (Jim Ned) 6-2, 6-2

Ann Carpenter – John Henry lost to Bubenik – Talley (Wall) 6-1,6-0

Semifinals: Wilson – Sears lost to Sides – Livingstone (Wall) 6-3, 6-4

3rd Place: Wilson – Sears defeated Aceveda – Burley (Jim Ned) 4-6,6-3,6-2

Playback for second: Wilson – Sears lost to Bubenik – Talley (Wall) 6-1,6-1

Junior Varsity Boys Singles

Round of 16: Tyler Bourke lost to Brandon Bell (Wall) 8-1

Ryan Parks defeated Tom Baumgarner (Coleman) 8-0

Jason Wells lost to J. Brothers (Jim Ned) 8-2

Quarterfinals: Ryan Parks defeated McClure (Jim Ned) 8-1

Semifinals: Ryan Parks defeated Acevedo ( Wall ) 9-8

Finals: Ryan Parks defeated Matthew Gray (Wall ) 8-6

Junior Varsity Girls Singles

Round of 16: Regan Hartranft defeated Brittany Primrose (Early) 8-1

Riki Sanford lost to Acevedo (Jim Ned) 8-3

Quarterfinals: Regan Hartranft defeated Tori Valdez (Coleman) 9-8

Semifinals: Regan Hartranft lost to Kathy Hurtado ( Early) 9-7

3rd Place: Regan Hartranft lost to Acevedo (Jim Ned) 8-4

Junior Varsity Boys Doubles

Round of 16: B.J. Harbour – Jose Vega defeated Pace – Anthony (Jim Ned) 8-3

Jonathan Ramirez – Chase Pierce defeated Mangcam – Smorph (Jim Ned) 8-4

Quarterfinals: Harbour – Vega lost to Niehues – Wilde (Wall) 8-4

Ramirez – Pierce lost to Boyd – Allen (Wall) 8-5

Junior Varsity Girls Doubles

Round of 16: Brittany Moreno – Kelli Cox lost to Jones – Fisher (Early) 8-5

Quarterfinals: Kayce Ellis – Kayla Ellis defeated Winegart – Doherty (Jim Ned)

Karoline Jordan – Amanda Carpenter lost to Erp – Gonzales (Wall) 8-4

Semifinals: Ellis – Ellis lost to Heijl – Hirt (Wall) 8-2

3rd Place: Ellis – Ellis lost to Erp – Gonzales (Wall) 8-1