Tennis team faced toughest competition to date in Coppell
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

There was plenty of tough competition last weekend in Coppell for the Kilgore High School tennis team, coach Jason Maroney said.

Twenty-nine teams - 25 of them Class 5A schools, and the other four (including KHS) Class 4A programs - competed, and a lot of the best programs in the state were there, Maroney said.

"Highland Park, Plano West, Richardson Pearce, Coppell," the coach named. "...Unfortunately, we didn't bring home any trophies, but everyone thought it was a good experience to play schools of such a high caliber."

The scoring format was shortened, Maroney said, due to bad weather.

The varsity tennis team is back in action Friday in a tournament at Corsicana. The junior varsity was to host Winona today (following the deadline for this paper), and is scheduled to host its own JV tournament this weekend.

For Kilgore in Coppell:

• Girls No. 1 Haley Smith defeated Meagan Moore of Rider, 6-2, 6-3, before losing to Hillary Stone of Keller Central, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

• Josh Way lost to Harrison Pask of Lake Highlands, 6-3, 6-2, and lost to Tucker King of Tyler Lee, 8-0.

• Jeremy Berryhill lost to Brad Phillips of Kelller Central, 6-2, 6-4, and lost to Boswell's Jacob White, 8-5.

• Kilgore had two teams in the boys doubles competition. Josh Bailey and Kade Bittick lost to Fitter and Rose of Coppell, 6-3, 6-2, and to Covell/Benko of Allen, 6-1. Ethan High and Joe Worden lost to Jang/Angliss of Keller Central, 6-2, 6-2; beat Weddle and Ceniza of Mesquite Poteet, 8-5; and lost to a Jesuit team, 6-2.

• In girls A doubles, Kilgore's Emily connection - Emily Mitis and Emily Spence - lost to Turnham and Smit of Lake Highlands, 7-5, 6-4, and to Scholeman/Marsh of Boswell, 6-0. Lauren Terry and Meredith Gregg also played three matchups. The KHS team lost to Kornajcik and Burgos of Highland Park, 6- 3, 6-2; beat Glover and Castro of Rider, 8-3; and lost 6- 2 in their final match.

• Trevar Compton and Callie Cunyus, and Eric Applegate and Shelby Duncan, represented KHS in mixed doubles action. Compton and Cunyus beat Scott and McDaniel of Marcus, 6-2, 6-3; beat Sowden and Zhou of Highland Park, 6-2; and lost to Weyg and Goswami of Plano West, 6-3.

Applegate and Duncan lost to Stephens and Newton of The Colony, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, and to Colby and Petty of Keller Central, 6-0.