Jourdanton hosted a two day tennis tournament at their new sport complex on Thursday and Friday.
Even though there was not a team competition in this tournament, Devine came home with 11 individual placings.
Varsity Girls Singles took 1st and 2nd places. Chloe Serafin beat Alingod from Dilley, 8-3,Criado from Jourdanton, 6-2,2-6(10-1), and lost to Spannagel from Devine 0-6,1-6. Lindsey Spannagel won 1st by beating Villareal from Jourdanton, 6-1,6-1, and then beat her teammate, Chloe Serafin , 6-0, 6-1 to claim her 1st place title.
Varsity Girls Doubles had a tough bracket. Since there was only 5 entries, they played a round robin bracket. Lydia Zapata/Scarlett Smith beat Pearsall duo Torres/Alva 8-1, but Jourdanton proved to be the stronger teams. They lost to Bennett/Higgenbother 3-8, Daugherty/Aguilar 3-8, Brashears/Bronstad 5-8, giving them the Consolation title.
Varsity Mixed Doubles placed 1st and 2nd. Colton Bean and Karli Geyer teamed up to beat Dilley’s Stone/Bhakta, winning in a tie breaker 9-8 (7-5), Then they beat Fanno/Lemes from Jourdanton 6-1, 7-6(7-5) before losing to their teammates Woods/Capps 3-6,0-6. Abbie Capps/Tristan Woods beat Runge’s Rios/Estrada 8-2, Jourdanton’s Lugo/Kuydendall 6-0,6-0, and Devine’s Bean/Geyer to win 1st place.
Varsity Boys Singles had a few very close matches. Warhorse Ralph Rios took the 1st place medal. His first match was quite challenging. Rios was down 1-4 and came back to win 8-6 against DeLos Santos from Runge. Rios then won a tie breaker against Pearsall’s Pawlik, 5-7,6-2 (10-7). Rios beat Torres from Dilley 6-4,6-4 to win the boys singles bracket. Toby Ramos won the Consolation bracket, first losing to Torres from Dilley 8-9 (5-7) in a close tie breaker. Ramos then beat Pearsall’s Aguilar 8-4, and Runge’sDeLos Santos 8-4.
Varsity Boys Doubles also played a round robin type bracket. Jaime Garza/Jake Harrell teamed up to win this division. Garza/Harrell beat Ramirez/Gutierrez from Runge 8-2, Klumb/Marvie from Jourdanton 8-4, Reyes/Guerra from Runge 8-1, and Devine’s Zenon/Alvarez 8-1 . Their last match was against Jourdanton’s Mendez/Lugo. They won in an exciting tie breaker 9-8(7-3) to give them 1st place.The Freshmen duo Mason Zenon/Caeden Alvarez got some quality playing time improving with each match. They lost to Runge’s Reyes/Gurerra 8-9 (3-7), and Ramirez/Gutierrez 3-8, Jourdanton’s Mendez/Lugo, 1-8, and Klumb/Marvie 5-8, and Devine’s Garza/Harrell 1-8.
JV scores: Malvin Flores – 1st place Girls Singles, beat Cruz (Jourdanton) 8-0, Pawlik (Pearsall) 8-1, Zamora (Devine) 6-0,6-3. Clarissa Zamora – 2nd place Girls Singles, beat Ramirez (Pearsall) 8-2, Gonzales(Runge) 8-3. Lost to Flores (Devine) 0-6,3-6. Amy Bailey/Elizabeth Alvarado – 3rd place Girls Doubles, lost to Inalon/Jackson (Runge) 4-8, beat Juarez/Olivarez (Pearsall) 6-2,6-1 McClaugherty/Melendez (McMullen County) 8-1. Norbert Gogan lost to Cabriales (Memorial) 5-8, beat Tipron (McMullen County) 8-2, Martinez(Pearsall) 8-6, lost to Elizondo (Pearsall) 1-8. Clayton Brown/Connor Radicke lost to Rangel/Belingfield (Jourdanton) 5-8, beat Alex Rubendall/Isaiah Rejino (Devine) 8-5, lost to Cardona/Garcia (Memorial) 3-8. Isaiah Rejino/Alex Rubendall lost to Acker/Beyer (McMullen Count) 3-8, beat Moreno/Vasquez (Pearsall) 8-6, Lost to Brown/Radicke 5-8.