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The Bishop boys doubles team of Caleb Holmes and Josh Smith won the 2A crown, defeating Malakoff’s James King and Dylan Neal 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 at Penick-Allison in Austin. The last time Bishop claimed a tennis title was 1972, when future Texas A&M-Corpus Christi coach Steve Denton won the boys’ 3A crown.  It was the Coastal Bend’s first boys doubles title since the King duo of Doug Peterson and Jeff Lim won in 1988.

“They both wanted to be state champs,” Bishop coach Claudia Esquivel said. “Honestly, I‘m not trying to sound cocky, but I knew they could get this far. It was a matter of doing it.”

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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Tyler Lee juniors James and Mitch Martell are now permanent fixtures in the history of their school.

The doubles duo needed two tiebreakers to down Nick Naumann and Nate Lammons of Conroe The Woodlands College Park, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (9-7), Tuesday morning in the Class 5A boys doubles championship at World of Tennis at Lakeway in Austin.

Mitch, who admits he let out a loud scream after match point was completed, said this was made all the more special because of James.

Tyler Morning Telegraph

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Once again, the Mason High School tennis program painted the town purple.

The Punchers brought home four more state titles from the Class 1A state championships at the World of Tennis in Lakeway on Tuesday, boosting their incredible state-title count to 71 and showing why Mason is rightfully called the tennis capital of Texas.

Matt Banner won in boys singles, Makenzie Mitchell won in girls singles, Ellie Blair and Margaret Lemke won an all-Mason final in girls doubles, and Thach Martin and Michael Vargas rallied past Menard in boys doubles.

Paint Rock’s mixed doubles team of Tabitha Bryant and Kody Keeney kept Mason from sweeping the entire tournament.

San Angelo Standard-Times

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Traffic hasn’t even begun to bottle up the streets yet. This early in the morning, most people are still trying to slog their way through their morning coffee.  But the lights are on at the University of Texas' Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

Wink sophomore Seth Abbott is the reason for the early start. Abbott qualified to compete at state as the doubles partner to his brother, Shea, and the No. 3 golfer on Wink’s Region I-1A title-winning squad.

Only one problem. Both of those events were scheduled to start at 9 a.m Monday, so the UIL moved up the Wink duo’s opening match against Era’s Gates Anderson and Zachary Denison to the crack of dawn.

Odessa American

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Just try and hit a passing shot by Tyler Lee juniors James and Mitch Martell. James is 6-4 with Mitch measuring right at 6-2, and both have the wingspans to match.

Maybe that's why the doubles duo has only lost once in 66 matches.

Tyler Morning Telegraph

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Mario Urquidi has had the luxury of making three trips to the state tennis tournament.  His fourth comes today, and the El Paso Coronado senior plans on making it his most memorable.

"With the practice I've put in and the work I've done, I'm pretty confident I can do well," he said.

El Paso Times
Update with state results