Abilene Wylie, Abilene High post victories, set up showdown for 4-5A tennis title

Joey D. Richards, Abilene Reporter-News
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LUBBOCK – No. 1-ranked Wylie didn’t drop a set in sweeping Lubbock Monterey 19-0 in a District 4-5A tennis match Saturday.

Wylie (21-1 overall, 5-0 district) clinched at least a share of the district title with the victory. The Bulldogs wrap up district against Abilene High at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Wylie.

“Played pretty well today,” Wylie coach Mark Hathorn said. “Didn’t lose a set. That’s tough to do against a good team. Proud of this team’s attitude and effort. I feel like we are getting better but have to get ready for Abilene High Tuesday and then start the playoff the next week.”

DISTRICT 4-5A

Wylie 19, Lubbock Monterey 0

BOYS SINGLES – Trevor Short, Wylie, def. Jonathan Davila 6-1, 6-0; Connor Brown, Wylie, def. Nathan Powell 6-0, 6-1; Marshall McPherson, Wylie, def. Aiden Medina 6-1, 6-1; Brandon Cowling, Wylie, def. Raider Foster 6-2, 6-3; Dillon Muckatira, Wylie, def. Landon McCarthy 6-1, 6-2; Grant Bristow, Wylie, def. P.J. Frazier 8-1.

BOYS DOUBLES – Short/McPherson, Wylie, def. Davila/Frazier 6-1, 6-1; Bristow/Brown, Wylie, def. Medina/McCarthy 6-1, 6-3; B. Cowling/Muckatira, Wylie, def. Powell/Foster 6-3, 6-1.

GIRLS SINGLES – Carly Bontke, Wylie, def. Annabelle Wade 6-1, 6-0; Stealey Crousen, Wylie, def. Addie Aguilar 6-3, 6-2; Kate Delgado, Wylie, def. Katie Kinnison 6-0, 6-0; Suhejla Qinami, Wylie, def. Madenna Makuta 7-5, 6-3; Kindall Alford, Wylie, def. Leah Brown 6-0, 6-0; Truleigh Conover, Wylie, def. Poorman 8-4.

GIRLS DOUBLES – Bontke/Qinami, Wylie, def. Wade/Makuta 6-3, 6-1; Crousen/Conover, Wylie, def. Kinnison/Bentley 6-1, 6-2; Alford/Ayala, Wylie, def. Aguilar/Martinez 6-4, 6-3.

MIXED DOUBLES – Steven Cowling/Delgado, Wylie, def. Lewis/Hannah Ledbetter 6-0, 6-3.

RECORDS – Wylie 21-1, 5-0; Lubbock Monterey 0-5 district.

AHS corrals Mustangs

At Lubbock, Abilene High beat Lubbock Coronado 15-4 in a District 4-5A match.

The Eagles (18-4, 4-1), who have clinched a playoff berth, can still get a share of the district title with a win at Wylie in the regular-season finale on Tuesday.

“We were up 5-2 after doubles, so we were glad to be ahead and not have to play from behind,” AHS coach Stacy Bryan said. “After such an emotional thriller last Tuesday, we did not want to fall into the trap of being complacent. So, I was proud that the kids did not let down.”

Griffin Sullivan, Ben Neie and Luke Padon each rallied from first-set losses to win at Nos. 1, 2 and 4 singles.

“So, the kids never gave up and played hard,” Bryan said.

DISTRICT 4-5A

Abilene High 15, Lubbock Coronado 4

BOYS SINGLES – Griffin Sullivan, AHS, def. Daniel Warraich 2-6, 6-3, 10-3; Ben Neie, AHS, def. Phoenix Ratliff 2-6, 6-1, 10-7; Matthew Duncan, Coronado, def. Noah Morris 6-3, 2-6 10-4; Luke Padon, AHS, def. Adryan Soliz 6-7 (7), 7-6 (1), 10-1; Juan Dela Paz, AHS, def. Henry Christodov 6-2, 6-2; Garrison Scoggin, AHS, def. Phoenix Vera 7-6 (2), 6-4.

BOYS DOUBLES – Sullivan/Neie, AHS, def. Ratliff/Duncan 6-4, 6-3; Warraich/Vera, Coronado, def. Padon/Morris 6-4, 6-2; Soliz/Braley, Coronado, def. Scoggin/Liam Finley 6-3, 4-6, 12-10.

GIRLS SINGLES – Riley Crowe, AHS, def. Emmerson Reynolds 6-1, 6-2; Ali Moore, Coronado, def. Holland Wiggins 6-3, 6-4; Allie Dunn, AHS, def. Zarian Villegas 6-1, 6-3; Cynthia Grace Darby, AHS, def. Lauren Stapp 7-6 (9), 6-2; Zoe Barrett, AHS, def. Mia Duncan 6-3, 6-1; Bella Campo, AHS, def. Abigail Hernandez 6-2, 6-0.

GIRLS DOUBLES – Wiggins/Crowe, AHS, def. Reynolds/Stapp 6-4, 7-6; Dunn/Darby, AHS, def. Duenas/Moore 6-1, 6-0; Caelan Babarick/Barrett, AHS, def. Villegas/Hernandez 6-2, 6-4.

MIXED DOUBLES – Dela Paz/Campo, AHS, def. Ar. Hernandez/Hernandez 6-0, 6-3.

RECORDS – Abilene High 18-4, 4-1; Lubbock Coronado 0-5 district.

This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Abilene Wylie, Abilene High beat Lubbock teams in District 4-5A tennis