Five Center ISD Seniors Headed to UIL 4A State Tennis


State qualifiers with their Region 3 medals

April 21, 2022 - Five Center High School seniors are headed to the UIL 4A Tennis Tournament to be held in San Antonio on Tuesday, April 26 at Annemarie Tennis Center.

Their Journey to State

Ian Williams was the #1 seed in the Region 3 boys singles tournament and held true to his placement by finishing in 1st place. His toughest match was in the finals versus Lake Belton where Ian had a slow start and dropped the first set but regrouped and finished strong taking the next two sets. Ian will face a Region 2 opponent from Lindale in the State quarterfinals at approximately 9:15am.

Levi Rodriguez and Lance Holloway were the #4 seed in the Region 3 boys doubles tournament and pulled some exciting wins versus China Spring in the semifinal and Lake Belton in the finals. Both matches went to deciding 3rd sets and both matches would go the Riders way to finish in 1st place. Levi and Lance will face a Region 4 opponent from Wimberley in the State quarterfinals at approximately 9:15am.

Emilee Elliott and Sarah Scull were the #2 seed in the Region 3 girls doubles tournament and would hold true to their placement by finishing 2nd and qualifying for State. Their second day at Regionals started with a hard fought win over China Spring in the semifinals followed by a loss to the #1 seed Bellville team in the finals. That did not secure a 2nd place, and the girls had to face an excited team from Burnet who would get a playback chance. The match would last nearly 2 1/2 hours and also like the boys doubles, would go to a deciding 3rd set where the Center girls would prevail. Emilee and Sarah will face a Region 2 opponent from Wills Point in the State quarterfinals at approximately 10:30am.

Go Riders!!!!!

All 5 of these seniors had to face many challenges over the 2 days in Bryan as well as having to pull out hard fought deciding 3rd sets in all of their final matches of the day.

The parents, team members, faculty and community supporters pulled for them every step of the way and it showed. Thank you!

Congratulations to the following:

Boys doubles: Ryan Jones / Erick Rojas (Sr) - region qualifiers
Girls doubles: Reese Cockrell / Sayre Hall - region quarterfinalists
Mixed doubles: Arista Lee / Ethan McElroy - region qualifiers
Mixed doubles: Connor McCauley / Jalen Postell - region quarterfinalists
Girls singles: Brooke Gaddy - region qualifier

The full Region 3 tournament results, as well as the brackets for all of the regions are posted at texastenniscoaches.com

Center Rider Tennis on Facebook has results and pictures as well.