October 5, 2022 - The Center Rider Tennis team travelled to Hudson on Tuesday, October 4 to determine the District 17 Championship. The match would start with doubles and the Riders pulled out a few necessary close match ups to take a commanding 6-1 lead. The singles matches would split with Hudson winning 6 and Center 6 which gave the Riders an overall 12-7 victory!
Playoffs will begin next week and the Riders will face Franklin who is the #4 team from District 18. The match up has yet to be finalized for a location but will be played on Monday afternoon.
The full playoff bracket is available this weekend on the UILtexas.org team tennis page (Conference 4A).
Go Riders!!!!!
Center Versus Hudson Tournament Results
(12-7 win, 18-8 with Extra Matches)
Boys Doubles
Braiden Walker/Ethan McElroy won both sets (6-3, 7-6)
Nathan Creech/Ryan Arndt lost both sets (1-6, 4-6)
Connor McCauley/Ryker Tomlin won both sets (6-0, 6-1)
Girls Doubles
Reese Cockrell/Sayre Hall won both sets (6-3, 6-4)
Brooke Gaddy/Jalen Postell won both sets (6-0, 6-0)
Arista Lee/Hollie Herndon won both sets (6-1, 6-1)
Mixed Doubles - John Ford/Kelly Bridges won in a super tiebreak 10-5 (Sets 4-6, 6-1)
Boys Singles
Ethan McElroy lost both sets 4-7, 4-6
Braiden Walker lost in a super tiebreak 5-10 (Sets 6-3, 4-6)
Connor McCauley won both sets 6-0, 6-3
Nathan Creech lost in a super tiebreak 10-8 (Sets 1-6, 6-4)
John Ford lost in a super tiebreak 9-11 (Sets 6-3, 0-6)
Ryan Arndt lost both sets (5-7, 1-6)
Girls Singles
Brooke Gaddy lost both sets (5-7, 2-6)
Sayre Hall won both sets (6-1, 6-0)
Jalen Postell won both sets (6-0, 6-0)
Arista Lee won both sets (6-0, 6-0)
Reese Cockrell won both sets (6-1, 6-1)
Kelly Bridges won both sets (6-4, 6-2)
Extra Matches:
Boys Doubles - Hunter Cooper/Charlie Corbell won 9-8 (tiebreak 10-5)
Girls Doubles - Anna Hagler/Gracie Burch won 8-0
Boys Singles - Ryker Tomlin won 8-6; Hunter Cooper lost 6-8
Girls Singles - Hollie Herndon won 8-0; Anna Hagler won 8-0; Gracie Burch won 6-0
