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The 2025 TAPPS state tennis tournament started Monday for Class 6A, 5A and 4A programs.

Tons of Dallas-area programs had athletes competing at Waco Regional Tennis Center. Find results from Day 1 of the competition below:

TAPPS STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

(at Waco Tennis Center)

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MONDAY’S RESULTS

CLASS 4A

BOYS SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Timothy Nguyen, Houston St. Thomas d. Blade Gilley, Hill Country Christian, 6-0, 6-1

Bryson Cowan, Midland Classical d. Connor Johnson, Dallas Shelton, 7-6, 7-6

Samuel Henderson, New Braunfels Christian d. Peter Liag, Northland Christian, 6-2, 6-0

Christian Norwood, Tyler Bishop Gorman d. Zac Lewis, Lubbock Christian, 6-1, 6-2

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Kameron Fernandez, CC Incarnate Word d. Sean Winegard, Texas School for the Deaf, 6-0, 6-0

Bo Blauser, TC Willow Park d. John Luke Davis, Waco Vanguard, 6-1, 6-0

Luc Denis, Houston St. Francis Episcopal d. Abe Rheinheimer, Hill Country Christian, 7-5, 6-7, 11-9

Ford Myers, Dallas Shelton d. Luke Beran, Midland Classical, 6-0, 6-0

QUARTERFINALS

Timothy Nguyen, Houston St. Thomas d. Bryson Cowan, Midland Classical, 6-0, 6-0

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Samuel Henderson, New Braunfels Christian d. Christian Norwood, Tyler Bishop Gorman, 6-2, 6-2

Kameron Fernandez, CC Incarnate Word d. Bo Blauser, TC Willow Park, 6-0, 6-1

Ford Myers, Dallas Shelton d. Luc Denis, Houston St. Francis Episcopal, 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES

FIRST ROUND

Cameron Rybar-Nikhil Madappa, CC Incarnate Word d. Mason Marek-Javan Penniman, New Braunfels Christian, 6-1, 6-1

Micah Young-Ben Lin, Tyler All Saints d. Riley Belz-Jacob Kaczor, Midland Trinity, 6-5, 7-5

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Grant Dillinger-Alex Malouf, Boerne Geneva d. Zirui Wang-Fabian Melgares Montano, Houston British International, 6-4, 6-1

Marc Offill-Hudson Harper, Waco Vanguard d. Troy Thompson-Bryce Fagley, FW Lake Country Chr., 6-3, 6-1

William Moore-William Craig, CC Incarnate Word d. Anderson McCollum-Cole Leidy, New Braunfels Christian, 6-3, 1-6, 10-8

Owen Adcock-Matthew Wright, Tyler All Saints d. Matthew Slatken-Marshall Morgan, Midland Trinity, 6-1, 6-2

Ray Reynolds-Teagan Fikes, Boerne Geneva d. 3Dang Kim-Owen Atherton, Houston British International, 6-4, 6-1

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Jake Clark-Cooper Reed, FW Lake Country Chr. d. Cade Gum-Barrett Wood, Dallas Covenant, 6-1, 6-1

QUARTERFINALS

Cameron Rybar-Nikhil Madappa, CC Incarnate Word d. Micah Young-Ben Lin, Tyler All Saints, 6-0, 6-2

Marc Offill-Hudson Harper, Waco Vanguard d. Grant Dillinger-Alex Malouf, Boerne Geneva, 6-3, 6-2

Owen Adcock-Matthew Wright, Tyler All Saints d. William Moore-William Craig, CC Incarnate Word, 6-0, 6-0

Jake Clark-Cooper Reed, FW Lake Country Chr. d. Ray Reynolds-Teagan Fikes, Boerne Geneva, 6-3, 6-2

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CLASS 4A

GIRLS SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Sofia Figueroa, Schertz John Paul II d. Micah Breisch, TC Willow Park, 6-0, 6-0

Noelle Swanson, Houston British International d. Katie Diffenderfer, Waco Vanguard, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

Ava Clark, FW Lake Country Christian d. Ady Stewart, Pasadena First Baptist 6-2, 6-3

Kylie Knutson, Austin Vertas d. Brynn Selby, Dallas Shelton, 6-2, 6-3

Enqi Zhang, Midland Trinity d. Claire Bailey, Schertz John Paul II, 6-2, 6-3

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Landry Daniel, Bryan Brazos Christian d. Laila Abbasi, Shelton, 6-1, 6-1

Kailyn Chinikidiadi, Midland Classical d. Laura Garcia, CC Incarnate Word, 6-4, 6-3

Andrea Zamora, Dallas Christian d. Audrey Lapacka, Boerne Geneva, 6-2, 6-1

QUARTERFINALS

Sofia Figueroa, Schertz John Paul II d. Noelle Swanson, Houston British International, 6-2, 6-1

Ava Clark-Lake Country Christian d. Kylie Knutson, Austin Vertas, 6-3, 6-1

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Landry Daniel, Bryan Brazos Christian d. Enqi Zhang, Midland Trinity, 6-1, 6-2

Kailyn Chinikidiadi, Midland Classical d. Andrea Zamora, Dallas Christian, 6-1, 4-6, 10-8

DOUBLES

FIRST ROUND

Mary Simpson-Siena Svendsen, Boerne Geneva d. Ida Stodal-Emilia Salerni Longo, Houston British International, 6-0, 6-3

Sofia Gil-Lauren Blaylock, Midland Trinity d. Haniyaa Irfan-Aditi Gangasni, Tyler All Saints, 6-4, 7-5

Audrey Jackson-Addy Neagel, Bryan Brazos Christian d. Raegan Lee-Gracey Merrell, Lubbock Christian, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)

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Emory Cox-Berkley Cox, Dallas Shelton d. Brooke Herring-Bailey Benson, New Braunfels Chr., 6-1, 6-0

Parker Pruett-Maggie Nelms, CC Incarnate Word d. Parker Pruett-Maggie Nelms, Incarnate Word, 7-6, 0-6, 11-9

Audrey Davis-Alex Hampe, Tyler All Saints d. Sarah Borja-Grace Piernick, Schertz John Paul II, 6-0, 6-1

Avary Bergsten-Claire Tapley, New Braunfels Christian d. Emelein Ortiz-Ana Espinosa, Houston British International, 7-5, 6-1

Gigi Molina-Joanna Thomas, Midland Trinity d. Jillian McKay-Ava Pope, Prince of Peace Christian, 6-2, 6-3

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QUARTERFINALS

Mary Simpson-Siena Svendsen, Boerne Geneva d. Sofia Gil-Lauren Blaylock, Midland Trinity, 6-0, 6-4

Emory Cox-Berkley Cox, Dallas Shelton d. Audrey Jackson-Addy Neagel, Bryan Brazos Christian, 6-1, 6-1

Audrey Davis-Alex Hampe, Tyler All Saints d. Parker Pruett-Maggie Nelms, CC Incarnate Word, 6-3, 6-2

Avary Bergsten-Claire Tapley, New Braunfels Christian d. Gigi Molina-Joanna Thomas, Midland Trinity, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6

CLASS 5A

(at Waco Tennis Center)

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MONDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Tucker Rannala, Aus. Regents d. Kaalan Humble, SL Fort Bend Chr., 6-0, 6-0

Dillon Edwards, Beau. Kelly d. Bowen Miller, SA Saint Mary’s Hall, 6-4, 6-1

Braden Freeby, Fort Worth Chr. d. Alejandro Camarena, Bull. Brook Hill, 6-1, 6-4

Mariano Garcia, Laredo St. Augustine d. Jude Hebert, LC Bay Area Chr., 6-2, 7-5

Anthony Tegen, Aus. Hyde Park d. Jack Fisher, TC Lubbock, 6-0, 6-0

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Nathan Masturzo, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Kyler Robinson, Midland Chr., 6-0, 6-0

Brandt Heaton, Tyler Grace d. Tomas Carbonell, Grapevine Faith, 6-0, 6-1

Alex Aronson, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. William Marlow, Vic. St. Joseph, 7-6, 4-6, 10-8

QUARTERFINALS

Tucker Rannala, Aus. Regents d. Dillon Edwards, Beau. Kelly, 6-4, 6-3

Mariano Garcia, Laredo St. Augustine d. Alejandro Camarena, Bull. Brook Hill, 6-4, 6-7, 10-3

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Anthony Tegen, Aus. Hyde Park d. Nathan Masturzo, Hou. Emery/Weiner, 6-1, 6-3

Brandt Heaton, Tyler Grace d. Alex Aronson, Hou. Emery/Weiner, 6-1, 0-8, 10-2

BOYS DOUBLES

FIRST ROUND

Marcos West/Brandon Sek, Hou. Second Bapt. d. Eli Villapudua/Haden Flowers, Tyler Grace, 6-3, 6-1

Grady Bigham/Sam Shropshire, TC Lubbock d. Adam Abston/Maito Kimura, Bullard Brook Hill, 6-4, 6-1

Ash Menick/Gaige Lipscomb, SA St. Mary’s d. Mohr Sasson/Levi Leibman, Hou. Emery/Weiner, 6-2, 6-3

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Luca Ferrara/Cason Burdett, FW All Saints d. Townes Schultz/Blake Mott, Aus. Regents, 6-3, 6-2

Eytan Skorupski/Benji Berzin, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Ethan Pizarro/Camden Pizarro, San Antonio Chr., 6-4, 6-1

Jaime Montoro Pardeiro/Luke Donley, Bull. Brook Hill d. Grayson Schilling/Jaxon Cunningham, TC Lubbock, 6-1, 6-1

Grayson Borbidge/Jayden Cheng, SL Fort Bend Chr. d. Marcelo Gonzalez/Eduardo Rodriguez, Laredo St. Augustine, 6-4, 6-7, 10-4

Nate Jobe/McLane Davis, Midland Chr. d. Will Grace/Bryson Milson, The Woodlands Chr., 7-6, 6-1

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QUARTERFINALS

Marcos West/Brandon Sek, Hou. Second Bapt. d. Grady BighamSam Shropshire, TC Lubbock, 6-1, 6-1

Ash Menick/Gaige Lipscomb, SA St. Mary’s d. Luca Ferrara/Cason Burdett, FW All Saints, 6-2, 6-2

Jaime Montoro Pardeiro/Luke Donley, Bull. Brook Hill d. Eytan Skorupski/Benji Berzin, Hou. Emery/Weiner, 6-1, 6-0

Nate Jobe/McLane Davis, Midland Chr. d. Grayson Borbidge/Jayden Cheng, SL Fort Bend Chr., 4-6, 7-6, 10-6

GIRLS SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Josephine Lombardi, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Allyson Bland, Midland Chr., 6-0, 6-0

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Andria Amrit Alston, Laredo St. Augustine d. Caroline Scott, Aus. Regents, 4-6, 6-1, 10-8

Brooke Habash, FW All Saints d. Lindsey LeGrand, SL Logos, 6-2, 6-0

Ainsley Tucker, Vic. St. Joseph d. Madison Mueller, Aus. Hyde Park, 6-1, 6-1

Lucia Hernandez, Spring Frassati d. Olivia Aspinall, FW Southwest Chr., 6-2, 6-0

Julian William, Bishop Dunne d. Anna Clare Usner, The Woodlands Chr. 6-2, 6-0

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Emmy Brounes, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Kate Barkemeyer, FW All Saints, 6-3, 3-6, 10-3

Natalia Chapa, SA St. Mary’s Hall d. Claire Burkett, Tyler Grace, 6-0, 6-0

QUARTERFINALS

Josephine Lombardi, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Andria Amrit Alston, Laredo St. Augustine, 6-2, 6-0

Ainsley Tucker, Vic. St. Joseph d. Brooke Habash, FW All Saints, 7-6, 6-4, 7-2

Julian William, Bishop Dunne d. Lucia Hernandez, Spring Frassati, 6-2, 6-1

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Natalia Chapa, SA St. Mary’s Hall d. Emmy Brounes, Hou. Emery/Weiner, 6-2, 6-2

GIRLS DOUBLES

FIRST ROUND

Juliet Lombardi/Elli Totz, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Shelby Frank/Kennedy Wedgeworth, Grapevine Faith, 6-2, 6-0

Kenna Vandergrift/Addie Roundtree, Midland Chr. d. Reese Owens/Ava Scott, Aus. Regents, 6-2, 4-6, 11-9

Elizabeth Johnson/Farrah Childs, SL Fort Bend Chr. d. Ana Karen Gonzalez/Anna Herbig, Laredo St. Augustine, 6-2, 7-5

Carlota Diez Lopez/Nele Schultz, Bull. Brook Hill d. Abby Ivey/Hope Blazek, SL Logos, 7-5, 6-0

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Genevieve Hercule/Valentina Ndesandjo, SA Saint Mary’s Hall d. Audrey Kuntz/Lauren Kuntz, SL Logos, 6-4, 6-3

Addison Jacobs/Jaiden Fisher, Midland Chr. d. Cassidy Clark/Maggie Hamlin, Bull. Brook Hill, 6-2, 6-1

Camila Villareal/Anissa Quesada, Laredo St. Augustine d. Presley Taylor/Georgia Kitten, TC Lubbock, 4-6, 6-2, 10-7

Dylan Scott/Addy Teixeira, Aus. Regents d. Molly McFarland/Sophia Buehler, Hou. Second Bapt., 6-1, 7-5

QUARTERFINALS

Juliet Lombardi/Elli Totz, Hou. Emery/Weiner d. Kenna Vandergrift/Addie Roundtree, Midland Chr., 6-0, 6-1

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Carlota Diez Lopez/Nele Schultz, Bull. Brook Hill d. Elizabeth Johnson/Farrah Childs, SL Fort Bend Chr., 6-4, 6-3

Addison Jacobs/Jaiden Fisher, Midland Chr. d. Genevieve Hercule/Valentina Ndesandjo, SA Saint Mary’s Hall, 6-2, 7-6

Dylan Scott/Addy Teixeira, Aus. Regents d. Camila Villareal/Anissa Quesada, Laredo St. Augustine, 6-1`, 6-2.

CLASS 6A

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MONDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Blake Medici, SA Antonian d. Hayse Hermes, TCA-Addison, 6-0, 6-0

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Ghaven Mittal, Tom. Concordia d. Graham Engstrom, Prestonwood, 6-2, 6-1

Alexander Boecking, Aus. St. Dominic Savio d. Graham Preissler, John Paul II, 6-1, 6-3

Rahul Venkat, Hou. The Village d. Julian Pedroza, EP Cathedral 6-1, 6-2

Noah Kitayama, SA TMI d. Sebastian Herrera, EP Cathedral, 6-1, 6-1

Roger Shen, Hou. The Vilage d. Jonathan Frasier, Frisco Legacy, 6-0, 6-1

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Tomas Bruzoni, Aus. St. Michael’s d. Cole Krueger, Bishop Lynch, 6-0, 6-1

Noah Whitman, Parish Episcopal d. Everett Neason, Hou. St. Thomas, 6-0, 6-1

QUARTERINALS

Blake Medici, SA Antonian d. Ghaven Mittal, Tom. Concordia, 6-1, 6-3

Rahul Venkat, Hou. The Village d. Alexander Boecking, Aus. St. Dominic Savio, 3-6, 6-0, 10-4

Roger Shen, Hou. The Vilage d. Noah Kitayama, SA TMI, 6-1, 6-1

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Noah Whitman, Parish Episcopal d. Tomas Bruzoni, Aus. St. Michael’s, 6-1, 6-1

BOYS DOUBLES

FIRST ROUND

Andy Wu/Alex Pimenov, Hou. The Village d. Alejandro Kolsterpassos/Saoirse Langford, Bishop Lynch, 6-1, 6-0

Andre Boecking/Andres Yanez, Aus. St. Dominic Savio d. Eugene Soto/Santiago Ceballos, EP Cathedral, 6-2, 6-1

Zachary Nguyen/Leyton Day, John Paul II d. Luca Vallone/Eli Zamore, Hou. St. Thomas, 6-0, 3-6, 13-11

Steele Goodman/Pablo Avina, SA Antonian d. Tyler Delatore/Jacob Schwebel, FW Nolan, 6-0, 6-1

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Lingchuan Wang/Sungmo Kang, Hou. The Village d. Graham Thomas/Jack Thomas, Frisco Legacy, 6-3, 6-1

Miguel Hernandez/Alejandro Orozco, EP Cathedral d. Max Steele/Kais El Hayania, SA TMI, 6-2, 6-2

Braden Gallagher/Austin Allgood, John Paul II d. Maximus Van Dyke/Zack Moser, Hou. St. Thomas, 6-3, 1-6, 10-6

Mikel Sanchez/John DeGerolami, SA Antonian d. Neel Pudu/Vibhav Bantu, Parish Episcopal, 6-1, 6-2

QUARTERFINALS

Andy Wu/Alex Pimenov, Hou. The Village d. Andre Boecking/Andres Yanez, Aus. St. Dominic Savio, 6-1, 6-1

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Steele Goodman/Pablo Avina, SA Antonian d. Zachary Nguyen/Leyton Day, John Paul II, 6-0, 6-2

Miguel Hernandez/Alejandro Orozco, EP Cathedral d. Lingchuan Wang/Sungmo Kang, Hou. The Village, 6-3, 7-5

Mikel Sanchez/John DeGerolami, SA Antonian d. Braden Gallagher/Austin Allgood, John Paul II, 6-0, 6-1

GIRLS SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Erin Gan-Dy, Ursuline d. Katherine Wang, Hou. St. Agnes, 6-1, 6-0

Soledad Surbaugh, SA Antonian d. Ciana Chavez, EP Loretto, 6-1, 6-0

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Paige McCullum, Hou. St. Pius d. Leah Thayil, SA Incarnate Word, 6-0, 6-0

Caroline Murphy, Parish Episcopal d. Mya Dennis, John Paul II, 7-5, 6-4

Mihika Gupta, Ursuline d. Milli Garala, Hou. St. Agnes, 6-3, 6-2

Isabella Zertuche, SA TMI d. Caris Collins, TCA-Addison, 6-0, 6-1

Daniella Rodriguez Gnecco, Hou. The Village d. Ava Pedraza, SA Antonian, 6-2, 6-1

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Yael Modrykamien, Parish Episcopal d. Alex Gardsbane, Bishop Lynch, 6-3, 6-0

QUARTERFINALS

Erin Gan-Dy, Ursuline d. Soledad Surbaugh, SA Antonian, 6-0, 6-1

Paige McCullum, Hou. St. Pius d. Caroline Murphy, Parish Episcopal, 6-2, 6-3

Isabella Zertuche, SA TMI d. Mihika Gupta, Ursuline, 6-2, 6-2

Yael Modrykamien, Parish Episcopal d. Daniella Rodriguez Gnecco, Hou. The Village, 6-0, 6-1

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GIRLS DOUBLES

FIRST ROUND

Catherine Hochman/Marie Theresa Ducayet, Ursuline d. Sydney Anderson/Sarah Rivas, SA Antonian, 6-3, 6-0

Ayda Junker/Josie Norkus, Hou. St. Agnes d. Reese Cherry/Clary Bogda, TCA-Addison, 6-3, 6-1

Vickie Duke/Isa Rangel, Aus. St. Michael d. Emily Jackson/Raquel Seaman, John Paul II, 6-0, 6-4

Lauren Maughon/Jocelyn Wang, Hou. The Village d. Braley Campbell/Reese Wender, Parish Episcopal, 6-3, 6-6, 10-2

AnnaGrace Shuford/Ashley Paredes, Ursuline d. Kaajal Kella/Mallory Moran, SA TMI, 7-6(7-2), 6-2

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Lily Brewer/Lauren Boylan, TCA-Addison d. Erin Baumeister/Gabriella Maggio, Hou. Incarnate Word, 4-6, 6-2, 11-9

Miranda Serra/Emma Avina, SA Antonian d. Darby Conaway/Leighton Faramchi, John Paul II, 6-2, 6-5

Alyssa Psifidis/Lily Ana Hilpert, Hou. St. Agnes d. Isabella Malone/Nidhi Vankawala, Parish Episcopal, 6-2, 6-0

QUARTERFINALS

Catherine Hochman/Marie Theresa Ducayet, Ursuline d. Ayda Junker/Josie Norkus, Hou. St. Agnes, 6-1, 6-3

Vickie Duke/Isa Rangel, Aus. St. Michael d. Lauren Maughon/Jocelyn Wang, Hou. The Village, 2-6, 6-0, 10-2

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AnnaGrace Shuford/Ashley Paredes, Ursuline d. Lily Brewer/Lauren Boylan, TCA-Addison, 6-6, 6-0, 10-2

Miranda Serra/Emma Avina, SA Antonian d. Alyssa Psifidis/Lily Ana Hilpert, Hou. St. Agnes, 3-6, 6-4, 13-11

MIXED DOUBLES (4A, 5A, 6A)

FIRST ROUNDS

A Antonian d. Veritas, 8-1

TCA-Addison d, Vanguard, 8-5

Fort Worth Chr. d. John Paul II, 8-6

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TC Willow Park d. New Braunfels Chr., 8-4

Frassati d. Midland Chr., 8-1

SA TMI d. TC Midland, 8-0

Shelton d. Boerne Geneva, 8-3

Aus. Hyde Park d. Tyler All Saints, 8-1

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Aus. St. Michael’s d. Hou. The Village, 8-3

Tyler Grace d. Beau. Kelly, 8-3

The Woodlands Chr. d. Parish Episcopal, 8-7 (7-3)

Logos Prep d. Grapevine Faith, 8-1

Prestonwood Chr. d. Lake Country, 8-2

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Aus. St. Dominic Savio d. FW All Saints, 8-2.

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A new year means a new sense of optimism surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. This past season is one that everyone would like wiped clean of their memory.

The final year of the Mike McCarthy era ended in a whimper. Although, we hate to use injuries as an excuse, but the Cowboys’ sideline looked like the Tune Squad after the first half of their game against the Monstars in ‘Space Jam’.

However, it is a new year, new me mentality with America’s Team, and the hope is that first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer will right the ship.

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It won’t be easy getting the Cowboys back on top. The NFC East grew leaps and bounds last season, with the NFC Championship being between two teams from the division.

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Recently, Loc Scataglia from NFL Spin Zone ranked every NFL division heading into the 2025 season. To no surprise, the NFC East was one of the top divisions in Scataglia’s rankings.

“The 2024 NFL Season saw the NFC Championship Game played by two teams in the NFC East, but the main issue here is that the two other teams are quite bad. The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants have to figure themselves out, as this division is obviously only a two-horse race with the Eagles and Commanders,” wrote Scataglia, who has the NFC East as the fourth toughest division heading into the 2025 season.

If healthy, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Cowboys have a great first season under Schottenheimer.

However, winning this division will take more than health this season.

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First Shift 🏒

Maybe the best thing about the Stars’ ability to deal with adversity is that they handle change very well.

Heiskanen in? No problem, we’ll try seven defensemen. Seguin back? Shuffle the lines. Robertson trying to find a niche when his spot gets taken by Mikael Granlund during a playoff injury absence? Well, we’ll work it out.

So with Roope Hintz possibly returning for Game 4 after missing Game 3, the Stars seem more than equipped to handle whatever happens. Hintz skated in warmup for Game 3, but didn’t play. As a result, Granlund moved to center and Robertson jumped from the fourth line to the first. While Dallas lost a 6-1 game, the analytics of the moves were surprisingly successful. Robertson had five shots on goal and tallied his first goal of the playoffs. Meanwhile, the reshuffled fourth line of Steel with Colin Blackwell and Oskar Bäck combined for eight shots on goal in about 13 minutes of ice time.

“It’s next man up,” said Granlund. “You just adjust.”

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Hintz skated at practice Monday in Edmonton and looked good. However, he still has to go through a morning skate on Tuesday and the Stars then probably won’t make a final decision until after the pregame warm-up.

“Heal and get better and cross our fingers and try it again in warmups,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Monday.

Hintz, who received a slash from Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse in Game 2 on the top of his skate and suffered a “lower body injury,” said he is optimistic.

“The biggest thing right now for me is to just worry about what I can do that I can be able to play tomorrow,” Hintz said after practice. “You want to play every game, especially in the playoffs. Every game is so important. Sometimes sports are what they are. I’m now trying everything that I can so tomorrow I am able to play.”

If Hintz comes back in, there is the thought he would center Granlund and Rantanen, as he has for much of the playoffs. Could that change what Robertson is doing? Would the coaches put Robertson back on the fourth line or is there a better spot for him?

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“They just made that adjustment and I had to step up,” Robertson said of Game 3. “It’s up to everybody to step up.”

In addition to finding a spot for Robertson if Hintz returns, DeBoer and company will have to look at the fourth line. Because of the health of the team in recent games, the traditional fourth line hasn’t been together as much. But the trio of Steel, Blackwell and Bäck had some real success during the regular season and early in the playoffs. Could they earn a spot in Game 4 while a more regular forward gets a healthy scratch?

“They were great last night,” DeBoer said. “If every time we got them together and played them, they played like that…we wouldn’t have broken them up. They gave us some great juice last night and if we get them back out there together, whether that’s tomorrow night or the next night, we need the same thing.”

And while the fourth line can help tilt the ice, the Stars do need someone to score goals. They have one in the past two games against Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner and have scored just 10 in seven road games (1.42 per game) in the postseason. So whatever they do with the potential return of Hintz, they have to find a way to score more goals.

“I think last night was one of our better games,” said forward Wyatt Johnston. “We can do a better job of finishing. No matter who you are playing, you want to get bodies in front of the goalie and make life difficult for him.”

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The Stars have done that before. They won Game 7 against Colorado with a four-goal third period and had five goals in the third against Edmonton in Game 1. They have been able to raise their offensive game when the need has been there.

“It’s 2-1 in the series and we still have an opportunity to get one on the road,” Robertson said. “So I don’t think there’s any frustration. We know what we have to do.”



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Tennis is considered the world’s healthiest sport, and something good happened on the tennis courts in Coppell.

Players competed in the 45th Texas Open Wheelchair Championships earlier this month. The Dallas Wheelchair Tennis Club (DWTC) hosted the event at the Wagon Wheel Tennis and Pickleball Center in Coppell. The championship tournament was started in 1981 and is the oldest, continuously held tournament in the history of wheelchair tennis.

The U.S. Tennis Association backs the Dallas club and recently awarded it a $3,500 grant to help further the program. The USTA distributed $100,000 in grants to 56 wheelchair tennis programs nationwide.

“They’ve been stalwarts in the wheelchair tennis world for so many years. Dallas has been an incredible city for wheelchair tennis for the better part of three or four decades,” said Jason Harnett, the director of wheelchair tennis at Florida-based USTA.

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Wheelchair Tennis was founded in 1976 when Brad Parks first hit a tennis ball from a wheelchair and realized the potential of this new sport. Wheelchair tennis became a full medal sport at the Paralympics in 1992. Since 2007, wheelchair tennis has been played at all four Grand Slams.

“Paralympic sport is so compelling. The back stories of the athletes and how they got there, and then of course, just the athleticism and the professionalism are at the top level,” Harnett said. “And I’ve worked both sides of the fence, professional, able-bodied, and Paralympic, and to me the Paralympic side is more compelling and in some ways, because of again, the adversity to get to where they’re at is, is remarkable,” Harnett said.

The mayor of Coppell presented DWTC club president Charles (Carlos) Turic with a proclamation declaring May as National Tennis Month. The city councils in Keller and Midlothian passed proclamations as well.

The DWTC has partnerships with the City of Coppell (Wagon Wheel Tennis & Pickleball Center) and SMU Tennis (Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex), where we host our weekly tennis clinics. The Dallas Wheelchair Tennis Club can be contacted at 972-317-7972 or DWTCPresident@aol.com.

The USTA says:
• Tennis participation in the U.S. has surged to a new high of 25.7 million players following five consecutive years of growth. The nearly two million player increase from 2023 (up 1.9 million from 23.8 million) marks a significant acceleration in excess of eight percent growth.
• One in every 12 Americans played tennis in 2024 – the highest proportion on record. This exceeds the five-year average ratio of one in 16 Americans.
• The game is increasingly more diverse, with 26 percent growth in Black / African American participation, representing a 662,000-player increase, and Hispanic players up 15.4 percent, to 4.54 million players over 2023. Senior players, too, are on the rise with a 17 percent increase in growth to 302K participants.
• Tennis is also increasingly attracting a younger player base as players under 35 powered tennis’s expansion in 2024, contributing nearly two-thirds of all growth (+1.2 million players). The youth influence is especially clear among those under 25, who drove 45 percent of total gains.

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