Brownwood High’s tennis team captured a Region I-4A bi-district championship Tuesday, October 6, defeating Monahans 10-9 at Glenn Middle School in San Angelo. The Lions secured the narrow victory with decisive wins in mixed doubles and No. 4 boys singles.
Close finish comes down to two matches
Eleanor Cannon and Eli Risch earned their first victory of the season in mixed doubles, beating Diana Marquez and Eubanks 6-1, 6-2. Cooper Morgan then rallied in a three-set tiebreaker at No. 4 boys singles, defeating Omar Quiroz 6-7[5], 6-1, 10-3.
Brownwood swept all nine of its boys matches. In doubles, Blake Hutchins and Aiden Oplotnik won the No. 1 match 6-0, 6-1 over Jordan Jackson and Javen Sedillo. Morgan and Ian Cervantes took the No. 2 match 6-3, 6-4 against Michael Inman and Josh Wilder, while Duncan Dennison and Parker Dennison won the No. 3 match 6-3, 6-0 over Quiroz and Sebastian Avila.
Singles wins power Brownwood victory
Hutchins won the No. 1 singles match 6-1, 6-1 over Jackson. Oplotnik defeated Inman 6-2, 6-3, and Cervantes beat Sedillo 6-0, 6-2. Parker Dennison defeated Wilder 6-0, 6-0, while Duncan Dennison beat Avila 6-1, 6-2.
The Lady Lions competing in singles were Jami Patterson, Gigi Rodriguez, Coulter Day, Arely Carrere, Willow Camp and Amy Deechaleune. Brownwood’s doubles teams were Rodriguez and Patterson, Day and Carrere, and Deechaleune and Camp.
The Lions and Lady Lions, listed at 6-8, will next play Vernon at 11 a.m. Thursday in second-round playoff action at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene.