SIX TENNIS PLAYERS MAKE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

April 10, 2012
 
Kate Bramlett Bramlett
Christopher Kelley
Kelley
Kasi Krieger Krieger
Elizabeth Morton Morton
Alyssa Tigner Tigner
Megan Wright Wright
 
Six members of the Pirate and Lady Pirate tennis team are advancing to regional competition after the District 7-4A tournament held April 4-5, 2012, at Texas Christian University.
 Tennis
The players advancing are:
  • Girls Singles: Kate Bramlett (district champ), Elizabeth Morton (district runner-up)
  • Girls Doubles: Alyssa Tigner and Megan Wright (district runners-up)
  • Mixed Doubles: Christopher Kelley and Kasi Krieger (district champs)
Among the group, three will be competing at regionals for the second time. Bramlett, a sophomore, was a contender last year with her older brother, James, in mixed doubles competition. Tigner and Wright – both juniors – also advanced in the girls doubles contest in 2011.
 
Kelley, a senior, is advancing for the first time along with junior Krieger and sophomore Morton.Also placing at the district meet were:  girls doubles – Sophie Mullen and Fiona Murphy, third; boys singles – Peter Mueller, fourth; Joel Rodgers, quarterfinalist; boys doubles – Chandler Chiappe and Noah Smith, round of 16; Matt Golba and Thomas Tigner, round of 16; mixed doubles – Parker Miller and Jessica Singer, third.
 
The Class 4A Region I tournament will be held April 16-17 at the Rose Park Tennis Courts in Abilene.
 
Tennis coaches are Jeff Bramlett and Denise Scott.