The Liberal tennis team competed in the 6A regional tennis tournament in Maize on Friday.
Single Gerardo Holguin and Aaron Munoz both battled in their 1st round matches and kept them close for a while but ultimately lost those to end their bid for state.
Doubles team of senior Diego Flores and sophomore Jose Bolivar plays a good Derby team tough in the first round but fell 6-2, 6-2
Doubles team of sophomores Easton Martinez and J’Kobe Contreras defeated Wichita Northwest in the first round 6-2, 6-3. Then they avenged their teammate’s loss to Derby by defeating them 3-6, 7-5, 10-7 in a long hard fought battle. They ran into the #1 seeded Maize team and fell 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinals. In the 3rd place match against the other Maize team Liberal won the first set and then fatigue set in after playing 8 sets in the sun and Liberal dropped that match 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 as the boys had nothing left in the tank. If that match happens earlier in the day it’s a different story.
EJ & J’Koby took 4th place at regionals and have earned their way to play at the state tennis tournament on May 15th at the Riverside tennis complex in Wichita. This is a huge accomplishment for a team of sophomores!!
David Short
