On Wednesday, March 11, the boys (9-3) and girls (8-3) tennis teams faced one of their toughest district opponents: Winter Park High School at Winter Park.
At the start of the match the Lady Braves line 1 senior Mary Grace Burkett had a loss, 4-8; line 2 freshman Gracyn Lindborg lost, 5-8; line 3 senior Meghan Cotton lost, 2-8; line 4 junior Ashlyn Gage lost, 5-8; and senior Camden Parrish, playing line 5, ended the girl’s singles with a loss, 0-8.
On the adjacent four courts, the boys team fought hard but ended up similar to the girls. Line 1 junior Shaun Mealey lost his match, 1-8; line 2 sophomore Nicholas Alfert and line 3 sophomore Parker Mealey each suffered loses of 3-8. Playing line 4, junior Nathan Fontaine lost, 1-8; and line 5 senior Samuel Schiffer concluded boy’s singles with a loss, 0-8.
Shortly after the doubles matches began, the match was postponed 30 minutes for severe weather and was then canceled after officials evacuated the courts. The final scores for the boys’ and girls’ teams were 0-5 and 0-5, respectively.
The boys and girls next matches are March 12 at 3:15 p.m. at home against the Lake Nona High School Lions.