The LHSAA Region 1 tournaments were held last week for qualification to the Ochsner LHSAA State Tournament in Monroe at ULM. The Division III tournament was hosted by Loyola College Prep at Pierremont Oaks and East Ridge Country Club in Shreveport. The Division IV tournament was hosted by Claiborne Christian at the ULM Tennis Courts in Monroe.
Calvary boys claimed both the champion and the runner. Cavalier Cayden Simmons won over fellow Cavalier Jett Lary to claim the Region I boys single title. Both have qualified for the state tournament. In doubles action, Calvary had three boys teams qualify for the state tournament. Mason Batts and Bryce Colvin reached the semifinals. Hayden Donaldson and Hudson Crager advanced to the quarterfinals along with Abram Covington and Charles Gregory
Calvary’s Annie Bickham will represent the Cavaliers at the state tournament. Bickham reached the semifinals in the regionals. Bailey Barber and Anna Kate Lary advanced to the semifinals but qualified for the state tournament. Lauren Lovitt and Shelby Simmons along with Molly McDowell and Emily Bennett all qualified for state in the doubles tournament by being in the top eight in the tournament.
Loyola girls claimed both the singles and doubles titles at the Division III regional tourney. Mary Elberson topped fellow Lady Flyer Taylor Nash to win the singles title. It was also an all-Loyolafinal in the doubles as Mae Graf and Cassidy Kirk outlasted Audrey Dufrene and Sophia Fertita for the title. Sadie Green and Addison Knox will join the Lady Flyers team in Monroe as the reached the semifinals.
The Flyer also had an all-Loyola Division III boys double championship. James Graf and Ravi Ahuja won over fellow Loyola players Bo Bowman, Jr. and Gregor Ghali. Stephen White and Alvin Olsan reached the quarterfinals and will qualify for the state tournament. In singles competition, Edmund Brown and Matthew Hooper will compete in Monroe. Brown was one match away to the finals. Hooper finished in the quarterfinals.
St. Mary’s Andrew Kautz won the Division IV boys regional single title over Cedar Creek’s James Black. Joining Kautz in Monroe in the singles tournament will be St. Mary’s quarterfinalist Mason MacCart. Cedar Creek will also be sending quarterfinalist Anderson Maxwell to Monroe.
St. Mary’s will be the only local boys team to send a doubles team to the state tourney. Colton Cross and Ben Bienvenu advanced to the semi-finals.
In the Division IV girls singles competition, Cedar Creek’s Margaret Gilmore and St. Mary’s Baylea Johnson were semifinalist and qualified for state.
St. Mary’s will also send a doubles team to compete for a state championship as Meredith Methvin and Anderson Kelly were semifinalist. Choudrant will send one team to ULM as Abigail Johnston and Taylor Sanderson qualified as a quarterfinalist.
The Ochsner LHSAA Tennis Championships will be held on April 27 and 28 at ULM.
First Round Pairings
Division III Boys Singles
Cayden Simmons, Calvary v. Cade Scherer, Bolton
Edmund Brown, Loyola v. William Benoit, Welsh
Matthew Hooper, Loyola v. Wesley Sonnier, Welsh
Jett Lary, Calvary v. Stephen Tujague, Northlake Christian
Division III Girls Singles
Mary Elberson, Loyola v. Madison LaVergne, Jennings
Annie Bickham, Calvary v. Malakie Smith, St. Thomas Aquinas
Taylor Nash, Loyola v. Frances Casbarian, Isidore Newman
Division III Boys Doubles
Graf / Ahuja, Loyola v. LeJeune/Rasberry, Jennings
Covington/Gregory, Calvary v. Hardin/Yang, Isidore Newman
Donaldson/Crager, Calvary v. Oertling/Meguess, Pope John Paul II
Batts/Colvin, Calvary v. Hildenbrand/Verret, E.D. White
White/Olsan, Loyola v. Hobgood/Bright, St. Louis Catholic
Bowman Jr/Ghali, Loyola v. White/Bansal, Isidore Newman
Division III Girls Doubles
Graf/Kirk, Loyola v. Meche/Thibodeaux, Notre Dame
Lovitt/Simmons, Calvary v. Payne/Phillips, Isidore Newman
Green/Knox, Loyola v. Johnson/Lovejoy, Oakdale
Barber/Lary, Calvary v. Champagne/Tullis, Pope John Paul II
Dufrene/Fertitta, Loyola v. Blanchard/Chiasson, E. D. White
McDowell/Bennett, Calvary v. Atkins/Buttross, St. Louis Catholic
Division IV Boys Singles
Andrew Krautz, St. Mary’s v. Jadarius Bright, Ferriday
Anderson Maxwell, Cedar Creek v. Jesus Diaz, Houma Christian
Mason McCart, St. Mary’s v. Cooper Manuel, Westminster Christian
James Black, Cedar Creek v. Cole Koppel, Metairie Park Country Day
Division IV Girls Singles
Margaret Gilmore, Cedar Creek v. Sofia Zubiate, Grace Christian
Baylea Johnson, St. Mary’s v. Alexandra Rutledge, Christ Episcopal School
Division IV Girls Doubles
Methvin/Kelly, St. Mary’s v. Costello/Naomi, Academy of Sacred Heart – G.C.
Johnston/ Sanderson, Choudrant v. Devillier/Zaunbrecher, St. Edmund
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