Saturday, April 29, 2023

1989 TAPS State Tennis: ACHS girls win TAPS state tennis tourney

WACO - The Abilene Christian High School girls won the Texas Association of Private Schools state tennis championships Saturday behind the doubles team of Bonnie Westmoreland and Tiffany Gilbreath.

Westmoreland-Gilbreath defeated Dallas Lake Hill's Brandy Wooldridge and Cari Gidcomn, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, to take the doubles title and help ACHS tack up part of its 34 first-place points.

Lake Hill finished second with 20, while T. K. Gorman was third with 16 points.

ACHS's Tonya Campbell made it to the finals of the singles division before bowing to Heather McAllister of San Antonio Christian, 6-4, 7-5.

Campbell beat Nina Rinehart of T.K. Gorman in the smeinfinals, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the finals.

Karmen Hill, also of ACHS, lost out in the semifinals to McAllister, 6-2, 6-0.

Source:  Abilene Reporter-News, Sunday, April 23, 1989, Page 33

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

2023 TAPPS Tennis 4A-6A Championship Summaries

 TAPPS 4A Tennis Championships, Waco, Texas
 April 17-18, 2023
 Girls Singles - Lauren Kiblinger, Tyler All Saints Episcopal
(6-1, 6-0 over Claire Bailey, Schertz John Paul II) 
 Boys Singles - Timmy Nguyen, Houston Saint Thomas' Episcopal
(6-2, 7-5 over Zach Henry, Waco Vanguard)
 Girls Doubles - Lauren Kuntz and Audrey Kuntz, Sugar Land Logos Preparatory Academy
(6-1, 7-5 over Millie McGehee and Audrey Davis, Tyler All Saints Episcopal)
 Boys Doubles - Cullen Walker and James Moore, Tyler All Saints Episcopal
(6-3, 6-1 over Anthony Foti and Aldo Ibarra, Waco Vanguard)
 Girls Team - Tyler All Saints Episcopal
(Sugar Land Logos Preparatory - 2nd, Schertz John Paul II - 3rd)
 Boys Team - Tyler All Saints Episcopal
(Waco Vanugard - 2nd, Corpus Christi Incarnate Word Academy - 3rd)

 TAPPS 5A Tennis Championships, Waco, Texas
 April 17-18, 2023
 Girls Singles - Josephine Lombardi, Houston Emery/Weiner School
(6-1, 6-0 over Abigail Diamond, Frisco Legacy Christian Academy)
 Boys Singles - Fran Gamez, Brownsville St. Joseph Academy
(6-4, 2-6, 10-7 over Stephen Coffman, Austin St. Michael's Catholic)
 Girls Doubles - Sophia Polanski and Heidi Taunton, Frisco Legacy Christian Academy
  (6-4, 6-3 over Sabrina Blinderman and Ella Totz, Houston Emery/Weiner School)
 Boys Doubles - A.J. Liang and Leo Perry, San Antonio TMI - Episcopal
(4-7, 6-1, 10-3 over Ash Menick and Brian Bernan, San Antonio Saint Mary's Hall)
 Girls Team - Frisco Legacy Christian Academy and Houston Emery/Weiner School
(Argyle Liberty Christian - 3rd)
 Boys Team - San Antonio TMI - Episcopal
(Brownsville St. Joseph Academy - 2nd, San Antonio Saint Mary's Hall - 3rd)

 TAPPS 6A Tennis Championships, Waco, Texas
 April 17-18, 2023
 Girls Singles - Katie Garofolo, Houston St. Agnes Academy
(6-2, 6-1 over Anahita Gozalpour, Houston The Village School)
 Boys Singles - Josh Saland, Dallas Parish Episcopal School
(7-5, 2-6, 10-7 over Pheonix Davis, Plano Prestonwood Christian Academy)
 Girls Doubles - Ava Bittner and Coco Quinn, Ursuline Academy of Dallas
(7-6, 3-6, 10-8 over Nicole Lawrence and Reagan Montgomery, Ursuline Academy of Dallas)
 Boys Doubles - Blake Muschalek and David Boylan, Addison Trinity Christian Academy
  (6-2, 7-6 over Sawaan Duvvuri and Duc Nguyen, Fort Worth Nolan Catholic)
 Girls Team - Ursuline Academy of Dallas and Houston St. Agnes Academy
(Plano John Paul II - 3rd)
 Boys Team - Addison Trinity Christian Academy
(Dallas Parish Episcopal School - 2nd, San Antonio Antonian and Plano Prestonwood Christian - 3rd)

Thursday, April 13, 2023

1989 TAPS State Tennis: Knights' Hall earns TAPS tennis berth

Brad Hall, a senior at Notre Dame, qualified for the Texas Association of Private Schools state tennis tournament for the second straight year Saturday by reaching the quarterfinals of the western regional tournament in Abilene.

Hall defeated Jonathan Van Rheenen of Abilene Christian 6-2, 6-0 before losing to Gordon Goad of Waco Christian 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

The state tournament will be April 21 in Waco.

Source:  Wichita Falls Times Record News, Sunday, April 16, 1989, Page 44

1990 TAPPS State Tennis: IWA's Prejean captures TAPPS tennis crown

WACO - Incarnate Word's Michelle Prejean defeated teammate Kendall Snouffer for the singles championship during the Texas Association of Private and Parochial state meet here Saturday.

Prejean defeated Snouffer, 6-4, 7-6.

The IWA girls also won the TAPPS team title with a total of 28 points

Source:  Corpus Chrisi Caller-Times, Sunday, April 22, 1990, page 5

2023 Texas Private and Parochial HS Track and Field State Meet Dates

 4/15: Honor Charter Athletics League (Rice University)
 4/20-21: Texas Christian Athletic League (TBA)
 4/21-22: Texas Homeschool State (Tomball HS)
 4/22: Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship (Boyd HS)
 4/26-27: TAPPS North Regional (UT-Arlington)
 4/26-27: TAPPS South Regional (Texas State University)
 4/27-29: Southwest Preparatory Conference (FW Country Day)
 5/5-6:  TAPPS (Midway HS, Waco)
 5/6: TCSAAL (Texas State University)
 5/6: TAIAO (Keene ISD)
 5/19-5/20: 7th annual TTFCA Meet of Champions (SA Antonian)