Los Alamos High School Boys Tennis Team. Courtesy photoSPORTS News:
The LAHS Boys Tennis team participated in the Albuquerque Academy Tennis Invite April 7-9.
The Boys competed in the red group consisting of Albuquerque Academy, Bosque High School, and Piedra Vista. LAHS Boys played all three teams at best of nine matches including six singles and three doubles teams.
Results:
1st Round: LAHS Def. Piedra Vista 6-3
2nd Round: LAHS Def. Bosque 8-1
3rd Round: LAHS lost to AA 0-9
4th Round: LAHS Def. St. Mikes 5-4
The boys played the 4th ranked PV Cougars in the morning of the 8th. After 6 singles PV and LAHS were tied (3-3). LAHS quickly rebounded and swept the doubles putting the final contest at (6-3) LAHS way. Later that day the boys beat Bosque High School 8-1 before falling to Albuquerque Academy (9-0).
On Saturday afternoon Los Alamos was slated to play St. Michaels High School for third place. LAHS quickly raced out to a 2 to 1 doubles lead going into singles, dropping number 1 doubles in 3 very close sets. George Margevicius and Andrew Tang went up 7-5 to win the first set, dropped the second 2-6 and quickly went up in the 3rd set 5-2.
Margevicius and Tang played the better match start to finish but were unable to close out the match. LAHS rebounded and completed the win over St. Mikes winning 5 to 4 to take third place. Farmington High School made the final of the team competition but LAHS holds a victory over Farmington, placing LAHS Boys Tennis as the second ranked team in state.
As coach I am very proud of the way our boys competed as a team. Everyone did there part for each victory and we hope to keep improving in both singles and doubles as we finish the last leg of our season.