Published: March 13, 2008 11:40 am         

Lady Leopards win tournament

The Leopard girls tennis team won the team championship on Tuesday at the Sanger Indian Invitational.

The Lady Leopards dominated the girls draws winning both girls doubles draws, third in A girls singles, A girls Consolation champion, and second in B girls singles.

All these wins added up to 12 points and a first place team trophy. The girls beat out Bridgeport who finished second with 9 points. The Leopard boys team finished third in the tournament with Whitesboro taking home the trophy.

The boys team won the B boys singles draw, took third in the A boys singles draw, won the consolation champion in B Boys doubles and A mixed doubles.

“We really needed this,” said Coach Jeff Gerken. “The last two tournaments we’ve played we just didn’t have the results we were hoping to get.

“ Well this time the kids hard work achieved everything we could have hoped for and more. I was really proud of their efforts.”

“This was Senior Captain Deven Garrett’s first time to ever place in a tournament and for him to win first really made it special,” Gerken said. “After lots of years of coaching it’s still those moments that really make it fun. Deven is a great kid who has worked super hard. I’m not sure he has quit smiling yet”

Individual winners for the Leopards were: Caylie Ginther/Katie Plunk-first A Girls Doubles; Irenee Perez/Kaitlyn Holt first B Girls Doubles; Deven Garrett first B Boys singles; Jessica Marler second B Girls singles; Jenny Parsons third A Girls Singles; Tony Wiese third in A Boys singles; Melina Perez consolation first B Girls Singles; Michael Heremes/Caleb Stogner Consolation first B Boys Doubles and Mandy Rankin/Cody Blake consolation 1st A Mixed Doubles.

The Leopards next tournament will be the first ever Leopard Invitational which will be held at the last Friday and Saturday of March.