The Houston Academy boys tennis team showed their quality depth during the AHSAA Class 1A-2A-3A State Championships Monday and Tuesday.
Despite a stunning early tournament loss by their No. 1 singles players and a finals loss at No. 1 doubles, the Raiders still overpowered the eight-team field at Montgomery’s Lagoon Park.
The HA boys took a hit early on Monday when Mitchell Piedra, last year’s Dothan Eagle Player of the Year and a state champion last year, lost in the first round at No. 1 singles.Others, though, stepped up. Ayodeji, the Raiders’ lone senior, won a pair of straight set matches to reach the finals at No. 2 where he had to face Montgomery Catholic’s Sebastian Sayegh.
Ayodeji said winning a title was beginning to hit him an hour after the completion of the tournament. McRae, a freshman, claimed the crown at No. 5 singles, beating Whitesburg Christian’s David Holaway in dominating fashion, 6-0, 6-0. The No. 1 doubles teams of Piedra and Ayodeji won two matches to reach the finals before losing to Montgomery Catholic’s Cooper Davis and Sayegh.After three straight losses to Bayside Academy’s Lillie McInnis, including one in last season’s section tournament, HA’s Kenza Bilbeisi beat McInnis when it mattered most at Tuesday’s state tournament.“I was just focused,” Bilbeisi said. “I didn’t want to lose.
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