Left to right in photo: Courtney Pickett, Mariah Maxfield, Mullika Seekhieo, Taylor Attaway

Trips to the state tournament were a rite of spring for the Van Vandal tennis team under coach Brad Crawford.

And the tradition is continuing under coach Melissa Wells.

The only difference is the Van squad will head to College Station instead of Austin. The Penick-Allison Tennis Center on the University of Texas campus in Austin is no longer as the new Dell Medical School is under construction. While the new Longhorn tennis center is being planned, the UIL has moved its tennis championships to Texas A&M University’s Mitchell Tennis Center and Omar Smith Instructional Tennis Courts in College Station.

Earning the trip to state from Van are the girls doubles teams of Taylor Attaway- Mullika Seekhieo and Mariah Maxfield-Courtney Pickett.

The two Lady Vandal teams faced each other in the Class 4A Region II championship on Tuesday in Longview.

Attaway and Seekhieo won 6-1, 6-4 over Maxfield and Pickett in the championship match.

Maxfield and Pickett then captured a state bid by winning the playback for state against third-place Maggie Quy and Michelle Perdue of Krum 6-3, 6-2.

Joining the Lady Vandal foursome for the Class 4A state tournament are: Ashleigh Davis-Hunter Foster of Kaufman and Kelsey James-Kolton Adams of Wills Point in mixed doubles; Takashia Thomas-Sangit Lanka of Kilgore and Logan Daniell-Rustin Rankin of Wills Point in boys doubles; Mabry Nicholls of Spring Hill and Shelby Pirtle of Wills Point in girls singles; and Dawson Penn of Spring Hill in boys singles.

In the Class 4A, Region III meet at Bryan High School, Stevie Ybarra of Palestine earned a trip to College Station.

Ybarra won a playback for state in girls singles, defeating runner-up Kristina Johnson of Lufkin Hudson, 6-0, 7-5.

In boys doubles, the Center pair of Adam Reeves and Chris Dunn placed second and earned a berth to state.

The state tournament is scheduled for May 12-13. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on May 12 with the championship matches on May 13.

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Class 4A Region II

Longview High School, Longview

Girls Singles

First Round — Mabry Nichols, Spring Hill, def. Shadreka Rhodes, Dallas Roosevelt, 6-0, 6-0; Cassidy Wilcoxson, Wills Point, def. Jasmine Andres, Kaufman, 6-2, 6-1; Meg Wages, Bullard, def. Mackenzie Ripple, Krum, 6-0, 6-2; Shelby Pirtle, Wills Point, def. Panoa Green, Nevada Community, 6-0, 6-0.

Quarterfinals — Nichols def. Maria Leyva, North Lamar, 6-0, 6-1; Wilcoxson def. Danielle Maher, Melissa, 6-0, 6-0; Wages def. Sarah Willbanks, Atlanta, 6-0, 6-1; Pirtle def. Hollie Hutto, Kaufman, 6-2, 6-2.

Semifinals — Nichols def. Wilcoxson, 6-1, 6-3; Pirtle def. Wages, 6-3, 6-3.

Finals — Nichols def. Pirtle, 6-3, 6-2.

Third-Place — Wilcoxson def. Wages, 7-6 (2), 1-6, 7-5.

Playback for state — Pirtle def. Wilcoxson, 6-3, 6-4.

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Boys Singles

First Round — Dawson Penn, Spring Hill, def. Nicholas Figuero, Dallas Pinkston, 6-0, 6-0; Reece Williams, Wills Point, def. Derrian Hernandez, Kaufman, 6-1, 6-2; Luis Flores, Gladewater, def. Jackson Douglas, Pleasant Grove, 6-3, 6-2; Bradley Loftis, Dallas Madison, def. Johnathan Rhoads, Brownsboro, 6-2, 6-0.

Quarterfinals — Penn def. Preston Revis, Carrollton Ranchview, 6-2, 6-1; Austin Hoang, Celina, def. Williams, 6-0, 6-0; Flores def. Collin Patterson, Kaufman, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0.

Semifinals — Penn def. Hoang, 6-3, 6-4; Loftis def. Flores, 7-5, 6-0.

Finals — Loftis def. Penn, 6-2, 6-1.

Third-Place — Hoang def. Flores, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5.

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Girls Doubles

First Round — Taylor Attaway-Mullika Seekhieo, Van, def. Chase Dimond-Mallory Decherd, Spring Hill, 6-0, 6-1; Mariah Maxfield-Courtney Pickett, Van, def. Anna Scott-Karly Branch, Spring Hill, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Quarterfinals — Attaway-Seekhieo def. Jennifer Cordero-Rachel Jordan, Kaufman, 6-2, 6-1; Maxfield-Pickett def. Sara Senatore-Taylor Parks, Pleasant Grove, 6-0, 6-1.

Semifinals —Attaway-Seekhieo def. Maggie Quy-Michelle Perdue, Krum, 7-5, 6-0; Maxfield-Pickett def. Ana Cabrera-Haley Russell, Kaufman, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

Finals — Attaway-Seekhieo def. Maxfield-Pickett, 6-1, 6-4.

Third-Place — Quy-Perdue def. Cabrera-Russell, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5.

Playback for state — Maxfield-Pickett def. Quy-Perdue, 6-3, 6-2.

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Boys Doubles

First Round — Logan Daniell-Rustin Rankin, Wills Point, def. Jacob Mays-Aspen Mooring, Kaufman, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Adhitya Jayasinghe-Carlos Pancorvo, Uplift North Hills, def. William Muir-Ian St. Clair, Kilgore, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Nick Clark-Jake Thedford, Van, def. Edgar Granados-Ivan Garcia, Dallas Pinkston, 6-0, 6-0; Takashi Thomas-Sangit Lanka, Kilgore, def. Joe Edzards-Aaron Ables, North Lamar, 6-0, 6-2.

Quarterfinals — Daniell-Rankin def. Jayasinghe-Pancorvo, 6-0, 6-3; Thomas-Lanka def. Clark-Thedford, 6-1, 6-4.

Semifinals —Daniell-Rankin def. Shashwat Tripathi-Brandon Couch, Argyle, 6-3, 6-2; Thomas-Lanka def. Valentine Fernandez-Jon Kimbrell, Kaufman, 6-0, 6-1.

Finals — Thomas-Lanka def. Daniell-Rankin, 6-4, 6-2.

Third-Place — Fernandez-Kimbrell def. Tripathi-Couch, 6-3, 7-5.

Playback for state — Daniell-Rankin def. Fernandez-Kimbrell, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.

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Mixed Doubles

First Round — Mark Dominguez-Katy Hall, Kaufman, def. Jessica Stokes-Rohit Lanka, Kilgore, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Kolton Adams-Kelsey James, Wills Point, def. Jasmine Richardson-Trevonn I, Dallas Lincoln, 6-0, 6-0; Kameron McEntruff-Claire Hiler, Wills Point def. Preston Child-Brittani Roy, Krum, 6-1, 7-6 (3); Ashleigh Davis-Hunter Foster, Kaufman, def. Kaitlin Word-Nash Best, Kilgore, 6-1, 6-3.

Quarterfinals — Dominguez-Hall def. Anfernee Kennedy-Brittany French, Liberty-Eylau, 6-0, 6-3; Adams-James def. Logan Ripple-MacKenzie Griffith, Krum, 6-2, 6-3; McEnturff-Hiler def. Kian Ghalibaf-Prasana Ruxmohan, Carrollton Ranchview, 6-1, 6-1.

Semifinals — Adams-James def. Dominquez-Hall, 6-1, 6-2; Davis-Foster def. McEnturff-Hiler, 6-2, 6-0.

Finals — Davis-Foster def. Adams-James, 6-2, 7-5.

Third-Place — Dominguez-Hall def. McEnturff-Hiler, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

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Class 4A Region III

Bryan High School, Bryan

Girls Singles

First Round — Ecaroh Jackson, Caldwell, def. Madeline Morris, Henderson, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Stevie Ybarra, Palestine, bye.

Quarterfinals — Ybarra def. Whitlee Reed, Center, 6-1, 6-1.

Semifinals — Carrsyn Gregor, Bellville, def. Ybarra, 6-1, 6-2.

Finals — Gregor def. Kristina Johnson, Lufkin Hudson, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Third-Place — Ybarra def. Jackson, 6-1, 6-4.

Playback for state — Ybarra def. Johnson, 6-0, 7-5.

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Boys Singles

First Round — Adam Morris, Henderson, def. Cade Skuza, Jasper, 6-1, 6-0; Ben Shiller, Palestine, def. Ryan Martinez, Silsbee, 6-3, 1-.

Quarterfinals — Noah Wingate, Waco Robinson, def. Morris, 6-1, 6-1. Cody Spencer, Smithville, def. Shiller, 6-0, 6-0.

Finals — Wingate def. Westin Jablonowski, Bellville, 6-1, 6-0.

Third-Place — Spencer def. Michael Loyd, Groesbeck, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Playback for state — Jablonowski def. Spencer, 6-2, 6-2.

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Girls Doubles

Finals — Sarah Braun-Kendall Jablonowski, Bellville, def. Julie Garcia-Malory Nehring, Center, 6-4, 6-0.

Third-Place — Kayla Newman-Meredith Weyer, Bellville, def. Faith Lengl-Rylee Hudsepth, Center, 6-0, 6-3.

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Boys Doubles

Finals — Blake Jordan-Brady Zapalac, Bellville, def. Adam Reeves-Alec Lucas, Center, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5).

Third-Place — Noah Basden-Logan Bocker, Groesbeck, def. Chris Dunn-Kamden Lucas, 6-4, 7-5.

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Mixed Doubles

First Round — Lucas Sheeley-Annalise Meyers, Palestine, def. Chris Schiltz-Chelsea Dickert, Orange Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 6-4, 6-2.

Quarterfinals — Harrison Dunham-Erin White, China Spring, def. Sheeley-Meyers, 6-0, 6-0.

Finals — Harrison Weddle-Kirstin Wood, Bellville, def. Caleb Diller-Megan Litton, Waco Robinson, 6-1, 6-1.

Third-Place — Dunham-White def. Sean Moyer-Kelsey Brinker, Smithville, 6-4, 6-2.

Playback for state — Diller-Litton def. Dunham-White, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.