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White Oak’s John Langsley and Macy Weeks captured the Mixed Doubles championship of the Class 3A Region II Tennis Tournament on Tuesday in Tyler.

Langsley and Weeks, the No. 3 seeds, defeated the No. 1 seeded team of Luke Jenkins and Dakota Deckard in the finals, 6-4, 6-2.

Matches were hosted by Tyler Junior College and The Cascades Golf & Country Club. The tournament began on Monday.

The Roughneck squad advances to the Class 3A State Tournament May 20-21. The site for the state tourney has not been determined by the UIL.

In girls singles, Queen City’s Clara Wong, the No. 3 seed, fought back to earn a state tournament berth. Wong lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Kenna Kelley, the No. 1 seed from Leonard, 6-1, 7-5.

Kelley won the finals 6-0, 6-1 over Rylee Camp of New Diana.

Wong won the third-place match 6-0, 6-0 over No. 4 seed Caroline Marshall of Gunter. That earned her the right to play in the playback for state against Camp. Wong won 6-0, 6-1.

The Edgewood team of Trinity Hale and Grace Cates are headed to state in girls doubles after winning a playback.

Whitewright’s No. 1 seeded team of Danielle Slack and Lyndsay Henderson won the championship 6-3, 6-0 over the unseeded team of Hale and Cates.

The Lady Bulldogs team won the bid for state by defeating the No. 3 seeded team of Hannah Murdock and Tabitha Folse of Prairiland, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in the playback match.

In boys doubles, the Gladewater squad of Gage Mitchell and Blake Holder finished third.

Class 3A Region II Tennis Tournament

Hosted by Tyler Junior College and The Cascades Golf & Country Club

April 26-27

Boys Singles

Semifinals — No. 1 Tate Rehmet, Gunter, def. No. 3 Davi Torres, Callisburg, 6-1, 6-0; Jacob Stroman, Blue Ridge, def. No. 2 Abel Gallardo, Ponder, 6-3, 6-2.

Championship — Rehmet def. Stroman, 6-1, 6-2.

Third Place — Torres def. Gallardo, 6-3, 6-2.

Playback — Stroman def. Torres, 6-4, 6-3.

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Boys Doubles

Semifinals — No. 3 Wyatt Reedy-Ethan Worley, Whitesboro, def. No. 1 Gage Mitchell-Blake Holder, Gladewater, 6-4, 6-1; No. 2 Zee Dunlap-Ethan Montgomery, Ponder, def. No. 4 Aaron Zarate-Jonathan Cortes, Grand Saline.

Championship — Dunlap-Montgomery def. Reedy-Worley, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Third Place — Mitchell-Holder def. Zarate-Cortes, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

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Girls Singles

Semifinals — No. 1 Kenna Kelley, Leonard, def. No. 3 Clare Wong, Queen City, 6-1, 7-5; Rylee Camp, New Diana, def. No. 4 Caroline Marshall, Gunter, 6-1, 6-2.

Championship — Kelley def. Camp, 6-0, 6-1.

Third Place — Wong def. Marshall, 6-0, 6-0.

Playback — Wong def. Camp, 6-0, 6-1.

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Girls Doubles

Semifinals — No. 1 Danielle Slack-Lyndsay Henderson, Whitewright, def. No. 3 Hannah Murdock-Tabitha Folse, Prairiland, 6-4, 7-5; Trinity Hale-Gracie Cates, Edgewood, def. Alli Kirkpatrick-Casey Barett, Bonham, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Championship — Slack-Henderson def. Hale-Cates, 6-4, 6-0.

Third Place — Murdock-Folse def. Kirkpatrick-Barett, 6-3, 6-0.

Playback — Hale-Cates def. Murdock-Folse, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3.

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Mixed Doubles

Semifinals — No. 1 Luke Jenkins-Dakota Deckard, Blue Ridge, def. No. 4 Barrett Martin-Meredith Baker, Edgewood, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; No. 3 John Langsley-Macy Weeks, White Oak, def. No. 2 Heath Parker-Addison Prater, Edgewood, 7-5, 7-6 (1).

Championship — Langsley-Weeks def. Jenkins-Deckard, 6-4, 6-2.

Third Place — Parker-Prater def. Martin-Baker, 6-2, 6-3.

Playback — Jenkins-Deckard def. Parker-Prater, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.