Mustang Tennis Dominates

Nine athletes from Memorial High School are headed to the University of Texas at Austin next week for the state tennis tournament after winning at the 5A Region III Tennis Finals recently.

The Mustangs dominated the regional tournament by winning four out of five championships.

Regional champions and state qualifiers from Memorial High:
Boys Singles:

• Dane Esses – Regional Champion/State Qualifier
• Tadhg Collins – 3rd Place/ State 1st

Alternate Boys Doubles:

• Thomas Pecor and Christian Vieira – Regional Champions/State Qualifiers
• Grant Riechmann and William Jou – Regional Finalist/ State Qualifier

Girls Doubles:

• Nava and Nousha Nowamooz – Regional Champions/State Qualifiers

Mixed Doubles:

• Katie Davis and Ciro Lampasas – Regional Champions/State Qualifiers

Memorial High’s tennis coach is Bud Booth. “I’m very proud of these kids,” Coach Booth told the Houston Chronicle after regional victories. “They played excellent today. We had some very good wins.” For more information, visit the campus website.