2017
13-AAAAA Team tennis
district champions
bi-district champions
area champions
regional quarter-finalists
wilson/ttca state rank #10
The IHS Varsity Tennis team won the schools first Team District Championship by winning the 13-5A Team Tennis Championship. IHS was 7-0 in district play in a district that had 6 teams represented in the Wilson/TTCA state ranking during the year. IHS tennis finished 3rd last year, 4th in 2015, and last in their 1st year of competition. The team played outstanding tennis every week of the year and secured wins over Liberty and Frisco to earn the Championship.
IHS defeated Little Elm 19-0 in the Bi-District round of the playoffs and defeated Halsville 19-0 in the Area round of the playoffs. IHS lost a hard fought match to Lovejoy 10-9 in the Regional Quarter-finals.
5 players earned 1st team All District honors. 11 players earned 2nd team All District honors, and 1 player was recognized as Honorable Mention.
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13-5A
All district Team
1st Team All District
#2 Girls Doubles Katie Strand/Maddie Pan
#3 Girls Singles Maddie Pan
#4 Girls Singles Gal Ritte
#5 Girls Singles Katie Strand
2nd Team All District
#1 Girls Doubles Trinity Vivona / Hannah Coursey
#3 Girls Doubles Sophia Quiroz / Gal Ritte
Mixed Doubles Shannon Connelly / Sangaman Senthil
#2 Girls Singles Hannah Coursey
#6 Girls Singles Sophia Quiroz
#2 Boys Singles Neel Panging
#3 Boys Singles Carlos Galindo
#5 Boys Singles Ashvath Gondesi
#6 Boys Singles Jai Rawat
Honorable Mention
#1 Boys Singles Ben Uziel
Special Awards
Senior Award Maddie Pan
Newcomer Of The Year Gal Ritte
Sportsmanship Award Jai Rawat
Coaches of the Year
Steve Schkade
Jenny Paine
#2 Girls Doubles Katie Strand/Maddie Pan
#3 Girls Singles Maddie Pan
#4 Girls Singles Gal Ritte
#5 Girls Singles Katie Strand
2nd Team All District
#1 Girls Doubles Trinity Vivona / Hannah Coursey
#3 Girls Doubles Sophia Quiroz / Gal Ritte
Mixed Doubles Shannon Connelly / Sangaman Senthil
#2 Girls Singles Hannah Coursey
#6 Girls Singles Sophia Quiroz
#2 Boys Singles Neel Panging
#3 Boys Singles Carlos Galindo
#5 Boys Singles Ashvath Gondesi
#6 Boys Singles Jai Rawat
Honorable Mention
#1 Boys Singles Ben Uziel
Special Awards
Senior Award Maddie Pan
Newcomer Of The Year Gal Ritte
Sportsmanship Award Jai Rawat
Coaches of the Year
Steve Schkade
Jenny Paine
STATE 2017
qUINN LAPOINT
TRINITY VIVONA AND KATIE STRAND
STATE 2016 Trinity Vivona and Lauren Miller
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