NM high school athletes ready for spring sports championships
The state tennis tournaments open on Wednesday as the individual singles and doubles brackets are contested for the next two days. Ketan Garg of La Cueva, the defending state champion, is the top seed in Class 5A boys singles, and his first match, as with all the players, is Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Two rounds of singles will be held on Wednesday, with the semifinals (10:30 a.
m. ) and championship match (2 p. m.
) both on Thursday at the Jerry Cline courts at I-40 and Louisiana. The 5A girls also are exclusively at Jerry Cline. Savannah Reiman of Organ Mountain, last year’s champion, is the No.
1 seed in the 16-girl bracket. Adrian Hanna of Albuquerque Academy is the top seed in the boys Class 4A division; that bracket opens with two rounds at Academy on Wednesday, then shifts to Jerry Cline for the remaining two rounds on Thursday. Sadye Bruce of the Chargers is the favorite in 4A girls singles and is the No.
1 seed. As with the boys, they are at Academy on Wednesday, followed by the semis and title match on Thursday at Jerry Cline. Academy’s stunning boys tennis dynasty has won 22 consecutive state championships.