Sharyland High’s Alan Gonzalez is the last tennis player standing from the Rio Grande Valley in the state tournament after day one.
Gonzalez won the required two matches to set up a rematch of the 2022 Class 5A state championship match with Fort Bend Kempner’s Noey Do.
Gonzalez and Do face off at 8:30 a.m. at the Northside ISD Tennis Center in San Antonio.
Gonzalez won his first match against Austin McCallum’s Andrew Lavine, 6-0, 6-1 and then in his second match he defeated Amarillo Tascosa’s Ethan Ruppanne 6-2, 6-3.
Sharyland High’s Hugo and Memo Garcia won their first match in boys doubles defeated a team from Longview 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. The Garcias lost in a close match against a team from Amarillo High 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3. Memo and Hugo won the Class 5A Region IV championship two weeks ago.
Harlingen’s South’s Diego Garcia and Ethan Carter lost in the first round of their boys doubles match. Two of the best players from the Lower Valley lost 6-2, 6-1 to a team from Frisco Centennial.
Garcia and Carter finished off a terrific season for Harlingen South tennis. The pair played an instrumental part of helping the Hawks reach the third round of the playoffs in team tennis. Both will be back next year.
McAllen Memorial’s Diego Salvo wrapped up his Mustangs career with Dania Casas in mixed doubles. The Region IV champions picked up a win against a team from Abilene Wiley, 6-2, 6-3, but lost in the second round to a team from College Station.
Casas is set to be a junior next season and is already the No.1 girls for the Mustangs.
Edinburg North’s Maya Chen also picked up a win at state. The freshman defeated Allen’s Chelsie Son 7-6 (7), 6-4. Son was a state qualifier in 2022.
Chen lost in the second round to a player from Katy Tompkins.