Yoe tennis team comes home with two first place finishes

The Yoe Varsity Tennis team participated in the Thrall Invitation Tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and came home with two First Place Trophies.

Marino Cardona went 3-0 on the day to win the Boys Singles Bracket. He got a first round bye and then defeated Montelongo from Rockdale 8-2 in the second round. He then faced Schneiter from Lexington in the Semi-Finals, and beat him 8-2.  

In the Finals, Marino faced Bostic from Lexington and won 8-2 to claim First Place in Boys Singles.  

The Girls Doubles team of Camryn Green and Macie Vaculin also went 3-0 on the day to claim First Place in the Girls Doubles Bracket.  

They defeated the team of Rose and Rose from Salado, 8-6 in the 1st Round.  In the second round they faced the team of Garcia/Trussell from Thrall, after going down 0-4 in the match, Green and Vaculin came back to win 8-5 to move to the Finals.  In the Finals, Green and Vaculin defeated Perkkio and Archer of Caldwell 8-6 to win the Girls Doubles Bracket. 

Also participating for the Yoemen were Xavier Muniz who defeated Murray from Salado, before falling to Bostic from Lexington in the second round and the Boys Doubles team of Ryan Muniz and Kash Dalbey.