The Bullard High School duo of Hannah Lightner and Julia Lightner are state tennis champions.
The Lightner sisters captured the UIL Class 4A girls doubles title on Wednesday in San Antonio.
The Lady Panthers team won a three-set victory over the Fredericksburg squad of Bella Rodriguez and Chloe Wanek.
Lightner and Lightner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the championship match held at the AnneMarie Tennis Center.
In the quarterfinals, the Lightner-Lightner squad scored a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kaitlyn Craddock and Elizabeth Hollabaugh of Canyon Randall.
They then defeated a fellow East Texas team of Lindale's Breanna Taylor and Taegan Michel in the semifinals, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
In district, regionals and state, the Lightners have won 115 of 145 games.
The sisters — sophomore Hannah and freshman Julia — captured the District 18-4A doubles championship on March 27 in Jacksonville.
That victory advanced the Lightners to the Class 4A Region III Tournament, which was held in Bryan on April 12.
The Lightners join the 1982 Bullard team of Kenneth Langston and Keith Langston as state champions. The Langstons won the Class 2A boys doubles title that season.
In Class 3A girls singles, Queen City's Clare Wong lost a tough three-set championship match to Presleigh Smith of Vernon, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
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UIL Tennis State Championships
Wednesday, April 26
State Finals
Class 6A
Boys Singles — Lathan Skrobarcek, San Antonio Harlan, def. Ian Uraga, El Paso Coronado, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Boys Doubles — Jose Luis Perez Castillo-Emilio Lopez Del Olmo, The Woodlands, def. Tejas Ram-Noah Hakim, Allen, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
Girls Singles — Catherine Shen, Houston Bellaire, def. Ananya Sriniketh, Katy Tompkins, 6-1, 6-2.
Girls Doubles — Sofia Mazzucato-Tara Ahmadi, Houston Memorial, def. Anwitha Duduka-Dana Kardonik, Round Rock Westwood, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Mixed Doubles — Anirudh Reddy-Emma Thoms, Plano West, def. Egor Morozov-Kat Lowy, Houston Memorial, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
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Class 5A
Boys Singles — Noey Do, Fort Bend Kempner, def. Alan Gonzalez, Mission Sharyland, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Boys Doubles — Kelton Brown-Wade Bryant, Amarillo, def. Shriyan Daggumalli-Aravind Sridhar, Frisco Centennial, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
Girls Singles — Meghna Arun Kumar, Argyle, def. Ella Wertz, Frisco Wakeland, 6-1, 6-2.
Girls Doubles — Eleanor Archer-Morgan Rose, Amarillo, def. Milla Dopson-Hailey Zhang, Frisco Liberty, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles — Paxton O'Shea-Maya Diyasheva, College Station, def. Trevor Short-Stealey Crousen, Abilene Wylie, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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Class 4A
Boys Singles — Abdulraheem Isa, Anna, def. Maddux Foster, Andrews, 6-2, 6-1.
Boys Doubles — Sam Gonzales-Jess Gonzales, Boerne, def. Eli Frosch-Kayden Lengacher, Kaufman, 6-3, 6-4.
Girls Singles — Rylee Michna, Taylor, def. Ella Hester, Canyon Randall, 6-1, 6-0.
Girls Doubles — Hannah Lightner-Julia Lightner, Bullard, def. Bella Rodriguez-Chloe Wanek, Fredericksburg, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Mixed Doubles — K'Linda Mason-Brandon Ysaguirre, Hereford, def. Scout Adams/Parker Steinman, Canyon West Plains, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
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Class 3A
Boys Singles — Theodore Buchanan, Corpus Christi London, def. Connor Griffith, Vanderbilt Industrial, 6-1, 6-3.
Boys Doubles — Dane Keischnick-Max Jones, Vernon, def. Payne Smith-Bryson Hirt, Wall, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
Girls Singles — Presleigh Smith, Vernon, def. Clare Wong, Queen City, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Girls Doubles — Audi Goodman-Kristina Urista, Vernon, def. Paige Patterson-Aleya Goco, Vernon, 6-4, 6-3.
Mixed Doubles — Kell Castleberry-Kinsey Weatherly, Vernon, def. Hunter Bruggman/Kaylee Alexander, Little River Academy, 6-2, 6-1.
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Class 2A
Boys Singles — Mason Hatfield, Mason, def. Luke Marshall, Albany, 6-0, 6-0.
Boys Doubles — Robert Aguero-Jack Gillespie, Mason, def. Cade Dudney-Keltan Jordan, Mason, 7-6 (1), 6-1.
Girls Singles — Carolina Williams, Port Aransas, def. Aubrey Carroll, Crawford, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Girls Doubles — Kinsley Jordan-Lucy Rochat, Mason, def. Aidyn Arguijo-Jalietza Zepeda, Stockdale, 6-4, 6-2.
Mixed Doubles — Jerry Zermeno-Jakelin Zermeno, Mason, def. Keegan Ratliff-Scout Magnus, Mason, 6-1, 6-2.
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Class 1A
Boys Singles — Luke Leavelle, Utopia, def. Chapman Sims, Lenorah Grady, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Boys Doubles — Wyatt Terrell-Roy Brown, Menard, def. Carson Heiman-Tanner Wethington, Nazareth, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Girls Singles — Melina Ramirez, Runge, def. Ali Friemel, Groom, 6-2, 6-4.
Girls Doubles — Kinsley Cox-Meagan Cole, Utopia, def. Kayleigh Griffin-Kennedy Thompson, Knippa, 6-0, 5-7, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles — Melanie Rainey-Tate Cormier, Mertzon Irion County, def. Tallon Hayes-Valeria Zavala, Benjamin, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
