The boys and girls Gulf Coast 8 (GC8) conference tournament for tennis began on Monday, April 6. Boys held their district match at Lecanto High School and girls finished up their matches on April 6 at Delta Woods Park in Spring Hill.
The GC8 Conference is comprised of eight schools: Springstead, Nature Coast Tech, Weeki Wachee, Central, Hernando, Lecanto, Crystal River, and Citrus. The Hernando and Crystal River High School Girls Varsity tennis teams forfeited the event this year.
The team event winners were Crystal River for boys and Lecanto High School for girls.
Team results of the Gulf Coast 8 Boys
Crystal River finished first with 13 points, just one point more than Citrus with 12 points. Springstead came in with 9 points, followed by Nature Coast Tech with 6 points, and Weeki Wachee with 2 points.
Team results of the Gulf Coast 8 Girls
Lecanto finished first with 17 points, Springstead was four points behind at 13 points. Central finished with four points followed by Nature Coast Tech with 3 points and Weeki Wachee with 1 point.
HERNANDO COUNTY Honorable mentions are:
Springstead Girls
Jollie Miller #1 Singles & Tina Sena #2 Singles and Doubles #1 – Championship Winners!
Ciara Calderon made it to the Championship Round in #5 Singles
Raysa Albertorio 1st Round Winner #3 Singles & with partner Sabrina Nunag in Doubles #2
Springstead Boys
Chris Ruskowski & Rasznu Chadzynski Doubles #1 Championship winner and Rasznu Singles #2 Championship Winner
Andre El Yamani 1st round winner #5 Singles
Nature Coast Girls
Safia Hodge #4 Singles made it to the Championship round,
Abbigail DiPalma 1st round winner #5 singles
Nature Coast Boys
Harrison Mc Namara #3 Singles made it to Championship Round
1st Round Winners: Logan Callari #1 Singles, Evan Williams #2 Singles, Oren Remedio #4 Singles & Evan with Oren #2 Doubles
Weeki Wachee Girls
1st Round Winner Rhianna Flexer #2 Singles & with partner Olivia Shields in #2 Doubles
Weeki Wachee Boys
1st Round Winner Aaron Shields #2 Singles & Henning Kessemeier #3 Singles
Central Girls
1st round winner Natalie Kupres #1 Singles, Kaidyn Steadman #3 Singles, Zioneliz Mirada-Perez #4 Singles & Kaidyn with Zioneliz #2 Doubles
Central Boys
No boys made it past 1st round
Hernando Boys
No boys made it past 1st round
