but they did make it to the first round of regional before losing 
My girl is second from the right
and YES, she gets her looks from her moma 
Three teams were added to our district this year – Florida High, Madison and Taylor counties. The other teams are Rickards, Suwannee and Godby.
The ladies were hopeful at the start of the tournament when all players won their first matches easily.
Number one player Alicia Porter beat Suwannee in the semifinals to face her only loss during the season, Florida High for the finals. Alicia lost the first set but was coming back strong and the Florida High player was falling apart. The momentum was definitely with Alicia, but then a storm rolled into Tom Brown Park very quickly. When it was 6-6 tied, they were in a tie breaker – first one to seven wins, but has to win by two.
Well, at 9-9 the storm hit and play was suspended.
The next morning, day three of the tournament, Alicia went to battle against Florida High.
Each point was taking 50 volleys each, and Florida High won 12-10.
Alicia came in second place as the No. 1 player. Alicia had a 9-2 record coming into districts and finished with a 12-3 record and the district runner up.
Next Alyssa Porter, who had already beaten the Florida High player in the semi finals faced Rickards in the finals but lost. Alyssa was the district runner up and finished her season at the No. 2 seed with a 10-5 record.
Chelsea Carroll was the No. 3 player this year and it is her first year playing tennis. Chelsea finished the season at 8-3 and lost in the semi-finals against Florida High, bringing her record to 9-4 and we are looking forward to her return next year.
The No. 4 girl is Rachel Dix-Kessler, who is the District Tournament Champion at the No. 4 seed. Her season record was 7-4 she faced Florida High in the finals and she won bringing her record to 10-4 and we look forward to her return as well.
Rachel’s win over Florida High left us one point behind Florida High with 12 points and the tournament could have ended with a variety of scenarios.
Our No. 5 seed is a new player to tennis, Christina Evans. Her season record was 7-4 and she won her first match of districts but then lost to Florida High in the semi-finals bringing her record to 8-5.
Christina is only a freshman and we look forward to three more years of tennis.
Our No. 2 doubles team of Rachel Dix-Kessler and Chelsea Carroll won the first round but then lost in the semi-finals to Rickards. Their season record was 8-3 and finished at 9-4. They made a great team and will be even better next year.
Our No. 1 doubles team made up of senior twins Alicia and Alyssa Porter had a great year playing together ending the regular season at 9-2 giving them the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
The Porters made it to the finals to play against Florida High for the district championship. If the Porters won, we took second place in the tournament – lose and we had to play a tie-breaker with Rickards. Well, they got it done winning the first set then winning the second and winning the District Championship at No. 1 doubles.
The girl’s district finished the closest in years Florida High first with 14 points Wakulla second with 13 points, Rickards took third and Suwannee was close behind at fourth.
Being the District Champion at the No. 1 doubles automatically qualifies them to compete at the State Tennis Finals in Altamonte Springs. This will be Alicia Porter’s second time to the state finals – she also competed last year in singles and doubles.
First the girls team as District Runner Up will travel to Arnold High School in Panama City on Tuesday, April 10, to play in the first round of regionals.
way to go Ladies Tennis Team !
