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Tennis Wins District

Lanie Catuogno
April 10, 2015
Varsity tennis wins District, moves on to Regionals. Photo courtesy of T. Dalrymple.
Varsity tennis wins District, moves on to Regionals. Photo courtesy of T. Dalrymple.

The varsity tennis team competed in the District 13-6A Championships on Wednesday and Thursday and came away big winners.  There are ten spots to go on to Regionals and the Warriors took nine of them.

Haarika Somarouthu became the first person in district history to win all 3 District Championships, winning girls’ doubles her freshman year, girls’ singles her last year and mixed doubles this year.
District 13-6A Results
 
Boys Team Champion – Westwood
Girls Team Champion – Westwood
Boys Singles
District Champion – Colin Markes – WW
2nd Place – Daniel Zhang – WW
Girls Singles
District Champion – Jasmine Filut – WW
2nd Place – Nisha Desai – WW
Mixed Doubles
District Champion – Alec Baskerville & Haarika Somarouthu – WW
2nd Place – Anlei Tang & Megha Reddy – WW
Boys Doubles
2nd Place – Eric Chen & Alex Wang – WW
3rd Place – Luke Imperial & Evan Troche – WW
Girls Doubles
District Champion – Shefali Arimilli & Smrithi Mahadevan – WW
2nd Place – Pia Cadar & Pooja Krishnaswamy – WW

 
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About the Contributor
Lanie Catuogno
Lanie Catuogno, Faculty Adviser
Ms. Cat here. I've taught journalism and advised the Westwood Student Press since 2013. Before that, I taught graphic design and advised yearbook staffs in Texas and California for 20 years. My undergrad degree is in Plan II Liberal Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, and I have a Master's of Education in Reading. I was an ASNE (American Society of News Editors) Reynolds High School Journalism Fellow in 2013. I earned my CJE (national certification as a journalism educator) in 2016. I was proud to be honored with the Edith Fox King award for journalism teachers in 2018. I love my job and it makes me especially happy when the newsroom is hopping and all the student journalists are busy following up on stories. If you are looking for my teacher website, click here.
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