Italy’s Cole Hopkins and Zain Byers make it to the regional semi-finals as tennis doubles partners but fall two matches short of state.

Italy High School tennis coach, Melissa Fullmer, releases match information regarding Italy’s upcoming district tennis meet being held in North Richland Hills.

With the district tennis meet nearing, Italy Tennis held consecutive practice matches with Milford on Wednesday and St. Joseph Catholic School on Thursday.

Carrying their tennis rackets as if they were wielding their swords in battle, the Gladiators and Lady Gladiators entourage marched onto Rice’s courts with a point to prove.

The Italy Tennis team traveled to Alvarado to compete in the JV district tournament. Also participating, were Italy’s varsity players who managed to advance from the day before.

Held at Mertz Tennis Park in Corsicana and hosted by the Rice Bulldogs, the Italy Tennis team, head coached by Aidan Callahan, participated in the invitational tennis meet on Saturday.

Congratulations to Alyssa Richards and Drew Windham who will be competing at the Regional Tennis meet today in Nacogdoches after giving it their all in a softball game last night.

Cage Matches — The Italy Tennis Team put in one final warm up before competing in district on Monday in Corsicana by hosting a tournament with the Palmer Bulldogs.

Game, Set and Match — Practicing late into the evening four days a week, the Italy Tennis team finally got a chance to test out their court skills during a practice session with Palmer.

The Italy Tennis Team coached by Dana Hamby traveled to Corsicana for their District meet on April 6th and 7th where the Gladiators served up greatness to their district competition. Italy launched a barrage of tennis shots toward the competition ensuring they didn’t come away empty handed.

The Italy Tennis Team hosted a scrimmage at the newly refurbished Italy tennis courts on Wednesday. The teams were looking good as they played both doubles and singles matches as under the watchful eye of Coach Dana Hamby.