Both the boys and the girls’ teams finished this season with wins in their final matches at Valley Union High School in Elfrida on April 22.
The girls totaled four wins and nine losses. And the boys had seven wins and six losses.
Senior Felix Wharton participated in the 1A School Invitational Tennis Tournament in Tucson at the Tucson Racquet Club on April 12. He was a semifinalist in singles and finished fourth overall.
Felix, together with Juniors Iliana Castro and Carlos Mingura, Sophomore Danny Schrimpf, and freshman Lily Wharton, participated in the 2014 State Individual Tennis Tournament that began on Friday, April 25, at the Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale, Arizona.
This year’s boys team was made up of Felix Wharton, Danny Schrimpf, Carlos Mingura, Jonathan King, Caesar Diaz, Calvin Whitcoe, and Juan Hill.
The girls’ team consists of Iliana Castro, Grace McGuire, Lily Wharton, Kathryn Miller, Verena Miller, Dawn Novack, Alisa Gutierrez, Alyssa Graham, Nicole Manriquez, and Chani McEldowney.
Coach Tod Bowden says this year’s team, which totals 17 players, is the largest number of student-athletes he’s coached since he began at PUHS in 2007.