From Staff Reports
May 06, 2008 12:42 am
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Kerens’ Alex Layfield waited six hours, but finally got to play.
Layfield advanced to the semifinals of the UIL State Tennis Tournament in Austin, defeating Taylor Lloyd, of Tuscola Jim Ned, 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
The sophomore will play Franklin’s Austin Klores in the semifinals today. Klores defeated his quarterfinal opponent Daniel Huggins, of Centerville, 6-0, 6-0.
Persistent rains delayed the matches more than six hours, causing meet officials to push the semifinals and finals rounds back to today beginning at 8 a.m. for singles and 9:30 a.m. in doubles.
Frost’s Travis Cassady and Haley Cagle lost their quarterfinal match.
Cagle and Cassady had a hard fought battle, losing in three sets, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to Sabinal’s Ben Hawkes and Brittney Horton.
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