Bret Harte Tennis completed their regular League season that nearly rivals the 2009 season nearly 16 years ago. Finishing third in coed team tennis in the Mother Lode League, the team has qualified for the Sac-Joaquin Section’s 2025 D2 Coed Team Tennis tournament and will travel to Ripon on Thursday, May 8 to take on the Ripon Christian Knights in the quarterfinals.
Junior Jonathan Carter became the Mother Lode League Most Valuable Player going undefeated in League play. Carter previously earned 1st team All-League honors his freshman and sophomore years. Juniors Brayden Bowersox, Lexie McDaniel, and Yarely Munoz earned 1st-team All-League honors. Bowersox also went undefeated as the boys’ singles 2 in League play. Bowersox became the League’s boys singles tournament champion hosted by Riverbank High School on Thursday, April 24. Sister-duo Yarely and Amaris Munoz became girls' double champions, and McDaniel came in second in girls' singles. These student-athletes will advance to the Sac-Joaquin Section D2 Coed Individual Tennis tournament scheduled to begin May 19 at Oak Park in Stockton.
The last time Bret Harte Tennis advanced to the post-season was in 2012, and the last time the program had an MVP was in 2010 when Joel Ashley became the League’s back-to-back most valuable player. Ashley was joined by Mariah Mathews as the League’s girls co-MVP, and Wesley Sagewalker and Meghan Woods who earned 1st team All-League honors in 2010.
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