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Season Recap: Tennis

From beginning to end and top to bottom, the Tallulah Falls tennis teams were marked with consistency and dominance with a knack for making history. The culmination of the 2025 season came with the Indians taking home a State Runner-Up trophy and the Lady Indians posting their first-ever Final 4 appearance.

Both teams won the Region Championship, as neither lost a single match inside region play. The lineups featured veteran leadership sprinkled with some young talented players. The boys earned a #2 state ranking, while the girls were #3. Both are program bests.

The Indians went 16-2 overall, including going 12-0 in region play. The boys claimed their second region title in a 3-year span, and secured a fourth straight playoff spot. For the first time, due to being first year members of GIAA, TFS competed in an Singles/Doubles region and state tournament as well the team bracket. Every line qualified for state with both the boys and girls.

Tanner Davis, who leaves TFS as the top singles player in single-season (18) and career (56) wins, was the individual Region Runner-Up, and advanced past the first round at state. Fellow senior TJ Cox, who tied Davis as the single-season leader in singles wins and had 53 career victories, was nearly unbeatable all season. Petar Ratkovic (12 wins) at 2-singles provided more fortitude to the singles lineup.

At 1-doubles, Zachary Carringer and Jake Owensby secured exactly 10 wins as a combo for a third time in four seasons. Meanwhile, freshman Reilly Cox and sophomore Phong Vo were solid at 2-doubles. The Indians carved out a pair of wins in the team state tournament, falling only in the championship match. The Runner-Up finish is a first in program history, and the 16 wins is a program record.

The Lady Indians were without blemish until the Final 4 loss, a 3-2 thriller decided in a tiebreaker. TFS went 14-1 when it was all said and done, securing 12 shutout wins (program record). Jaeda-Lee Daniel-Joseph, a junior who holds the single-season wins mark (21) and career (51), was the individual Region Champion, and anchored the lineup at 1-singles. Junior Azaria Junaid (33 singles career wins – 2nd-most) had 15 victories at 2-singles, and Karen Sanchez rounded out the singles lineup.

At 1-doubles, it was Ava Carnes and Charlotte Stafford once again having a great year, notching 14 wins in back-to-back seasons as a duo. The 2-doubles team of Landry Carnes and Keira Webb clinched 17 wins for the single-season record. The latter combo won the Region Doubles Championship. Both doubles teams won their first state match as well.

Seniors who leave the program after leaving indelible marks include: Carringer, Cox, Davis, Owensby for the boys; Landry Carnes, Sanchez, and Hanna Rudnicka and Elizabeth Stafford (team managers) for the girls.