In April we were flown by the school district to Lubbock, Texas for the regional tennis tournament. Yes, you read it right, we FLEW!!! I was excited about this, seeing that all of my year of high school and college tennis I was trapped inside a 15 passanger van or bus! It was nice hop on a plane and then be at our destination an hour later!!
Prior to leaving for Lubbock, we continued our "Kiss the Bronco" tradition at Boyd for sending players to the playoffs. My 4 players and both of us coaches gathered with other athletic teams and the principal for our farewell sendoff.
After checking into our hotel, The Embassy Suites (our district pulled out all the red carpets this year!!!), I went off to the seeding meeeting. Unfortunately my boys singles player drew the #2 seed and eventual tournamet champion. My mixed doubles team drew the #1 seed and eventual tournament champion. My girls singles player was a bit luckier. She was the #2 seed. She flew through her first match. The 2nd match (quater finals) proved to be a bit tougher than expected. After dropping the first set, down 4-1 in the 2nd, a few tears, and an ugly lob fest, she did what she had to do and won the match which led her to the semis which she won. The finals proved to be a re-match of the district finals and Mackenna was victorious again. This time, she made school history as the first Bronco Regional Champion and we are headed to State in Austin, Texas.
We had time to kill after the finals, so the most exciting tourist attraction in Lubbock is the Buddy Holly muesum. It was interesting to the kids for the first 5 minutes and interesting to me for the first 10 minutes. After 45 minutes we were dragging Coach D out the door! 
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