District Tennis is being contested for boys teams around the state today and one the Class 1A District sites was in Atlantic. For the third straight season the Doubles team of Grant Podhajsky and Cooper McDermott are heading to state. The Trojan duo came in second in District action today. They fell to the team of Joel Ibanez and Adam Konfrst of Glenwood in the finals 6-1, 6-2. Both doubles teams will head to the Class 1A State Singles and Doubles Tournament at Byrnes Park in Waterloo on May 25th and 26th.

The team of Podhajsky/McDermott finished 8th at last year’s Class 1A State Tournament.

The top two doubles teams and individuals from District play at all 8 sites today will advance to the State Tournament in both classes.

The top scoring team at each District site will advance to Sub-State play on May 19th. The 2nd and 3rd place teams will play a preliminary sub-state match this Saturday to determine the other sub-state qualifier. The second place team will host the preliminary sub-state match.