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FAYETTEVILLE — Kyle Nossaman and Jonathan Lowery competed for Bryant High School at the Boys Class 7A State tennis tournament, held Oct 19-20. The event was held at the Billingsley Tennis Center on the University of Arkansas campus. The Bryant duo faced No. 3-seeded Rogers from the 7A West in the first round and lost 6-1, 6-1.

By Rob Patrick

As it turns out, the Bryant High School athletes will continue to compete in the Central Conference after this year.

As part of the usual two-year cycle re-alignment by the Arkansas Activities Association, Bryant had been assigned to the South Conference in a move that mixed Class 7A and Class 6A schools in hopes of saving travel costs.

Of course, even that re-alignment saved some teams travel while increasing others so there was a lot of dissatisfaction expressed about the plan. As it turned out, the schools that would most benefit from the cut-down in travel were those in Little Rock (Hall and Parkview, moving from the East to the Central, and Fair, moving from the South to the Central).

LITTLE ROCK — The doubles team of Jonathan Lowery and Kyle Nossaman has qualified for the State tennis tournament in Fayetteville Oct. 19-20.

The duo qualified by finishing sixth in the 7A-Central Conference match at Little Rock Racquet Club on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Lowery and Nossaman defeated Conway’s Luke Martin and Taylor West, 8-5, in the opening round of the league tourney.

Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.

NAME: Alex Hughes

DATE OF BIRTH: May 12, 1992

PARENTS: Kevin and Melissa Hughes

SIBLINGS: Nick Hughes, 15

FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Lunch

FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITY: Play tennis and hang out.

FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza

FAVORTIE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Every

PINE BLUFF — The Bryant Hornets won three or four varsity matches including the second sweep of the doubles matches in as many outings this season on Thursday, Aug. 27.

In girls action, Alex Hughes notched a win in No. 2 singles for the Lady Hornets, defeating Pine Bluff's Allison Price, 8-4.

Senior Logan Porter earned an 8-6 victory over Pine Bluff’s Nick Bryant at No. 1 singles for the boys. At No. 2, Cody Higgins absorbed an 8-1 loss to Pine Bluff’s Rod Evans.

BENTON — The doubles teams of Kyle Nossaman and Jonathan Lowery, and Kyle Martin and Devon Norris highlighted the play of the Bryant High School tennis team in its opener on Aug. 11, against Benton.

Nossaman and Lowery won at No. 1 doubles 8-6 over Benton’s Clayton Weston and Austin Willis while Martin and Norris defeated Travis Sloper and John Stonesipher, 8-5, in No. 2 doubles.