With a team record of 8-5 and a second place district finish, the Laurel High School Tornado tennis team ended the year strong. In the first round of playoffs, LHS defeated Stone County to advance to the semifinals of South State Championship play before losing to St. Stanislaus, 4-3. Individual accomplishments include district championships by the girls’ double team of Shelby Gatewood and Mary Parker Burson and the mixed doubles team of Josh Agee and Anna Axton. Agee and Axton also finished second in the mixed doubles tournament at the state championship, which was held at Ridgeland Tennis Center in Ridgeland, Miss. Front row (L-R): Mary Parker Burson, Rachael Gholson, Shelby Gatewood, Anna Axton, Chrissy Risher and Meredith Mauldin. Middle row (L-R): Tyler Gatewood, Joshua Smith, Michael Wilson, Jonathan Webber, Andrew Dailey and John Dobbs. Back row (L-R): coach Jeff Davis, Josh Agee, Walter Smith, Hunter Myrick, Chris Smith, Lewis Bateman and Harrison Thomas. Not pictured: Andrew Cockrell, Ryann Bergin, Zach Green, Quin Mackey, Roger Powell, Kristel Rodriguez, Ben Willis, Bonnie Brumley and Hannah Green.