District Tournament Info

Hello tennis friends! Here we go with the district tournament information.

• Date: 9/30/26

• Time: 9AM - 4PM (we hope)

• Location: Cookeville Community Center

  • 240 Carlen Dr. Cookeville, TN 38501

• Participants - 4 Schools

  • White, Avery Trace, Prescott, & Cumberland County Middle Schools

• Divisions: Two - Varsity & JV

• Format: Singles Format, no Doubles

  • (Consolation matches will play also, so that every student gets two matches at least.)

  • Six Game sets with a traditional 7pt tie break.

School Information:

The Prior Approval form grants your child to miss the entire school day. They do not need to head into the school building. The student is required to be with us at the tennis courts until 3pm. If a student leaves early before the school day has ended, they must return to school. Agenda:

• 7:30am - I will be at the front middle school in the parking lot to receive students who arrive on bus or by car rider. I am letting school administration know.

• 8:00am - Any students riding the school van with me should be at the front parking lot. We will leave for the Community Center

• 8:00am - The Community Center Courts are open for warmup for our players. White County has courts 4&5.

• 8:30am - School van arrives - We have 15 minutes to warm up on courts 4 & 5.

  • We will set up our own tents & chairs early on in the morning.

• 8:45am - Opening Announcements & Welcome Meeting for all players and coaches.

• 9:00am - First matches go on court.

  • Grey Drouillard & Liz Hice are our only two players starting at 9am. See below.

• 11:30am - Hopeful Lunch Time (Provided)

• 4:00pm - Hopefully complete.

• 4:30pm - Van will return any remaining students to the high school tennis courts where we will unload supplies.

FOOD:

• We will have coolers of water, Body Armor, Bananas, and Snacks for the whole day.

• Pizza around 11:30am for our players.

• There will be a concession open with candy, drinks, & snacks at the courts provided by Prescott. If your player wants to bring $$ for concessions, they can.

Start Times: Here's what I see according to the brackets I was emailed out as first start times and opponents. The bracket .PDF's are below. And yes, I know that the seeds are a little wonky.

Boys Roster:

1. Micah Wiles - 10:30am-ish vs Jonah Michael (Avery Trace)

   1. Jonah last played Grey Drouillard. Grey won 7-5

2. Henry Zuber - 10:30am-ish vs Cooper Hillis (Cumberland Co)

   1. Cooper played Maddox. Cooper won 6-1

3. Grey Drouillard - 9am on Court 6 vs Davidson Owsley (Avery Trace)

   1. Davidson played Henry. Davidson won 6-1

4. Duke Goodwin - 10am-ish vs Izyk Davidson (Cumberland Co)

   1. Izyk played Micah. Micah won in a tie break.

5. Maddox Sawyer - 1st Round Bye - Possible 11am start

6. Pax Ward - 10am-ish vs Parker Boyd (Avery Trace)

   1. Parker did not play against our team - no data

7. Grayson Smith - 10am-ish vs Grayson Hall (Avery Trace)

   1. Grayson Hall played Levi Rogers. Levi won 6-2

8. Levi Rogers - 10am-ish vs Elias Flores (Avery Trace)

   1. Elias played Grayson Smith. Elias won 6-1

Girls Roster: (with opponent records.

1. Lella Whorton - 1st Round Bye - Possible 11am Start

2. Mila Cantrell - 10am-ish vs Daphne Scott (Prescott)

   1. Daphne played Savannah. Savannah won 6-0

3. Liz Hice - 9am on Court 2 vs Haila Souza (Avery Trace)

   1. Haila played Liz Hice. Liz won in tie break.

4. Savannah Troutman - 10:30am-ish vs Eliana Page (Avery Trace)

   1. Eliana played Lella. Lella won 6-4.

5. Amelia Grizzard - 1st Round Bye - Possible 11am start

6. Sophie Jolly - 10:30am-ish vs Elina Estejab (Prescott)

   1. Elina did not play a match against us.

7. Aubree Geer - 10am-ish vs Lillian Eldridge (Prescott)

   1. Lillian played against Aubree Geer, Aubree won 6-0.

8. Leah Kreis - 10am-ish vs Hazel Brunson (Prescott)

   1. Hazel played against Leah Kreis. Leah won 4-3.

Topher's Notes:

• Tournament Days are long days, but good days. Everyone needs an extra measure of patience.

• I can't predict the start time of later matches. We don't know if the first round matches will go 25 minutes or 1 hour. We will try our best to keep you informed.

• I will be focused on matches on the court trying to gain our players an advantage. If a question doesn't need me directly, for the sake of our students, ask an assistant coach or a parent.

• Text Message Thread: Save this for my announcements only during match times. When a player is going on a court, our coaches will use the Text Message Thread and we need to make sure players and parents see that thread.

• Parent(s) at Tent: I need a couple of parents to volunteer to trade off tent responsibilities. We need to make sure our students are supervised at all times, hydrating properly, and putting on sunscreen. There is little shade at the Cookeville Community Center.

• Emotions: It is an exciting day! Your players will be wrapping on their seasons. All but 4 players in this tournament will end on a loss (we can only have 4 winners), so emotions will be high. Parents, it's not the time to call out form & mistakes. The only thing we can fix at this point is strategy. After the final matches, keep all interaction with your athlete positive. Tennis is hard enough mentally, so focus on encouragement!

• Coaches: Myself, Andy, John, and Ethan are all taking the day off of work to be here. Make sure to thank those fellas as they sacrifice for these athletes.

• Thank you to Jamie and the ladies who have been figuring out food. I'm grateful!

It's gonna be a good day. White County is going to go deep in this tournament! Tennis starts with Love and is set in motion with Service.

Seeded 2026 Varsity Boys UCTT.pdf

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Seeded 2026 JV Boys UCTT.pdf

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Seeded 2026 Varsity Girls UCTT.pdf

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Seeded 2026 JV Girls UCTT.pdf

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