Photo Gallery: Mudcats Tennis Tournament

Published 11:41 am Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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Alton Swan, of New Orleans, hits a shot during a match at the Mudcats Tennis Tournament Saturday at Halls Ferry Park. A total of 45 players from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in four age groups at the two-day tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Vicksburg's Cristan Wood hits a shot during a match at the Mudcats Tennis Tournament Saturday at Halls Ferry Park. A total of 45 players from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in four age groups at the two-day tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Vicksburg's Jane Matthews hits a shot during a match at the Mudcats Tennis Tournament Saturday at Halls Ferry Park. A total of 45 players from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in four age groups at the two-day tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Evan Holt returns a shot during a match at the Mudcats Tennis Tournament Saturday at Halls Ferry Park. A total of 45 players from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in four age groups at the two-day tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Kahari McNeal, of Natchez, hits a shot during a match at the Mudcats Tennis Tournament Saturday at Halls Ferry Park. A total of 45 players from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in four age groups at the two-day tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Alton Swan, of New Orleans, jumps as he hits a shot during a match at the Mudcats Tennis Tournament Saturday at Halls Ferry Park. A total of 45 players from Mississippi and Louisiana competed in four age groups at the two-day tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A total of 45 young tennis players from Mississippi and Louisiana came to Vicksburg last weekend to play in the Mudcats Tennis Tournament at Halls Ferry Park. The event was the latest in a monthly series of tournaments hosted by the city of Vicksburg’s tennis program.

Players competed in four age groups ranging from 10U to 18U.

The winners of the boys’ tournaments were Dahjon Dyer of New Orleans in the 10U age group; Kushal Mannum of Jackson in the 12U division; James Register of Brandon in the 14U bracket; and Alexander Monaghan of Natchez in the 18U bracket.

The girls’ winners were Vicksburg’s Hendrix Eldridge in the 12U division; Anna Shaw, from Rayville, La., in the 14U group; and Lauren Graham of Monroe, La., in the 18U bracket.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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