The FA Men's Tennis Team has concluded its best season to date.  They played in the finals of the team playoffs for the East Region today.  Unfortunately Research Triangle won, but FA is the runner-up and received the corresponding trophy.  This is the first trophy ever awarded to the Men's Team.  The players playing today in seed order were: Grant Smith, Jackson Venable, Nick Emer, Max Upchurch, James Church, and Jeremiah Alcantara.   Grant and Jackson are seniors, and the rest will be back next year.    Grant and Jackson also excelled in the individual side of the post season.  See previous articles.  Great season Patriots.  We are proud of you.  

The FA Men's Tennis Team is in the final 4 in the state.  They defeated Holmes HS in Edenton on Tuesday by the score of 8-0.  They will now play Research Triangle for the championship of the East and a chance to play in the State Finals against the West champion.  We won all 6 courts in singles, with Max bringing home the #4 spot with a win in a third set tie-breaker.  This is the farthest the Men's team has ever been in the playoffs.  Go Patriots!

The FA doubles team of Grant Smith and Jackson Venable have done better than any other FA  Doubles team ever.  They won their first round match against the #2 team from the West 6-2,6-0.  In the 2nd round they played well but lost in 3 sets to the eventual champions from Research Triangle.  Awesome job Jackson and Grant!

The FA Men's Tennis season is its best ever in several ways.  Grant and Jackson qualified for and finished 3rd in the Eastern Regional.  States is next, where they take on the 2nd place team from the West.    The team is in the 3rd round of the playoffs with a very realistic chance to make it to the finals of the East.  Edenton Holmes is next in their path.  The team record is 9-4 as of now.