ALTON - Alton High finished in 4th place at the Southwestern Conference tournament, hosted by Belleville East on Friday and Saturday. The Redbirds finished with 41 points, one place behind third-place O’Fallon. Edwardsville won the tournament, followed by Belleville East. Belleville West was fifth, followed by Collinsville.

Redbirds Head Boys Tennis Coach Jesse Macias said: “Missing third place by one point hurts, but I can’t say enough about the players and coaches this weekend. Everyone stepped up and played great and put us in a position to improve on our conference standing. I always talk about Parker Mayhew, but he beat an O’Fallon kid who he had lost to earlier this season.

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"James McKeever did the same thing at number two singles, and those two also had a big third-place win at one doubles. Luke Boyd, Victor Humphrey, Nate Bartlett, and Alex Tuetken also played their best tennis this weekend, so there is a lot to be happy with. Our goal is to keep the great play up going into sectionals. I’m really proud of this team and the coaches.”

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