Tournament Results

Rick Alarcon of El Paso defeated Cameron Brace-Emmert of Alamogordo 6-3 6-2 in the men's open final of the Alamogordo Tennis Association tennis tournament this past weekend. It was high quality, hard-hitting match and very much appreciated by the spectators.

Tournament director Grady Nicholson expressed his gratitude to Dr. Terry Marquardt, the event sponsor and all others who helped this year.

That was just a small part of the action of the tournament, however, since a total of twenty-four different competitions took place, some based on age category and others on skill level.

Here are some more scores from the event:

Men's open doubles competition saw Rick Alarcon and Eric Sasser take first and Cameron Brace-Emmert and Dennis Johnston take second.

In the women's open, Laurie Frappier won the round robin competition, with Victoria Griffith second.

In the mixed doubles open, Jim Gonzalez and Valerie Stuart d. Linda Moya and Richard Vickrey 3-6 6-3 6-1


The following are the age finals results:

Men's singles 35: Jim Gonzales d Jaime Lastra 6-2 6-2

Mens singles 50: Jaime Lastra d Sammy Soza 6-2 6-2

Men's Singles 55: Dennis Johnston d. Michael Herrera 6-2 6-3

Men's Singles 65: Charles Jurva d. Terry Cleveland 6-1 6-2

Men;s Doubles 45: Charles Jurva and Robert Jack First; Terry Cleveland and Steve Huebner Second in round robin competition.

Women's Doubles 40: Josephine Gallent and Janet Santackas d Nell Nicholson and Corlyn Satterllee 7-6 6-3

In Women's Doubles 60: Nell Nicholson and Carolyn Satterlee d Elizabeth Chase and Faye Stokes 7-5 6-4

Mixed Doubles 60 was won by Robert Jack and Elizabeth Chase over Jeff Murray and Carolyn Satterlee 6-4 6-0

Mixed Doubles 65 round robin competition was won by Duane and Victoria Griffith.

NTRP Events:

NTRP 4.0 men's doubles was won by Jeff Murray and David Kaleh over John Genta and Rick Sotak

NTRP 4.0 Women's Doubles: Crystal Messer and Terri Kothanek d. Cindy Carey and Lois Whitmire

NTRP Men's 3.0 doubles Pat Morgan and Salvador Olayo d Wolfang and NIck Fahl 6-2 6-2

NTRP Men's 3.5 doubles Steve Schuster and John White d. Dale Emmert and Joe Santackas 7-6 6-4

Cathy Waggoner and Wolfgang Fahl d Patrick Morgan and Nori Morgan in the combined 6.0 doubles mixed 7-5 6-4

The mixed 3.5 doubles was won by John Genta and Anke Witak over Tisdale and Waggoner.

Rick Sotak and Joy Gallent won over Laurie Frappier and David Kaleh in the mixed doubles combined 7.5

Joe and Janet Santackas d Robert Schreiner and Anke Witak 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the combined 7.0 mixed doubles.