Garza Law is the proud sponsor of 5Star Preps’ 2026 TSSAA Spring Fling state championship coverage May 19-22 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Chattanooga played host this year to the TSSAA’s state tennis championships.
And while no team from the 5Star Preps area won a state title, the Greater Knoxville Area was well represented with wins and runners-up in the singles and doubles championships Friday.
Here’s a rundown of what happened…
HUFFMAN SIBLINGS
EACH FINISH RUNNER-UP
Jaymeson and Madison Huffman of HVA Tennis
Hardin Valley Academy’s sibling duo of Madison and Jaymeson Huffman fell one victory short of state tennis championships Friday at The Champions Club in Chattanooga.
Each finished the 2026 season with only one singles loss.
Madison, a senior who posted a 17-1 record, lost in the TSSAA Class AA girls’ singles championship 7-5, 6-1 to senior Emma Baker of Franklin’s Page High.
Jaymeson, a freshman with a 16-1 record, was defeated in the Class AA boys’ singles final 6-2, 3-6, 10-6 by senior Emery Corpstein of Bristol’s Tennessee High. Corpstein reached the state singles semifinals the previous two years.
HVA coach Seth Rayman said Madison Huffman is planning to play NCAA Division II tennis in Ohio. She was state runner-up last year to Memphis White Station’s Emma Wang, falling by a 6-4, 6-3 score.
In Friday’s match, Huffman rallied from a deficit in the first set against Baker, who signed with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville University.
“She started slow, fell behind 1-4, and tied it up 5-5 before losing the set,” Rayman said. “At that point, Emma has a really strong forehand and had the momentum, and Madison’s shots just weren’t falling, and that’s tennis.”
Rayman said Madison and Jaymeson, who are home schooled, play USTA tournament tennis and decided to play high school tennis because they enjoy it.
Madison, a three-star recruit by the Tennis Recruiting Network, is ranked No. 5 in the state for the Class of 2026, while Jaymeson is a four-star recruit and ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 25 in the Southeast for the Class of 2029.
“They wanted to do it (play for HVA), have fun, and interact with the players,” Rayman said. “Madison’s favorite thing was playing doubles. She had a lot of fun and taught the other players some stuff, too.”
Jaymeson, meanwhile, got a chance to play older players during the high school season – an opportunity not available in USTA tournaments unless a player plays up in age division.
“Every match he played here (at state) was against a 12th grader,” Rayman said. “That gave him a great opportunity to see older kids and play against them.”
Jaymeson defeated Wilson Central senior Alejandro Dominguez 6-2, 6-2 in Thursday morning’s semifinals before beating Arlington senior Jeremy Leggett 6-4, 7-5 in the semifinals.
Once there, Huffman ran up against another seasoned player in Corpstein, who took the first set quickly, losing just two games.
Huffman regrouped, won the second set, and played a nailbiter of a 10-point tiebreaker for the third set.
“There were some incredible points in that third-set tiebreaker, some pretty amazing stuff,” Rayman said. “He had an unbelievable season.”
Rayman said Huffman would have benefitted from playing a full third set instead of a 10-point tiebreaker, also known as a super tiebreaker.
The TSSAA imposed a new format for its matches this year, using the 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of playing out a full third set, perhaps to shorten the time length of matches.
“We would have liked to have had three full sets because of the way the match was going (after the second set),” Rayman said. “Of course, you never know the result, but when you win the second set and you have the momentum, playing a full third set is probably to your advantage instead of a tiebreak because a tiebreak is 10 points, it’s short, it’s brief.”
Rayman credited Corpstein for his play.
“He’s a very consistent player,” Rayman said, “has a nice first serve, and he makes you hit a lot of shots. You feel like you hit winners and he chases them down.”
STATE DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Callie Schroeffel (left) and Gray Feaster repeated as Division I, Class AA, girls doubles tennis champions on Friday, May 15, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
West High and Sevier County left The Champions Club with individual teams winning doubles titles Friday.
Gray Feaster and Callie Schroeffel of West and brothers David and Andrei Camarason of Sevier County won Class AA state doubles championships.
Feaster and Schroeffel defeated Esme Lin and Abigail Hawthorne of Bristol’s Tennessee High 6-1, 6-1 in Friday’s Class AA girls’ doubles final, winning their second consecutive TSSAA doubles championship.
Feaster, a senior and three-star recruit, is ranked No. 4 in the state and No. 59 in the Southeast for the Class of 2026. She signed to play college tennis at George Mason University.
Her sister, Anna Catharine Feaster, won four consecutive Division II-A state singles titles for Webb School of Knoxville from 2011-14 before playing at Davidson, where she was an All-Atlantic 10 player.
Schroeffel, a sophomore and three-star recruit, is ranked No. 4 in the state for the Class of 2028.
The Camarason brothers of Sevier County beat Cookeville’s Daul Baek and Joseph Rohman 6-3, 7-5 for the Class AA boys’ doubles title.
David Camarason is a freshman and Andrei is a junior at Sevier County.
David is ranked No. 15 in the state for the Class of 2029, and Andrei is ranked No. 11 in the Class of 2027.
Christian Academy of Knoxville’s Tate Campbell and Caleb Climer finished runners-up in Division II-A boys’ doubles Friday. They lost to University School of Nashville’s Max Parker and Veer Kodali 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 in the championship match.