The following is derived from Nola.com:

After a disappointing tennis tournament in Mobile, Dillan LaFrance decided to focus on one sport.

Two years later, the former football player was the only senior on a Brother Martin tennis team that won the Division I team state championship earlier this month in Monroe. LaFrance and doubles partner Semaj Rouege finished as state runners-up, helping lead the Crusaders to their third team title.

“It meant everything,” LaFrance said. “I got a little teary-eyed. Being my last match at Brother Martin, it hit me in that moment.”

Brother Martin won the team championship on the strength of three doubles teams that advanced to the state semifinals along with two singles players who reached the quarters.

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