Liberty High School tennis players named to all-league team

Three Liberty High School tennis players — Thomas Lowes, Sho Kato and Ken Kato — were recently recognized as KingCo 3A All-League players this year.

Lowes was named to first-team all-league, and the brothers Sho and Ken Kato — a senior and freshman, respectively — were named second-team all-league.

Liberty head coach Mike Salokas was also named KingCo 3A coach of the year.

Lowes, the No. 1 player on the Liberty team, finished fourth in the KingCo 3A tournament last fall, and his strong finish earned him a berth in the district tournament in Seattle in May.

The Kato brothers — who play together as a doubles team — lost their final match in the KingCo 3A tournament to a Mercer Island High School team, losing the opportunity to compete in districts.

However, Lowes and the Kato brothers were named to the all-tournament team.

“Liberty has, in at least recent past, never had players selected to the all-tournament team,” Salokas wrote in a news release.

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