Calhoun tennis stays unbeaten in 6-AAA
The Calhoun girls and boys tennis teams have been the top dogs in their region for several consecutive years, coming through in the clutch in the region tournament on a routine basis. They are setting themselves up for a chance to do that again this year based on their play so far in the region schedule.
The Lady Jackets and Jackets continued their unbeaten run through the 6-AAA schedule on Thursday afternoon when they welcomed Haralson County and Bremen to the Calhoun Tennis Center and came away with a sweep of the competition.
The Calhoun girls (6-1, 5-0) won both of their matches on Thursday 4-1. In their first match of the day, they defeated Bremen thanks to singles wins from Carly Briggs (No. 1), Emma King (No. 2) and Jalen Holland (No. 3) and a doubles win from the team of Molly Mashburn and Emma Blackstock (No. 2). They followed that up with a victory over Haralson County, once again sweeping singles matches thanks to Briggs, King and Holland and earning a doubles win from the No. 2 team of Ruby Christian and Emma Gallman.
The Calhoun boys (7-1, 5-0) also swept their matches, winning them both by a 4-1 score. First against Bremen, the Jackets got singles wins from Luke McKenzie (No. 2) and Matthew McCanless (No. 3) and doubles wins from the team of Matthew Turner and Hunter Hartsfield (No. 1) and the team of Rucker Reeves and Dawson Williams (No. 2). They followed that up with a win over Haralson County thanks to points from Coen Marcus (No. 1) and McCanless (No. 3) in singles action and sweeping both doubles matches thanks to the team of Turner and Hartsfield (No. 1) and the team of Reeves and Williams (No. 2).
Calhoun visited Coahulla Creek on Monday and hosted Ringgold on Tuesday for two more region matchups. (For details on those matches, see Saturday’s Calhoun Times.) They will visit Mur- ray County on Thursday at 4 p.m.
In other recent prep sports action:
SOCCER Calhoun boys 11, LFO 1
The Jackets had an explosive and balanced effort offensively as they racked up double-digit goals in a region road win on Thursday.
Calhoun (4-3-1, 1-1 in 6-AAA) was led by Daniel Isep who scored four goals and had one assist. Gerardo Fraire scored a pair of goals, and Elmer Gutierrez, Andy Echeverria, Johnathan Castillo, Edward Soto and Brian Delgado all had one apiece.
Alex Aguilar and Echeverria each provided two assists, and Alex Avalos, Walker Izara and Castillo had one apiece. Eduardo Fajardo and Jame Vo combined for a solid game in goal, allowing just one score for LFO.