Ringgold, Heritage split court battle

The Ringgold High School tennis teams welcomed county rival Heritage last Tuesday and finished the day with a split.

The Lady Tigers posted a 3-2 win over the Lady Generals, while the Heritage boys won their match, 4-1.

In girls’ action, Heritage (1-1) got two victories in singles. Morgan Phillips defeated Maggie Reed (6-1, 6-4) at No. 1 singles and Bailey Christol posted a victory (6-0, 6-0) over Harper Haupt at No. 2 singles. However, Ringgold would get the point at No. 3 singles as Olivia Brumfield defeated Anna Grace Skinner (6-7, 6-3, 6-4).

Ringgold (1-0) would get the victory after sweeping the doubles matches. Sydney Pittman and Rachel Akers scored a victory over Kortney Mckenzie and Autumn Viars (6-2, 6-4), while Michell Cho and Kathryn Mudrik posted a victory over Elli Jost and Kaitlyn Graves (4-6, 6-3, 6-2).

In boys’ action, Heritage (20) swept the singles matches. Cooper Terry defeated Camden Tunnell at No. 1 singles (6-0, 6-3). J.T. Halleron picked up the win over Ty Williams after Williams was forced to retire after the second set. Williams had won the first set, 7-6, and Halleron took the second set, 6-4. Nathan Minton gave the Generals another point with a win over Elijah Wooford (6-1, 6-0).

The two schools would split the doubles matches. Isaac Self and Luke Bender scored a victory for Ringgold (0-1) over Will Veal and Wilson Bowen (6-1, 7-6). Meanwhile, Tanner Eady and Colton Buckles beat Min Han and Ben Edwards (5-7, 6-4, 6-0) to account for the fourth and final point for Heritage.

Lafayette sweeps two region matches

The Lafayette boys’ and girls’ tennis teams made the drive to Dalton last Tuesday and posted a pair of 5-0 victories over Southeast Whitfield.

On the girls’ side, Abby Keys (6-1, 6-0), Grace Hamilton (61, 6-4) and Savannah Johnson (6-1, 6-1) won in singles. The team of Latyah Barber and Kloe Ludy picked up a win in doubles (6-0, 6-0), as did the team of Caylee Purcell and Megan Torbett (6-1, 6-0).

In boys’ action, Isaiah Southern (6-0, 6-1), Dylan Parker (6-4, 6-3) and Tyler Massingill (5-7, 7-6, 10-7) posted singles wins for Lafayette. Andrew Long and Logan Ramey (6-1, 6-2) picked up a doubles victory, as did the team of Anthony Collins and Ben Maanum (6-4, 7-5).

Then on Friday, back in south Walker County, the Ramblers and Lady Ramblers both improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0

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