Lafayette smashes Southeast in season debut

The Lafayette Lady Ramblers enjoyed a smashing debut on their brand-new tennis courts by blanking visiting Southeast Whitfield last Tuesday afternoon, 5-0.

The Orange-and-black won all five matches without dropping a set.

Erin Lemons picked up a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles. Abigail Clark won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, while Sydney Kruger won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 3 singles.

The team of Kenedy Ludy and Vianca Segarra won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles, while Lanie Hamilton and Libby Parnell picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles.

The team of Leah Willeford and Anniston Pierce picked up an 8-6 victory in an exhibition doubles match.

The Ramblers had a more difficult time with the Raiders in the boys’ match, but emerged with a 3-2 victory.

Dylan Brown picked up a win at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 3-6, 10-7, while Carter Reed took his No. 3 singles match by scores of 6-2 and 6-4. Beck Thrash, playing at No. 2 singles, took the opening set, 6-4, but lost the second, 6-1, before falling in a 10-8 tiebreaker.

The two teams split the doubles matches. Braxton Beavers and Noah Johnson won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles, while Max Mcmanus and Tucker Rudd fell by scores of 6-0 and 6-1.

RINGGOLD BEATS GORDON LEE

The Ringgold tennis teams earned their first wins and first Region 6-AAA wins of the season last Tuesday at home.

The Tigers picked up a 5-0 win behind singles wins from Io Hase, David Self and Ian Bates. Thatcher Willbanks and Wyatt Blankenship won their doubles match, as did the team of Matthew Wright and

Mitchell Watson.

Ringgold’s girls hung on for a 3-2 win. Zoey Defoor and Sarah Taylor won in singles, while the team of Addison Svoboda and Hannah Brown scored the doubles victory.

Kallie Branum and Kaitlyn Dinkins also picked up a win in an exhibition doubles match.

No further information was available as of press time.

HERITAGE FALLS TO DALTON

A come-from-behind three-set victory for the Catamounts at No. 1 doubles gave them a 3-2 victory over Heritage in a match played in Boynton last Tuesday.

Kaleb Biddle picked up a 7-5, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles, while Mac and John Keith won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.

Dalton scored wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles. They dropped the first set at No. 1 doubles, 6-2, but rallied for a pair of 6-4 victories to clinch the match.

In the girls’ match, Heritage fell by a 4-1 count with No. 2 singles player, Ella Blansit, getting the lone point after a 6-4, 6-1 victory.

LFO LOSES TO COAHULLA CREEK

The Lady Warriors got a pair of individual wins last Tuesday, but it wasn’t enough to get past Coahulla Creek as the Red-and-white dropped a 3-2 decision at Lakeshore Park in Dalton.

The match did not count in the Region 6-AAA standings.

Darcy Gilreath needed an 11-9 tiebreaker to win the first set of her singles match before cruising in the second set to finish off a 7-6, 6-1 victory. Meanwhile, Julie Shore earned a 7-5, 6-3 win.

The LFO boys fell by a 5-0 count. No further information was available as of press time.